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The Washington Post building in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post building in Washington, D.C.

The Slow Death of the Washington Post

A great newspaper is suffering another round of cutbacks.

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The 2026 National Defense Strategy

The long-awaited document is less disruptive than it appears on the surface.

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President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Monday, August 18, 2025, in the Oval Office President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Monday, August 18, 2025, in the Oval Office

Trump and Zelensky to Discuss Peace Plan

Ukraine’s president is trying to negotiate a deal that Russia will surely reject.

Sporting Cultures

A clash between American and European models.

Tabby Thursday

Monday Tabs

Thanksgiving Eve Tabs

Nonhierarchical Parties in Action

Why blaming “the Democrats” or even “leadership” ignores a basic fact of American politics.

‘A Moratorium on Mischief’

What the shutdown should have been about.

Airlines Managing Flight Delays. For Now.

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

The Shutdown Nonsense Drags On

Democrats are digging in.

Democrats Win Off-Off Year Elections They Were Expected to Win

And what it means for 2024 and beyond.

The Longest Government Shutdown in US History

The standoff is in its 35th day.

A Word of Caution on the NYC Mayoral Race

Don’t let pundits spin too many fantasies.

Shutdown Winding Down?

The light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

President Donald J. Trump greets guests on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, prior to boarding Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md. to begin his trip to Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Nevada. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) President Donald J. Trump greets guests on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, prior to boarding Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md. to begin his trip to Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Nevada. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

Political Math

One-third of a day.

President Donald Trump signs a mineral agreement during a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room, Monday, October 20, 2025. President Donald Trump signs a mineral agreement during a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room, Monday, October 20, 2025.

Trump Won’t Ask Congress for Approval

“What are they going to do? Say, ‘Gee, we don’t want to stop drugs pouring in?’”

If You Don’t Want to be Likened to Nazis…

Don’t talk like one.

Tabby Monday

Meanwhile in North Korea…

Nobel Prize edition.

Trump to Pay Troops with ‘Available Funds’

Congress, Schmongress.

Judge Issues Second Order Against Sending Guard to Portland

She was not amused by the administration’s workaround.

Speaking outside the Capitol after the health care vote. Bernie Sanders in background. Speaking outside the Capitol after the health care vote. Bernie Sanders in background.

An Ill-Conceived Shutdown Strategy

Democratic leadership still keeps playing normal politics in times that are anything but.

Shutdown Stupidity

Here we go again.

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Bizarre Conspiracies: USAID Edition

People are weird.

TGI Tabs

Bad Leadership on Display

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025.

Reports Suggest Pentagon Shifting Focus To Domestic Defense

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

War Department Redux

A potentially costly rebrand and strange bedfellows.

Reactionary Christian Nationalism on Display

A window into White Christian Nationalism (as endorsed by Pete Hegseth!).

Space Waste?

Nuclear reactors to the moon!