Outside the Beltway

The best statement on the complexity of the Israel-Hamas conflict that I have heard/read.

A hopeful irony.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

Bidenomics is dragging Biden’s approval.

A high-stakes move.

The crazies are this close to a complete takeover.

What does “complete victory” look like?

An amusing lede to an exasperating column.

Our limited attention spans.

Some people say there’s a reporter to blame.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around anymore.

What’s behind the sure-to-fail bid to oust his own party’s Speaker?

A satisfying but unlikely explanation.

The chickens are slowly coming home to roost.

Will taking the war to Moscow change Putin’s calculus?

The President and his predecessor are heading to Detroit.

Another illustration of the weakness of the American party system.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

A political trial for political crimes always yields a political result.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

The President’s support for labor and aggressive action on climate change are in tension.

Calling out a large chunk of the GOP.

The inmates are running the asylum.

A trip through comparative democratic reform.

Oh, the irony.

A perennial fantasy has a new standard bearer.

The Gulf and Western singer, songwriter, and mogul has died at 76.

The base is remaining loyal to the only candidate they think can beat Biden.

The Economist joins the “Biden is too old” bandwagon.

Yet more evidence of an unfit, unstable candidate.

The Senate Republican Leader had another concerning incident.

State election officials are standing by for challenges to Trump’s right to run.

Corrupt and crazy versus old and confused.

Americans don’t want either Trump or Biden! Film at 11.

The people want a fast trial and think he’s guilty and should go to jail.

A surpringly large number tuned in to see people who won’t be the nominee.

A shift in the legal team in GA.

Virginia’s governor has raised a ton of money.

One weird trick could save us from Trump.

tl;dr: Trump is a nightmare client & nightmare clients don’t do well in criminal courts

What to call non-crazies who aren’t Democrats?

It’s the only one that puts all the piece together.

This makes four.

It’s Nixon’s fault?

The next Trump indictment looks like it is coming this week.

A seeming case of unequal justice.

His lawyers and Democratic lawmakers are urging an exception.

If you thought the first term was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

Trump asked him to overturn the election.