Outside the Beltway

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

While mildly embarrassing, it’s unlikely to have much impact on the race.

The White House is continuing to stonewall legitimate Congressional investigations, but Congress is starting to push back.

Justice Clarence Thomas is seemingly putting to rest any reports that he’s considering retiring in the near future.

According to one new study, President Trump’s tweets aren’t having the same impact they used to.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. dismissed a lawsuit against Trump “national emergency” to fund the border wall, but his ruling did not reach the merits of the lawsuit’s claim.

The House of Representatives will vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt next week but it may not mean anything.

David Brooks joins the long line of commenters predicting the GOP’s demise.

Further progress for advocates of marijuana legalization from the Land of Lincoln.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

A misleading, annoying media trope that needs to go away.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans support equal rights for transgender Americans, with only Republicans disagreeing with that position.

Last week, New Hampshire became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Thus becoming the 21st state to do so.

His colum in WaPo isn’t very good.

Hours before departing the United States for a pomp and circumstance filled State Visit to the United Kingdom, President Trump sticks his foot in his mouth.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ruled out what would essentially be a quixotic primary challenge against President Trump.

Either Trump doesn’t understand what he is talking about, or he thinks his supporters are dumb.

The Navy is confirming that it did receive a request from the White House to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” during the President’s visit to an American base in Japan.

A new report indicates that Russian social media trolls are involved in spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the United States and elsewhere.

Bernie Sanders supporters are a wee bit sensitive.

Wherein I explore the notion that ignorance is bliss.

It’s been just about fifteen months since President Trump imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. Not surprisingly, those tariffs have not had the effect the President claimed they would.

A dozen people died late yesterday in a workplace shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center.

Republicans nationwide are trying to discourage Roy Moore from running for Senate again. Roy Moore doesn’t care.

Kamala Harris is trying to jump-start her Presidential campaign with an idea for a new law, but it’s probably unconstitutional and would never get through Congress.

Perhaps NRO’s Charles W. Cooke needs to read the report (and do a better job of putting Mueller’s statements in context).

Just over a month after he entered the race, Joe Biden has a commanding lead over his fellow Democrats while Bernie Sanders has several candidates hot on his heels.

Last night, President Trump announced a new round of tariffs against Mexico for reasons that have nothing to do with trade itself.

Thad Cochran, who represented Mississippi in Congress for 45 years, has died at the age of 81.

New polling shows support for abortion rights rising amid a plethora of new laws aimed at striking down Roe v. Wade

I continue to be opposed to impeachment of the President, but I’m slowly moving in that direction thanks primary to the Administration’s own actions.

Yesterday’s press event with Robert Mueller underscores the importance of congressional testimony.

Quietly, Elizabeth Warren has been campaigning and putting out policy proposals while also appearing to gain ground on her closest rival, Bernie Sanders.

White House aides asked the Navy to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” while the President visited a Navy base in Japan earlier this week.

The party’s presidential wannabes have until September 12 to demonstrate a pulse.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash doubled down on his assertion that the Attorney General was deliberately misleading Congress and the American public.

For the first time since being appointed Special Counsel, Robert Mueller spoke to the media regarding his report on the Russia investigation. The news was not good for the President.

The Supreme Court let a ruling against students opposed to a school district policy allowing transgender students to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity stand.

The Supreme Court sent a signal yesterday that seems to indicate how it might deal with future abortion law challenges and it doesn’t bode well for pro-lifers.

The Democratic frontrunner is being wrongly blamed for an explosion in the prison population.

Mitch McConnell has had an unsurprising change of heart on the issue of Senate consideration of Supreme Court nominees in a Presidential election year.

Hypocritical? Sure. Surprising? No.

Some reports are saying that Roy Moore will run for the GOP nomination for Senate again in 2020.

Justin Amash’s call for impeachment of the President, and the Republican Party’s reaction to it, is telling us a lot about the current state of the GOP.

The House of Representatives has not even acted on impeachment, but Senate Republicans have already made up their mind.

The DPRK sent a message to the United States over the weekend, but it’s unlikely the President was listening.

President Trump says he wants to see men back on the Moon by 2024, but NASA thinks it’s going to take longer than that.

Do you want to get money out of politics? You need to get politics out of money.

Making up a Trump quote just gives cover to the real ones.

Let’s look at the Mueller Report, shall we?