Outside the Beltway

A series of mismatches mean would-be workers can’t find employment despite an abundance of openings.

Another R/D cleavage?

More in a series of ongoing observations about the GOP primaries.

This time: the Alaska GOP.

Huge swaths of the country are underserved.

Republicans who admit Joe Biden won the election fair and square are being driven from the party.

More voice, more votes, more representation.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

It’s seemingly just a matter of time before recreational use is allowed throughout the United States.

A Trump-era policy designed to screw over blue states may actually be a good one.

Empowering authoritarians.

What was mere signaling under a Republican Senate and President could now become law.

As expected, the second impeachment trial of the 45th President will proceed.

The GOP, alas, is not going anywhere.

Amending the Constitutional through unconstitutional means is a very bad idea.

Will there be in-fighting? Yes. A break-up? No.

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

There won’t be a Lincoln Party. It isn’t sustainable.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

Explaining the continuing cowardice of GOP Senators.

The slow Alaska count came out as expected.

The early reaction was premature.

He needs one more state to hit the magic 270.

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

Disconnected representation in action.

A desperate re-election gambit that has no impact on the outcome.

The state polling is not lining up along usual patterns.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

Injecting data into the conversation.

A fundamental building block of our system makes it nearly impossible to fix.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

The President has hit rock bottom.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

The soldier who became a national figure for testifying against President Trump has had enough.

A hero of the Afghan War has succumbed to cancer, aged 41.

We’re going to make history one way or another in November.

The 45th President polls worse than other prominent Republicans.

Lock her up?

The Air Force’s use of Trump hotels predates his presidency—but is still highly problematic.

For Donald Trump, the Presidency has been nothing but a get richer quick scam.

Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out of a Presidential race few people realized she was in.

Sean Spicer will appear on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars

Another day, another Trump temper tantrum.

More than five years after the fact, the NYPD officer who applied an illegal chokehold that resulted in the death of Eric Garner has finally been fired.

On the Sunday shows today, one of the President’s top aides insisted that the Administration is seriously looking at the idea of buying Greenland even though it isn’t for sale.

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel from the Second Circuit has reinstated Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

In contrast to the idea of granting statehood to the District of Columbia, the American public appears to strongly support statehood for Puerto RIco.

After a series of line item vetoes, the University of Alaska is facing a 41% cut in state funding.