Outside the Beltway

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

When the obvious is controversial.

And this doesn’t even clear them all!

Yesterday the Kraken. Today the Cheese. Whose flipping tomorrow?

Demonstrators once again breached Hill security.

Jim Jordan is trying to bully his way into office. It almost certainly won’t work.

Some thoughts on the Speaker contest.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

A roundup of news and opinon.

The 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war sees a re-escalation.

The game is the game.

The Emily’s list leader will be the first Black lesbian in the Senate.

A joke(?) gone a-rye.

The President and his predecessor are heading to Detroit.

Another illustration of the weakness of the American party system.

The House is in recess as the exasperated GOP leadership tries to figure a way out.

Jonathan Turley’s defense of the impeachment inquiry is not impressive.

The President’s support for labor and aggressive action on climate change are in tension.

How something so promising became so frustrating.

The Gulf and Western singer, songwriter, and mogul has died at 76.

Some of these have been open for a while…

For the moment, the “January 6th” trial begins on March 4th, 2024

Call-out culture has become a circular firing squad.

It is worth repeating

A decision that makes no obvious sense.

tl;dr: Trump is a nightmare client & nightmare clients don’t do well in criminal courts

A case in misplaced priorities.

They average more than any other occupation and considerably more than their European counterparts.

His column in the Houston Chronicle fails to impress.

If you thought the first term was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

Why “the First Amendment protects Trump” defense doesn’t make sense

Turning good deeds into dirty politics.

Sigh.

How far should the government be able to go?

The rioting never seems to stop.

And some cable “news” thoughts.

Well, that de-escalated quickly.

Never waste a tragedy.

As much as we complain about them, they’ve become indispensable for most of us.

Shut it down for the day, because it isn’t going to get better than this one.

In a world of fixed positions, is debating in good faith really worth it?

Ends up that some mature democracies believe in letting legitimate legal proceedings to, well, proceed.

Politicians and other thought leaders are playing with fire.

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?

On to the Senate.