Outside the Beltway

An unlikely source argues that it’s too big and poorly targeted.

Truth Social is not doing all that well.

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

A few stories to comment on that did not lead to full posts.

Gallup has him at his highest point in a year.

A proposed $10,000 writeup would cost more than $300,000,000,000.

Why would the Trump team release a document that casts them in such a bad light?

American parties are coordination problems with shared branding.

Thoughts on the scenarios.

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

“Moderate” is up, “Liberal” is down, and “Conservative” is static. What does it mean?

Kushner book review edition.

When you tax sin, you need more of it.

What we believe and what we say we believe are often not the same.

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

Running down the latest “known knowns” with just a bit of analysis

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

Some quick hits.

They’re spending millions on issue ads in the wake of Dobbs.

Psst. Don’t tell anyone.

A bill that was never about the thing it’s called doesn’t do that thing.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

Tell us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants without telling us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

And a comment on news coverage of the passage.

Some new data are encouraging.

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

A major milestone has been reached.

“America can survive the demagogues themselves, it’s their audience that will kill us.”

Her price to sign on to the Inflation Reduction Act was, well, odd.

A cruel and insidious ‘solution’ to the border problem.

Things are better than expected.

A few quick observations at the end of the week.

Sigh.

Hardball politics or dirty pool?

Instead of a clenched fist of support, it was a big middle finger to Sweden and Finland.

The Schumer-Manchin compromise includes a massive increase in the tax collection budget.

The iconic basketball player, coach, and civil rights leader is gone at 88.

Has the frustrating process of securing his vote taught Democrats anything?

It’s early, but here are some key numbers as they exist now.

They’re going to wait until after the midterms to decide whether Iowa and New Hampshire stay at the front of the line.

Approval is down (again).

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

The Forward Party will almost certainly go nowhere.

Joe Manchin has come around on a pared back BBB, surprising just about everyone.