Outside the Beltway

Things are going to get better. And far worse.

It’s about damned time.

No. Just no.

Trump made some odd suggestions on today’s Aló Presidente.

President Trump can’t handle the truth.

The President is issuing dangerous statements.

Exactly the opposite of what we need in a crisis.

This isn’t what leadership looks like.

Most federal workers are still packing themselves into offices.

These decisions should be made by professionals.

Republicans are half as likely to take the outbreak seriously.

The 45th President polls worse than other prominent Republicans.

A much smaller debate stage led to a much better debate last night.

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 House Intelligence Committee has released its report resulting from its investigation of the Ukraine scandal.

The Republican Party is a cult with Donald Trump at the center and his ardent supporters are brainwashed cult members.

Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the European Union provides yet more evidence to support impeachment of the President.

After a long day of hearings, the case against the President is becoming clearer and Republican defenses becoming more absurd.

Yesterday’s testimony by Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman including information particularly damaging to the President and his defenses to the charges against him in the Ukraine matter.

Former Astronaut Mark Kelly is posing a big challenge to Senator Martha McSally in Arizona.

American negotiators are claiming a ceasefire in northern Syria. The Turks, Syrians, and Russians are the winners, the Kurds are the losers, and we look like schmucks.

As widely expected, yesterday’s “jungle primary” in the Louisiana Governor’s race ended with nobody winning a majority.

The President of the United States behaves like a child.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

For the first time, it’s conceivable that Republicans will turn against the President.

President Trump has named his fourth National Security Adviser in less than three years.

President Trump took to Twitter late this morning to fire his third National Security Adviser.

For Donald Trump, the Presidency has been nothing but a get richer quick scam.

Dan Coats is stepping down as Director of National Intelligence, and President Trump wants to replace him with an inexperienced, obsequious toady.

Bill Waller is the second candidate for GOP nomination for Governor of Mississippi who is refusing to allow female reporters to travel alone with him when he’s campaigning.

Citing the so-called “Billy Graham Rule,” a Republican candidate for Governor in Mississippi is refusing to let a female reporter accompany him on a campaign ride-along.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi suffered a major defeat on a signature issue.

The State Department has barred American Embassies from flying the Pride Flag during Pride Month as has been the custom for several years.

Over the weekend, the President took to Twitter and appeared to undercut the NASA policy that he himself endorsed just weeks ago.

The Supreme Court sent a signal yesterday that seems to indicate how it might deal with future abortion law challenges and it doesn’t bode well for pro-lifers.

President Trump says he wants to see men back on the Moon by 2024, but NASA thinks it’s going to take longer than that.

This year’s graduating class at West Point includes a record number of African-American women.

Thanks to Donald Trump and the GOP, there’s plenty of material out there for Saturday Night Live.

There are better ways to use surplus Pell funds.

If the economy remains strong, then Democrats could find it harder to beat the President than they thought.

The ongoing apparent attempted coup in Venezuela is already leading to talk of American intervention in the event of a crackdown. That would be unwise and unjustified.

David Gergen lives in a fantasy world.

The key remains the military.

The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?

Congress appears to be near a deal on border security and government funding, but it’s unclear if the President will be on board.

As the shutdown enters day thirty-five, there are some signs of movement in Washington but no real progress.

Not surprisingly, the President’s proposed shutdown deal is not being received well by Democrats on Capitol Hill.

The initial reaction to President Trump’s proposal to reopen the government is not going over well on either side of the aisle.

A leading conservative makes a truly bizarre defense of the President.

With Democrats making a new proposal and the President set to speak later today, there could be movement on ending the government shutdown. I wouldn’t be too optimistic, though.