Outside the Beltway

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

But a centrist grand coalition will likely govern.

Countering Russian (and now American) propaganda.

Trump blames Ukraine for being invaded.

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

Looking at comparative corruption and development.

Making Russia happy again.

A little ethnic cleansing coming right up.

Trade wars are good and easy to win.

More outrageous behavior.

This would include US citizens.

This could be a issue for common ground… if both sides are prepared to give a little

Way to go, pro-business party!

An example linked to USAID

An entire Congressionally-created agency seems to have been shut down by fiat.

We are in the the dumbest timeline.

It’s scheduled to start tomorrow.

And USAID leadership placed on leave.

Thoughts on an unnecessary confrontation.

More immigration politics.

Words to the AfD.

Deadlnes make deals.

Greenland, Canada, and Panama. Oh my.

What could go wrong?

The bad guys are having a bad week.

South Korea demonstrates itself to be a more mature democracy than the United States.

He is yet again underscoring what types of world leaders he likes.

The fall of the Assad regime is the end of the beginning.

A fifty-year dictatorship has been ousted. What now?

But reports are he will leave office “early.”

Another setback for Teheran.

More breaking news.

Some context.

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The high character picks keep coming.

Another huge blow against Iranian’s regional strategy.

Peace, for a time.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Of leopards and faces.

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

It sounds the same in the original Russian.

Escalation? Russian desperation?

Has the calculus of either side changed?

Is Sinwar’s assassination an opening?

Another one bites the dust.

After years of proxy battles, Israel and Iran are on the brink of a direct fight.

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