Outside the Beltway

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

A microcosm of the campaigns and the candidates.

Trumps undercuts current messaging & brings up past military service controversies

An odd juxtaposition in the major press.

Could Thursday’s match-up shake up the race?

Progressive activists are preparing to “democracy-proof” the country.

The NYT is going all-in painting it as “far more radical, vindictive and unchecked” than the first.

So many open tabs, so little time.

The chickens are slowly coming home to roost.

Politicians and other thought leaders are playing with fire.

We’re in uncharted waters.

The would-be President is floundering as he tries to position himself.

The ball is now in Merrick Garland’s court.

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

The 45th President was a psychopath.

Former President Trump routinely broke the law with respect to protecting public records.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

The story played out just as we all thought it would.

The Trump Presidency has been a long con.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

His campaign now wants more live debates.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

Our intelligence professionals are issuing a familiar warning.

The President’s initial reaction to the release of the whistleblower complaint is about what you’d expect from a petty dictator.

Donald Trump has found a new far-right lunatic to retweet.

The findings are a dispiriting Rorschach test.

Thus far, the full(ish) release provides plenty of juicy details but no real revelations.

Five things I think I think after the hearings.

A really weird detail buried in a New York Times story about President Trump’s efforts to get the Justice to retire.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

Based on his recent behavior, it’s clear that the President is worried about how loyal Michael Cohen might actually turn out to be.

Robert Mueller’s investigation appears to enter a new phase, with a focus on the President’s business dealings with Russia.

Staffers are fleeing the administration like rats from a sinking ship.

The 29-year-old was one of President Trump’s most trusted aides but she had an impossible job.

The Mueller investigation moves forward.

And the evidence for obstruction of justice continues to mount.

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.

While there are real differences between what’s being reported about White House officials such as Jared Kushner and what Hillary Clinton did, the charge of hypocrisy is well-founded.

The president’s begrudging condemnation of evil didn’t last long.

Hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The failure of the AHCA shows that Donald Trump doesn’t know the slightest thing about leadership or how to be President.

It may well be that the 25th Amendment, not the impeachment clause, will be his undoing.

An unusual, if not unexpected, mass firing at the Justice Department on Friday afternoon.

Things aren’t pretty inside the House of Trump these days.

Does Hillary Clinton remember that she was Secretary of State for four years?

Mitt Romney is showing signs that the negative attacks from the Obama camp are getting to him.