Outside the Beltway

The Commonwealth’s off-off year contests will be seen as a referendum on Trump.

Trump and Netanyahu do not see eye to eye on the matter.

But Not Really (Wink Wink)

While critics warn of fascism, the public is thus far backing Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Things are getting ugly in LA.

Half the counties in America have moved more Republican in each of the last three elections.

The bromance is apparently over.

The renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk is a prominent illustration.

Maybe they weren’t serious about fiscal discipline after all?

Resisting gaslighting must be social. It’s crucial for those who oppose Trump’s falsehoods to remind each other, again and again, that 2 + 2 = 4.

I question the timing.

It was inevitable.

Will no one rid me of these meddlesome judges?

This time: Chinese students.

Well, most of them.

Hint: another variables may be the key.

Is it time for the Democrats to move to the center?

It was rather unusual.

A snapshot from Saudi Arabia.

What it tells us about race and the Trump administration.

Habemus habeas corpus?

They wanted chaos but not this chaos.

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

On renaming commemorations.

A major reshuffling of the foreign policy team 100 days into the administration.

The polls are showing a really weird dynamic.

Being nice at dinner is easy.

There may be no exit.

It’s good to be king.

To the Trump administation this a feature, not a bug.

Or they maybe happening at 10%… Who knows?! Clearly not the White House.

Remember Trump cannot fail, he can only be failed!

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

We are about to find out the degree to which trade wars are good and easy to win.

He filibustered nothing for a very long time.

The Nerd Prom chickens out.

Elite American universities are surrending at an astonishing pace.

Will the Netanyahu government double down on its weakening of Iran?

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

We are at least on the precipice.

They don’t want to give Trump what he wants, so they’re giving him what he wants.