Outside the Beltway

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.

How long rather than how many?

The Needle is Broken

Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes.

Local issues barely matter in Congressional races anymore.

We likely won’t know on Election Night.

Will voters overlook the elephant in the room?

The race is returning to expectation.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

A former dissertation advisor and two Army War College professors are speaking out against the gubernatorial candidate.

A thought inspired by the PA Senate race.

31 of the 35 Senate races next month are noncompetititve.

Fifty-plus “local” news outlets are a front for David Brock and company.

Tudor’s down. No laughing or drinking, just a crippled party.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

A repeat of 1860 can’t happen. But something even worse could.

Pfizer and Moderna will soon roll out protection against newer strains.

A few stories to comment on that did not lead to full posts.

A proposed $10,000 writeup would cost more than $300,000,000,000.

American parties are coordination problems with shared branding.

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

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

A great American author is gone at 89.

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

Hardball politics or dirty pool?

You have to be suspicious of people who enjoy gangster movies a bit too much.

Here we go again . . . .

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

Pay no attention to the endorsement behind the candidate.

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

An ongoing series of observations.

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

Oklahoma’s near-total ban is part of a larger trend.

The most important man in the Senate got rich the old fashioned way.

A Supreme Court Justice’s wife urged the White House and Congressional Republicans to steal the 2020 election.

The longtime NFL reporter is gone at 67.

The plans to replicate the chaos in the Great White North are not coming together.

Why clearing criminal records makes economic sense

The reports are conflicting but I’d bet on Yes.

Let’s not start celebrating just yet.

The beloved comedian and actor is gone at 65.

The flurry of news around the new variant is dizzying.

We’re three short years from the next election.

Oral arguments on the biggest abortion case in decades will be heard today.

Representatives Choosing Their Voters Rather than Vice Versa, Chapter 412.