Outside the Beltway

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

Gallup has him at his highest point in a year.

The intersection of politics, morality, and meaning.

Thoughts on the scenarios.

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

“Moderate” is up, “Liberal” is down, and “Conservative” is static. What does it mean?

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

A bill that was never about the thing it’s called doesn’t do that thing.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

“America can survive the demagogues themselves, it’s their audience that will kill us.”

Some 4500 tip line reports were simply turned over to the White House and not investigated further.

Hardball politics or dirty pool?

Instead of a clenched fist of support, it was a big middle finger to Sweden and Finland.

The Schumer-Manchin compromise includes a massive increase in the tax collection budget.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

You have to be suspicious of people who enjoy gangster movies a bit too much.

Approval is down (again).

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

The Forward Party will almost certainly go nowhere.

Can American democracy survive its information bubbles?

She’s almost certainly going to lose her House seat. Can she get a promotion?

Are plurality winners less legitimate than popular vote losers?

A theory floated in Bush v Gore could radically change American elections.

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

Meeting with people who are essentially couplotters should be disqualifying.

An embarrassing photo demonstrates the perils of leading the free world.

What is the right measure of success for the Committee investigating the Capitol riot?

Ruy Teixeira finds that Hispanics aren’t yet woke.

New evidence gets us a wee bit closer to a smoking gun.

With record-low poll numbers, the grass roots wants someone new on the ticket next time.

Elon backs out.

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

Assuming they had the votes, should Democrats carve out yet another exception?

He plans to hang on as PM through the fall but likely won’t be able to.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

A large plurality of the network’s viewers think left wingers trying to make Trump look bad are to blame.

It’s been more of a reading than writing morning.

Republicans killed their parents and demanding mercy for being orphaned.

Did Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony change anything?

You’re goddamn right he did.

They should panic, right?

The Supreme Court has reversed decades of precedent on church-state separation.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

The Proud Boys, Trump family, and Alex Jones all filmed documentaries of their actions leading up to January 6.

Top Four likely makes things worse.

Could Alaska point the way to a solution?