Outside the Beltway

It’s becoming a sad joke.

The past just won’t let him be.

The ball is now in Merrick Garland’s court.

The January 6 Committee is expected to make a minimum of three referrals.

A watershed moment in the prosecutions of the Capitol Rioters.

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

The re-election campaign is quietly forming but don’t expect an announcement any time soon.

Parsing the results thus far.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

Can American democracy survive its information bubbles?

The truth is pretty obvious.

Meeting with people who are essentially couplotters should be disqualifying.

See is paying the price for her defense of democracy.

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

Did Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony change anything?

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

The laying out of the case begins.

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

Vice President Harris gets better care than the average American. Cue the outrage!

Did we not already know this?

Ethics, schmethics.

The is a 7 hour gap in the phone logs at the White House from January 6, 2021.

The former President should have known that his claims of election fraud were baseless.

The 45th President is unlikely to face Federal prosecution but state and civil suits are not going his way.

It’s Manchin-approved.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

We’re three short years from the next election.

The erstwhile QAnon Shaman will spend another three-and-a-half years in jail.

A weird new narrative has emerged.

A conversation in two parts.

“The Closer” delivers more of what people love and hate about the GOAT.

Really, they owed (and still owe) us better behavior.

Jacob Chansley has agreed to spend 41 to 51 months in prison for his role in the 6 January riots.

Here we go again.

Nonhierarchical parties strike again.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

Details of a heated phone discussion with the top House Republican have emerged.

Of course, it depends on what case one thinks needs to have been made.

Most agree that it was good theater. But it’s not clear what they’ve proven.

The pivot point in the impeachment charges: two hours of silence.

A curious bit of branding.

Some of the Capitol rioters were much more dangerous than others.

Here we go again.

Not ordering the flags at executive buildings to half-staff.

The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.

As we assess Trump’s role in all of this, it is important to think through what he did (and did not) do.

There’s a word for people who use outrageous violence to terrorize.