Outside the Beltway

Much like it did during the McCarthy Era, the Republican Party has to decide what side of history it wishes to be on. The right side, or the wrong side.

Trump threatens civil war if he’s removed from office.

The impending impeachment of the President is likely to reveal Republicans on Capitol Hill to be the cowards we already knew they were.

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

A new poll finds President Trump trailing his potential Democratic opponents by huge margins among Latino voters.

In a rather obvious rebuke aimed at President Trump, Mitt Romney said this week that he will not endorse anyone for President in 2020.

Republicans managed to pull off a narrow win in North Carolina yesterday, but they shouldn’t be celebrating.

The Trump Administration from projects to build on-base schools and daycare facilities to spend on his border wall.

A new poll shows Donald Trump losing to top Democrats in head-to-head races.

Jon Huntsman has resigned as Ambassador to Russia ahead of an anticipated bid to return as Utah’s Governor, a position he held 11 years ago.

Some agree with him. Many others are cowards. But there’s more to it.

The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.

What happened to “building a lasting relationship within the African American community”?

Another case where the cruelty is the point?

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash has quit a group he helped found nine years ago after they voted to condemn him for advocating for the President’s impeachment.

Is it really such a bad thing when a politician changes a long-help position on a political issue?

A new poll of Texas voters shows President Trump doing worse than expected against potential Democratic challengers. Should Republicans be worried?

The President’s foolish tariffs against Mexico are finally causing many Republican Senators to stand up against him.

David Brooks joins the long line of commenters predicting the GOP’s demise.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ruled out what would essentially be a quixotic primary challenge against President Trump.

Justin Amash’s call for impeachment of the President, and the Republican Party’s reaction to it, is telling us a lot about the current state of the GOP.

It’s time to invoke the 25th Amendment, folks.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.

Justin Amash doubled down on his criticism of the President and his call for impeachment even as he came under fire from fellow Republicans.

Justin Amash spoke out against the President and Attorney General. Unsurprisingly this is not being received well by his fellow Republicans.

Republicans have spent the past week putting as much distance as they can between themselves and the latest round of radical anti-abortion laws.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

In the end, Impeachment is a political act more than a legal one. For that reason, Democrats should not pursue impeachment unless they have a reasonable chance of winning.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination

Let’s just say that he isn’t impressed.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

Congress is doing its damned job for a change.

There appear to be enough votes in the Senate to pass the resolution disapproving President Trump’s border wall “emergency,” but there’s not enough Republican support to override an expected veto.

The House of Representatives voted yesterday to block the President’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border. Now the matter goes to the Senate.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

Thanks mostly to it’s complete and enthusiastic embrace of Donald Trump , the Republican Party faces a bleak demographic future.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.

The White House isn’t ruling out the idea of a second government shutdown, but Senate Republicans have other ideas.

A WaPo data analyst gives it a shot.

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

The Senate rejected Republican and Democratic proposals as expected but there are some signs of movement forward.

The House GOP has moved to rebuke Iowa Congressman for his racist remarks. What took them so long?

President Trump appears to be backing away from the idea of declaring a national emergency to get his wall built. But the other options he’s considering aren’t much better.

Before even taking office, Mitt Romney is taking on the President. It’s a good sign, but we’ll see what it leads to.

My mother has passed, aged 75 years.

Mia Love, recently narrowly defeated in her bid for re-election, has some parting words for her party. They probably won’t listen, but they should.

In the end, the race between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy was not even close.

Preliminary figures indicate that voter turnout in the 2018 midterms was higher than it has been for any midterm election in fifty-two years.

With most forecasts assuming that Republicans will at least lose control of the House, the odds are that the GOP will react to that by moving further to the right.

The Kavanaugh fight is just another indicator of our national divide.