Outside the Beltway

This administration isn’t debating history. It’s distorting it for its own narrow purposes methodically. And predictably.

An absurd matter has come to its rightful conclusion.

Some criminologists have identified a new trend.

Other schools are likely to follow.

Trump and the Obamas.

A great newspaper is suffering another round of cutbacks.

What could possibly go wrong?

The Sanford and Son actor is gone at 79.

Flooding the zone saps his opponent’s attention, but also his White House’s.

The big lie of 2020 continues.

The legendary cartoonist turned MAGA influencer is gone at 68.

Has the tide turned?

“When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.”

We’ve seen this movie before.

Fewer lies! Fewer experts!

The economy sparked this particular uprising.

The fixes people want won’t help and those that will help, people don’t want.

Jobs were lost and people have died (and will die), but at least we didn’t save any money!

If the politics of cruelty has peaked, what follows?

Everybody knows you never go full MAGA.

If you don’t collect the data, the problem disappears, right?

It is hard to ignore the aesthetic he is invoking.

The great director and actor was killed, along with his wife, apparently by their son.

The most bizarre report I’ve seen in some time.

A reminder the US government sent people to CECOT who were then tortured.

Arresting the spouses of Americans at Green Card appointments.

The State Department will be pressing our closest allies to control their borders.

Mamdani visits the WH; MTG resigns.

Thinking about how what is known about Trump and Epstein.

Surging resources to immigration enforcement comes with tradeoffs.

A lot of pain for . . . not much.

Things will get radically worse if the shutdown doesn’t end soon.

Although it is still on life support.

And what it means for 2024 and beyond.

The standoff is in its 35th day.

The former Defense Secretary and Vice President is gone at 84.

Don’t let pundits spin too many fantasies.

A tale from my neck of the woods.

Lack of understanding and poor institutional design=bad political outcomes.

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

They were looking for a show to steal. They were fine with contracts that bind. And they were willing to make a deal

Millions turned out in support of basic ideals.

The second round of No Kings rallies will take place today. Will they matter?

The original KISS lead guitarist is gone at 74.

Not so much.

Trump exploits our mistaken beliefs about crime to consolidate his power.

The obvious has been made expllicit.

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

Here we go again.