Outside the Beltway

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.

It would be nice if politicians and cable news outlets were more responsible.

There was some quiet meddling going on.

The New York Post and Wall Street Journal are blasting the losing loser.

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

A revealing comparison of Republican districts that deny and don’t deny the 2020 outcome.

An example of rationalization.

Cable news v. court edition.

The reactionary press is once again misrepresenting diversity training.

The fading tabloid still has significant influence.

This is just playing crass political games with human beings.

Shockingly, when the most-watched news outlet is built on divisiveness, the country becomes divided.

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

What is the right measure of success for the Committee investigating the Capitol riot?

Signs and portents?

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

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

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

So, what now?

Could Alaska point the way to a solution?

Chris Stirewalt takes a victory lap.

The company’s new AI technology looks awfully familiar.

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.

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

The combination of a horrendous rollout and a social media onslaught was disastrous.

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

Has a franchise that’s always been political gone too far?

We’re mostly back to “normal” while yet another new strain is surging.

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

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

The craziest damn thing you’ve ever heard of or a secret message to the crazies?

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

The latest strategic moral panic from the far right

Two related examples: are they “cancel culture” or not?

Magically mobilizing nonvoters isn’t going to happen (but it sounds nice, I suppose).

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

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

The American President is once again leading the free world.