Outside the Beltway

The New College of Florida invites a white supremacist to campus.

The legendary star of stage and screen is gone at 93.

To what degree is right wing media shaping Trump’s view of Harris?

Efforts to oust him from the race have picked up steam.

The Gaza conflict has ousted a member of “the Squad.”

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

What if one of the candidates is Hitler?

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

The game is the game.

A perennial fantasy has a new standard bearer.

It’s Nixon’s fault?

Today’s youth cohort might actually vote.

We all suffer if the the unserious have power.

A columnist argues his failed launch was emblematic of a larger problem.

Did the Trump stunt backfire? Or just an anomaly?

The fired propagandist has had an epiphany about bullshit.

Turns out that costing your employer nearly a billion dollars isn’t good for your career.

A $787.5 million flesh wound.

The real media bias.

The Manhattan DA could move as early as next week.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

Tales of threat assessment and media reactions.

A little debt ceiling, a little higher ed, and other misc delights.

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

The no electoral politics, no Trump edition.

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

“You can’t be against everything.”

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

Thinking about what was likely and what wasn’t.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

A large plurality of the network’s viewers think left wingers trying to make Trump look bad are to blame.

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

The laying out of the case begins.

She advocated that AZ overturn its election.

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

Beyond who her spouse is, the texts to Meadows reveal a deeply concerning situation.

A Supreme Court Justice’s wife urged the White House and Congressional Republicans to steal the 2020 election.

The Democratic strategist and longtime talking head is gone at 73.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

A media critic argues we pay outsized attention to the goings-on at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.

Two NeverTrump Republicans have had enough.

The appetite for content and clicks turns sensationalizes news that isn’t news.

A piece in The Atlantic inspires thoughts.

Some recent news items that add to concern about American democracy.

An emotional day set the tone for the investigation.

Another R/D cleavage?

A new career and a pending art sale.