Outside the Beltway

As the President becomes less popular, there are signs he’s losing support from his co-partisans in Congress.

Because sometimes a comment starts to become a post.

The Economist gives Joe Biden an 83% chance to win the Electoral College.

JK Rowling is uinder fire for arguing only women menstruate.

Trump should be worried.

Clips of recent police behavior reminded me far too much of scenes from authoritarian Latin America.

Mostly stability.

Official White House photos from the Battle of Lafayette Square.

Not that one. The other one.

The vagaries of our Presidential election mechanism gave us a surprising result in 2016. That’s unlikely this year.

My latest for Defense One has published.

The preliminary hearing revealed a damning case against the shooter of a young black man.

Balancing social justice and criminal justice in a politically charged environment.

Iowa Republicans have had enough of being represented by a racist buffoon.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

How to translate understandable frustration at injustice into tangible reform?

The mayhem surrounding the demonstrations is drawing attention away from the grievance behind them.

The evidence is clear. Injustice feeds rage and rage sometimes boils over.

The contrast could not be more clear.

If the goal is to change politics, not just vent frustration, messaging is important.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

Yet again, this administration puts Trump’s political fortunes ahead of the national interest.

A solid piece of satire.

Former prosecutors are suddenly “out.”

Hypocrisy, lies, and dangerous rhetoric from Trump and his allies on mail-in voting.

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

Likely the right outcome but I wish I political motivation weren’t the default presumption.

Jared Kushner and others want one that fits on a index card.

This is more about structural conditions than it is about the GOP.

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

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

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

An attempt at getting the point across.

Jo Rae Perkins may be a nut, but she won a four-person primary.

Trump fires another Inspector General.

We won’t have whatshisname to kick around any more.

The Barr DOJ’s attempt to retcon the Flynn case has created a major problem for Flynn.

And I don’t mean not wearing a mask to Costco.

What if instead of the unit rule, states doled out electoral voter based on the proportion of votes each slate of electors received?

More evidence that walls don’t work as well as claimed.

SCOTUS and “faithless electors.”

Some global comparisons.

Biden’s polling lead over Trump is historically stable.

He is claiming his response to Covid-19 is better than the previous administration’s response to H1N1

The status quo ante is not just waiting for us around the corner.

A seemingly innocent black man has been killed, sparking a wave of outrage.

A report outlining steps for re-opening the economy in the wake of COVID-19 has been leaked to the press.

He’s doubling down on hypocrisy.

He revolutionized how we think of male homosexuality.