Outside the Beltway

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

Yet another grim milestone.

A completely unsurprising finding.

Our response to Covid-19 has been exceptional in all the wrong ways.

Yet another incumbent has lost his primary contest.

A clip from Trump’s Axios interview shows a man who really does not understand what is going on.

The rules are different if you’re famous.

Having failed to prevent or contain it, aggressive stupidity is now washing over us.

The one-time candidate for the GOP presidential nomination is dead at 74.

The absurdity of this presidency illustrated yet again.

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

A bizarre but possibly correct ruling by the Supreme Court.

Partial credit at best, however.

Apparently, we’re not supposed to drink the stuff.

Deaths are on the rise.

The lousy hybrid option has been scrapped in favor of a worthless virtual one.

Trump and virus politics.

Comparisons with 2016 all work against Trump’s re-election.

A non-exhaustive tour of Trump’s utterances on the pandemic since January.

If you are wondering why masks are political, look no further than 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Life comes at you fast.

Despite hope for a vaccine, officials are canceling large events months in advance.

Telecommuting has taken a bite out of an industry built on commuting.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

A majority of Americans of every sex, race, education, income, or region do the right thing. With one exception.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

Ongoing ambiguity is not helpful.

The trend line shifted this week.

Another small step toward canceling the fall sports calendar.

Online instruction is an inferior product. But it’s more expensive to deliver.

More dominoes are falling. They won’t be the last.

A result of the Trump rally?

The hopes of football in the fall are fading fast.

Another avoidable milestone.

The venerable apparel company is having a hard go of it.

Are Republicans eschewing absentee voting?

Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.

The president of the country with the second most cases and fatalities has tested positive.

Harvard joins a growing list of universities who will not offer in-person classes this year.

The Paycheck Protection Program protected some interesting paychecks.

The Natanz fuel enrichment site has been seriously damaged.

A marked rise in shooting deaths is going largely unnoticed.

Leadership matters (as does culture).

The emotional and economic impact of the pandemic is hitting women especially hard.

I don’t see it.

Those who wish to vote for Tommy Tuberville or Jeff Sessions will have to walk to the mailbox.

Some incredibly thin reporting about a story that is almost certainly made up.

Contra the CDC, the AAP says getting kids to class outweighs the modest risk of their catching COVID-19.

As scary as the Cold War was, it did reduce the silliness in American politics.