Outside the Beltway

Newly-Sworn-in-Rep. Grijalva provides the final signature.

And what it means for 2024 and beyond.

The Trumpian Twilight Zone.

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

An attempt to connect higher education and political violence.

Can Democrats do anything?

There’s a vast difference between someone getting dogpiled on social media and the most powerful man in the world using the machinery of the state to eliminate dissent.

And threatening states.

Here we go again.

They may whine and bluster, but Trump always gets their votes.

The newest Executive Order.

Terrorism in Colorado. Continued awful violence in Gaza.

The cruelty is indeed the point.

Only the best people.

Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justice Barrett sided with the Court’s liberals.

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

The actor known for “Good Times,” “Roots,” and “The West Wing” is gone at 84.

This time: Aurora, CO.

A regional pilot program could be expanding.

Democrats desperate for a different nominee are falling in line as the President refuses to go.

Who are you going to believe, the WSJ or your lying eyes?

Faux amateurism is dead. What replaces it remains to be seen.

Well, more than two…

A longstanding precedent may be in jeopardy.

Easy Come, Easy Go.

And back to thoughts on section 3.

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

It’s easy if you try.

An unsurprising result.

If so, he’ll almost surely win bigly.

The Supreme Court has effectively derailed the main criminal case against the likely Republican nominee.

A truly insane proposition.

The Top Two system has created perverse incentives.

Fighting a cult of personality is exhausting.

So many open tabs, so little time.

There’s one in Maine.

The inevitable threats to remove Biden from the ballot emerge.

A compelling document.

Trump betrayed his oath. That should disqualify him from office. That’s the whole point of section 3 of the 14th.

Another state has declared him an insurrectionist.

Lines on the map for the win.

A breakdown of new survey data.

He appointed a third of the Justices but has the worst record before them in modern history.

A few predictions that are going to disappoint just about everyone.

A historic ruling likely to be overturned.

The DeSantis crackdown on academic freedom is having its desired effect.

Take this job and shove it. I ain’t workin’ here no more.