Outside the Beltway

Democrats are considerably less happy with their party than are Republicans.

Millions turned out in support of basic ideals.

Thoughts and photos from downtown Montgomery, AL.

Senator Mike Lee helps us understand what he means by “a republic, not a democracy.”

The SOUTHCOM commander has resigned and the Senate is debating, but it won’t matter.

SCOTUS appears ready to supercharge gerrymandering.

Don’t talk like one.

The public is much less concerned than you are.

Some limits on Democratic pushback

This time: North Carolina

Not so much.

Why is reporting on objective reality so hard?

Nobel Prize edition.

Some recent clips from the administration on Portland.

The health agency has been gutted under RFK Jr.’s reign.

Congress, Schmongress.

Of license plate holders and perfume bottles.

A dramatic escalation of the standoff.

¡Qué horror!

By law enforcement.

Peace Prize in our time!

The horror! The horror…

Hyperbole? Dishonesty? Distraction? Fantasy? Too much cable TV?

The term which kicked off this week wil decide whether we effectively have a king.

And why I think future presidents will use the powers that Trump has demonstrated exist.

A four-pronged test.

The Feds raid an apartment building in Chicago.

The reality is, I can’t say no.

Stephen Miller’s words at the Kirk memorial.

Brought to you by the “America First” crowd.

Passing a budget the President can ignore creates a dilemma.

Democratic leadership still keeps playing normal politics in times that are anything but.

“There’s a lot of commander coming.”

A long and unusual speech has implications for civil-military relations.

Here we go again.

Trump hires only the best!

SCOTUS continues to favor the executive over the legislature.

Some musings on the wrong lessons from a major global event.

Colombia’s President said the wrong thing and had his visa revoked.

Blowing up boats because they might have drugs on them is not justifiable, legally or morally.

Serious abuses of power alongside an almost cartoonish set of behaviors.

What democratic backsliding looks like.

More on the conflict of alleged beliefs and who one follows.

Twenty-Second Amendment edition.

A sad fact about the quality of American leadership and an indictment of Christians who ardently support it.