Outside the Beltway

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

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.

Our ostensible ally is seeking to rebrand itself.

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

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

Despite their military trappings and propaganda, they’re seldom heroes.

Some GOP governors are taking a stance against Trump.

It doesn’t appear the Uvalde TX police were underfunded

Four dollars and change at the pump.
The cost of livin’s high and goin’ up.

An example of security theater with proven negative social impacts

Alas, it’s unlikely to change the policies that enable them.

Another potential deal that doesn’t address the central issue.

She advocated that AZ overturn its election.

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

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.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

The Biden Administration is constantly bragging about its actions against Russia. Is that wise?

In other news, there’s gambling going on at Casablanca.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

Some 60% of us, including 75% of our children, have been infected.

The Pope is indeed Catholic. The rest is up for debate.

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

The longest-serving Republican Senator has died at the age of 88.

The Biden administration’s mandate has been lifted immediately.

An irregualr, ongoing series.

The proxy war is working.

An odd kerfuffle in local education politics.

An extraordinary example shines light on coercive factors that incentivize plea deals

Whether deliberate or another ‘gaffe,’ he’s likely right.

A former Virginia police officer has been found guilty, partly on the testimony of a former colleague.

Intellectuals are fleeing as Soviet-style censorship returns.

The real crime is what’s legal.

A key planner of the Capitol riot has agreed to testify against others in exchange for a lighter sentence.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

Hoisted by their own petard.

Lots of folks at the Gridiron dinner are positive.

Western powers may be at odds with the people doing the fighting and dying.

The latest strategic moral panic from the far right

It would be fitting but, alas, won’t happen.

Evidence of mass atrocities across Ukraine continues to mount.

Stories of note sans write-ups.

A Black columnist argues that Will Smith set back a whole race.

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

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

Bargaining continues amidst poisoning and mass killing.

His conversations with lawyers about stealing the election are not protected by privilege.