Outside the Beltway

How party change actually works in the US. Plus more on messaging and organzing.

Lies about past White House upgrades. It all start with Jesse Waters, but also heads to the op/ed pages of the NYT and WaPo.

It turns out that goverment workers served a useful purpose after all.

Another win for big donors.

The Russian autocrat may be on the verge of getting what he wants.

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.

Terrorism in Colorado. Continued awful violence in Gaza.

It was rather unusual.

A temporary respite that doesn’t solve fundamental disagreements.

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

Being nice at dinner is easy.

The targeting of international students.

Spoiler alert: This is going to be a disaster

You know, the meritocracy at work.

America is getting screwed by playing by the rules it created.

It’s still murky but already quite different from the Trump 45 administration’s.

Applying rational analysis to attitude and instinct.

A little ethnic cleansing coming right up.

A brilliant plan with absolutely no conceivable downsides.

More outrageous behavior.

This should be unacceptable, yet here we are.

There are 800 or so of them in the United States alone. Where the hell did they come from?

The high character picks keep coming.

Hitler comparisons.

Shady accounting practices from well before he entered politics are coming back to bite him in the ass.

As the Silents and Boomers die off, their assets will be redistributed.

A century-old cartel has been broken.

Millions of fools and their money may soon be parted.

What happens if a corrupt man who owes hundreds of millions is President?

Might not be bribery, but it’s still exerting influence.

A shameful farce.

When the intellectually correct answer isn’t politically possible.

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

The chickens are slowly coming home to roost.

We need reform.

Also: calls for his resignation.

A political trial for political crimes always yields a political result.

The Gulf and Western singer, songwriter, and mogul has died at 76.

The DC district attorney’s office is looking into allegations of masssive tax fraud.

Xi’s government is taking a drastically different approach to the slowdown.

The chickens are slowly coming home to roost.

A 5-4 ruling overturns a unanimous decision from 1985.

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

BuzzFeed, Disney, and others are making big cuts.

The questionable ethics of living a lavish lifestyle based on high office.

People are leaving our cities for the suburbs. But not on an equal basis.

The huckster is exploiting bankruptcy laws and the financial regulations to circumvent court judgments.

“Red States” and “Blue State”

A lot of huge investments have failed for a variety of reasons.