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A Chart to Ponder – Outside the Beltway
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (124+ words) Steven L. Taylor " Thursday, April 2, 2026 " 4 comments Gee, what happened last night just after 9 p.m. Eastern? Bonus question: What happened in late February? And now the last tankers to leave the Gulf before 28 February are now unloading in Asia. They arrive in Europe…...
Monday Morning Tabs – Outside the Beltway
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (104+ words) Via Politico: "Visibly upset and struggling: Acting ICE head hospitalized twice over stress, officials say. Via ProPublica: The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish. Via the AP: Justice Department settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million,…...
No Kings Saturday Forum
1+ week, 1+ day ago (35+ words) For those who celebrate. No Kings Saturday Forum For those who celebrate. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Register/Log in to Comment Username or Email Address...
Friday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
1+ week, 2+ day ago (221+ words) Steven L. Taylor " Friday, March 27, 2026 " 1 comment Trump says he'll sign order directing DHS to pay TSA workers as shutdown drags on (ABC News) So Republicans were wrong claiming the president could not pay TSA, as his critics said all along? DHS…...
Thursday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
1+ week, 3+ day ago (79+ words) For our MDF resident Kathy, is Mexico going cashless? I have ties to Iceland and the Baltics where cash, what is that? I also understand more than most Americans the political corruption in Mexico over the decades (I grew up…...
Tuesday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
1+ week, 5+ day ago (168+ words) I live in a state that had acknowledged (systemic) voter fraud in 2004 (WA). Like entire memory care facilities voting. Ballots being "found" up to a week after the election. Very sketchy (Governor's race was under 500 votes and 3 or so recounts)....
Saturday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
2+ week, 1+ day ago (292+ words) James Joyner " Saturday, March 21, 2026 " 1 comment Ol" Donny Trump Has Really Stepped in It This Time (Ryan Cooper @ The American Prospect) The developing situation in the region is that Iran is consolidating formal control over the strait" Only nations that have…...
Wednesday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
2+ week, 4+ day ago (236+ words) Steven L. Taylor " Wednesday, March 18, 2026 " 1 comment Jackson-Kavanaugh tensions surface in candid exchange over Supreme Court "shadow docket" (Fox News, 10 March) "Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh had a dispute over the high court"s approach to its emergency docket in a…...
Airports in Chaos as Congress Plays Games
2+ week, 5+ day ago (331+ words) James Joyner " Tuesday, March 17, 2026 " No comments NYT (Security Lines Snake Out of More Terminals as T.S.A. Goes Unpaid): Travelers at a growing number of U.S. airports are encountering shuttered security checkpoints and waiting hours in lines that extend well outside the terminals…...
Friday the 13th Forum
3+ week, 2+ day ago (84+ words) OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through'Patreon'or making a one-time contribution via'PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. Friday the 13th Forum OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping…...