Outside the Beltway

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

Assuming they had the votes, should Democrats carve out yet another exception?

He plans to hang on as PM through the fall but likely won’t be able to.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

A large plurality of the network’s viewers think left wingers trying to make Trump look bad are to blame.

It’s been more of a reading than writing morning.

Republicans killed their parents and demanding mercy for being orphaned.

Did Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony change anything?

You’re goddamn right he did.

They should panic, right?

The Supreme Court has reversed decades of precedent on church-state separation.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

The Proud Boys, Trump family, and Alex Jones all filmed documentaries of their actions leading up to January 6.

Top Four likely makes things worse.

Could Alaska point the way to a solution?

More ugly revelations about the football hero turned politician.

The new honcho at the original 24 hour news network wants to be more subtle and less alarmest.

It’s not all about Trump.

Basically: Trump is a liar or delusional (perhaps both?).

Chris Stirewalt takes a victory lap.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

Are you going to believe this index or your own lyin’ eyes?

The laying out of the case begins.

Much ado about a perfectly normal phenomenon.

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

A recurring genre about presidents.

The NYT and CA41 and yet another example of telling the wrong story.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

The first round produced two very different candidates.

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

Some GOP governors are taking a stance against Trump.

The obstacles to fixing the problem are many.

Two incumbents roared to victory despite his opposition.

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

The apparently eminent demise of abortion rights has reignited an old debate.

A illustration from the Senate race in Georgia.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

The incumbent should win easily but turnout is low and the consequences dire.

Seeing no way to win under their own label, they’ve called a Hail Mary.

Did we not already know this?

Some 230,000 Americans have died needlessly since vaccinations became widely available.