Outside the Beltway

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is behind in the polls but still able to stay alive financially.

Late last week, a Federal Judge in California placed on hold a state law requiring candidates to provide copies of their tax returns.

President Trump has reportedly pledged to Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States would not speak out against Chinese actions in Hong Kong.

The United States is withdrawing its small force from Northern Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish invasion that will likely
aim to wipeout the Kurdish forces in the region.

Much like it did during the McCarthy Era, the Republican Party has to decide what side of history it wishes to be on. The right side, or the wrong side.

A conservative columnist argues the legitimacy of our system is in question.

The evidence piles up.

A second potential whistleblower and an apparent criminal referral from the CIA’s top lawyer make a bad week even worse for Donald Trump.

A very successful fundraising quarter for Senator Elizabeth Warren caps off a quarter that has seen her surge in the race for the 2020 nomination.

After a week of silence, Bernie Sanders campaign confirm that he had a heart attack earlier this week.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

A somewhat disappointing jobs report for September.

More information released last night confirmed the extent to which the United States was linking progress on its relationship with Ukraine to an investigation of Joe Biden and his son.

I was a guest on the Challenging Opinions podcast.

The next Democratic Debate will have the most people on stage at one time of any debate so far.

The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.

Joe Biden reported a mostly successful fundraising quarter for the period that ended September 30th,

From manufacturing to trade, the negative impact of Trump’s tariffs is becoming quite apparent.

A big haul for the GOP.

An unexpectedly big fundraising quarter for an unlikely candidate.

A Senate report alleges that the National Rifle Association allowed itself to become a Russian asset,

Apparently, the President thinks shooting people is amusing.

Cory Booker announced some respectable fundraising numbers, but his campaign continues to coast along just above the point of irrelevance.

Kamala Harris has slipped in the polls but her financial numbers are still pretty respectable.

Pete Buttigieg’s momendum in the polls has slowed, but his fundraising ability has not.

Bernie Sanders has slipped in the polls but retains his ability to raise money.

Even as the impeachment vultures circle, the President is lashing out and making things more difficult for himself.

It looks like we’ll have Cory Booker to kick around for a little while longer.

Congressman Chris Collins, an early supporter of President Trump’s, will be pleading guilty to insider trading charges.

Public opinion on impeachment has taken a rapid turn that should alarm the Trump White House.

Not surprisingly, President Trump told Russian officials early on that he didn’t care if Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Trump threatens civil war if he’s removed from office.

The impending impeachment of the President is likely to reveal Republicans on Capitol Hill to be the cowards we already knew they were.

Jake Tapper and Chris Wallace both put Administration surrogates through the ringer on their respective Sunday morning shows.

SNL takes on impeachment and the 2020 Democratic Presidential race.

An empty column with a seed of one good point buried in a bunch of nothing.

Not surprisingly, there are other phone call transcripts and other communications that further complicate Trump’s position.

Fox News Channel in general, and Fox And Friends in particular, have become nothing but a propaganda network for the White House and the President.

Just over four years ago.

A note in the whistleblower’s complaint suggests other transcripts, like the Zelensky call, that have been buried.

The real crime is what’s legal.

A little bit of this for a little bit of that.

House Democrats are reportedly looking at an impeachment process narrowly focused on the President’s efforts to obtain a quid pro quo from the President of Ukraine.

President Trump and the Republican Party have spent the last three years lying about the Federal budget deficit and the economy.

For the first time, it’s conceivable that Republicans will turn against the President.

The President’s initial reaction to the release of the whistleblower complaint is about what you’d expect from a petty dictator.

The Acting Director of National Intelligence has released the complaint filed by an intelligence community whistleblower that has set off allegations that the President sought foreign aid in undermining a political opponent.

The White House has released a summary of the July 25th phone call between President Trump and the President of Ukraine. It doesn’t help President Trump or his defenders.

California, joined by 22 other states and jurisdictions, is suing to block the Administration’s efforts to revoke the state’s waiver to impose tougher clean air regulations.

Working as the President’s private attorney, Rudy Giuliani has spent months working behind the scenes to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden’s son.