Outside the Beltway

It’s happening again. This time, it was easily preventable.

Stories from the ongoing pandemic.

Could it be?

Some Democratic election observers think so.

He will challenge Greg Abbott for the GOP nomination.

It turns out a 51-50 Senate majority isn’t enough.

Kinda, sorta, maybe, but probably not really.

A lottery brings out the worst in a small town.

And linkages to broader US politics.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

A third of the party’s Members of Congress voted against a popular bill.

The budding journalist interviewed President Obama as an 11-year-old.

Cybercrime pays after all.

The Southeast has been hit especially hard.

The latest front on the war on truth.

Republicans who admit Joe Biden won the election fair and square are being driven from the party.

Assessing Republican strategic positioning (and the incentives in our system).

The 94-year-old legend is finally getting his due.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

It’s harder than a looks, especially given the limited size of the problem.

Jimmy Carter’s Vice President and the 1984 Democratic nominee has died at 93.

Look at who’s lined up against H.R. 1.

It’s not just Red states that put up too many barriers.

Is a de minimus standard too small?

No, Colorado’s voting regulations are not roughly the same as Georgia’s.

And, really, all of this current wave of election legislation.

There’s no voting in baseball.

When the solution is worse than the problem.

He probably lacks the legal authority. And business interests in is state will fight hard against him.

A subtle but odd change in house style for the Paper of Record

The GA GOP is butting heads with corporations over HB202

A shocking number of states no longer require them and the Leader of the Free World lacks the authority to change that.

Georgia Public Broadcasting provides a useful list of provisions.

An example from Dan McLaughlin of NR

It makes voting harder.

The U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative beg to differ.

HR1 is a national approach to expanding voter access. State legislatures are trying to both expand and restrict the vote as well.

What’s taking him so long?

The disgraced loser remains as popular as ever with his base.

Specifically: the former confederacy and Democratic dominance.

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

Weeks of claims of rigged elections may well have cost the GOP the Senate.

Historical precedents fall apart when we’re in a truly unprecedented time.

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

American political parties are controlled by the primaries.

Hammerin’ Hank is gone.

Will there be in-fighting? Yes. A break-up? No.

Outliers are bad places to look for solid support of your argument.