Outside the Beltway

Is this how the cult ends?

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

Anger over COVID lockdowns has activated myriad frustrations.

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

Losing has a way of creating intraparty strife.

Discrimination? Issues? Incumbency?

Well, kind of, but not really.

A low bar has been cleared.

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

A few stories to consider.

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

The social platform beloved of the intellectual class is about to undergo radical change.

Planned staff layoffs concern those who fear a free-for-all.

In the weeds of civil-military relations.

Things are not going well in the special military operation.

A phony annexation doesn’t hide that he’s badly losing his illegal war.

Cable news v. court edition.

The Russian leader may be looking over his shoulder after imposing a draft.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

The Pentagon’s Inspector General is “concerned” over the pace of rejections.

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

A song and some passing thoughts on supermarket tabloids.

The UK’s longest-reigning monarch has passed, aged 96.

Both sides have had their say and now we wait for a ruling.

The intersection of politics, morality, and meaning.

“Moderate” is up, “Liberal” is down, and “Conservative” is static. What does it mean?

Running down the latest “known knowns” with just a bit of analysis

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

Sigh.

Can American democracy survive its information bubbles?

Columnists write bad columns apologizing for bad columns.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

Paywalls are not our problem.

An already awful system on steroids.

Ruy Teixeira finds that Hispanics aren’t yet woke.

Police and the Punisher Skull

New evidence gets us a wee bit closer to a smoking gun.

Elon backs out.

You’re goddamn right he did.

We live in a bizarre timeline.

Pay no attention to the endorsement behind the candidate.

The longstanding celebration that become a national holiday last year is being exploited for profit!

More ugly revelations about the football hero turned politician.

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

The Washington Post has fired a reporter for her rants against colleagues.

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

Apparently, whoever has the most Twitter followers.