Outside the Beltway

But the Trump administration is out to wreck it.

Be prepared for a rocky day and potentially more changes to “the plan”

* – but the tariffs didn’t start until April 2

The media, the academy, and the courts, are all in the crosshairs.

Making the Markets Dive Again.

One of the OG political bloggers is gone.

Massive cuts are seriously undermining the mission.

And thoughts about Trump’s economic approach to date.

It made history in many ways.

America is getting screwed by playing by the rules it created.

The sadly predicted has come to pass.

The unorthodox non-agency agency run by no one in particular may violate the basic rules of our system.

The people who safeguard our nuclear weapons and put out forest fires have been fired.

A Valentine’s Day massacre.

It certainly isn’t how the US Constitution functions.

Looking at comparative corruption and development.

A brilliant plan with absolutely no conceivable downsides.

An evil genius controls the key levers of government.

A tragic but perhaps inevitable event.

More immigration politics.

Proud Boys and Oath Keepers insurrectionists are now free.

And so it begins.

About half the country wants about half of Trump.

There are a lot of people there.

The culture seems to be shifting.

Some comparative data.

Also: don’t forget a lot of people also voted against him.

Like Guy Fawkes, I got burnt!

A different take on our political realignment.

Plus some thoughts on mass deportation.

Ignorance and motivated reasoning are never a good combination

Closing the barn door after the horse has left.

A modest disturbance in the force.

They are not like you and me.

Looking at the US South.

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

Trump is significantly outpeforming his 2020 results in New York and Florida. It doesn’t matter.

Democrats and Republicans alike are less supportive than they were four years ago.

Some direct evidence of the effects.

Trump Bibles: made in China.

They have a preference but may not vote.

The skews may offset.

Where the science and art of polling intersect.