Outside the Beltway

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

He wanted a cabinet post. And this is a cabinet post.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

Wherein I respond to a ridiculous comparison.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

Was Trump’s attempt to overturn the outcome a one-off or a sign of things to come?

In a sane world, Joe Biden’s election win would not have come as a surprise. Alas . . . .

A nonpartisan official is refusing to do her duty.

While many are congratulating President-Elect Biden, too many are still following a loser.

The early reaction was premature.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

The expectations game will be especially tricky this year.

The iconoclastic journalist is out at the publication he founded.

Rethinking what qualities we should be looking for in Supreme Court Justices.

The two parties learned different lessons from the last contested election.

Some judicial alphabet soup in dialog with my co-blogger.

After weeks of evasion, the frontrunner hints at a compromise policy.

A parody of a joke.

They are standing by as ordered.

The President is deeply leveraged with no escape in sight.

An interesting but unlikely-to-pass bill is about to be introduced.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

President Trump is historically unpopular and has consistently trailed Joe Biden. He could still win.

Is shunning those without college degrees the last acceptable prejudice?

Pondering lack of US interest in our friends to the south.

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

The trend line shifted this week.

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

It creates a veto gate that they are almost guaranteed to control when they need it.

Joementum.

We’re unlikely to know who wins the November elections right away.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

Some global comparisons.

And some notes on Trump’s media exposure.

The 58-year-old may have a post-presidency unmatched in history.

But they weren’t shouting it from the rooftops.

This isn’t what leadership looks like.

The President seems to be enjoying a mild rally effect.

Listen to this guy.

Evidence from the four early states is not looking promising.

It’s not clear what has been achieved.

We’re going to make history one way or another in November.

It got somewhat ugly at the kids’ table.

Most national pundits saw it differently than I did.

(Or not. Part 1,276,524).

A smaller staff is arguably a good idea. But not this way.