Outside the Beltway

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.

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

The people want a fast trial and think he’s guilty and should go to jail.

The US government is fighting back, albeit subtly.

It’s Nixon’s fault?

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

How far should the government be able to go?

And some cable “news” thoughts.

In truth, not close to enough.

What about Biden?

Ukraine is heavily censoring foreign media.

The stiffest punishment yet for a January 6 seditionist.

A $787.5 million flesh wound.

A weird twist to the online leak story.

You know the drill.

Russia is circulating doctored versions of plans for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

The former President gets too much credit for his ability to manipulate news coverage.

Truth is not an absolute defense against termination.

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

Putin is losing but no one is winning.

Another bill doomed to die.

The controversial AI has some interesting programming quirks.

Russia is humiliated but not defeated. Ukraine is winning but at a very high price.

That time the Nazis made a movie about the Titanic.