Outside the Beltway

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.

His businesses make and lose a lot of money.

Is this how the cult ends?

They’re all made out of ticky tacky. And they all look just the same

The years-long NYC investigation finally bears some fruit.

Hurricane Ian renews some perennial questions about recovering from natural disasters.

Makin’ his way the only way he knows how, that’s just a little bit more than the law will allow.

Apparently, Charles III is quite well off.

There are many barriers to true freedom.

The longest-serving Republican Senator has died at the age of 88.

The real crime is what’s legal.

Does it matter whether she’s a rube or a mastermind?

The most important man in the Senate got rich the old fashioned way.

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

The SNL comic has died of cancer at 61.

A big shoe has dropped.

A typical case of American blind justice.

An unfunded mandate remains in place.

More voice, more votes, more representation.

How well do single-seat districts lead to representation? (And of what?)

Details of a heated phone discussion with the top House Republican have emerged.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Hashtag: You’re Fired.

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.