Outside the Beltway

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.

What should be the bar? Can it ever be reached?

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

The collaboration has been even more robust than advertised.

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

Makin’ his way the only way he knows how, that’s just a little bit more than the law will allow.

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

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

Her price to sign on to the Inflation Reduction Act was, well, odd.

You’re goddamn right he did.

It’s not all about Trump.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

The laying out of the case begins.

Some GOP governors are taking a stance against Trump.

The 45th President was a psychopath.

The Senator from Maine once against demonstrates that she shouldn’t be prognosticating about people’s future actions.

Mitch McConnell and other senior Republican Senators foolishly believed their colleagues would do the right thing.

Democrats want the DOJ to act more quickly.

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

We can only hope.

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

Our system lacks accountability.

How the host’s off-camera views contradict what he was telling his audience

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

A conversation in two parts.

The matter of Executive Privilege and former Presidents is settled law.

The Biden administration is not doing enough.

The Politician’s Syllogism rears its ugly head.

They shall not submit to blackmail!

While well-intentioned, the Chairman’s actions were illegal and dangerous.

The system is not defensible.

Emotional testimony from police will kick off the event.

Another GOP member is added to the investigation.

But compared to what?

Even incredibly abnormal Presidents are Presidents.

Could this be the straw that broke the camel’s back?

The GOP is actually pretty healthy at the moment, despite some public rhetoric to the contrary.

A laser focus on the pandemic and economic insecurity has him in good shape at the traditional check-in point.

Rogue cops, racial profiling, tainted cases, and the lack of consequences.

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.

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

Some reflections

The distance in accountability between the highest and the lowest must be shortened.

Early analysis merely confirms analysts’ priors.

Historical, but not enough.

And illustrations of the fact that this isn’t a regular trial.

Details of a heated phone discussion with the top House Republican have emerged.

Of course, it depends on what case one thinks needs to have been made.

Most agree that it was good theater. But it’s not clear what they’ve proven.