Outside the Beltway

Can generosity be wrong?

The 81-year-old Republican leader seems to still suffering from his fall.

We all suffer if the the unserious have power.

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

It turns out that the candy flavored booze at the grocery store isn’t even bourbon.

A free panel on how transparent social media platforms should be about government requests

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

Thoughts on the scenarios.

What we believe and what we say we believe are often not the same.

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

She’s almost certainly going to lose her House seat. Can she get a promotion?

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

See is paying the price for her defense of democracy.

The laying out of the case begins.

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

His conversations with lawyers about stealing the election are not protected by privilege.

It would appear to be the case.

Apparently, New York and Oregon are not the same place.

A minor story that illustrates a far bigger problem in our politics.

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

There will be no religious exemptions. For now, at least.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

The evidence is pretty clear: vaccinations are key, not weather (but that won’t stop people from trying to say otherwise).

The Democrats are apparently selling their omnibus spending package the wrong way.

It’s happening again. This time, it was easily preventable.

It hasn’t changed in over 100 years (but the population sure has).

Despite a rising groundswell of support, the obvious solution to our crisis has not been implemented.

Another GOP member is added to the investigation.

More in a series of ongoing observations about the GOP primaries.

Short-term politics and long-term harm.

Or, you know, not.

Here we go again.

Republicans who admit Joe Biden won the election fair and square are being driven from the party.

More voice, more votes, more representation.

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

The #3 Republican in the House will vote to impeach.

The President of the United States is a national security threat. Can we get rid of him now?

A startling number than may understate the problem.

Too little, too late.

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

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

Reminders from a perusal of the news.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

Ok, so what should change?

It’s just not immediate.