Outside the Beltway

The President and his supporters are touting the last-minute deal with Mexico announced on Friday, but the details show there’s much less than meets the eye.

The latest iteration of a benchmark Iowa poll shows Joe Biden leading, with Bernie Sanders sinking and looking at several candidates closing in on him.

Where you can’t be off-topic because there IS no topic.

At least some conservatives appear to finally be recognizing that their movement has been taken over by grifters and frauds. The only question is, what took them so long?

Happy Weekend.

The House of Representatives passed a bill that would extend protection to DACA beneficiaries and other Dreamers, but it’s likely to die in the Senate.

The United States and Mexico reached a last-minute deal to avert tariffs that would have gone into effect on Monday. Whether the deal accomplishes anything substantive remains to be seen.

At least some segments of the “pro-life” movement seem more concerned with policing morality than they do with protecting life.

The Trump Administration continues to misstate what the DPRK agreed to regarding its nuclear program. That’s why talks between the two nations are stalled.

While the American media was paying attention to President travels and travails in Europe, there was another meeting taking place.

May’s Jobs Report came back with disappointing jobs growth, suggesting that the economy may be slowing down.

After coming under attack from within his own party, former Vice-President Joe Biden has changed his position on the Hyde Amendment.

Where you can’t be off-topic because there IS no topic.

Donald Trump has betrayed the legacy and the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy.

Former Vice-President Biden has come under fire for his longtime support for the Hyde Amendment.

Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.

The GOP Senators standing up against the President’s tariffs on Mexico are being called courageous. I’m wondering what took them so long to stand up.

Seventy-five years ago today, American soldiers and our allies undertook an invasion that helped change the world.

A new poll of Texas voters shows President Trump doing worse than expected against potential Democratic challengers. Should Republicans be worried?

The original ‘scandal’ was silly. The follow-up is sillier.

The last of the World War II code talkers from the Mohawk tribe has passed away at the age of 94

The President’s foolish tariffs against Mexico are finally causing many Republican Senators to stand up against him.

While the drumbeat for impeachment of the President continues on the left, political reality suggests caution.

This time: India.

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

Scot Peterson, the school resource officer who hid from fire during last year’s school shooting in Florida has been charged criminally. The legal basis for those charges seems flimsy.

While mildly embarrassing, it’s unlikely to have much impact on the race.

Where you can’t be off-topic because there IS no topic.

The White House is continuing to stonewall legitimate Congressional investigations, but Congress is starting to push back.

Justice Clarence Thomas is seemingly putting to rest any reports that he’s considering retiring in the near future.

According to one new study, President Trump’s tweets aren’t having the same impact they used to.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. dismissed a lawsuit against Trump “national emergency” to fund the border wall, but his ruling did not reach the merits of the lawsuit’s claim.

The House of Representatives will vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt next week but it may not mean anything.

David Brooks joins the long line of commenters predicting the GOP’s demise.

Further progress for advocates of marijuana legalization from the Land of Lincoln.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

A misleading, annoying media trope that needs to go away.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans support equal rights for transgender Americans, with only Republicans disagreeing with that position.

Last week, New Hampshire became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Thus becoming the 21st state to do so.

Where you can’t be off-topic because there IS no topic.

Starting tomorrow, we should be getting some headline-grabbing opinions from the Supreme Court.

His colum in WaPo isn’t very good.

Hours before departing the United States for a pomp and circumstance filled State Visit to the United Kingdom, President Trump sticks his foot in his mouth.

Trump’s negotiation style edition.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ruled out what would essentially be a quixotic primary challenge against President Trump.

Either Trump doesn’t understand what he is talking about, or he thinks his supporters are dumb.

The Navy is confirming that it did receive a request from the White House to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” during the President’s visit to an American base in Japan.

Just a day before he is scheduled to arrive in the city for a State Visit, London’s Mayor is denouncing President Trump.

A new report indicates that Russian social media trolls are involved in spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the United States and elsewhere.

Strong public records laws, not an excess of weirdness, has driven a sad meme.