Outside the Beltway

The would-be President is floundering as he tries to position himself.

The Democrats are apparently selling their omnibus spending package the wrong way.

The President is in open defiance of the Supreme Court.

A quick overview and some examples to start a longer conversation.

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

Later today, the President is expected to take some form of ‘Executive Action’ in an effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin punted once again on the question of replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, making clear that any change that does occur won’t happen until after Donald Trump is out of office.

The way we elect Presidents make it unlikely that a third-party candidate like Howard Schultz could ever actually win the the Presidency.

Tulsi Gabbard was born in American Samoa, an American territory whose residents are generally not American citizens from birth. However, she is nonetheless a “natural born citizen.”

President Trump appears to be backing away from the idea of declaring a national emergency to get his wall built. But the other options he’s considering aren’t much better.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

The President is generating so much outrage on a daily basis that we’re missing important stories.

The plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill appears to be running up against President Trump’s bizarre affinity for Andrew Jackson.

Report that President Trump considered withdrawing the Gorsuch nomination are another sign of his unhealthy obsession with pledges of loyalty from people who have no business giving it to him.

Even a ceremony honoring American heroes wasn’t immune from President Trump’s habit of attacking racial minorities.

Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary won’t commit to putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

Donald Trump is unlikely to ever be a popular President, but that may not matter.

President Trump took to Twitter again this morning and promptly shot himself in the foot.

President Trump’s comments about Andrew Jackson and the Civil War reveal something about how he thinks, and it’s not good.

In the end, there was no other logical choice.

The real model for Trump’s team is neither Abraham Lincoln nor Andrew Jackson but The Simpson’s Mr. Burns with a room full of Waylon Smithers-types.

Reports of the demise of the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated.

A true, albeit largely anonymous, hero of humanity has passed away.

Donald Trump’s open contempt for the Rule of Law and Freedom of the Press should disqualify him from being considered an acceptable candidate for President.

With two former Republican governors running under its banner, is there such a thing as a “Libertarian Party”?

With Donald Trump now destined to become the GOP nominee, some Republican insiders are trying to put together another ‘too little, too late’ strategy to stop him.

Woman who liberated slaves to replace slaveholding President who presided over Native American genocide on American currency.

The success of the Broadway musical ‘Hamilton’ appears to be helping to save Alexander Hamilton’s place on the $10 bill. Andrew Jackson, meanwhile, looks likely to be booted from the $20 bill.

Donald Trump is trolling the depths of the Internet’s conspiracy dungeons once again. This time to raise the largely absurd argument that Marco Rubio may not be eligible to serve as President.

Surely it’s time to put a woman on American currency again, but why go after Alexander Hamilton?

If a new campaign succeeds, Harriet Tubman could replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

Just in case there’s any question, yes, Ted Cruz is Constitutionally eligible to serve as President.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

Barone tells some tales to make himself feel better.

Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.

We could be headed for another extremely close election where the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote disagree with each other.

Maybe the real problem this year isn’t that the campaign is unduly nasty, but that it’s incredibly petty.

Two centuries ago, a war that makes less and less sense with the passage of time began.

Mitt Romney thinks prospective Presidents should be required to have business experience.

Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.

Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the role of the judiciary are very dangerous.

The Establishment opposition to the current frontrunner has little to do with his policy ideas.

Herman Cain’s promise to rely on “experts” should raise eyebrows everywhere.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal sent a warning to his fellow Republicans. Too bad they probably won’t listen.

Elias Isquith proclaims my Atlantic essay “How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology” to be “a total disaster.”

You thought the birther insanity was over? Silly you.