Outside the Beltway

The President has been Twitter on their own platform. Now, he’s following through.

The conversation continues. (Warning: it is over 3000 words).

Should government be taking harsher measures against smoking, car crashes, and the flu?

A further attempt to explain how party is such a key variable.

An attempt at getting the point across.

Can there be truth when there are consequences?

It’s difficulty to have have a conversation with an albatross hanging over it.

A new study finds earlier lockdowns could have saved 54,000 lives by early May.

We’re a long, long way from normal.

He’s doubling down on hypocrisy.

A sober assessment of President Trump’s plan to get the country running again.

The erstwhile Tea Party Republican is making a run for President.

These are serious allegations.

Until our kids go back to school, we can’t go back to work.

The counting methodology is flawed and that’s assuming honest reporting.

Some potentially good news for Biden,

The policy choices before us are not a dichotomy between off and on.

Contrary to some expectations, Americans are logging three extra hours of work a day.

Or just a bump in the road?

Next thing you know, they’ll tell us to eat vegetables.

Dan Drezner makes an interesting comparison.

A well-intentioned idea that may be out of hand.

The state is voting during the high point of a global pandemic because Republicans forced it.

Social distancing is helping but too many aren’t taking it seriously enough.

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

We’re passing grim milestones on a daily basis.

He is actually tweeting about ratings.

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

In his own words

(Alternative title: Narcissist-in-Chief III)

This could be a very long series.

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos alone have lost $15 billion in net worth since January.

Why the ‘moral majority’ is willing to tolerate so much immorality from their leader.

The greatest crisis the nation has faced in my lifetime.

Looking back at my predictions about the 2020 Democratic race.

We may be seeing the beginning of the end.

Republicans are half as likely to take the outbreak seriously.

A quick follow-up.

The races are more alike—and yet more different—than we seem to remember.

Four highly-qualified (and two less-qualified) women ran and lost in 2020.

She lost in both of her home states. She shouldn’t be embarrassed.

The women, minority, and non-geriatric candidates have been all but eliminated from the race.

She’s continuing to swing at the candidates beating her at the polls.

A discussion of what #NeverTrump means, on Sanders v. Trump, and some about the philosophy of voting.

Donald Trump is once again trying to deflect reality.

The similarities are rather obvious. But the differences matter.

Bloomberg waffles on China while Sanders has a soft spot for Castro.

There’s a disturbing pattern of misogyny from his supporters.

Moscow helped Trump in 2016. Do they want him back?

There’s no way to catch him in a six-candidate field.