Outside the Beltway

Yet more gems from the Commander-in-Chief.

Don’t tell me there’s no hope at all

They hate the program but have no viable alternative.

What the shutdown should have been about.

There are real life consequences.

A lot of pain for . . . not much.

The octogenarian Speaker Emerita will not seek re-election.

The standoff is in its 35th day.

The public is much less concerned than you are.

Resisting gaslighting must be social. It’s crucial for those who oppose Trump’s falsehoods to remind each other, again and again, that 2 + 2 = 4.

Budgets are choices and choices reveal values.

Not Gaetz and Hegseth bad, but still, pretty bad.

Elon is on record warning Trump supporters to be prepared for “temporary hardship”

Trump’s core policies will drive inflation

These people are frustrating.

Our fee-for-service system is broken.

The headline wrote itself.

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

Can the fat man take down the elephant in the room?

The market for competent centrists.

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

Crises tend to be distracting.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.