Outside the Beltway

Why “the First Amendment protects Trump” defense doesn’t make sense

There has been a steady decline the last five years.

Doubling down on state standards on slavery.

Those who refuse to learn about the past often perpetuate its mistakes.

Sigh.

Is America’s military capable of fighting the next war?

When a go-to “nonpartisan” defender breaks rank does that change your opinion?

What about Biden?

Separating rhetoric from action.

We’re in uncharted waters.

A perennial question.

Shockingly, the current President’s numbers are worse than his predecessor’s.

A columnist argues his failed launch was emblematic of a larger problem.

Out Trumping Trump is possible because of Trump.

Does a successful, moderate governor stand any chance in today’s GOP?

Striking the balance between cruel and misleading.

Did the Trump stunt backfire? Or just an anomaly?

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.

A $787.5 million flesh wound.

An outrageous political stunt.

The would-be President is floundering as he tries to position himself.

A hypothetical spoiler for 2024? (Stress on “hypothetical”).

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

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

The lunatic fringe idea is both appealing and unworkable.

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

As tired as we may be of him, his nominating electorate appears ready for another round.

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.

Looking for historical analogs and looking at some numbers.

Someone has stepped up to challenge former President Trump.

Weirdly, politicians who don’t understand the debt ceiling also don’t understand other things.

Some thoughts on polling and the news since 2016.

Cities across the United States are taking the wrong approach to a crisis.

The anti-McCarthy holdouts have no end game.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

The Army has done the right thing the wrong way.

More than a quarter of Americans know something that isn’t true.

Republicans are dying at a much higher rate than Democrats.

Is this how the cult ends?

Knowing what FNC is likely saying without watching FNC.

The launch of a new feature… featuring Drake!

Spoiler alert: the GOP has already failed this test multiple times.

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

What to make of her second straight loss?

In case you need some reading this morning.