Outside the Beltway

Two big admissions from the Director of the F.B.I. today are likely to lead to real political headaches for the Trump Administration.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions apparently misled Senators when asked about his contact with Russian officials.

The story about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia didn’t start with Michael Flynn, and it isn’t going to end with his resignation.

Could Donald Trump’s comments about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on the campaign trail lead to the case against Bergdahl being dismissed? A military judge will have to decide.

Donald Trump’s initial job approval numbers are lower than any President since the EIsenhower Administration.

As expected, Donald Trump yesterday signed Executive Orders targeting Muslims and refugees.

Despite the lack of evidence, Donald Trump continues to claim that there were ‘millions’ of illegal votes cast in 2016.

Donald Trump will take some time off after taking the Oath of Office.

Once again, Donald Trump has played his supporters for suckers.

Just under a year ago, Senate Republicans took a big risk regarding the Supreme Court. Now, it’s paid off big time.

On the eve of the 115th Congress, House Republicans voted to gut a key office charged with investigating Congressional ethics.

A trial balloon hopefully made of lead.

Republicans are afraid to oppose Donald Trump for fear that his supporters will come after them.

The number of faithless electors was both historical and trivial.

While hardly the most compelling argument against an archaic institution, yesterday’s silliness was noteworthy.

Trump will maintain some level of private security once in office.

Beginning late this morning, the Electors in each of the states will meet to carry out their Constitutional function. Despite the drama accompanying this year’s election, there’s likely to be far less drama than some people seem to be hoping for.

In the wake of the Democratic victory in the North Carolina Governor’s race, the Republican-controlled legislature has stripped the Governor’s office of significant power.

As we approach the vote, the fantasies keep coming.

Hillary Clinton’s national campaign wasn’t nearly as well-organized as we’d been led to believe.

Good thing the world is a static, simple place…

An unsurprising win in the Pelican State.

New information raises serious questions about the integrity of the 2016 elections, and about Donald Trump and his supporters.

Notwithstanding the election results, support for eliminating the Electoral College is at a 20-year low.

Another day, another EC fantasy,

I’m in the New York Times’ “Room for Debate” with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Duke’s Peter Feaver.

His actions illustration how well the EC process is institutionalized.

Donald Trump claims he won an Electoral College landslide. This is a bald-faced lie.

Now Donald Trump is alleging that the 2016 Election was tainted by ‘illegal voting,’ even though he won!

An airline traveler wanted his fellow passengers to know that he was a supporter of the president-elect.

An irrelevant candidate is triggering a recount in three states Trump won by substantial margins.

Debunked!

Democracy produces good rulers, right?  Sometimes.  What good democracies actually produce best is good losers. Let us then be grateful for gracious losers, for our losers no less than our winners carry forward the American experiment in self-rule.  

Trump backs away from yet another campaign promise.

Canada is phasing out coal as a source of electricity production by 2030. The same thing will happen in the United States no matter how much politicians try to stop it.