Outside the Beltway

The peace president in action.

What it is and isn’t. Some polisci basics.

I’m sure there’s a plan for that.

Trump’s love of the unilateral is on display with serious consequences.

USA! USA! USA!

Right in front of our noses, one might say.

The controversial civil rights leader is gone at 84.

A significant slice of the electorate focuses only on the president.

Even if the Chinese come for the Stanley Cup.

The Epstein fallout highlights differences in the US and UK systems.

Flooding the zone saps his opponent’s attention, but also his White House’s.

Trump’s style may obscure a lack of substance.

An actual move to acquire Greenland by force or coercion would be a massive line for the Trump administration to cross.

An oft-misunderstood legal principle.

Debates about whether Trump is strong or weak often ignore the fundamental fact that he has power.

A clear violation of the laws of war. But do they apply?

The NYT has discovered that Trump is old.

Our present-day politics reminds us that the “unfinished work” of democracy is never fully complete.  

This time for allegedly trying to escape.

Dear Leader has a wish.

The Trumpian Twilight Zone.

How party change actually works in the US. Plus more on messaging and organzing.

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

The move to build Trump’s Big Beautiful Ballroom is moving at record speed.

He becomes the first French ex-head of state to be jailed since Marshal Pétain.

The second round of No Kings rallies will take place today. Will they matter?

Congress, Schmongress.

The reality is, I can’t say no.

Colombia’s President said the wrong thing and had his visa revoked.

“He that spits against the Wind, spits in his own Face.”

Trump’s lack of focus may spare us the worst outcomes in this one instance.

Former VPs get only six months of protection?!

The disconnect between perception and reality about elections.

The cruelty is the point?

One of the big ones has given up.

Things are not operating as Madison intended.

Tit-for-tat is maybe good power politics, but is any of this good for democracy?

Trump asks Texas to further gerrymander the state.

Thinking about ideology in the Trump era.

An attack on the First Amendment in plain sight.

A correct but disturbing ruling.

Whatever that means.

Trump Mobile!