Outside the Beltway

Closing arguments start today and a verdict and possible sentencing could come this week.

After weeks of protest, a solid effort.

A potential GOP self-own in south Texas.

Yesterday’s New Jersey speech was something to behold.

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

MAGA has eaten the Tea Party.

On the complexity of political funding.

Several glimmers of hope from the Ukraine funding bill.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

It is a bit of a mess.

While the West dithers, Russia is doubling down.

When does humanitarian catastrophe become something more?

Suddenly, old voters are aligning Democrat and young ones Republican.

Many Democrats are worried about the fallout.

Partisanship and representation in conflict.

There will be lawyers.

Of party, duty, age, and political roulette.

tl;dr: Either he goes or she (and her office) go

Israel’s prime minister is defying red lines and humanitarian concerns.

Here we go again.

They’re fast running out of time to find a candidate.

Reading the tea leaves in Michigan.

A special counsel has declined to prosecute the President but his rationale was painful.

Just when you thought America couldn’t get any greater.

The tabs, they are a clearing.

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, and MAGA.

Further escalation is inevitable.

So many open tabs, so little time.

Shockingly, both “incumbents” are going to win their party’s 2024 nominations.

And the intuition that things aren’t really working.

A truly weird story.

Some things shouldn’t be joked about (and they often aren’t jokes anyway).

An illustration of the justice system working as designed.

A powerful voice in Black media is a thorn in the administration’s side.

“2023 Lists” Edition

Why can’t some of us handle the truth?

The denial of transfer to Federal Court could signal problems for Trump’s Presidential Immunity Claims

Trump on peaceful transfers (and Hitler).

Blood poisoning edition.

Lie down with dogs you get up with fleas edition.