Outside the Beltway

A shocking, but not surprising, event. I fear it’s a harbinger rather than an outlier.

More signs of flaws in the Trump economy.

Trump’s response to the Kirk assassination is to try and further divide us.

We must choose hope over despair.

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

And let’s look at the catalog, shall we?

Can Democrats do anything?

A student, her cell phone, and yet more authoritarianism in contemporary America.

The inevitable has finally arrived.

The Shadow Docket strikes again.

Another win for big donors.

BREAKING NEWS

This week: DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earth’s

Trump’s lack of focus may spare us the worst outcomes in this one instance.

Air Force honors for Ashli Babbitt.

If President Trump sends unwanted military force into American cities, the one thing we should not act is surprised.

A meme that is as muddled and authoritarian as the President who posted it

There’s a vast difference between someone getting dogpiled on social media and the most powerful man in the world using the machinery of the state to eliminate dissent.

E-I-E-I-O

A potentially costly rebrand and strange bedfellows.

The August jobs report was not good.

Sand in the sheets of civil society.

“Breakout”

A historically inaccurate bit of symbolic silliness.

It is unusual and a problem.

The former White House physican (and current Congressman)’s demotion for misconduct has been reversed.

Who needs due process when you have drones?

Don’t confuse them with the ice cream man.

Stephen Miller and Fox News.

Secretary Noem strikes again.

This week Steven and Tom discuss and debate fan service.

The slur “Trump Derangement Syndrome” unintentionally captures something real about our world.

Kindness goes a long way.

A very different way to run a railroad.

Former VPs get only six months of protection?!