Outside the Beltway

A major unforced error has apparently been reversed.

A dire warning from the UN.

They may whine and bluster, but Trump always gets their votes.

For all practical purposes, the Constitutional war powers have been stood on their head.

Is dropping it on Israel the most likely reason?

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

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

They’ve reversed a lower court ruling. For now.

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

…and I write a bit more than that.

The Nerd Prom chickens out.

It made history in many ways.

The retired 3-star National Guard officer is an unorthodox pick.

The inevitable happened, inevitably.

The 47th President had a busy Monday.

Willingness to lie is now a requirement for senior intelligence and law enforcement posts.

An entire Congressionally-created agency seems to have been shut down by fiat.

The courts will decide whether we have a President or a King.

Piling absurdity atop cruelty.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

A surprising honor.

The real crime is what’s legal.

I question the timing.

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Stop me if you have heard this before, but he is unqualified for the job.

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

It’s neither unprecedented nor powerful. It doesn’t exist.

Not a Red Wave but a Red Shift?

How that awful man won again.

A different take on our political realignment.

Each state sets its own election rules. That’s not a good thing.

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

They won’t tell you who’s going to be President. They’re still useful.

The 45th President and the press, part a million.

The 39th President hits the century mark.

They have a preference but may not vote.

But it is all still close.

Some Democrats are unhappy Harris is touting the endorsement of the Cheneys.

Dubya takes cover.

An oft-told tale turns out to be bullshit.

It’s not 2019 anymore.

We live in interesting times.

The soft bigotry of low expectations.

Beyond politics, there’s culture.

A third (and hopefully final) post on the matter.

The Democrats are in a good place heading into their convention.