Outside the Beltway

The anti-DEI party is suddenly really concerned about identity

The anti-Trump attack dog is out of the race.

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

A no-brainer that’s brainless.

An example of rationalization.

Original blogger AllahPundit is leaving Hot Air after 16 years.

He’s in the minority but promises to start obstructing again if that changes.

A current defense of Trump raises an ancient political question.

An empty column with a seed of one good point buried in a bunch of nothing.

President Trump continues to have an odd obsession with nuclear weapons.

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

The President and his supporters are touting the last-minute deal with Mexico announced on Friday, but the details show there’s much less than meets the eye.

His colum in WaPo isn’t very good.

Two more defections from the stable of writers at RedState provide further proof of the extent to which conservative media has become a pro-Trump echo chamber.

Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford want the F.B.I. to investigate the charges she has made against Judge Kavanaugh before she testifies, but it’s entirely unclear what such an investigation would accomplish.

Mitch McConnell has a plan that could pose problems for Democrats fighting for re-election.

With the end of the Supreme Court term approaching, speculation about a Kennedy retirement is ramping up again.

Donald Trump continues to be as astoundingly ignorant about the most powerful weapons the U.S. military possesses as he was as a candidate.

Democrats and “Never Trump”ers shouldn’t count their chickens before they’re hatched.

Things are getting far more complicated on the Korean Peninsula. Diplomacy isn’t working, and a military option would most likely lead to disaster.

President Trump’s weeklong effort to undermine his own Attorney General continues.

With a vote tentatively scheduled for this evening, House Republicans appear to lack the votes to pass the American Health Care Act.

In a break with President-Elect Trump, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said Congress would block any effort to increase tariffs.

Donald Trump’s strange relationship with reality continues to come to light,

With top Republicans recoiling from the realization that the GOP is stuck with Trump in 2016, the ground seems to be being prepared for a conflict that could tear the GOP apart regardless of who wins in November.