Outside the Beltway

A silly workaround to an infuriating problem that won’t go away.

The Biden administration has a point.

The infuriating fight to authorize spending already-allocated money is back.

An example of why its a good idea to wait for data before making policy decisions.

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

You gotta have the votes.

He is proving the opposite of his argument.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

Should Secretary Pete have done more?

“You can’t be against everything.”

The elite consensus that free trade would bring them around is gone.

Republicans are dying at a much higher rate than Democrats.

Electoral Count Act reforms are “hidden” in the bipartisan budget bill.

A 4155-page, $1.65 trillion dollar budget deal has been reached.

House Democrats are releasing them because they can.

It would be an abuse of power.

The Biden Administration wants clean energy but only for some.

Prices are coming down but they’re way higher than they were.

The late Chief Justice was right; his successors are wrong.

A truly bizarre vote.

Washington has imposed a contract that workers rejected.

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

A reminder of how things (specifically the party system as a whole) have changed.

More centrist fantasies.

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

Can moderate Republicans take back their party?

With a win in Nevada, the party will retain at least 50 seats.

Most don’t even know it passed!

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

Not everything is racially-motivated but most things have a disparate impact.

The company is begrudgingly complying with the EU’s requirement.

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

Touting the accomplishments of the last two years isn’t working.

She is the shortest-tenured Prime Minister in British history.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

He’s proposed a bill with no chance of passage seemingly timed to hurt his own party in the midterms.

Roberts may not like it, but SCOTUS is political and does have a legitimacy problem.

What’s being billed as the largest hike in years is anything but.

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

A bill that was never about the thing it’s called doesn’t do that thing.

And a comment on news coverage of the passage.

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

The Schumer-Manchin compromise includes a massive increase in the tax collection budget.

Has the frustrating process of securing his vote taught Democrats anything?

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

Joe Manchin has come around on a pared back BBB, surprising just about everyone.

Can American democracy survive its information bubbles?