Outside the Beltway

Our screwy electoral system requires thinking about screwy scenarios.

Are those with kids getting over?

Trump basically confirmed all but one aspect of the Atlantic story.

As Election Day draws closer, the President is doubling down on stoking racial resentment.

The venerable military newspaper lives to print another day.

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

Why roll with the facts when you can confuse your supporters with conspiracy theories?

The actor best known for his roles as Jackie Robinson and Black Panther has been lost to cancer.

The Republicans are putting on quite a show.

To spend more time with her family.

A short speech by a young man underscores a massive contrast in the candidates.

An appeal to some pretty basic virtues.

There are different, and not equally good, reasons to talk about labels.

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

A clip from Trump’s Axios interview shows a man who really does not understand what is going on.

McConnell and McCarthy both reject the notion of a delay.

The one-time candidate for the GOP presidential nomination is dead at 74.

Trump’s irresponsibility continues.

The absurdity of this presidency illustrated yet again.

A world in which we’re all contractors is a dystopian utopia.

Partial credit at best, however.

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

Federal agents deployed nonlethal force against peaceful demonstrators.

How about crowd sourcing a timeline for all of Trump’s enablers?

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

Life comes at you fast.

The weirdness of Internet outrage culture.

A movement that has grown beyond recognition.

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

The President of the United States is displeased.

Are Republicans eschewing absentee voting?

Free speech is not for everyone.

Those who wish to vote for Tommy Tuberville or Jeff Sessions will have to walk to the mailbox.

Some incredibly thin reporting about a story that is almost certainly made up.

A legendary comic is gone.

The President should have known about the plot. There’s a good chance he didn’t.

It is foolish to think that we ever escape politics.

Of course he did.

An ad boycott has the Facebook co-founder down to his last $82.3 billion.

An accomplished racist will no longer be honored by the university.

The evolution of America’s racial language continues.

There will be a short outage in the 9pm Eastern hour for scheduled maintenance.

Racial and xenophobic rhetoric and Covid-19.

The President gave a delusional rant to a half-empty stadium thanks to some crazy kids.

The Senator from Minnesota is no longer a candidate for Vice President.

Donald Trump would be a more effective and dangerous President if he and his team were more competent.

The former NSC staffer who testified against Trump is at a career crossroads.

A brand dating back to 1889 is being retired.

A too-long discourse on how courts should function.

Utterly classic.