Outside the Beltway

I continue to be frustrated and amazed at the basic lack of understanding by people who should understand.

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

They’re talking a big game now, but they’ll likely bend a knee. Again.

Of course you realize this means war.

Floating the idea that NC should just award its EVs to Trump.

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

A potential GOP self-own in south Texas.

A set of bills would fund Ukraine, Israel, and other bipartisan priorities while ticking of the MAGA crowd.

Will wonders never cease?

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

The crazies are this close to a complete takeover.

Some thoughts on the Speaker contest.

What’s behind the sure-to-fail bid to oust his own party’s Speaker?

Why it’s inevitable and what it means.

The Robespierres in the House of Representatives are driving American politics in a predictably horrible direction.

The anti-McCarthy holdouts have no end game.

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

Did we not already know this?

A vague but inflammatory report sheds little light on the situation.

We may be seeing the beginning of the end.

This is no way to run a railroad.

Those Republicans who recognize how bad President Trump is for he nation but are afraid to speak out against him are as bad as the true believers of Cult45.