Outside the Beltway

The Needle is Broken

The Justice Department is looking to inoculate itself against charges of partisanship.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

Opponents lose at the district and SCOTUS level in opening salvos.

And a reminder about Bannon’s wall grift.

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

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

“America can survive the demagogues themselves, it’s their audience that will kill us.”

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

For your consideration.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

“Protect and Serve” is just a slogan, not a guarantee.

We may be on the verge half a century after our last experiment.

The infamous duo will have to do what they were already supposed to do for a year.

Items for your consideration.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

Mayor Pete is being mocked for telling obvious truths.

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

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.

It goes into effect next season.

Many states are moving to a first come, first served basis for COVID shots.

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

The inevitable only took 105 years.

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

A shadowy flight into the realm of evidence that does not exist.

The President’s claims have no merit.

Revisiting predictions about what would happen if what has happened happened.

It’s getting worse, not better.

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

Injecting data into the conversation.

The President has hit rock bottom.

An open Senate race is now much more likely to stay Republican.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

Red lives matter.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” will reportedly precede the “Star-Spangled Banner” in the opening week.

The President has reportedly invoked the Insurrection Act.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

The man is a moron.

Because America.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided against running for Senator Kansas, decision that could force the GOP to defend an otherwise safe seat.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.

The costs of irresponsible policy.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks ready to jump ship in favor of a run for Senate,

Many of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President are arguing that the caucus process itself is unfair and undemocratic. They’re right.

Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.

The Washington Nationals won their first World Series in franchise history, and the first for Washington, D.C. since Calvin Coolidge was President.