Outside the Beltway

Here are some special papers.

Trump and Trump-adjacent stories for this round of Tabs.

Lie down with dogs you get up with fleas edition.

A Pyrrhic victory in one of many cases against America’s mayor.

Where religious zealotry can lead. (So, yes, a digression into American politics).

It’s the only one that puts all the piece together.

This makes four.

It’s not nearly as far-fetched as most of us would like to believe.

A $787.5 million flesh wound.

The ball is now in Merrick Garland’s court.

The corrupt leader is back for a sixth term.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

Did Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony change anything?

You’re goddamn right he did.

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

Did we not already know this?

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

Really, they owed (and still owe) us better behavior.

The latest front on the war on truth.

Rudy may not be a very good lawyer…

The downfall of Andrew Cuomo shines a light on toxic workplaces and governance styles.

The politics of bait-and-switch.

The annual gathering showed us what the Republican Party would become years ago.

The pivot point in the impeachment charges: two hours of silence.

As we assess Trump’s role in all of this, it is important to think through what he did (and did not) do.

Masklessly criss-crossing the country.

That thing that happens when you sow the wind with conspiracy theories.

They were rejected bigly.

Why did Emily Murphy finally do her job?

The EIB host and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient is not impressed.

We won’t have Sidney Powell to kick around any more.

Truly the dumbest timeline.

A shameful farce continues to unfold.

They know Trump lost the election yet are aiding his outrageous assault on democracy.

A tale so bizarre it is hard to believe it is real.

The ongoing pathetic attempt to create a scandal around Hunter Biden.

The iconoclastic journalist is out at the publication he founded.

Rudy Giuliani and a hack tabloid are trying to revive the Burisma story.

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

For the second time, the chief federal prosecutor for Manhattan has been fired.

The clear winner was Donald Trump.

America’s mayor talks like a snake oil salesman/conman.