Outside the Beltway

Oligarchy and populism don’t mix.

Gaetz’s own party hates him almost as much as the Democrats hate him

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

And who is “we”?

He has to be, right?

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

Of leopards and faces.

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

It sounds the same in the original Russian.

It’s neither unprecedented nor powerful. It doesn’t exist.

How that awful man won again.

Unreality and sexual anxiety on display.

Floating the idea that NC should just award its EVs to Trump.

It’s the opposite of politics as usual.

And the real destruction of mail-in ballots

Our long national nightmare is not over.

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

Bizarre conspiracy theories shared by powerful people are immune to fact checking.

Some direct evidence of the effects.

The 45th President and the press, part a million.

Confirming who he always has been.

More on Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election.

A chilling feature from the Wall Street Journal.

And his corruption.

Mark Robinson is the latest example.

Things may well get ugly regardless of the outcome of November’s election.

We live in interesting times.

Beyond politics, there’s culture.

Some additional (and longwinded) perspective.

The anti-DEI party is suddenly really concerned about identity

I question the strategy.

Is all diversity created equal?

Trump’s second term would be much worse than his first.

Doubling down on the MAGA.

The President’s demand that Democrats shut up and rally behind him is going unheeded.

Democrats desperate for a different nominee are falling in line as the President refuses to go.

Biden is old and in diminished capacity. His opponent is old, in diminished capacity, and a horrible human being.

Gaming the appointment process.

Closing arguments start today and a verdict and possible sentencing could come this week.

MAGA has eaten the Tea Party.

Well, more than two…

Are we betraying the Founders?

Several glimmers of hope from the Ukraine funding bill.

A win for the good guys and a loss for Trump and Putin.

It is a bit of a mess.

It’s a relative thing.