Outside the Beltway

A childhood friend claims he had PTSD from his actions.

The SOUTHCOM commander has resigned and the Senate is debating, but it won’t matter.

An illustration from the Charlie Kirk discourse as to why stories like the TAMU firing matter.

BREAKING NEWS

Stephen Miller and Fox News.

Secretary Noem strikes again.

And other tales of subverting knowledge and expertise on the altar of a preferred mythic narrative.

Trump likes to use force.

Politicizing scientific inquiry is a bad idea.

Team Trump and the DIA assessment of the Iran bombings.

While critics warn of fascism, the public is thus far backing Trump’s immigration crackdown.

More from the annals of unrealty.

The GOP budget bill.

What it tells us about race and the Trump administration.

Arresting Newark Mayor Baraka is clearly a signal.

Imagery and the White House Twitter account.

The unsurprising response to the Signal debacle.

Can we say the administration is putting people in camps?

Just a little comparison of 2017, 2021, and 2025 plus more thoughts on tariffs.

A stark observation.

Countering Russian (and now American) propaganda.

Partisanship weakens the immune system and can lead to spread of bad ideas.

Just lie about it.

Thinking out loud, as one does.

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

There’s a glaring gap in my information consumption.

Unreality and sexual anxiety on display.

And the real destruction of mail-in ballots

Plus: Governor Glenn Youngkin helps out.

This time up: JD Vance and election denialism.

And yes, Trump fits the definitions all too well.

The election analyst is out on a limb with Trump.

Where’s my $400,000 a month contract?

Who did Nazi this coming?

An FNC report on the Alaska House race is a mess.

Or maybe a gift certificate to some online poli sci courses?

The Replace Biden bandwagon continues rolling. Evidence is mounting that he needs to get on it.

2,000 Mules edition.

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

Some initial thoughts.

You can lead a horse to water, but the trick is the drinking.

Damned if I know.

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

The war could be ending soon.

An unsurprising twist.

The 21st century’s most brutal conflict and the laws of war.

Leading candidate for Republican nomination deploys eliminationist rhetoric in Veteran’s Day speech.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.