Outside the Beltway

Loyalty tests on display by those seeking lifetime appointments to the bench.

Trump and the Obamas.

What could possibly go wrong?

The big lie of 2020 continues.

TACO Tuesday?

The long-awaited document is less disruptive than it appears on the surface.

Trump’s style may obscure a lack of substance.

The question mark is for the peak, not for the cowardice.

A slow-moving disaster.

Are deals with the devil not worth anything these days?

Making football schedules via EO.

Going from bad to worse.

Abigail Spanberger made history this afternoon.

The legendary cartoonist turned MAGA influencer is gone at 68.

The quest for the elusive Peace Prize continues.

Has the tide turned?

So says Denmark’s prime minister.

A somewhat obsolete commemoration of a somewhat tepid celebration.

We’ve seen this movie before.

Plus, a headline reaction.

Where’s Congress?

(More than) 12 Tomahawks a-bombing.

The most bizarre report I’ve seen in some time.

The administration continues to show its ideological stripes.

Come for the casual racism, stay for the weird aggrandizement of Dear Leader.

It beats the alternative but it ain’t for sissies.

(While murdering people without due process because of [checks notes] drugs.)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for.

A suspect, an Afghan national, is in custody.

More polling.

Some notes on House process and how it relates to recent and ongoing political news.

Support is low, but opposition is tepid.

Why blaming “the Democrats” or even “leadership” ignores a basic fact of American politics.

What the shutdown should have been about.

There are real life consequences.

A lot of pain for . . . not much.

The octogenarian Speaker Emerita will not seek re-election.

Democrats are digging in.

A bad night for Trump.

And what it means for 2024 and beyond.

The standoff is in its 35th day.

The former Defense Secretary and Vice President is gone at 84.

He’s making a major admission.

The Trumpian Twilight Zone.

It turns out that mandatory spending is, well, mandatory.

The light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

How party change actually works in the US. Plus more on messaging and organzing.

Lies about past White House upgrades. It all start with Jesse Waters, but also heads to the op/ed pages of the NYT and WaPo.