Outside the Beltway

This time on Venezuela

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving office at the end of the month.

Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway stands credibly accused of multiple violations of Federal law. The President will do nothing about it.

Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr’s defense of campaign law violations against him suffered a big setback yesterday when his wife and co-Defendant entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors.

A new poll shows the former Vice-President leading Senator Elizabeth Warren in her home state.

Over the weekend, the President took to Twitter and appeared to undercut the NASA policy that he himself endorsed just weeks ago.

It’s been three months since the White House held a press briefing. Meanwhile, the President continues his unhinged attacks on the media.

At least some conservatives appear to finally be recognizing that their movement has been taken over by grifters and frauds. The only question is, what took them so long?

The House of Representatives passed a bill that would extend protection to DACA beneficiaries and other Dreamers, but it’s likely to die in the Senate.

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

Wherein I explore the notion that ignorance is bliss.

Just over a month after he entered the race, Joe Biden has a commanding lead over his fellow Democrats while Bernie Sanders has several candidates hot on his heels.

Quietly, Elizabeth Warren has been campaigning and putting out policy proposals while also appearing to gain ground on her closest rival, Bernie Sanders.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash doubled down on his assertion that the Attorney General was deliberately misleading Congress and the American public.

Let’s look at the Mueller Report, shall we?

There are many things to dislike about the Democratic socialist from Vermont. Hypocrisy isn’t among them.

A Federal Judge has put at least a partial hold on President’s Trump’s effort to use a “national emergency” to fund his border wall.

So far at least, appearing on Fox News Channel does not appear to be hurting the candidates who’ve done it with Democratic voters.

President Trump isn’t pleased that a news network that has generally been his own personal propaganda network is reaching out to Democrats.

Justin Amash doubled down on his criticism of the President and his call for impeachment even as he came under fire from fellow Republicans.

At some point, what we call conservatism turned into a racket. It’s not surprising that this led directly to Trump.

Justin Amash spoke out against the President and Attorney General. Unsurprisingly this is not being received well by his fellow Republicans.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden continues to hold a strong lead over his rivals for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.

Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.

Attorney General William Barr has opened a new investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, a move that seems suspiciously political.

China has retaliated for the tariffs that the President imposed late last week, and things look like they’re only going to get worse.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

Right now, polling indicates that the American public is reluctant to support impeachment of the President but it’s possible that could change.

Trump’s penchant for behaving more like a talk radio host than a POTUS continues unabated.

Despite poll numbers suggesting otherwise, one political analyst suggests that the United States may not be “ready” for a gay President.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other firebrands aren’t steering the ship. Yet.

There’s some very good news for Joe Biden in the first polls taken after he entered the Presidential race.

The President has hit a dubious milestone barely two years into his administration.

Donald Trump speaks largely just to his base, ignoring the nation as a whole. Whether this will be enough to win re-election in 2020 is an open question.

The story is shifting, which makes me even more suspicious.

The 2020 debate on Twitter does not represent ordinary Americans. Does that matter?

Trump’s threat will not make things better (and the notion of actually closing the border is insane).

It’s increasingly challenging to discuss media coverage because we’re all consuming a hand-selected bit of it.

Deny them the pleasure of an angry reaction, and they’ll probably leave you alone.

A WaPo writer takes a round-about path to demonstrate the obvious.

Free expression sometimes enables horrible crimes. How does a free society deal with that tension?

Another white supremacist attack raises disturbing questions about our information environment.

President Trump will ask for $8.6 billion for his border wall in his Fiscal Year 2020 budget. He’s unlikely to get it.

It’s been a rough two years under Trump, but America’s institutions are surviving.

Republicans are blindly loyal to this President in a way we have not seen before. They are likely to end up paying a price for that.

As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.

The President continues to lie at an astounding rate that only seems to be getting worse. Does anyone care?

A new report demonstrates that the relationship between Fox News Channel and the Trump Administration is much closer and more pervasive than previously believed.

There appear to be enough votes in the Senate to pass the resolution disapproving President Trump’s border wall “emergency,” but there’s not enough Republican support to override an expected veto.

In a two-hour rant before an adoring crowd of CPAC sycophants. President Trump displayed everything wrong with him and his Presidency.