Outside the Beltway

Monday Morning Tabs

· Monday, April 27, 2026 · 6 comments

Tabs to Start the Week

· Monday, April 20, 2026 · 13 comments

Formal group photograph of the Supreme Court as it was been comprised on June 30, 2022 after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the Court. The Justices are posed in front of red velvet drapes and arranged by seniority, with five seated and four standing. Seated from left are Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Samuel A. Alito and Elena Kagan. Standing from left are Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Formal group photograph of the Supreme Court as it was been comprised on June 30, 2022 after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the Court. The Justices are posed in front of red velvet drapes and arranged by seniority, with five seated and four standing. Seated from left are Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Samuel A. Alito and Elena Kagan. Standing from left are Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Thomas and Alito Not Expected to Retire

· Saturday, April 18, 2026 · 12 comments

The two oldest members of the Supreme Court are taking a big gamble.

Well, That Was Weird

· Saturday, April 11, 2026 · 16 comments

Preemption?

Naming Things After Dear Leader

· Tuesday, March 31, 2026 · 29 comments

Now an airport.

President Donald Trump signs a mineral agreement during a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room, Monday, October 20, 2025. President Donald Trump signs a mineral agreement during a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room, Monday, October 20, 2025.

Approaching a Major Red Line on Elections

· Friday, February 27, 2026 · 23 comments

A potential Executive Order on elections.

Medal of Freedom to the USA Men’s Goalie [Updated]

· Wednesday, February 25, 2026 · 20 comments

Thursday Terrible Trump Administration Tabs

· Thursday, February 12, 2026 · 11 comments

Meanwhile, in North Korea…

· Friday, January 16, 2026 · 17 comments

…a gift for Dear Leader.

SaturTabs

· Saturday, January 10, 2026 · 4 comments

Let Them Eat Renovations

· Saturday, November 1, 2025 · 13 comments

The Trumpian Twilight Zone.

Shutdown Winding Down?

· Friday, October 31, 2025 · 16 comments

The light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

Not Kinglike at All!

· Thursday, October 23, 2025 · 13 comments

The Largest One-Day Protest In American History

· Sunday, October 19, 2025 · 19 comments

Millions turned out in support of basic ideals.

Comey Indicted

· Friday, September 26, 2025 · 22 comments

Serious abuses of power alongside an almost cartoonish set of behaviors.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025.

In Front of Our Noses: Controlling the Press

· Saturday, September 20, 2025 · 9 comments

Restricting those who report on the Pentagon.

FAFO: GOP & RFK, Jr.

· Saturday, September 6, 2025 · 10 comments

E-I-E-I-O

Don’t Let Trump Distract you from the Epstein Matter…

· Saturday, August 16, 2025 · 8 comments

…but don’t let the Epstein matter distract you from everything else Trump is doing.

Tabby Thursday

· Thursday, July 10, 2025 · 6 comments

Minnesota Speaker Emerita and Husband Assassinated

· Saturday, June 14, 2025 · 9 comments

A state Representative and his wife have also been shot and are in the hospital.

newspaper newspaper

Where Americans Get Their News

· Wednesday, June 11, 2025 · 26 comments

The information bubble is real.

A Reminder about “Proof”

· Saturday, June 7, 2025 · 12 comments

The curious case of the finger tattoos.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Returned to the US

· Saturday, June 7, 2025 · 24 comments

He now faces a federal indictment.

SaturTabs

· Saturday, May 31, 2025 · 2 comments

More Tales of Competence

· Friday, May 23, 2025 · 16 comments

This time: the Social Security Administration.

Americans See Presidential Overreach

· Saturday, April 26, 2025 · 26 comments

Even Republicans are balking at some Trump policies.

Tabby Thursday

· Thursday, April 24, 2025 · 13 comments

A Musical Observation

· Saturday, April 19, 2025 · 22 comments

Eye of the storm, indeed.

Attacking Centers of Truth

· Saturday, March 29, 2025 · 16 comments

The media, the academy, and the courts, are all in the crosshairs.

Now Is It a Constitutional Crisis?

· Friday, March 21, 2025 · 37 comments

We are at least on the precipice.

Trump’s Very Long Congressional Speech Roundup

· Wednesday, March 5, 2025 · 18 comments

It made history in many ways.

Friday Tabs

· Friday, February 7, 2025 · 16 comments

MAGAing America edition.

Biden Pardons Family

· Monday, January 20, 2025 · 48 comments

It was a busy eleventh hour.

Tabby Thursday

· Thursday, January 9, 2025 · 11 comments

Xenophobia is the Trumpian Move

· Friday, January 3, 2025 · 30 comments

Fomenting fear, not demonstrating leadership.

Trump Loses to Carroll Yet Again

· Monday, December 30, 2024 · 36 comments

Yet again, a court affirms he committed sexual assault.

ABC Pays Trump $15 Million For Telling Truth

· Sunday, December 15, 2024 · 60 comments

They repeatedly said he has been found “liable for rape.” The nerve.

Tuesday with Tabs

· Tuesday, November 26, 2024 · 14 comments

Friday Tabs

· Friday, November 15, 2024 · 71 comments

Cabinet appointments edition.

Gaetz as AG

· Wednesday, November 13, 2024 · 52 comments

An indefensible choice.

Tuesday Tabs

· Tuesday, November 12, 2024 · 14 comments

Trump Wins Pennsylvania, Likely the Presidency

· Wednesday, November 6, 2024 · 33 comments

The 45th President looks to be the 47th.

All Hallow’s Tabs

· Thursday, October 31, 2024 · 24 comments

Defining and Discussing Fascism, Part II

· Tuesday, October 22, 2024 · 24 comments

Hitler comparisons.

Smith’s Newest Filing

· Thursday, October 3, 2024 · 40 comments

More on Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election.

The Elusive ‘Likely Voter’

· Tuesday, September 24, 2024 · 10 comments

Where the science and art of polling intersect.

The Xenophobic Escalation Continues

· Saturday, September 14, 2024 · 12 comments

This time: Aurora, CO.

A Viral Win for Harris

· Wednesday, September 11, 2024 · 30 comments

And proof of Trump’s media diet.

A Very Different Debate

· Wednesday, September 11, 2024 · 66 comments

Donald Trump fared considerably worse against a cogent opponent.

Some Polls

· Wednesday, September 4, 2024 · 2 comments

Things continue to be tight, yet Harrisward.

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