Outside the Beltway

Why is the Senate pretending to do that which it can’t possibly do?

We finally have a Chief of Naval Operations but the crisis in the top ranks continues.

And this doesn’t even clear them all!

The Senate is voting one-by-one in the face of the Tuberville hold on top nominees.

A Republican lawmaker pleads guilty.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

A standoff over social issues may derail a $900 billion budget bill.

The standoff with Senator Tuberville is reaching crisis levels.

President Biden has again made history.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

The silliness of singling out tiny measures.

Tuberville claims he was taken “out of context.”

A true inspiration

It’s taken more than two years to undo a silly, petty decision.

“You can’t be against everything.”

Discrimination? Issues? Incumbency?

A thought inspired by the PA Senate race.

He was clearly willing to subvert the election.

At least 40 Members violated the law on reporting stock transactions.

Most agree that it was good theater. But it’s not clear what they’ve proven.

Not.

As we assess Trump’s role in all of this, it is important to think through what he did (and did not) do.

The junior Senator from Kentucky is drawing a lot of attention to himself on “fraud.”

Gridlock doesn’t mean government stops. It just shifts who is governing.

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

Tommy Tuberville is likely the next Senator from the state of Alabama.

Speaking of xenophobia.

Jeff Sessions is running to win back his old Senate seat, putting into play the possibility of a clash with President Trump.

Former Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly considering running for his old Senate seat.

Roy Moore’s second bid for the Senate isn’t going so well.

In the first poll since he entered the race, Roy Moore finds himself in third place in the race for the 2020 Republican Nomination for Senate in Alabama.

Much to the chagrin of Republicans hoping to win back a Senate seat they never should have lost, Roy Moore is running for Senate again in Alabama.

Republicans nationwide are trying to discourage Roy Moore from running for Senate again. Roy Moore doesn’t care.

Roy Moore has not said that he’s running for Senate again in Alabama, but he’s already threatening to up-end the race for the GOP nomination.