Outside the Beltway

The Michigan Senator’s stepping down at a reasonable age shocked everyone.

As vehicles become more fuel efficient, we’re buying bigger ones.

Do his achievements and good works outweigh his virulent antisemitism?

A low bar has been cleared.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

A Michigan jury believed the FBI created the crime.

The legendary AP politics reporter is gone at 87.

The anti-vax-and-other-stuff protest is spreading to Europe.

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

DC’s NFL franchise finally has a new name.

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

Some stories of possible interest.

Mayor Pete is being mocked for telling obvious truths.

“The Closer” delivers more of what people love and hate about the GOAT.

Biden wins again.

Arguments and analyses that are, well, turkeys.

At high noon.

A shameful farce continues to unfold.

Trumps words, Michigan GOP Canvassers’ actions.

The utter smallness of Trump’s legal challenges to the election.

Look, either you believe in democracy or you don’t.

Will he be a uniter or a divider?

A right-wing militia’s hairbrained scheme to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer has been foiled.

Sloppy thinking by those who object to vote-by-mail.

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

A researcher has documented 66 separate incidents since May 27.

Athletes are getting bigger and stronger. Except those who aren’t.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

The Tara Reade allegations haven’t hurt the presumptive nominee with the party.

The erstwhile Tea Party Republican is making a run for President.

Sanders supporters need to get on the bus.

He’s a long way from 1991 delegates but no one can beat him.

Because America.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

A new article puts Joe Biden’s gaffes and malapropisms in a new light.

The fourth Democratic debate saw a viewership dip from September, but there are likely some good reasons for that.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is the latest candidate to drop ou of the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination. He won’t be the last.

One week out from the second Democratic debate, Elizabeth Warren appears to be the biggest beneficiary. while Kamala Harris appears to be falling behind.

A new poll has a majority of respondents saying the President is a racist. He won’t care.

As was the case in June, the second night of the second Democratic debate was seen by more people than the first night.

As was the case a month ago, Vice-President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were the focus of last night’s debate. Things turned out very differently, though.

It looks like fewer people are tuning in for the second Democratic debate.

The first night of the second Democratic debate consisted largely of clashes between the party’s progressive wing and more moderate elements.

For the second time in month, the candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomination will face off in a two-night debate, so it’s as good a time as any to look at the polls.

Even a Fox News poll finds that the American public finds the President’s recent rhetoric to be racist. There’s a different picture when you look at his supporters, though.