Outside the Beltway

Resisting gaslighting must be social. It’s crucial for those who oppose Trump’s falsehoods to remind each other, again and again, that 2 + 2 = 4.

These sweet, anxious, thoughtful, and genuinely loveable students know in their bones that their future is deeply uncertain and shaped by adults who appear to have no idea what they’re doing.

Hint: another variables may be the key.

Is it time for the Democrats to move to the center?

Keeping a running list of examples of the dishonesty, unreality, poor governance, and authoritarianism of the Trump administration.

Zeke Emanuel minced no words.

Non-college-educated White men remain happy.

Are you tired of the winning yet?

Habemus habeas corpus?

A major reshuffling of the foreign policy team 100 days into the administration.

The country is not happy with Trump. Except for Republicans.

The polls are showing a really weird dynamic.

Qui bono?

…and I write a bit more than that.

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

It’s like tab clearing, but for those with no attention spa… squirrel!

A seemingly obvious ruling was nonetheless 5-4.

It made history in many ways.

A symbol of party and person, not of country.

Countering Russian (and now American) propaganda.

Unfortunately it is a destructive one.

The 47th President had a busy Monday.

The 47th President is flooding the zone.

This should be unacceptable, yet here we are.

More immigration politics.

Coping in a second Trump term.

A difference in degree is a difference in kind.

It was a busy eleventh hour.

Normal transition . . . and potential red flags.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

And so it begins.

About half the country wants about half of Trump.

It is not ratified.

The Majority Leader has a bigger role than previously reported.

An observation or two.

It “literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

Legions of unpaid drones . . . ? . . . budget cuts.

The man who tried to prevent the vote from being counted last time is about to be certified President again.

America’s 39th President, and greatest ex-President, is gone at the ripe old age of 100.

Eleven weeks with no accountability.

I question the timing.

Not to mention impotence.

The cruelty isn’t the point.

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

The Florida governor is among several names being floated to replace Pete Hegseth.