Outside the Beltway

A suspect, an Afghan national, is in custody.

Newly-Sworn-in-Rep. Grijalva provides the final signature.

Why blaming “the Democrats” or even “leadership” ignores a basic fact of American politics.

What the shutdown should have been about.

Majorities gonna majority.

Democrats are digging in.

A bad night for Trump.

And what it means for 2024 and beyond.

It turns out that mandatory spending is, well, mandatory.

A million dollars a day.

Upcoming milestones that could force a deal.

The downside of our increasing connectivity.

The second round of No Kings rallies will take place today. Will they matter?

“There’s a lot of commander coming.”

A long and unusual speech has implications for civil-military relations.

A reaffirmation rather than a revelation.

A few more details have emerged.

Serious abuses of power alongside an almost cartoonish set of behaviors.

Every general and admiral in a command billet has been called for a last-minute gathering about some unspecified topic.

Naturalized citizens advance and vivify the American experiment. 

Cancel culture on steroids.

Politicizing the military is legal, but dangerous.

Are Red and Blue states even part of the same country anymore?

It is textbook authoritarianism.

This one was in Tuskegee, AL (and this isn’t a photography post).

Democrats are mostly condemning it and Republicans are divided.

The Commonwealth’s off-off year contests will be seen as a referendum on Trump.

But Not Really (Wink Wink)

Maybe they weren’t serious about fiscal discipline after all?

This time: Chinese students.

Hint: another variables may be the key.

Is the worst of the idiocy over?

Thousands of job cuts are envisioned.

A response to an argument based on feels not facts

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

They don’t want to give Trump what he wants, so they’re giving him what he wants.

The acclaimed sportswriter is gone.

The sadly predicted has come to pass.

The top uniformed lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force have been relieved.

Will the pattern persist?

Agencies are quickly seeking to comply with the President’s order.

It is not ratified.

Pornhub has banned itself in nineteen states to the delight of legislators.

Amending the Constitution with one simple trick.