Outside the Beltway

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

Hitting back at centibillionaires is hard.

The Supreme Court has effectively derailed the main criminal case against the likely Republican nominee.

The longtime NPR host is gone at 76.

I know it when I see it.

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

Running for office or just running?

The questionable ethics of living a lavish lifestyle based on high office.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.

House Democrats are releasing them because they can.

The ball is now in Merrick Garland’s court.

A reminder of how things (specifically the party system as a whole) have changed.

What should be the bar? Can it ever be reached?

An odd phenomenon.

The investigation produced mounds of evidence. Will it matter?

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

Meeting with people who are essentially couplotters should be disqualifying.

What is the right measure of success for the Committee investigating the Capitol riot?

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

The laying out of the case begins.

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

They’re not missing and that points to a systemic issue

We may be on the verge half a century after our last experiment.

Because of course he did.

Our system lacks accountability.

Violence, masculinity, and American politics.

The matter of Executive Privilege and former Presidents is settled law.

The first modern stand-up comedian has died at 94.

The legendary country music singer-songwriter known as “The Storyteller” is gone at 85.

Republicans are more partisan—and distrustful of government—than Democrats.

Jimmy Carter’s Vice President and the 1984 Democratic nominee has died at 93.

The Watergate conspirator, author, and talk show host was 90.

Some reflections

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

Some political history,

The GOP, alas, is not going anywhere.

A very low-spoilers review.

Further musings on the future of the Grand Old Party.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

“Now this campaign is over, what is the will of the people? What is our mandate?”

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

The President admits that he intentionally downplayed the threat posed by the epidemic.

What would a reborn GOP look like and who would vote for it?