Outside the Beltway

Surely a celebrity hound with no political experience can’t become President. Right?

As expected, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo easily fended off a challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon. Let the Presidential speculation begin.

Republican Troy Balderson holds a narrow lead in a Special Election in Ohio. Even if he wins, though, the way this election played out does not bode well for the GOP in November.

A powerful political network is distancing itself from the Trump-dominated Republican Party.

A thoughtful liberal argues the Justice has “altered and destroyed his legacy” by allowing Donald Trump to appoint his successor.

New polling shows that the Trump Administration’s family separation policy is widely unpopular, with only Republicans supporting it. That last fact, though, is why Trump is unlikely to change the policy.

Anthony Bourdain was a renowned chef, writer, television host, and storyteller. He also suffered from demons that ultimately caught up with him.

Another data point demonstrating that a distinguished military career doesn’t preclude being an awful human being or a crackpot.

Some Republicans are suggesting that Paul Ryan should be pushed out as Speaker before the November elections.

Controversies involving Jimmy Kimmel and “The Simpsons” highlight a perennial question.

The FBI committed gross malfeasance in building a case against the widow of Omar Mateen. She nonetheless bears significant blame for 53 deaths.

If you’re tired of the restraint being shown by this President, you may be in luck.

New reports indicate that Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen has been involved in efforts to keep Stormy Daniels from telling her story for at least the past seven years.

Less than 24 hours after the McCabe firing, the president’s attorney explicitly connects the move to the Mueller probe.

One of the supposed “adults” in the Trump administration has no class.

The Treasury Department has designated five entities and 19 individuals tied to the Russian government for cyber espionage.

The former Trump campaign official made the most of his 15 minutes of fame.

After skipping such events in his first thirteen months in office, the President tried his hand at stand-up last night to mixed reviews.

Four social media stars have been fired from their television show after the revelation that Pamela Gellar is their mother.

Donald Trump’s lawyer admits to making a six-figure payment on the eve of the 2016 election to a porn star that Trump was alleged to have had an affair with. That just raises a host of other questions.

While I don’t always agree with her, I’ve never ceased to be amazed at the sheer vitriol she inspires, given that she’s unfailingly polite, not discernibly partisan, and bends over backwards to acknowledge the merits of competing viewpoints.

Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke loses out on yet another Trump Administration position thanks to Chief of Staff John Kelly.

“Why the hell would we do that?” — White House official.

White House insiders have renewed efforts to oust Presidential adviser Steve Bannon. Can they succeed?

There’s been a palace coup at The Heritage Foundation.

It’s not all peaches and cream for pretty young women.

Calling it neo-fascist is not hyperbole.

A precursor to modern cable political news with an interesting past has passed away at the age of 89.

If reports are correct, Indiana Governor Mike Pence will be Donald Trump’s choice for a running mate.

The violence that Donald Trump encourages among supporters is manifesting itself in real life.

It’s hard to caucus away from home.

A setback for prosecutors in the Freddie Gray case.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will face a Court Martial for the circumstances that led to his being capture and held captive by the Taliban for five years.

Disturbing reports over the weekend that American leaders may not be getting the kind of unbiased intelligence analysis about ISIS that they need to make decisions.

Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee recently kept company with a very disturbing religious leader.

Reports of at least up to sixty dead, a hostage situation, and attacks at multiple locations in Paris.

Senator Bernie Sanders wants to let states decide how to regulate marijuana, or to not regulate it at all if they choose. Intellectually honest conservatives should support his effort.

A 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a different GOP.

A Republican political consultant says Hillary Clinton is in danger of losing the nomination.

A word that has come in recent years to be used to refer chiefly to Muslim fanatics obviously applies to a man who murdered nine people because they’re black.

One more on this topic.

The first batch of email from Hillary Clinton regarding the 2012 attack in Benghazi have been released, and they don’t reveal anything we didn’t already know.

Bowe Bergdahl will face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and the White House’s narrative about this release lies in tatters.

Iraqi army and Iranian army in joint offensive to retake Tikrit.

Yet another attack on religious freedom in Europe.

Mitt Romney is set to make an announcement at 11 Eastern today. [UPDATE: He’s out!]

ISIS owns more territory than it did when the US bombing campaign began.

Some on the left are suggesting Democrats should write off the South for the foreseeable future, but that would be as foolish as Republicans assuming that their dominance in the region will last as long as Democratic dominance did in the century after the Civil War.