Outside the Beltway

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.

How much say should the community have in what’s included?

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

Things are better than expected.

A few quick observations at the end of the week.

“Coming Around for Another Pass”

Sigh.

Some 4500 tip line reports were simply turned over to the White House and not investigated further.

The Speaker’s trip was reckless, needlessly escalating an already tense situation.

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.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

A precision drone strike on a balcony in Kabul took out a longtime nemesis.

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.

Some light fundraising whilst waiting for mum to die.

You have to be suspicious of people who enjoy gangster movies a bit too much.

Approval is down (again).

Moscow is playing a very strange game.

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

“In the Tree”

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

The Forward Party will almost certainly go nowhere.

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

The economic downturn is hitting groups in different ways.

Can American democracy survive its information bubbles?