Outside the Beltway

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

Trump’s voter fraud allegations have melted away.

This time: Aurora, CO.

Reflections on reflections.

It’s not been a great few days for J. D. Vance

Our natural instincts in hiring are wrong.

On-campus classes have been suspended and Jewish students told to find safety.

The roots of MAGA run deep, through places like my old home.

The politics of chaos.

The target this time: Nikki Haley.

Where religious zealotry can lead. (So, yes, a digression into American politics).

The parties do not control their labels.

Separating rhetoric from action.

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

A $787.5 million flesh wound.

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

Setting the tone.

What a too-good-too-be-true story shows us about the modern news business.

There was some quiet meddling going on.

Three-and-a-half years and almost 6 million tax dollars have produced nothing.

The collaboration has been even more robust than advertised.

The former president shopped for the right judge.

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

Mitch McConnell and other senior Republican Senators foolishly believed their colleagues would do the right thing.

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

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

Two stories about our culture’s focus on punishment

When life doesn’t imitate art.

They took notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy.

The difference is politics, not reason.

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Stories, links, and brief observations from the week that never grew into posts.

The fact-checkers blew this one and blew it big.

The latest front on the war on truth.

Rudy may not be a very good lawyer…

Debunking urban legends and Internet rumors is harder than it used to be.

Not.

The GOP, alas, is not going anywhere.

AOC v. MTG: one of these things is not like the other.

Some of the Capitol rioters were much more dangerous than others.

The 45th President will go down in infamy, setting a record that’s unlikely to be broken.

We’ve shouldn’t be surprised we’ve arrived at this destination.

That thing that happens when you sow the wind with conspiracy theories.

In a sane world, Joe Biden’s election win would not have come as a surprise. Alas . . . .