Outside the Beltway

Does Nicholas Kristof make his case?

The Democratic gadfly is performatively ‘leaving’ the party.

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

A longstanding project inches forward.

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

The pandemic ruined everything.

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

If so, he’ll almost surely win bigly.

They don’t make ’em like they used to.

There’s one in Maine.

The inevitable threats to remove Biden from the ballot emerge.

A compelling document.

Another state has declared him an insurrectionist.

A breakdown of new survey data.

A David Brooks column inspires some thoughts.

House Republicans still can’t get out of their own way.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Much ado about nothing?

Generations of young Americans weren’t alive or have no real memory of the event.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

It really is rife with problems.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

“Red States” and “Blue State”

A growing trend has healthcare professionals and communities concerned.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

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

Regarding the newly independent Senator Sinema.

Will anyone listen this time?

Because of course she is.

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

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

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

Concerned no more, Senator Collins is now dismayed that she was misled.

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

It’s not all about Trump.

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

It’s Manchin-approved.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

And yes, it is political (and always has been).

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

What happens if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade?

Every now and again, it’s not Mitch McConnell’s fault.

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

There will be no religious exemptions. For now, at least.

Get vaccinated edition

The evidence is pretty clear: vaccinations are key, not weather (but that won’t stop people from trying to say otherwise).

They shall not submit to blackmail!

Rural-urban is now a bigger divide than North-South.

A new story archetype is all too common.