Outside the Beltway

There is no denying that he was consequential.

The Supreme Court has effectively derailed the main criminal case against the likely Republican nominee.

A truly insane proposition.

The politics of chaos.

Fighting a cult of personality is exhausting.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.

The White House is doing damage control.

Yet more evidence the man is unfit to serve as Commander-in-Chief.

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

A credulous report strings together some anedotes and dubious polling.

Group dynamics and limited choices.

And the intuition that things aren’t really working.

The man is not well.

No big surprises from the dumbest recurring contest in American politics.

This is the logical result of Trump’s legal arguments & that should give everyone pause

Trump and Trump-adjacent stories for this round of Tabs.

Making 2024 about 2021 and 1777.

When checks and balances aren’t enough.

Normalizing Trump via poor analysis.

Repeated academic integrity violations led to her forced ouster.

A compelling document.

A poor answer to a softball question has created unnecessary controversy.

They’ve punted to the DC Circuit.

He appointed a third of the Justices but has the worst record before them in modern history.

A historic ruling likely to be overturned.

The media’s favorite Republican is doing better in some polls than the other candidates losing to Trump.

He faces up to 17 years in prison.

So says a unanimous DC Circuit Court of Appeals panel.

Take this job and shove it. I ain’t workin’ here no more.

I know it when I see it.

Can’t a pundit fantasize about an alternative to the two major parties?

We shouldn’t be surprised that Americans have noticed their grocery bill.

More on an ongoing saga.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.

Let the punditry begin.

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

Paris is fighting a losing battle over the prominence of their language.

Trump is making verbal gaffes while making fun of Biden’s verbal gaffes.

The fourth place candidate for second place in the Republican primaries has taken his ball and gone home to Mother.

An amusing lede to an exasperating column.

Some people say there’s a reporter to blame.

The game is the game.

Jonathan Turley’s defense of the impeachment inquiry is not impressive.

The inmates are running the asylum.

A trip through comparative democratic reform.

He was convicted of contempt of Congress.

More thinking about the 2024 GOP primary.

State election officials are standing by for challenges to Trump’s right to run.