Outside the Beltway

The Rob Porter story, which is quickly becoming the Rob Porter scandal, tells us a lot about the Trump White House, and none of it is good.

Today in an increasingly liberal, educated, globalized, and democratic world, we have more reason than ever to listen to the opinion of our peers and, where appropriate, to be open to their counsel.

Last week, the President was calling for national unity. This week, he called political opponents “treasonous.”

President Trump is claiming that the Nunes memo vindicates him. He’s wrong.

Donald Trump lies about even the most trivial matters, How are we supposed to believe anything else he says?

Steve Bannon loses his position at Breitbart after his blistering comments about the President and others in the Administration became public.

New reports indicate that the President is spending more and more time watching television and tweeting. That’s not what he was elected to do.

Donald Trump’s latest Twitter rant is one of his most bizarre.

Whatever goodwill may have existed between the Trump Administration and Steve Bannon appears to have evaporated.

2017 was quite a year. 2018 promises to be just as interesting.

A recent defection from North Korea gives us a peek inside the DPRK, and it’s not pretty.

The differing reactions among Republicans in Washington and the base of the Republican Party to the charges against Roy Moore have enhanced a civil war inside the Republican Party.

Since taking office, President Trump has made an average of 5.5 false claims per day.

Forget all the talk about a civil war in the Republican Party, the truth is that Republicans and conservatives have already surrendered to Trump and Bannon.

John McCain has been standing out from his fellow Republicans largely by unleashing on President Trump, and it is unlikely to end anytime soon.

President Obama spoke out yesterday against his successor and the America he has created.

Without mentioning his successor by name, former President Bush delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump and Trumpism.

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

Just three weeks after their home was hit by a devastating storm, Donald Trump is attacking Puerto Ricans for not recovering from the storm sooner.

While there are real differences between what’s being reported about White House officials such as Jared Kushner and what Hillary Clinton did, the charge of hypocrisy is well-founded.

Sean Spicer now says he regrets the lies that defined his time at the White House.

President Trump reportedly openly humiliated his own Attorney General after learning of Bob Mueller’s appointment.

Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke loses out on yet another Trump Administration position thanks to Chief of Staff John Kelly.

Another Trump lie.

John Kelly has only been White House Chief of Staff for a month, but it’s already apparent that he isn’t likely to last very long in that position.

Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin’s trip to Kentucky that ‘just happened’ to coincide with last month’s eclipse is being investigated by the Treasury Department’s Inspector General.

While the rest of us have been distracted by a hurricane in Texas, Robert Mueller’s investigation continues moving forward.

Controversial Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has resigned and will reportedly go to work for Donald Trump.

New reports of Trump’s business ties to Russia are raising eyebrows.

President Trump continues his war on one of the most important guardians of American democracy.

The problem with the Trump White House is the man who sits behind the Resolute Desk.

A big change appears to have taken place in American cable news viewing habits.

“Why the hell would we do that?” — White House official.

After two days, President Trump finally found the words to condemn the parties responsible for the violence in Charlottesville, but his remarks were far too little, far too late.

White House insiders have renewed efforts to oust Presidential adviser Steve Bannon. Can they succeed?

Trump and his underlings continue to lie, even about the most trivial of matters.

President Trump was apparently directly involved in drafting a false statement regarding his son’s meeting with a lawyer tied to the Russian government.

It’s not the time away from the White House that matters, it’s the hypocrisy.

In another major change announced via Twitter, late yesterday President Trump announced he’d hired a new Chief of Staff, but changes at the staff level aren’t going to fix what’s really wrong with the Trump Administration.

President Trump delivered a wholly inappropriate political speech to the Boy Scout Jamboree, but that should surprise nobody.

A big but not unexpected personnel change at the White House.

A good choice for an important position.

Is there anyone in the Trump Administration or family who hasn’t held undisclosed meetings with Russians?

President Trump’s reaction to the failure of health care reform efforts in the Senate demonstrates yet again that he doesn’t know how to be President.

Six months of revelations about ties to Russia is taking its toll on White House staffers.

The revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s June 2016 meeting with someone represented as being a Russian government official just keep getting worse.

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.

Donald Trump’s golf courses are displaying something that literally is fake news.