Outside the Beltway

Trump’s ongoing revelation of his character.

They were looking for a show to steal. They were fine with contracts that bind. And they were willing to make a deal

¡Qué horror!

Stephen Miller’s words at the Kirk memorial.

A clip from today’s Very Important Meeting at Quantico.

Escalations of threats against the press.

A massive memorial service showed two divergent paths forward.

An attempt to connect higher education and political violence.

Data? How quaint.

As well as the politics that have followed.

The FCC Chair went on a podcast and now Kimmel is on indefinite hiatus.

“He that spits against the Wind, spits in his own Face.”

He has a solution for homelessness.

Yes it was said. No the context doesn’t make it better.

An illustration from the Charlie Kirk discourse as to why stories like the TAMU firing matter.

On politics, guns, and people killing people

A little bit more than the law would allow.

To be fully human requires living with and in sometimes unresolvable contradictions

A shocking, but not surprising, event. I fear it’s a harbinger rather than an outlier.

Trump’s response to the Kirk assassination is to try and further divide us.

“Influencer” Benny Johnson wants to bulldoze certain neighborhoods in DC.

Why I am not a conspiracy guy, but also wonder why he is shouting about the whole thing.

It is hard to focus.

The pattern of attempted intimidation continues.

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

A snapshot from Saudi Arabia.

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

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

Rep. Luna and the JFK assassination.

On Christian compassion (and hypocrisy) and a little bit of the Streisand Effect for good measure.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

And so it begins.

One thread that runs through most explanations for Tuesday’s result.

It’s neither unprecedented nor powerful. It doesn’t exist.

The MSG rally.

It turns out that the former and would-be-again President has a potty mouth.

Another one bites the dust.

The violence perpetrated by its namesake is well known. The violence that led to its creation, less so.

They won’t tell you who’s going to be President. They’re still useful.

Bizarre conspiracy theories shared by powerful people are immune to fact checking.

Trump Bibles: made in China.

A massive Israeli operation. To what end?

On security details and conflicting MAGA views about the danger of rhetoric

The would-be gunman was captured before he could get off a shot.

The US Presidential election pits “two evils” who are “against life.”

Or maybe a gift certificate to some online poli sci courses?

His rants about the new race are unhelpful but not unfounded.