Outside the Beltway

The President declares Hamas “no longer capable” of large-scale attack.

Some 45 are dead in what Israel calls a “tragic accident.”

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

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

The weirdness of this year’s polling gives the President’s team hope.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

A gross miscarriage of justice.

We need to put this nonsense to rest, stat.

The President wants an alternative schedule and format.

A technological miracle with obvious potential for abuse.

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

And you might ask yourself: “how did we get here?”

Police have been brought at universities across the country.

Administrations are struggling to handle the biggest wave of student protests in generations.

Finding 12 impartial people in a high-profile trial is challenging.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

It was the least they could do.

They can’t help themselves.

When does humanitarian catastrophe become something more?

Easy Come, Easy Go.

Calendars, How Do They Work?

The rule of law is under seige.

A truckload of deplorables.

Some interesting tidbits.

He’s suddenly a billionaire after all.

Creeping authoritarianism? Political suicide? Descent into madness?

Millions of fools and their money may soon be parted.

A familiar question is again a reasonable one.

What happens if a corrupt man who owes hundreds of millions is President?

The roots of MAGA run deep, through places like my old home.

A long-predicted threat has emerged.

Here we go again.

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

The “interference with the administration of justice” enhancement was wrongly applied.

If we’re even bowling at all.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.

Cults of personality are not the same as cults.

Netanyahu is defying the international community.

A special counsel has declined to prosecute the President but his rationale was painful.

A growing scourge may be next to impossible to stop.

The country music singer was 62.

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, and MAGA.

A credulous report strings together some anedotes and dubious polling.

A disturbing report.

A bizarre call from the former Speaker.

Gregg Abbott is now defying the U.S. Supreme Court, forcing a showdown.

On racism, Republicans, and names

I know a fireable offense when I see it.