Outside the Beltway

The Gaza conflict has ousted a member of “the Squad.”

Political grandstanding over dubious claims of privilege.

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

A win for the good guys and a loss for Trump and Putin.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

A longstanding project inches forward.

It’s easy if you try.

Why we are where we are.

The inevitable threats to remove Biden from the ballot emerge.

A never-ending saga of politicians choosing their voters.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

Jim Jordan is trying to bully his way into office. It almost certainly won’t work.

What does “complete victory” look like?

The latest reminder.

A weak leader has been ousted. Now what?

A political trial for political crimes always yields a political result.

The inmates are running the asylum.

A Republican lawmaker pleads guilty.

Trump asked him to overturn the election.

The electorate is less alarmed than it was four years ago. Which is good!

A Representative’s slip of the tongue and the ensuing debate.

Sigh.

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

Breaking a cardinal rule.

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

Eight state have withdrawn from a system to prevent illegal voting because of ignorance and agitation.

We’re getting weird policies almost nobody is asking for.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

The fight over changing the clock twice a year continues.

More on the US party system.

The state of the union is . . . not good.

Someone has stepped up to challenge former President Trump.

One of these is not like the other.

The Robespierres in the House of Representatives are driving American politics in a predictably horrible direction.

The Arizona Senator runs an online thrift store in her spare time.

Because sometimes the comment box is just too small.

More centrist fantasies.

The lines aren’t everything, but they need more attention than they get.

We used to (usually) know the results on Election Night because the outcomes were clearer.

A generic attack ad that’s cringeworthy in the specific.

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

Would bypassing politicians altogether make the system more just?

Linking to a piece I wrote for The Conversation.

A dramatic if likely symbolic move.

31 of the 35 Senate races next month are noncompetititve.

Mary Peltola’s election was a milestone for America’s First Peoples.

No one should draw conclusions about RCV from the AK special election.