Outside the Beltway

Who knew?

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

On to the Senate.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are happy. But one man is.

Either it’s a public forum or it’s not.

Applying nuanced judgement under the highest scrutiny is what we expect, but don’t often get.

Can the fat man take down the elephant in the room?

When we do it, it’s negotiation. When they do it, it’s hostage taking—and terrorism.

A regional chain registered it in 1989. Has it become generic?

Did the Trump stunt backfire? Or just an anomaly?

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

The courts can’t save us from ourselves.

New documents reveal the internal deliberations of the Court.

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.

Most high-income Congressional Districts are Democratic and low-income Districts are Republican.

It’s time for her to step down.

And so it begins?

Inventing outrage in an already outrageous world.

The former President gets too much credit for his ability to manipulate news coverage.

The future is here, whether we like it or not.

Tucker is one of those “elites” he saying hates his audience.

Disney has replaced a controversial song at its theme parks.

A true hodge-podge.

A true hodgepodge to start the week.

They went all-in on the Big Lie and we now have the receipts that they knew what they were doing.

Carville, MTG, and hierarchy in America.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

Because I had a lot of open tabs.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

Some tab clearing.

One of these is not like the other.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.

Castrating their party’s Speaker is not smart politics.

The no electoral politics, no Trump edition.

The soccer legend has passed at 82.

Some tab plus some tabs equals some tabs.

Enjoy.

The January 6 Committee is expected to make a minimum of three referrals.

I don’t think that means what he thinks it means.

Knowing what FNC is likely saying without watching FNC.

The late Chief Justice was right; his successors are wrong.

Did you even notice?

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

Washington has imposed a contract that workers rejected.

The next Congress will look a bit more like America than did the last.

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.