Outside the Beltway

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

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

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

Caught in the middle of the Ukraine scandal, the President”s lawyer has gotten his own lawyers.

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Juli Briskman gave Donald Trump a one-fingered salute in a photograph that went viral. Two years later, she won election in a district that includes Trump’s golf course.

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Brexit seems like it’s inevitable at this point, and that could set in motion a series of events that would mean the end of the United Kingdom.

With the 2019 United Kingdom General Election campaign just starting, Boris Johnson and the Tories look to be in strong shape. However, anything can happen in the next six weeks.

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Donald Trump is moving his permanent residence south, where he should be right at home.

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The next steps in the impeachment process are relatively easy to predict.

Yesterday’s testimony by Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman including information particularly damaging to the President and his defenses to the charges against him in the Ukraine matter.

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Based on a number of factors, it appears that the Democratic field for 2020 has shrunk from more than 20 to just 5 viable candidates. Is there room for more?

With just days to go before the end of the month, the European Union has agreed to another Brexit extension. Before we get there, though, thee’s likely to be another General Election.

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New polling is showing increased public support for President Trump’s impeachment and removal

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After a close election, Benjamin Netanyahu has given up on his effort to form a government.

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Rather than getting a final vote on his Brexit deal, Prime Minister Boris johnson suffered another defeat.

Confirming earlier rumors, Rick Perry announced that he’d be leaving his position as Secretary of Energy at the end of the year.

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The United Kingdom and European Union have apparently reached a new Brexit deal, but it’s unclear if Boris Johnson can get it through Parliament.

As he reaches his 1,000th day in office, Trump’s lies pile up at an astronomical rate.

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The third part of a long, but connected, set of thoughts.

The same Republicans who were outraged over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server are silent about the use of private apps by Trump officials.

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The impeachment battle on Capitol Hill is revealing a whole lot of Republican hypocrisy.

President Trump loses yet another Cabinet Secretary.

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The President of the United States behaves like a child.

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Republicans face a choice. Do they put their country first, or do they put their President first?

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Donald Trump is now committing his crimes in public.

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

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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.

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