Outside the Beltway

Stoking anti-Semitism for political gain

The anti-DEI party is suddenly really concerned about identity

Running for President as Vice President is uniquely challenging.

Damned if I know.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

Thomas gets the ball rolling, and I take off from there.

A mass shooting in Atlanta draws attention to a problem of which I was only tangentially aware.

The newspaper of record radically altered a column and then misrepresented it.

There’s a disturbing pattern of misogyny from his supporters.

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized for blocking constituents on Twitter as part of a legal settlement.

The so-called “rebel alliance’ in the House of Commons continues to stack up wins against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but Johnson could still win in the end.

A disturbing story that’s almost certainly not what it first appears.

President Trump doubled down on his tirade against Jewish American Democrats from yesterday with some even more offensive comments.

President Trump just tossed a hand grenade into the firestorm that American politics.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions toward two Democratic Congresswomen,seemingly at the bidding of President Trump, is the latest example of the growing partisan divide over policy toward Israel.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being sued for blocking people on Twitter. She’s likely to lose the lawsuits.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

The transatlantic rejection of elite consensus that began with Brexit continues.

Herman Wouk, best known for works such as The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance, has died at the age of 103.

Another white supremacist attack raises disturbing questions about our information environment.

Nancy Pelosi is tired of Democrats voting to please their constituents.

Following Donald Trump’s lead, the GOP is making clear that its game plan for 2020 is paint all Democrats as ‘socialists, baby killers, and anti-Semites.’

Justice Clarence Thomas argues that a 55-year-old precedent should be overturned.

The right has spent a seemingly inordinate amount of time focusing on relatively powerless Members of Congress.

Cory Booker’s interest in running for President has been an open secret for some time, now he’s being far less coy about it.

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

Anti-Semitic violence has increased markedly over the past two years. So has the spread of far-right “anti-Globalist” conspiracy theories. This is not a coincidence.

As the midterm campaign draws to a close, Donald Trump is returning to the message of xenophobia and fear that dominated his Presidential campaign.

Charges have been filed against the man responsible for the massacre in Pittsburgh in both Federal and State court.

At least eight people are dead in a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Another day, another plea agreement in the Mueller investigation. This one could prove to be problematic for the President.

With the Democratic Primary just days away, Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic challenger in New York is making headlines thanks to a rather odd culinary choice.

The Polish Government has amended a controversial law that sought to punish people for discussing the role that some Poles played in the Holocaust.

A D.C. lawmaker latches on to an insane conspiracy theory.

Poland’s new Holocaust legislation just keeps sounding worse and worse.

Poland’s President has signed a controversial bill that purports to criminalize any effort to tie Poland to the Holocaust.

The Trump Administration has acted in a manner to create the impression that there is “no daylight” between the United States and Israel. This is a myth, and pursuing such a goal poses real dangers for America’s national interests.

The Polish Government appears ready to approve a law that seeks to whitewash the truth about the role that many Poles played in the Holocaust.

It couldn’t happen to a nicer domain. But it’s a slippery slope.

Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler. But that’s not the standard.

Distinguishing between anti-elite populism and coded anti-Semitism is next to impossible.

One of the last survivors of Israel’s founding generation has passed away.

A man who survived great horrors to become a tireless witness for truth and advocate for human rights has passed away.

One week after the Brexit vote, both the Conservative and Labour parties find themselves in chaos.

Donald Trump’s speech yesterday at a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition was as bizarre as anything else we’ve seen from him.