Outside the Beltway

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

Some speculation from the BBC.

A remarkable display of blaming the victim (by the victimizer).

One can see the faintest hint of a backbone in the former Vice President.

The plans to replicate the chaos in the Great White North are not coming together.

The legendary AP politics reporter is gone at 87.

Putin is a monster, but he may also be just as irrational as the rest of us.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

The former President should have known that his claims of election fraud were baseless.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Most people liked it more than I did.

The American President is once again leading the free world.

It might feel good but it has zero impact on Putin.

The rollout could have been smoother.