Outside the Beltway

If the politics of cruelty has peaked, what follows?

Don’t let pundits spin too many fantasies.

Thoughts on the election and on the electoral rules used.

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.