Outside the Beltway

The 5th Circuit upholds a lower court ruling but narrows its scope considerably.

He was convicted of contempt of Congress.

A shutdown may be averted after all.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

Oh, the irony.

A perennial fantasy has a new standard bearer.

So a court has ordered.

A slight recalibration (although perhaps not the one that was wanted).

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

Common ground is, sadly, bad politics.

More thinking about the 2024 GOP primary.

The base is remaining loyal to the only candidate they think can beat Biden.

The Economist joins the “Biden is too old” bandwagon.

It’s time for transparency on the Republican Leader’s health.

Yet more evidence of an unfit, unstable candidate.

The Senate Republican Leader had another concerning incident.

A federal court has ruled, now the question is one of damages.

State election officials are standing by for challenges to Trump’s right to run.

Corrupt and crazy versus old and confused.

For the moment, the “January 6th” trial begins on March 4th, 2024

Americans don’t want either Trump or Biden! Film at 11.

Wherein I finally reveal my answer (spoiler: it is hardly surprising). And, also, wherein despite the goal of brevity, I fail at that goal.

The people want a fast trial and think he’s guilty and should go to jail.

A surpringly large number tuned in to see people who won’t be the nominee.

It is worth repeating

A shift in the legal team in GA.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s national coming out party was, well, interesting.

But what does this actually mean?

Virginia’s governor has raised a ton of money.

One weird trick could save us from Trump.

Who is the GOP’s best option to beat Biden and why?

The Establishment is desperate for an alternative that’s not coming.

They chose the ticket, now they are going for the ride.

A decision that makes no obvious sense.

tl;dr: Trump is a nightmare client & nightmare clients don’t do well in criminal courts

What to call non-crazies who aren’t Democrats?

With the help of Popehat, I call out issues with the Fulton County case &, in doing so, piss everyone off

The next Trump indictment looks like it is coming this week.

A counterintuitive move.

They average more than any other occupation and considerably more than their European counterparts.

Thousands of LGBTQ veterans are seeking to have their discharges upgraded.

Another example of the power of the abortion issue.

The projections were way off—in a good way.

Updating the political saga of Newbern, Alabama.

Playing to type.

His column in the Houston Chronicle fails to impress.

His lawyers and Democratic lawmakers are urging an exception.

Permanent felon disenfranchisement is unconstitutional.

If you thought the first term was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

A pandemic-inspired perk seems to be going away.