Outside the Beltway

Michelle Obama thinks so.

It’s not an unprecedented stance.

Our current round of speech repression may prove worse than McCarthyism.

Since I was thinking about 2016

Allegations that DOGE put Social Security info on an unsecured server.

…but don’t let the Epstein matter distract you from everything else Trump is doing.

Colbert asks Harris a question about leadership.

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.

It’s still murky but already quite different from the Trump 45 administration’s.

The postwar era may have ended yesterday.

The public has a right to know what its prosecutor has found.

The move paves the way for Kash Patel or another Trump appointee.

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

Not a Red Wave but a Red Shift?

A low confidence Election Day forecast.

For want of an apostrophe . . .

Our long national nightmare is not over.

They are not like you and me.

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

The skews may offset.

It could all come down to Pennsylvania.

To what degree is right wing media shaping Trump’s view of Harris?

A microcosm of the campaigns and the candidates.

Things may well get ugly regardless of the outcome of November’s election.

His former National Security Advisor is not impressed.

Democrats suddenly have multiple paths to victory.

Spoiler: the same people often work at both

It’s logical, maybe even inevitable. But is it a good idea?

A relatively strong performance doesn’t change the narrative.

The Gaza conflict has ousted a member of “the Squad.”

On the complexity of political funding.

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

Many Democrats are worried about the fallout.

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

Of party, duty, age, and political roulette.

What happens if a corrupt man who owes hundreds of millions is President?

Explaining the inexplicable.

The politics of chaos.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.

A new report puts the conversation in a different light.

A special counsel has declined to prosecute the President but his rationale was painful.

A powerful voice in Black media is a thorn in the administration’s side.

John Fetterman says he’s not a progressive.

The President has tepid support in the 18-29 demographic.

What if one of the candidates is Hitler?

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.