Outside the Beltway

Updating the political saga of Newbern, Alabama.

If you thought the first term was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

It’s not nearly as far-fetched as most of us would like to believe.

The former President has a 50 point lead. Is he unstoppable?

A simple typo misdirected millions of emails intended for the US military.

Membership is stalled by more support is coming.

Well, that de-escalated quickly.

An acronym has slowly morphed into a mnemonic device.

Breaking a cardinal rule.

Breaking news.

What about Biden?

We’re in uncharted waters.

Thoughts on Pence and Christie.

Ukraine is heavily censoring foreign media.

Who knew?

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

On to the Senate.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are happy. But one man is.

Either it’s a public forum or it’s not.

Applying nuanced judgement under the highest scrutiny is what we expect, but don’t often get.

Can the fat man take down the elephant in the room?

When we do it, it’s negotiation. When they do it, it’s hostage taking—and terrorism.

A regional chain registered it in 1989. Has it become generic?

Did the Trump stunt backfire? Or just an anomaly?

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

The courts can’t save us from ourselves.

New documents reveal the internal deliberations of the Court.

The fired propagandist has had an epiphany about bullshit.

Turns out that costing your employer nearly a billion dollars isn’t good for your career.

Most high-income Congressional Districts are Democratic and low-income Districts are Republican.

It’s time for her to step down.

And so it begins?

Inventing outrage in an already outrageous world.

The former President gets too much credit for his ability to manipulate news coverage.

The future is here, whether we like it or not.

Tucker is one of those “elites” he saying hates his audience.

Disney has replaced a controversial song at its theme parks.

A true hodge-podge.

A true hodgepodge to start the week.

They went all-in on the Big Lie and we now have the receipts that they knew what they were doing.

Carville, MTG, and hierarchy in America.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

Because I had a lot of open tabs.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

Some tab clearing.

One of these is not like the other.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.