Outside the Beltway

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

Hashtag: You’re Fired.

Trump’s lack of fealty to truth and reality gives supporters an out (if they choose it).

It’s finally officially official.

The predictable, indeed inevitable, has happened.

The absurd notion that the President of Senate is the arbiter and judge of the electoral vote.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

Our cultural divide over the pandemic is turning us into worse people.

Trump brags about being the “most admired” and provides yet another example of poor understanding of data.

An exploding RV did substantial property damage but caused only minor injuries to bystanders.

Space Force took a year to decide what to call their uniformed members.

The junior Senator from Kentucky is drawing a lot of attention to himself on “fraud.”

He wanted a cabinet post. And this is a cabinet post.

One member of the Grand Old Party has had it.

A silly, sexist WSJ op-ed has generated plenty of attention.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

A sad and disturbing report from a reliable source.

Music legend John Lennon’s life was cut tragically short four decades ago.

Not of governance.

That which worked for petty business disputes was never going to work on this big of a stage.

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

A shadowy flight into the realm of evidence that does not exist.

Arguments and analyses that are, well, turkeys.

That’s unpossible!

They were rejected bigly.

Women in national security circles love this woman.

Another unassailable if boring cabinet choice.

But, still very bad.

A shameful farce continues to unfold.

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

DHS cybersecurity expert who deemed election secure fired by tweet.

The inevitable happened, as extremist organizations descended on DC.

The utter smallness of Trump’s legal challenges to the election.

More sowing of doubt about electoral integrity without evidence.

In a sane world, Joe Biden’s election win would not have come as a surprise. Alas . . . .

The President’s message is getting through.

” . . . to a second Trump Administration.” Get it?

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

A lame duck President has fired his Secretary of Defense and replaced him in probably violation of the law.

Donald Trump is in a category by himself.

Some good news for our democracy.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

Some interesting findings from the preeminent Republican polling firm.

The usual suspects are not playing along.

The votes for President and the ballot measures don’t seem to line up.

A surprisingly uneventful experience.

A brief video that puts the US in broader context.

The expectations game will be especially tricky this year.

The man is unwell.