Outside the Beltway

Welcome to the weekend.

A place for some end of the week jibber-jabber.

And now the real farce begins.

The Commonwealth is about to become the 38th State to ratify the Nixon-era Amendment.

Feel free to talk amongst yourselves.

More on Rudy’s actions in Ukraine

The floor is open.

Term limits and referenda may sound good, but they are terrible ideas

Have at!

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

More conversation about moderated conversations.

More on presidential nonsense with a brief diversion into blogging philosophy.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

Happy Friday!

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

President Trump has a huge decision to make.

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

The 2016 frontrunners at this stage won their nominations easily. But that’s often not the case.

Next week’s Democratic debate could have as few as five candidates.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided against running for Senator Kansas, decision that could force the GOP to defend an otherwise safe seat.

After months of delays, Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton is now saying he’d be willing to testify if he were subpoeanaed.

President Trump is making ridiculous threats against the regime in Iraq that are likely to draw it closer to Iran.

The Trump campaign and the Republican Party brought in more than $150 million in the last three months of 2019 alone.

President Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites would most likely constitute a war crime if he actually carried it out.

In response to the American assassination of a top General, Iran has announced the end of yet more restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.

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

The assassination of a top Iranian official on a visit to Baghdad is having the expected negative impact on our relationship with Iraq and the fight against ISIS.

Despite Pompeo’s assurances, we are already seeing consequences for the Suleimani killing.

Prosecutors in two Virginia counties have announced that they will decline to prosecute low-level drug possession cases.

Regulars beware: this is a total deviation from normal content.

If your case needs a 9/11 boost, perhaps your case is weak.

Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden both brought in impressive fundraising numbers for the final quarter of 2019.

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

Welcome to the weekend.

Andrew Yang had an impressive fourth quarter when it comes to fundraising, but it appears unlikely to help his campaign at all.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

Policies towards Iran and NK are both a mess.

Another one bites the dust.

A big fundraising quarter for the Senator from Vermont.

“Medicare For All” is the centerpiece of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for President, but she’s not talking about it as much as she used to.

Pete Buttigieg had a very successful fundraising quarter at the same time he is rising in the polls.

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

More evidence that Trump really doesn’t know what he is doing. (Or just doesn’t care).

With one speech, Kim Jong-Un has demonstrated the Trump Administration’s North Korea policy to have been an utter failure.

It’s been quite a year, and quite a decade.