Outside the Beltway

Who needs fancy book learnin’ if you already have all the answers?

I guess this means it’s open again.

Come for the shots fired at the cabinet, stay for the weird digression.

The President minced no words.

More on the clear white supremacist ideology oozing from the Trump administration.

Thinking about the intellectual foundations of contemporary immigration policy.

Arresting the spouses of Americans at Green Card appointments.

It beats the alternative but it ain’t for sissies.

I find it hard to take.

(While murdering people without due process because of [checks notes] drugs.)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for.

The State Department will be pressing our closest allies to control their borders.

The NYT has discovered that Trump is old.

Testing a hypothesis or two.

Why I am a bit reticent about being sympathetic.

Trump and his poll numbers brag.

Mamdani visits the WH; MTG resigns.

Some signs of hope and of deep concern due to Trump appointees.

You know, as is normal in democratic politics…

More polling.

Bret Stephens wants to oust Maduro in Venezuela.

Getting close to his term 1 low.

Trump’s ongoing revelation of his character.

Thinking about how what is known about Trump and Epstein.

Some notes on House process and how it relates to recent and ongoing political news.

After months of demanding Republicans resist, he says “We have nothing to hide.”

Surging resources to immigration enforcement comes with tradeoffs.

Support is low, but opposition is tepid.

Michelle Obama thinks so.

Newly-Sworn-in-Rep. Grijalva provides the final signature.

Some questions to consider as you evaluate congressional leadership.

Why blaming “the Democrats” or even “leadership” ignores a basic fact of American politics.

What the shutdown should have been about.

There are real life consequences.

A bit of good news.

Majorities gonna majority.

Where’s the positive example?

Things will get radically worse if the shutdown doesn’t end soon.

Dear Leader has a wish.

The octogenarian Speaker Emerita will not seek re-election.

Not even a misdemeanor.

A bad night for Trump.

Although it is still on life support.

And what it means for 2024 and beyond.