Outside the Beltway

Wrongheaded thinking about the pandemic won’t go away.

We now have more context but not more relevant facts.

Should public employee pensions be an asset in the administration’s foreign policy?

Things are going to get better. And far worse.

A useful graph from WaPo

The erstwhile Tea Party Republican is making a run for President.

Until our kids go back to school, we can’t go back to work.

An 8-1 rebuke from the nation’s highest court.

Things are not looking good.

We’re putting people in an impossible position.

President Trump can’t handle the truth.

The CDC director predicts a double whammy when flu season hits.

A fiasco wrapped in a clusterfuck.

Cable news “experts” frequently aren’t.

Or just a bump in the road?

The President is learning more about the Constitution every day.

A much-needed call for unity.

Some internal cracks in terms of continuing?

Social distancing is helping but too many aren’t taking it seriously enough.

A series of Friday night firings.

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

Orban has used Covid-19 to kill whatever vestiges of democracy remained.

Conflicting guidelines from the CDC are unhelpful.

Political considerations overruled warnings from national security and health professionals.

Ego trumps all?

The 1990s country star is dead at 61.

Exactly the opposite of what we need in a crisis.

Everything is easier with money.

We are governed by the petty and myopic.

Despite our poor showing against COVID-19, we have the best infrastructure in place.

Even amidst a national crisis, he refuses to do the right thing.

Finally.

On Tucker last night, Patrick made an odd appeal (to be kind).

The President tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

We may be in a national crisis but it’s still politics as usual in Washington.

Richard Burr, Jim Inhofe, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler should go to jail.

Dueling Washington Post op-eds are sowing confusion.

It is hard not to see this as a politically driven move.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Too many people still don’t understand the idea behind ‘flattening the curve.’ That includes our President.

People who should know better are making ridiculous claims.

The grand jury was disbanded, so there was no need to continue the coercion tactic.

An encouraging sign.

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

Fears have reduced demand for public transit.

This is no way to run a railroad.

It doesn’t look like the Progressive wing is uniting any time soon.

Women didn’t vote for her either. But that doesn’t mean sexism didn’t play a role in her loss.

The wagons have been circled.

The Iowa winner and New Hampshire runner-up has acknowledged the inevitable.