Outside the Beltway

The President of the United States is a national security threat. Can we get rid of him now?

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

Who’s to blame for the Blue Wave not materializing?

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

Injecting data into the conversation.

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

The President has hit rock bottom.

She would hardly be the first running mate who criticized the nominee in a debate.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

The President’s unhinged Twitter rants have drawn a rebuke from an unlikely source.

Two new studies bring more questions than answers.

A great songwriter is gone at 73.

This isn’t what leadership looks like.

It’s time to end this thing.

You can’t make this stuff up.

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

The former VP is focused on beating Bernie Sanders but his team is looking ahead.

A feminist icon offers some advice her allies will not want to hear.

There’s a campaign to encourage anti-Trump Republicans and independents to vote in New Hampshire.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

A newly filed lawsuit seeks to blunt expected efforts in 2020 to “ratify” the Equal Rights Amendment even though it effectively died nearly 40 years ago.

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

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has entered the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination

After just two months, Mark Sanford is dropping his challenge to the incumbent President.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

The effort to bring Catholic Church officials to justice for their decades of criminal conspiracy and child abuse continues to move forward.

In a rather obvious rebuke aimed at President Trump, Mitt Romney said this week that he will not endorse anyone for President in 2020.

Former Republican Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is running for President.

Four state GOPs appear poised to cancel their primaries/caucuses.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has once again upheld a local ordinance banning assault weapons.

Another nonsense ruling on an issue that doesn’t belong in court to begin with.

Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party stalwart who served in Congress nine years ago, has thrown his hat in the ring against President Trump for the 2020 GOP Presidential Nomination.

A Federal Court has ruled once again in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who was prevented from using the bathroom conforming to their gender identity.

President Trump says he’s thinking about commuting the sentenced of Rod Blagojevich, who has served seven years of the fourteen-year sentence he received for public corruption.

Dozens of well-off students from the Chicago area are getting college subsidies.

While much of the talk about Robert Mueller’s testimony has focused on the Trump campaign, there was another part to his testimony that brings attention to a far more serious threat.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

The attempt by Arizona’s Governor to revoke tax benefits granted to Nike in the wake of the “Betsy Ross Flag” controversy is most likely unconstitutional.

POLITICO reports that some Democratic activists think she went too far.

Various federal and state agencies are enforcing existing laws while Congress scrambles to update them.

The Supreme Court has struck down a provision of the Lanham Act barring approval of “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks as unconstitutional.

With hours to go before they were set to start. the President delayed the mass deportation raids that were supposed to begin this morning.

The Supreme Court has ruled to keep the long-standing “dual sovereigns” exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause in place.