Outside the Beltway

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.

Democrats are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

A year-long Continuing Resolution or bust?

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

It made history in many ways.

Russia, Russia, Russia?

Applying rational analysis to attitude and instinct.

A story I thought I’d never see.

The postwar era may have ended yesterday.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

In the immortal words of Emily Litella, “Never mind.”

Beware the Ides of March.