Outside the Beltway

More polling.

Millions turned out in support of basic ideals.

Peace Prize in our time!

A reaffirmation rather than a revelation.

A few more details have emerged.

An attempt to connect higher education and political violence.

Cancel culture on steroids.

Yes it was said. No the context doesn’t make it better.

To be fully human requires living with and in sometimes unresolvable contradictions

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

A historically inaccurate bit of symbolic silliness.

This is the United States today.

The artless deal.

The takeaway of Hegseth’s video and the Pentagon’s clarification is meant to be obvious. 

Trump likes to use force.

The seemingly inevitable next step.

Colbert asks Harris a question about leadership.

Because of course.

…they aren’t that hard to get.

What? Retaliation from Iran?

Whatever that means.

We’re officially past rhyming and into history (or at least rhetoric) repeating.

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

The information bubble is real.

What it tells us about race and the Trump administration.

Spoiler: it is about the abuse of presidential power.

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

The relationship appears to be an inverse one.

Things have to be bad when they actually start to speak the truth to the President

Who would have guessed?

The media, the academy, and the courts, are all in the crosshairs.

Sad and strange circumstances have forced the Democratic party to become the conservative party now. It’s important to remind ourselves of what is good in our lives and what is worth defending. 

Just a little comparison of 2017, 2021, and 2025 plus more thoughts on tariffs.

Orwell came to mind this morning.

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

The top uniformed lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force have been relieved.

A little ethnic cleansing coming right up.

Only a handful of Republican Senators have objected. Mildly.

Another severe deviation from our norms.

Politics, rhetoric, and the question of controlled burns.

Pro-tip: Googling BEFORE posting a Hot Take can save a lot of embarrasment

And who is “we”?