Outside the Beltway

The infamous duo will have to do what they were already supposed to do for a year.

Items for your consideration.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

Mayor Pete is being mocked for telling obvious truths.

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

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.

It goes into effect next season.

Many states are moving to a first come, first served basis for COVID shots.

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

The inevitable only took 105 years.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

A shadowy flight into the realm of evidence that does not exist.

The President’s claims have no merit.

Revisiting predictions about what would happen if what has happened happened.

It’s getting worse, not better.

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

Injecting data into the conversation.

The President has hit rock bottom.

An open Senate race is now much more likely to stay Republican.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

Red lives matter.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” will reportedly precede the “Star-Spangled Banner” in the opening week.

The President has reportedly invoked the Insurrection Act.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

The man is a moron.

Because America.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided against running for Senator Kansas, decision that could force the GOP to defend an otherwise safe seat.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.

The costs of irresponsible policy.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks ready to jump ship in favor of a run for Senate,

Many of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President are arguing that the caucus process itself is unfair and undemocratic. They’re right.

Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.

The Washington Nationals won their first World Series in franchise history, and the first for Washington, D.C. since Calvin Coolidge was President.

Not surprisingly, AOC is getting behind Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic nomination.

The same Republicans who were outraged over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server are silent about the use of private apps by Trump officials.

The time for sitting on the sidelines is over. Donald Trump cannot be allowed to get away with his usurpation of power, his disdain for the law, or his continued policies that have damaged the country.

This morning it was a question, this afternoon is a done deal in three states.

Four state GOPs appear poised to cancel their primaries/caucuses.

The Democratic National Committee is moving to block efforts by the state parties in Iowa and Nevada to open up the caucus process to more participants, citing security issues.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

We may have the first known case of a crime committed in space.

President Trump’s hand-picked Federal Reserve Chairman is stating the blindingly obvious about the ongoing trade war, so of course the President labeled him an enemy.

David Koch, one-half of the Koch Brothers and the head of a wide-ranging business empire who also went on to have a huge impact on politics and cultural philanthropy, has died at the age of 79.

Republicans from around the country want Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to run for Senate in Kansas. Because they’re afraid they can’t win without him.

More than half of the House Democratic Caucus has endorsed impeachment, but that’s unlikely to cause Nancy Pelosi to move off her current position.

WIth some signs pointing to a slowing global economy, and President Trump applying political pressure, the Federal Reserve reversed interest rate policy yesterday.

In contrast to the idea of granting statehood to the District of Columbia, the American public appears to strongly support statehood for Puerto RIco.