Outside the Beltway

President-Elect Biden is planning a big first few days, Congress be damned.

News from California.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

Mike Lindell’s behavior is both farcical and dangerous.

Will there be in-fighting? Yes. A break-up? No.

So says Pew.

You can’t make this stuff up.

In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, “Never mind.”

Yet again: this is not “just the flu”

Some of the Capitol rioters were much more dangerous than others.

Maybe this will help someone understand.

Outliers are bad places to look for solid support of your argument.

The 45th President will go down in infamy, setting a record that’s unlikely to be broken.

The GOP will almost certainly survive. But in what form?

Some key GOP figures are at least testing the waters.

The #3 Republican in the House will vote to impeach.

The Crimson Tide’s best season is one that shouldn’t have been played.

The New England Patriots coach lived up to the team nickname.

There are multiple ongoing plots and reasonable fear of infiltration of security forces.

His column for The Hill feels more like concern trolling than anything else.

Here we go again.

Does online performance logically devolve into rage and violence?

A one-time denizen of Blogger’s Row at CPAC has come a long way.

So. Much. Winning.

Not ordering the flags at executive buildings to half-staff.

“Trump is a failed leader.”

The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.

Amazon is using its dominant position to shut down a right-wing social platform.

Trump tried to interfere in GA earlier than we knew.

Trump is careless with his words and extremists respond.

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

There’s a word for people who use outrageous violence to terrorize.

Hashtag: You’re Fired.

Deaths are on the rise.

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

A large, well-trained police force was unprepared for a foreseeable crisis.

And here we go.