Outside the Beltway

“Major combat operations” are underway.

USA! USA! USA!

The libs are so owned.

He really likes tariffs.

Enough is never enough.

The case has major implications beyond the taxation issue.

“There’s a lot of commander coming.”

Trump goes full on climate denier on a big stage.

Our current round of speech repression may prove worse than McCarthyism.

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

If President Trump sends unwanted military force into American cities, the one thing we should not act is surprised.

There’s a vast difference between someone getting dogpiled on social media and the most powerful man in the world using the machinery of the state to eliminate dissent.

The party that once invoked states’ rights once again turns to the heavy hand of federal power to stamp out any deviation from its own orthodoxy.

A correct but disturbing ruling.

When does Executive overreach become something more?

The House Judiciary Committee is seeking to obtain the material presented to a Federal Grand Jury by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

We already know enough to impeach.

Robert Mueller objected to the Attorney General’s characterization of the final report he submitted, reports indicate.

The findings are a dispiriting Rorschach test.

The Lawfare gang and Popehat weigh in.

Robert Mueller appears to be winding down his investigation and getting ready to submit a report to the Attorney General.

Citing substantial cooperation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller is recommending no jail time for former Trump associate Michael Flynn.

Another morning, and another unhinged Twitter attack on the Mueller investigation by a President who claims the entire investigation is a “hoax” and “Fake News.”

More evidence that the politics of the moment aren’t just about illegal immigration.

The unconscionable violation of norms in 2016 won’t apply in 2018; it’s a matter of power, not principle.

Just under a year ago, Senate Republicans took a big risk regarding the Supreme Court. Now, it’s paid off big time.

Another Republican Senator has broken ranks and called for hearings on the nomination of Merrick Garland, as another poll shows most Americans support hearings as well.