Outside the Beltway

The Supreme Court will now consider a case regarding whether or not a state can bar a former felon from accessing social media sites.

Milo Yiannopoulos was a troll and a peddler in offensiveness, but the fact that he became a star on the American right was the result of a transformation of American conservatism that has been entirely unhealthy.

The President gathered supporters around him, and blatantly lied to them, so as to increase support for his policies.

There are two sides in this war between Trump and the media, but only one of them is the right side.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

There were fireworks on the floor of the Senate last night, but it was really just politics as usual.

A Super Bowl ad will cost you a cool $5,000,000 for thirty seconds.

The first day of implementation of President Trump’s order barring immigration from certain Muslim nations did not go smoothly for the Administration.

The first full day of Donald Trump’s Presidency consisted largely of obsessions with irrelevant facts and outright lies.

A movement motivated by hurt and fear turned into a political force eight years ago. Can another follow suit?

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

Survivors and family members of the Pulse Nightclub attack have filed what amounts to a frivolous lawsuit.

Ambassador Karlov is mostly likely not a modern day Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Another attack in what has been a bloody 2016 for Europe.

The situation in the Middle East just potentially became much more complicated.

One of the Cold War era’s last dictators has finally died.

Most Americans wish Donald Trump would stop tweeting. Good luck with that.

In a call to supporters, Hillary Clinton blames her loss on F.B.I. Director James Comey

The Federal Judge presiding over Dylann Roof’s murder trial suggested late last week that Roof may not presently be competent to stand trial. This does not mean that he’ll be set free, though.

Americans are rioting in the streets because they don’t like the outcome of a democratic election.

With Donald Trump on the ballot, Bill Maher regrets some past words. He shouldn’t be the only one.

With just one day to go, Clinton’s paths to victory continue to look far more realistic than Donald Trump’s.

Distinguishing between anti-elite populism and coded anti-Semitism is next to impossible.

Depending on what state you live in, taking a picture of your ballot and yourself on Election Day may or may not be legal.

Last night’s debate, sadly, lived down to my expectations.

Viewership for the second debate fell some twenty percent from the first debate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that voter are losing interest.

A new report concludes that Malaysia Air Flight 17 was brought down by a missile brought into Ukraine from Russia.

Trump had a much lower bar than Clinton going in. Neither cleared it.

An explosion that ended up injuring 29 people interrupted an otherwise quiet Saturday evening in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City.

Gary Johnson is doing better than any third-party candidate in twenty years, but that doesn’t mean he’s likely to get an invitation to the upcoming Presidential debates.

The sense of national ‘unity’ that existed in the wake of the September 11th attacks didn’t last for very long.

Blue feelings matter.

A Trump surrogate warns of a “taco truck on every corner” if Trump loses. That sounds like more of a promise than a threat if you ask me.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton pointed out truths about Donald Trump that his fellow Republicans were too scared to point out during the primary..

For largely irrational reasons, French police are arresting women on the beach for wearing swimsuits that are compatible with their faith.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

Did Donald Trump really suggest assassination as a political weapon, even as a joke? It sure sounds like it.

The latest desperation bid from anti-Trump Republicans is guaranteed to make a GOP civil war more likely.

The one with the better convention seems to have lost ground over the last two weeks.

Thirty five years after trying to kill President Reagan, John W. Hinckley Jr. is close to being a free man.

The least likely choice ascends to the Number Two position on the Republican ticket.

A night of terror mars Bastille Day celebrations in France.

A horrific night in Dallas.

Two cases quite a distance from each other, but in both police seem to be acting with a ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ attitude, especially when it comes to African-American men.

National tragedies, whether man-made or natural disasters, used to bring Americans together. Now they just seem to pull Americans apart.