Outside the Beltway

Understanding the understanding (kind of).

Plus: Pete visits the Hill.

The flailing president.

No significant U.S. war aims were achieved.

A slow-moving disaster.

An actual move to acquire Greenland by force or coercion would be a massive line for the Trump administration to cross.

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.