Outside the Beltway

“Shadows and Shapes”

Makin’ his way the only way he knows how, that’s just a little bit more than the law will allow.

As one does when one is confident of one’s policy choices.

A lot of folks who study democracy have sent an open letter to Congress.

Mary Peltola’s election was a milestone for America’s First Peoples.

The Pentagon’s Inspector General is “concerned” over the pace of rejections.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

What once seemed to be ‘saying the quiet part out loud’ is now administration policy.

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

A song and some passing thoughts on supermarket tabloids.

The Department of Justice takes an utterly unsurprising, but important step in the Mar-a-lago document case

Wherein I take issue with a charactization made by Tom Nichols and discuss the politics of language.

The fading tabloid still has significant influence.

A shameful stunt reminiscent of an even darker era.

Start your weekend with some soul!

The former president shopped for the right judge.

A sweet story gets a wee bit more complicated.

“Snack Time”

This is just playing crass political games with human beings.

It goes deeper than base names.

Manipulating public opinion with dubious survey research.

He’s proposed a bill with no chance of passage seemingly timed to hurt his own party in the midterms.

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

Apparently, Charles III is quite well off.

Some stories and passing comments.

There’s plenty of reason for optimism.

96-year-olds are living on borrowed time.

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

Roberts may not like it, but SCOTUS is political and does have a legitimacy problem.

How much blame did the 70-year constitutional monarch share?

It’s much bigger than it appears.

Is that right? If so, is it reasonable?

And a reminder about Bannon’s wall grift.

Russian forces have been forced out of two logistical support hubs.