Outside the Beltway

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

Speaker Pelosi has it. Is President Biden next?

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

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

Most people liked it more than I did.

The rollout could have been smoother.

Some of his numbers are worse than even Donald Trump’s.

Right wing protestors are expected to attempt to create (more) gridlock in the capitol later today.

It’s Manchin-approved.

We may be out of Afghanistan but the ‘war on terror’ is likely to continue indefinitely.

The evacuation could soon become a terrorist target.

The latest variant of the “No Justice, No Peace” threat is unhelpful.

Elected officials should not comment on ongoing legal proceedings.

Judges are pressuring prosecutors to strike deals, most of which will be for misdemeanors.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

As we approach the new year, the virus is at its peak.

Gracious concessions are the norm except when they’re not.

The Chief of Staff wants to play pretend.

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

A non-exhaustive tour of Trump’s utterances on the pandemic since January.

Ongoing ambiguity is not helpful.

The President is learning more about the Constitution every day.

The President seems to be enjoying a mild rally effect.

Another controversy amid a reality show State of the Union address.

The State of the Union is petulant.

The President is committing enough high crimes and misdemeanors without us manufacturing them.

Beto O’Rourke wants to use government policy to punish religious institutions that don’t recognize same-sex marriages.

The impeachment battle on Capitol Hill is revealing a whole lot of Republican hypocrisy.

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.

Jake Tapper and Chris Wallace both put Administration surrogates through the ringer on their respective Sunday morning shows.

A familiar name has entered the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton is ending a Presidential bid that few people were paying attention to.

After urging from President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has barred two Muslim-American Congressmen from visiting Israel. It is a foolish and outrageous decision.

Trump opened his mouth and, once again, racist bilge came spewing out.

The Democratic frontrunner is being wrongly blamed for an explosion in the prison population.

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

The narrow loser of the Georgia governor’s race has left open the possibility of running for President.

Would a similarly-situated woman be getting such over-the-top coverage?

The woman famous for losing the Georgia governor’s race is eyeing a bigger job.

Reason’s Nick Gillespie makes an interesting case but I don’t buy it.

Once again, President Trump proves that in the face of evil he is a coward and a disgrace.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un hold their second summit in Hanoi later this week, but it’s unlikely anything significant will happen.

Following Donald Trump’s lead, the GOP is making clear that its game plan for 2020 is paint all Democrats as ‘socialists, baby killers, and anti-Semites.’

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court today and appears to have fully recovered from her December surgery.

The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

The date and location of the next summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un have been set, but it’s hard to see what can really be accomplished.