Outside the Beltway

Thinking about the intellectual foundations of contemporary immigration policy.

Some signs of hope and of deep concern due to Trump appointees.

Next up: our armed forces.

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

The original KISS lead guitarist is gone at 74.

The SOUTHCOM commander has resigned and the Senate is debating, but it won’t matter.

SCOTUS appears ready to supercharge gerrymandering.

The public is much less concerned than you are.

The term which kicked off this week wil decide whether we effectively have a king.

Restricting those who report on the Pentagon.

Trump’s response to the Kirk assassination is to try and further divide us.

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

E-I-E-I-O

The August jobs report was not good.

Trump likes to use force.

Nuclear reactors to the moon!

A simple solution to a complex problem.

A strange fixaton.

The Daily on how local NPR stations will suffer.

Spinelessness isn’t permanent.

The end of an era.

Look, up in the sky!

Thinking about ideology in the Trump era.

Believe it when people tell you who they are.

An attack on the First Amendment in plain sight.

A correct but disturbing ruling.

Senate Republicans are balking at several measures, but fixing those would make passage in the House impossible.

Is that really a good idea?

The prize: sick and dead US children

The information bubble is real.

Like in NJ, ICE rejects a Representative from seeing a facility in CA.

The newest Executive Order.

Terrorism in Colorado. Continued awful violence in Gaza.

The Trump administration is trying to get a ruling on one issue while sidestepping the merits of the case.

A return to the question of age limits for office.

Spoiler: it is about the abuse of presidential power.

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

* – but the tariffs didn’t start until April 2