Outside the Beltway

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.

“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”

A $787.5 million flesh wound.

He’s likely to make heads explode.

The controversies over our geriatric Congress continue.

Should we expect privacy from our own cameras?

Being against something just isn’t enough.

Some Democrats are angry!

A no-brainer that’s brainless.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

“The GOP” is not a singular unit.

One of his 2020 primary opponents is tanned, rested, and ready.

Because I had a lot of open tabs.

Leftovers from last week and over the weekend.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

A little debt ceiling, a little higher ed, and other misc delights.

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

The anti-Trump Republican could find re-election difficult.

The Supreme Court’s internal investigation was inconclusive.

Eric Adams is begging for the Federal Government for relief.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

The race is on before the 89-year-old has announced her intentions.

A brilliant journalist is gone at 44.

The Michigan Senator’s stepping down at a reasonable age shocked everyone.

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

Some tab plus some tabs equals some tabs.

“You can’t be against everything.”