Outside the Beltway

Did the Trump stunt backfire? Or just an anomaly?

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

The courts can’t save us from ourselves.

The former president faces multiple criminal prosecutions.

The Pope is siding with evil.

Don’t blame the primary author of The Federalist for our current mess.

The worst of the worst Capitol Riot players have been brought to justice.

As widely expected, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles “CQ” Brown will become the nation’s top military officer.

The fired propagandist has had an epiphany about bullshit.

“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”

He’s likely to make heads explode.

The controversies over our geriatric Congress continue.

Most high-income Congressional Districts are Democratic and low-income Districts are Republican.

When winning is the only acceptable outcome.

Legal analysts are skeptical.

It has begun.

A new poll seems to show that. Be skeptical.

Calls for violence have been widespread but are unlikely to be heeded.

And so it begins?

Donald Trump is apparently not the only one with a fetish for war criminals.

The Netanyahu government is facing massive strikes and protests over its latest authoritarian moves.

Some disturbing symbolism.

The would-be President is floundering as he tries to position himself.

A hypothetical spoiler for 2024? (Stress on “hypothetical”).

The Manhattan DA could move as early as next week.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Being against something just isn’t enough.

The lunatic fringe idea is both appealing and unworkable.

Whither American civil religion?

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

Some Democrats are angry!

A no-brainer that’s brainless.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

“The GOP” is not a singular unit.

They went all-in on the Big Lie and we now have the receipts that they knew what they were doing.

The controversial AI has some interesting programming quirks.

An aggressive but expected move.

Some 2024ish stuff and other tidbits.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

Playing two-level games.

It’s becoming a sad joke.

The anti-Trump Republican could find re-election difficult.

Too many jobs needlessly specify a bachelor’s.

A modest regulatory change may have a big impact.

One of these is not like the other.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

Just like Trump’s except for every important detail.