Outside the Beltway

The President talked about national unity last night, but given his own rhetoric as a candidate and as a President, it’s a call that seems to be hypocritical.

A quarter century ago, soldiers were first using GPS to help them navigate the battlefield. Now, GPS is giving away their location.

President Trump and his supporters like to claim that the economy has been booming since he became President. A look at the numbers reveals that this is not the case.

And the evidence for obstruction of justice continues to mount.

It’s been seven years since Congress eliminated earmarking, and what we’ve seen has provided good evidence for the argument that it should never have been eliminated.

The deal that led to the end of the Federal Government shutdown isn’t sitting well with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

While final votes remain to be taken, the Federal Government shutdown effectively ended this afternoon with an overwhelming bipartisan vote to reopen the government, combined with a commitment from Republicans to consider a DACA bill over the next three weeks. What happens next, though, is entirely uncertain.

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.

The government is shut down and Washington is playing the usual blame game. In reality, there’s plenty of blame to go around, and one of the guilty parties is the American people.

With just hours to go, it seems increasingly unlikely that the Senate can reach a deal to keep the government open.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

Once again, President Trump opens his mouth and proceeds to insult a good part of the world while embarrassing the country.

A Federal Court in North Carolina has issued a stinging ruling against the partisan gerrymandering undertaken by the Republican legislature in that state.

Steve Bannon loses his position at Breitbart after his blistering comments about the President and others in the Administration became public.

If you can’t beat a dead horse on a blog, where can you?

Republican David Yancy was declared the winner of a disputed election, giving the GOP a slim one-seat majority in the state’s House of Delegates.

President Trump has shut down the commission he established to investigate unsupported claims of “voter fraud” in the 2016 election.

Roy Moore continues to think that he is special.

Fixing long term shifts in manufacturing isn’t easy.

One for the textbooks.

Report that President Trump considered withdrawing the Gorsuch nomination are another sign of his unhealthy obsession with pledges of loyalty from people who have no business giving it to him.

Federal Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski is resigning immediately after a barrage of sexual harassment allegations.

In what amounts to an electoral perfect storm, Democratic nominee Doug Jones pulled off a win last night in the Alabama Senate Election.

There are no good outcomes for the GOP in Alabama.

President Trump announced a goal of returning American astronauts to the Moon, but that’s easier said than done.

As I’ve said before, the Republican Party in the Trump Era has become the party of Trumpaloons, sycophants, sellouts, and cowards.

With ten days to go, the Senate race in Alabama between Roy Moore and Doug Jones is close.

The Senate passed a tax cut bill last night, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

Ominous news for the Trump Administration today out of Federal Court in Washington, D.C.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

Even a ceremony honoring American heroes wasn’t immune from President Trump’s habit of attacking racial minorities.

For the second time in as many months, a Federal Court is blocking the Administration’s ban on transgender troops in the military.

This continues to be a highly credible story, and Moore himself has helped that credibility.

The woman who says Ray Moore assaulted her when she was just 14 spoke out this morning at the same time that the White House effectively endorsed Moore’s candidacy.

Drip, Drip, Drip?

Is it time to reexamine Presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike?

There’s growing evidence that Donald Trump’s tweets are hurting him but his aides have basically given up trying to control his Twitter habit.

Could the tide be turning in the Alabama Senate race against Roy Moore? At least some polling indicates the answer could be yes.

A Los Angeles reporter says that Minnesota Senator Al Franken groped her and engaged in other inappropriate conduct during a 2006 USO tour.

The charges against Roy Moore continue to mount as national Republicans continue to push back against him.

A Fox News host has debunked the Uranium One conspiracy theory being pushed by his own network.