Outside the Beltway

A somewhat disappointing jobs report for September.

More information released last night confirmed the extent to which the United States was linking progress on its relationship with Ukraine to an investigation of Joe Biden and his son.

I was a guest on the Challenging Opinions podcast.

The next Democratic Debate will have the most people on stage at one time of any debate so far.

The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.

Joe Biden reported a mostly successful fundraising quarter for the period that ended September 30th,

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

Donald Trump is now committing his crimes in public.

From manufacturing to trade, the negative impact of Trump’s tariffs is becoming quite apparent.

The past week has demonstrated more notably than any other that this President is not well.

After an emotional sentencing hearing that included an extraordinary display of mercy and forgiveness from her victim’s family, former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger was sentenced to ten years in prison.

A big haul for the GOP.

An unexpectedly big fundraising quarter for an unlikely candidate.

A Senate report alleges that the National Rifle Association allowed itself to become a Russian asset,

Apparently, the President thinks shooting people is amusing.

Cory Booker announced some respectable fundraising numbers, but his campaign continues to coast along just above the point of irrelevance.

Kamala Harris has slipped in the polls but her financial numbers are still pretty respectable.

It’s been one year since Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen in public again. We are no closer to justice in his case than we were a year ago.

Pete Buttigieg’s momendum in the polls has slowed, but his fundraising ability has not.

Bernie Sanders has slipped in the polls but retains his ability to raise money.

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

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was convicted of ,murder in the death of Botham Jean, an innocent man who was murdered for the “crime” of being in his own apartment.

The time for sitting on the sidelines is over. Donald Trump cannot be allowed to get away with his usurpation of power, his disdain for the law, or his continued policies that have damaged the country.

It’s not just Ukraine.

The President’s attorney Rudy Giuliani is among the first to be served with a subpoena in connection with the newly-launched impeachment inquiry.

Even as the impeachment vultures circle, the President is lashing out and making things more difficult for himself.

It looks like we’ll have Cory Booker to kick around for a little while longer.

Congressman Chris Collins, an early supporter of President Trump’s, will be pleading guilty to insider trading charges.

Public opinion on impeachment has taken a rapid turn that should alarm the Trump White House.

Not surprisingly, President Trump told Russian officials early on that he didn’t care if Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Trump threatens civil war if he’s removed from office.

The impending impeachment of the President is likely to reveal Republicans on Capitol Hill to be the cowards we already knew they were.

Jake Tapper and Chris Wallace both put Administration surrogates through the ringer on their respective Sunday morning shows.

SNL takes on impeachment and the 2020 Democratic Presidential race.

An empty column with a seed of one good point buried in a bunch of nothing.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky finds himself in he middle of an historic American scandal, and with a new nickname.

Oops.

Welcome to Donald Trump’s Republican Party.

More on rules and how they matter (plus issues of representation).

Just so we all know it isn’t just the US suffering a crisis of leadership…

Not surprisingly, there are other phone call transcripts and other communications that further complicate Trump’s position.

Next week could be a crucial one for Boris Johnson’s future in power.

Fox News Channel in general, and Fox And Friends in particular, have become nothing but a propaganda network for the White House and the President.

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

Just over four years ago.

A note in the whistleblower’s complaint suggests other transcripts, like the Zelensky call, that have been buried.

Welcome to Friday

The real crime is what’s legal.