Outside the Beltway

A mild-mannered JD Vance out-debated a nervous Tim Walz. It won’t matter.

And the grotesqueness of the Trumpian response.

I think we should take Trump seriously and literally.

There is, unfortunately, a bit of a theme.

The grift just keeps on griftin’ along.

Stupid is as stupid does.

But it is all still close.

Mark Robinson is the latest example.

Or, more accurately, Trump-o-Nonsense

Going solo has its disadvantages.

This time: Aurora, CO.

Thoughts that didn’t fit in my last post

Racism this explicit needs to be directly confronted

And proof of Trump’s media diet.

Sometimes the bird gives you the bird

Dubya takes cover.

The election analyst is out on a limb with Trump.

Where’s my $400,000 a month contract?

Who did Nazi this coming?

No, not his hair.

Trump on transgender policy in schools.

Fascist agitation begets violence.

An oft-told tale turns out to be bullshit.

J. D. Vance seems to have a cruel sense of humor and issues with women. Weird!

Fast food silliness.

One of these things is not like the other.

Harris appears to be getting a post-convention bounce while Trump and Vance stay classy.

Trumps undercuts current messaging & brings up past military service controversies

A reflection the Trump campaign with helpf from James Baldwin

Trump on X.

Reflections on reflections.

Revisiting an old post.

Unpacking J. D. Vance’s bad PR instincts

Trump was in an emergency landing in 1990, just with another politician

That’s not a rhetorical question.

I don’t think its stolen valor, but Walz has played it loose when referring to his service

Stoking anti-Semitism for political gain

The anti-DEI party is suddenly really concerned about identity

Or more charitably, forgets due to cognitive decline

Trump at the NABJ.