Outside the Beltway

It’s becoming a sad joke.

This one at the University of Virginia.

The American President is once again leading the free world.

Two popular Republican governors have declined a chance to join the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body.

It took more than 24 hours but traffic is moving again.

It’s usually more effective to run for something rather than against someone.

It’s easy if you try.

The legal debates are unsettled but we can all agree that Rand Paul is a moron.

The popular former governor wants another crack at it.

Multiple reports have the Notre Dame graduate replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The President is issuing dangerous statements.

Another bad night for Republicans in Virginia, and another warning sign for Republicans nationally.

Virginia voters don’t like Donald Trump, or Republicans in general, very much right now, and that could translate into Democrats taking control of the state legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years.

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

The Kaine-Udall amendment has met its predictable end.

President Trump has not surprisingly vetoed a Congressional resolution to limit American support for the Saudi war on Yemen. His defense for doing so is utterly absurd.

In a replay of last week, Virginia’s top Democrats are calling on a state official to resign. This time, though, it’s Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax.

There’s a good reason why Democrats want Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to get out of the way sooner rather than later.

Despite overwhelming calls for his resignation, Ralph Northam is refusing to step down as Governor of Virginia.

National and Virginia Democratic officials are calling on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign over racist photos in his 1984 medical school yearbook.

There’s not really a good explanation for this, Governor Northam.

Cory Booker’s interest in running for President has been an open secret for some time, now he’s being far less coy about it.

Amazon has reportedly decided to split its second headquarters between an already urbanized area of Northern Virginia and the outer boroughs of New York City.

The Party of Donald Trump has left no sane choice but to vote straight Democrat.

New polling in a bellwether Congressional District in Northern Virginia appears to signal bad news ahead for the GOP.

American involvement in the genocidal Saudi war on Yemen is getting more complicated. This is a bad idea.

Senator Tim Kaine continues to maintain a huge lead over Corey Stewart in the Virginia Senate Race.

Nominating Corey Stewart is beginning to look like the biggest mistake Virginia Republicans have ever made.

The Republican Party’s nominee for Senator in Virginia really is as bad as you’ve heard, probably worse.

Corey Stewart rose to become the Republican Party’s Senate nominee in Virginia with blatant appeals to racial division. Now his party fears they’ll be the ones who end up paying the price.

The Democratic National Committee is one step closer to adopting a rule change that would make superdelegates largely irrelevant to the party’s nomination process.

Recent polling finds that Americans aren’t feeling quite so patriotic right now. It’s understandable, but we shouldn’t give up hope.

Virginia Republicans nominated arch-Trumpist Corey Stewart for the Senate three weeks ago. His campaign appears to be going about as well as expected.

Corey Stewart may be the darling of the Trumpidians in the GOP, but he won’t be getting any help from Senate Republicans.

Virginia Republicans took a hard-right turn in yesterday’s primary. This is likely to benefit the Democrats.

GOP primary voters continue to reward staunch supporters of the President and punish those who get on his bad side.

Echoing the Obama Administration, the Trump Administration is arguing that it did not need Congressional authorization to attack Syria earlier this year.

Without Congressional authorization, any attack on Syria would be illegal, but don’t expect Congress to do anything about it.

Continuing a long-standard tradition, the Trump Administration claims it doesn’t need to get legal authorization to keep American troops in Syria.

Getting to a DACA deal isn’t going to be easy.

As the Federal Government shutdown moves into the work week, there are some rumors of a possible deal, but nothing concrete and the lack of trust between the two parties could make a deal hard to achieve.

Your tax dollars at work.

After nearly twenty years, the Republican domination of the Virginia House of Delegates came to an end thanks to a single vote.

With less than forty-eight hours to go, the race for Virginia’s Governor is tighter than ever.

America has become involved in conflicts around the world, largely without the knowledge of the American people or the consent of their representatives, and it doesn’t appear that’s going to end anytime soon.

Once again, Congress is abdicating its Constitutional responsibilities.

Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia, has come out against the most recent immigration-related action by the national leader of his party.

Hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Next week’s big news is likely to be the Senate’s vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, which could mean invocation of the so-called ‘nuclear option’ by Senate Republicans.