Outside the Beltway

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner last night, Donald Trump took his show on the road where he continued his long-standing attacks on the press. Unfortunately, it’s a message that resonates with his supporters.

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a lawsuit against the President, handing the already beleaguered White House yet another headache.

Donald Trump’s lawyer admits to making a six-figure payment on the eve of the 2016 election to a porn star that Trump was alleged to have had an affair with. That just raises a host of other questions.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

Donald Trump’s latest Twitter rant is one of his most bizarre.

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

Donald Trump’s golf courses are displaying something that literally is fake news.

Donald Trump thinks the media doesn’t like his Twitter habit. In reality, they love it.

After news of the appointment of a special counsel in the Russia investigation, Donald Trump’s persecution complex was on full display.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Donald Trump spent his Saturday attacking the press and the First Amendment.

One month in, some Trump supporters are starting to wonder if he will actually deliver on what he promised.

There are two sides in this war between Trump and the media, but only one of them is the right side.

It’s not all peaches and cream for pretty young women.

On Tuesday night the Establishment won and won yuge. (From new OTB contributor, Michael Bailey)

Reports of the demise of the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated.

Trump was alternately somnambulant, petulant, stalking, incoherent, and dangerous.

Bernie Sanders doesn’t seem to realize that the political world has already moved past the race for the Democratic nomination.

The violence that Donald Trump encourages among supporters is manifesting itself in real life.

Conservatives are sending a message to Senate Republicans about the vacancy on the Supreme Court, and it may require them to initiate a suicidal game plan.

Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio have won the endorsement of the Des Moines Register, but it’s unclear how much this will help their respective campaigns.

A political cartoonist for The Washington Post crossed a line and, rightfully, got condemned for it.

Rand Paul is likely to miss the main stage for next Tuesday’s debate, so his campaign is already calling on CNN to change the rules.

Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee recently kept company with a very disturbing religious leader.

A new Justice Department report has found widespread racial bias in the Ferguson Police Department, but it’s a problem that goes far beyond one Missouri suburb.

Once again, a Federal Judge has barred New Jersey’s effort to legalize sports betting based on Federal law. it’s time for the Federal Government to get out of the way on this issue.

One analyst thinks that the predictions of a Republican Senate in 2014 are wildly optimistic.

The “open and free” Internet is an ideal type, not a myth.

The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.

When it comes to Iraq, the media only seems to be giving Americans one side of the story.

The IRS’s claim that it lost some unknown number of Lois Lerner’s emails doesn’t really add up.

The RNC wants to limit primary debates, but it’s not clear that’s a good idea.

Some Members of Congress are talking about pushing a bill imposing new sanction on Iran despite the deal reached in Geneva yesterday.

So much for the most transparent Administration in history.

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

Would conservatives learn a lesson if they got everything they wanted in 2016?

To maintain growth China needs to consider its priorities.

Partisan targeting by the IRS should not be permitted to stand.

Tom Brokaw has some good criticisms of what the White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner has turned into.

A mix of media and abortion politics.

The Hagel confirmation, like Obama’s election, was big news to some avid news consumers.

Monday, The Atlantic published and took down a sponsored article from the church of Scientology. Yesterday, it admitted it had “screwed up.”

Many conservatives are living inside of a media bubble and they’ll continue to have problems until the consciously decide to break out of it.

An attempt to lay down some basic groundwork for discussing this story.