Outside the Beltway

Thinking about possible outcomes.

Cruz on supporting Israel.

Whatever that means.

We’re officially past rhyming and into history (or at least rhetoric) repeating.

The loss of many key leaders in short order is a serious problem.

Trump and Netanyahu do not see eye to eye on the matter.

The war is on.

Spoiler alert: the joke wasn’t funny

A major escalation in Middle East tensions is forecast.

He now faces a federal indictment.

Terrorism in Colorado. Continued awful violence in Gaza.

I question the timing.

This time: Chinese students.

Five years after their divorce, the UK and EU are rebuilding ties.

The country’s citizens are enduring power outages while Saudis are making deals for cutting-edge technology.

What Trump and DOGE hath wrought.

A snapshot from Saudi Arabia.

What it tells us about race and the Trump administration.

A temporary respite that doesn’t solve fundamental disagreements.

Who could have known?

Facts are stubborn things.

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

India and Pakistan are playing a dangerous game of tit for tat.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

It is one helluva a catch

USA! USA! USA!

Be prepared for a rocky day and potentially more changes to “the plan”

Or they maybe happening at 10%… Who knows?! Clearly not the White House.

Things have to be bad when they actually start to speak the truth to the President

Remember Trump cannot fail, he can only be failed!

A response to an argument based on feels not facts

It’s like tab clearing, but for those with no attention spa… squirrel!

Who would have guessed?

We are about to find out the degree to which trade wars are good and easy to win.

Spoiler alert: This is going to be a disaster

The courts have ruled the far-right leader ineligible to run.

A natural evolution in American foreign policy, albeit a concerning one.

Will the Netanyahu government double down on its weakening of Iran?

Deciphering the meaning of a vague slogan.

The war is another thing, entirely.

America is getting screwed by playing by the rules it created.

Insights into Trump’s worldview.

It’s still murky but already quite different from the Trump 45 administration’s.

Russia, Russia, Russia?

A story I thought I’d never see.

Trump is spouting Russian talking points.

The postwar era may have ended yesterday.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

But a centrist grand coalition will likely govern.