Outside the Beltway

Ukraine is heavily censoring foreign media.

Two NeverTrump Republicans have had enough.

Not everyone is losing money.

America’s Newspaper of Record needs to figure out what it wants to be.

Does online performance logically devolve into rage and violence?

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

The state of American debate is not strong.

In a rare public statement, the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is disputing reports that the President directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.

As the shutdown continues the numbers get worse for the President, but he doesn’t seem to care.

Reports are indicating that Donald Trump may be looking to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Rudy Giuliani.

Donald Trump continues his war on freedom of the press and reporters who cover him critically by barring The Washington Post from covering campaign events.

A woman who has been running for President for at least eight years is apparently having trouble explaining why she wants to be President.

Is 2013 the year of second acts in American politics? Eliot Spitzer seems to be the latest disgraced politician to hope that it is.

Focusing on Edward Snowden is largely a waste of time.

Does the public still care about the personal transgressions of politicians? The evidence seems to suggest they don’t.

President Obama easily won re-election last night, carrying virtually all of the battleground states. Meanwhile, abortion, gay marriage, and recreational marijuana also won big.

It’s no wonder partisans can’t agree with each other when they can’t even agree what the facts are.

The biggest surprise of the Presidential race to date is the fact that Mitt Romney has lost the edge he once had on economic issues.

Two groups of former special operations soldiers are opposing Obama. Their military bonafides are not their most interesting credentials.

Yesterday it became clear that the Presidential campaign is headed into the mud.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

Most of the early reaction on the right consider’s the selection of Paul Ryan a smart move on Mitt Romney’s part, but you could also say it’s just risky.

While I’ve expressed my dissatisfaction with the degree that CPAC has embraced the worst elements of the conservative movement in recent years, it does appear that there is a line.

Obama to Sarkozy on Netanyahu: “You’re sick of him — but I have to deal with him every day!”

The rapid spread of information on Twitter is challenging POLITICO’s business model.

Rick Perry declared, “One of the reasons that I’m running for president is I want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the United States respects highly the president of the United States.”

Birtherism dies a quick death–and with it the notion that Obama’s opponents are motivated purely by race.

What is Donald Trump up to? Only he seems to know for sure.

For the first time, Donald Trump is leading a poll for the GOP 2012 nomination. That’s bad news for the GOP.

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Ron Paul is poised to win the CPAC Straw Poll. So what?

It really shouldn’t be a surprise that that Democratic Leadership Council is on its last legs.