Outside the Beltway

Only 32 of 435 House seats are competitive.

Plus: Pete visits the Hill.

What happens at the 60 day mark of the Iran War? Nothing.

It would all be just absurd if it didn’t matter so much.

Free speech is not always met with more speech.

A way out of the mess.

Some context.

It is all around us.

It’s their own damn fault.

Also contempt for citizens.

The ousting of top Defense leaders continues.

Fighting autocracy with autocracy.

Competence, ethics, and good vibes all around!

Don’t worry, those rises in prices are an illusion!

The two oldest members of the Supreme Court are taking a big gamble.

Versus strait rhetoric.

We’ve switched roles.

Pete’s prayer and Franklin Graham weighs in.

Hegseth’s pulpit.

Also, this Just In: WWII Was 80 Years Ago

His clean-cut image was belied by years of rumors.

We can forgive the raping, graft, election stealing, and warmongering. But this goes too far!

Trump attacks the Pope on Truth Social, You know, as one does.

Some good news for democracy, for a change.

The flailing president.

Preemption?

Some empirical insights into American partisan politics.

…love is in the air.

No significant U.S. war aims were achieved.

Another example.

With pundits like this, no wonder we have the problems we have.

The President has threatened massive war crimes.

Deportation uber alles.

The Madmen Theory doesn’t work when both sides are using it.

Praise be to Allah, you crazy bastards!

A great thing, precipitated by a questionable thing.

Xenophobia’s cruel wages.

A podcast recommendation.

Only Nixon has been lower.

So much winning.

Undermining the professionalism of the officer corps.

She’s transitioning to an as-yet unspecified role the private sector.