Outside the Beltway

And more silence from our MAGA aligned commenters

Trump’s Anti-Black, Anti-Haitian Propaganda Is Harming Real People

Thoughts that didn’t fit in my last post

Racism this explicit needs to be directly confronted

Donald Trump fared considerably worse against a cogent opponent.

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

A stark contrast in vibes.

Trumps undercuts current messaging & brings up past military service controversies

A reflection the Trump campaign with helpf from James Baldwin

Beyond politics, there’s culture.

That’s not a rhetorical question.

It’s not been a great few days for J. D. Vance

What if 2024 was a “West Wing” episode?

Trump’s second term would be much worse than his first.

Some interesting, if unworkable, ideas.

Doubling down on the MAGA.

Are the press out to get the President? Or abetting a coverup?

The Replace Biden bandwagon continues rolling. Evidence is mounting that he needs to get on it.

Who are you going to believe, the WSJ or your lying eyes?

Fund-raising alone won’t save American democracy.

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

A whopping $50 million donation from a single nepo baby put him over the top.

Reactionary politics are not just a US phenomenon.

Political grandstanding over dubious claims of privilege.

2,000 Mules edition.

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

MAGA has eaten the Tea Party.

Well, more than two…

Several glimmers of hope from the Ukraine funding bill.

MAGA Republicans have owned themselves whilst trying to own the libs.

A win for the good guys and a loss for Trump and Putin.

It’s no longer just a Third World problem.

Part of an ongoing conversation.

It is a bit of a mess.

A Man For All Seasons goes to the heart of our current political season

He may be fighting the last war.

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

A familiar question is again a reasonable one.

The roots of MAGA run deep, through places like my old home.

Explaining the inexplicable.

A purge of the professional staff for, well, reasons.

Biden did what he needed to do.

The last challenger to Donald Trump bows to reality.

The politics of chaos.

A data point or two amid the panic.

Live! From New York, it’s…wait, what?