Outside the Beltway

Political theater on the southern border.

He was clearly willing to subvert the election.

Another morale booster for the good guys.

A former Virginia police officer has been found guilty, partly on the testimony of a former colleague.

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

The Defense Department shares the worst-kept secret about the war effort.

Stories of note sans write-ups.

They’re not missing and that points to a systemic issue

The network’s longtime weekend anchor couldn’t take it anymore.

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

Most people liked it more than I did.

Manhattan’s new DA seems to think he has a weak case.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

The first shoe has dropped.

The Democratic strategist and longtime talking head is gone at 73.

The anti-vax-and-other-stuff protest is spreading to Europe.

The veteran journalist and Fox News original is gone at 75.

It’s Manchin-approved.

Trump’s pardon offer is just another way to propagate the big lies about the election and 1/6.

A scandal within a scandal.

When “obviously qualified” apparently isn’t enough

Outrage over the outrage is outrageous.

The pandemic seems to have broken the social contract.

We deserve better.

Two stories about our culture’s focus on punishment

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

For your consideration.

People failing to treat emergencies as emergencies make matters worse.

Three dollars and change at the pump. The cost of livin’s high and goin’ up.

Why are we still wearing cloth, which was an emergency measure?

Gotta make space for all the new tabs that we are going to get for Christmas!

Our ostensibly ally is working with our chief adversary against our interests.

Misc. stories for your enjoyment.

The 83-year-old Justice is playing a dangerous game.

The West Virginia Senator has taken the football from Charlie Brown and gone home.

Is the stalwart of Senate bipartisanship interested in governing?

He is heading to CNN+

A media critic argues we pay outsized attention to the goings-on at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.

Oral arguments on the biggest abortion case in decades will be heard today.

Gotta clear them all.

Trump’s last Secretary of Defense is being stymied by preclearance review.

A pattern is emerging.

Politicians gonna politician, but still…

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

A weird new narrative has emerged.

Reading disparate polling numbers critically.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.