Outside the Beltway

The crazies are this close to a complete takeover.

Sober lessons from Israel.

Some thoughts on the Speaker contest.

The Arizona gubernatorial loser is back to lose the Senate.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

A roundup of news and opinon.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around anymore.

What’s behind the sure-to-fail bid to oust his own party’s Speaker?

Why it’s inevitable and what it means.

The President and his predecessor are heading to Detroit.

Also: calls for his resignation.

The House is in recess as the exasperated GOP leadership tries to figure a way out.

Congress is doing something, at least.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

The MAGA wing is driving us over a cliff.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

A perennial fantasy has a new standard bearer.

A slight recalibration (although perhaps not the one that was wanted).

Common ground is, sadly, bad politics.

It’s time for transparency on the Republican Leader’s health.

Yet more evidence of an unfit, unstable candidate.

The Senate Republican Leader had another concerning incident.

Some of these have been open for a while…

The abaya is now banned as well.

The people want a fast trial and think he’s guilty and should go to jail.

It is worth repeating

The DC district attorney’s office is looking into allegations of masssive tax fraud.

tl;dr: Trump is a nightmare client & nightmare clients don’t do well in criminal courts

A counterintuitive move.

A seeming case of unequal justice.

If you thought the first term was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

The electorate is less alarmed than it was four years ago. Which is good!

A tale from the DeSantis’ Woke Wars.

The standoff with Senator Tuberville is reaching crisis levels.

Must every topic be viewed through that lens?

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

Mostly 2020 election denial investigation edition.

The President is trying to change perceptions ahead of the election.

Another entry into the ongoing performative politics of Ron DeSantis.

What’s more important, appearances or action?

We’re in uncharted waters.

There’s been a load of compromising.

From the “you can’t this stuff up” file.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are happy. But one man is.

Normal diplomacy with an abnormal ally.

The former president faces multiple criminal prosecutions.