Outside the Beltway

Getting close to his term 1 low.

Michelle Obama thinks so.

The octogenarian Speaker Emerita will not seek re-election.

Don’t let pundits spin too many fantasies.

The move to build Trump’s Big Beautiful Ballroom is moving at record speed.

The term which kicked off this week wil decide whether we effectively have a king.

A long and unusual speech has implications for civil-military relations.

On politics, guns, and people killing people

The former White House physican (and current Congressman)’s demotion for misconduct has been reversed.

Former VPs get only six months of protection?!

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

The artless deal.

A weird, unnecessary intervention.

Authoritarianism is popular.

One of the big ones has given up.

A strange fixaton.

Seeing the effects of Trumponomics.

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

Over-reading the NYC mayoral primary.

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

There’s always a tweet

One for the pantheon of utterly terrible public non-apology “apologies.”

A massive purge ahead of the long weekend.

He is either too dishonest or too stupid to hold the office (or, you know, both).