Outside the Beltway

Goslings!

A photo from February: Alan Parsons Live Project.

Democrats increase their Senate margin.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

Discrimination? Issues? Incumbency?

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

One League went according to chalk. The other, very much not.

An example of rationalization.

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

“Peekaboo”

Sometimes politicians definitely say the wrong thing.

Why would a group that claims it has evidence of ballot harvesting refuse to turn it over?

It’s happened. What does it mean?

When procedures lead to more rejected ballots and fewer voters, what else is there to call it?

While there is an investigation, it doesn’t appear ballots were sold for “$10 a piece”

The legendary football player and coach is gone at 77.

Another example for the conversation.

Mayor Pete is being mocked for telling obvious truths.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

It turns out “the economy” isn’t just one thing.

The city’s second major championship was among the most improbable.

Running against Trump didn’t work this year.

Insiders argue that the era of Peak TV has contributed to shoddy practices on set.

Apparently, it’s higher than 67.

DC’s new area code is causing an identity crisis.

“Contemplation”

The long demographic trend continues.

It goes into effect next season.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

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

Let’s call it what it is.

Look at who’s lined up against H.R. 1.

Is a de minimus standard too small?

No, Colorado’s voting regulations are not roughly the same as Georgia’s.

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

There’s no voting in baseball.

The GA GOP is butting heads with corporations over HB202

An example from Dan McLaughlin of NR

It makes voting harder.

Our current forms of collective action on guns have failed us.

The U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative beg to differ.

A mass shooting in Atlanta draws attention to a problem of which I was only tangentially aware.

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.

Another empirical indication of the toll of the pandemic.

Weeks of claims of rigged elections may well have cost the GOP the Senate.

The man still can’t get out of his own way.

Hammerin’ Hank is gone.

Trump tried to interfere in GA earlier than we knew.

Although prosecution and conviction are unlikely.

Steve Sarkisian joins a frustrating trend.