Outside the Beltway

He’s proposed a bill with no chance of passage seemingly timed to hurt his own party in the midterms.

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

And a reminder about Bannon’s wall grift.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

The UK’s longest-reigning monarch has passed, aged 96.

What does objectivity mean in the Trump era?

Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in again… [update: x2]

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

Why would the Trump team release a document that casts them in such a bad light?

The intersection of politics, morality, and meaning.

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

What we believe and what we say we believe are often not the same.

“Declassification, even by the President, must follow established procedures.” (Trump Administration 2018)

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

There are too many products chasing too few consumers.

Running down the latest “known knowns” with just a bit of analysis

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”

Tell us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants without telling us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants

A great American author is gone at 89.

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

A cruel and insidious ‘solution’ to the border problem.

The iconic basketball player, coach, and civil rights leader is gone at 88.

Some light fundraising whilst waiting for mum to die.

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

The Forward Party will almost certainly go nowhere.

A disease spreading mostly among gay men is now infecting small children.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

Paywalls are not our problem.

Meeting with people who are essentially couplotters should be disqualifying.

Ruy Teixeira finds that Hispanics aren’t yet woke.

When belief is more important than facts

The US armed forces are looking for a few more good men and women.

As Democrats gain college-educated voters, they’re losing Hispanics and men.

Signs and portents?

With record-low poll numbers, the grass roots wants someone new on the ticket next time.

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

They’re stealing our secrets and working to undermine our elections.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

A rather bizarre coda to yesterday’s big Supreme Court decision.

The 6-3 ruling broke down on predictable lines.

it likely won’t do much.

It’s not all about Trump.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

The Washington Post has fired a reporter for her rants against colleagues.

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.