Outside the Beltway

A simple solution to a complex problem.

This time at the Georgia Capitol.

Steven is a guest on Michael Bailey’s podcast.

A strange fixaton.

Things are not operating as Madison intended.

Preaching to the choir only works if the choir is in the audience.

The Daily on how local NPR stations will suffer.

Spinelessness isn’t permanent.

Seeing the effects of Trumponomics.

Tit-for-tat is maybe good power politics, but is any of this good for democracy?

Trump asks Texas to further gerrymander the state.

A major unforced error has apparently been reversed.

Destroying aid because they destroyed USAID.

Trump is not popular.

Trump’s One Weird Trick to end the war in Ukraine.

Why I am not a conspiracy guy, but also wonder why he is shouting about the whole thing.

Because of course.

Look, up in the sky!

Thinking about ideology in the Trump era.

An odd, impactful ruling.

Looking backwards in the energy sector.

What fresh Hell is this?

Both the policy issues but also the way it illustrates the politics of us versus them.

An unserious idea from an unserious man.

American Angst 101

They may whine and bluster, but Trump always gets their votes.

One expert says yes.

Mail time!

Trump uses an antisemitic slur.

Believe it when people tell you who they are.

Reality v. unreality.

An attack on the First Amendment in plain sight.

They’re talking a big game now, but they’ll likely bend a knee. Again.

Where are we with my concerns about the Trump administration?

Of course you realize this means war.

Have I ever noted the Congress is less responsive to the public than it should be?

This ain’t 1976.

Thoughts on the election and on the electoral rules used.

The linguistic stylings and white supremacy of Tommy Tuberville.

Say what Trump wants or he’ll threaten to sue!

…they aren’t that hard to get.

After a bit of a Trump-induced detour.

Hegseth renames a ship.

This one was in Tuskegee, AL (and this isn’t a photography post).

Senate Republicans are balking at several measures, but fixing those would make passage in the House impossible.