Outside the Beltway

It’s literally the equivalent of buying a large pizza for the average American household.

This. Changes. Everything.

What difference at this point does it make?

Not unexpected, but hardly a profile in courage.

Happy Friday!

Chat up the last day of the work week.

Our measures for preventing abuse of our social welfare system are preventing those who need it most go without.

It’s Friday Eve.

New section of wall goes all Jericho in Mexicali

More nonsense.

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

Hump day, dontcha know.

One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.

The House decides what is impeachable.

The Majority Leader was reportedly unaware of the manuscript.

The new work week is here, as is the first open forum.

Huh. Someone might want to look into this.

The basketball legend and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among five fatalities.

The election appeal.

The leading papers in Iowa and New Hampshire are backing Klobuchar and Warren, respectively.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

Boldy going where Starfleet has gone before.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

The Republicans are playing a different game.

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

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

A legendary newsman has passed.

Happy Friday.

An end of workweek chat locale.

Open thread.

The literature on term limits is not a favorable one.

Hump Day discussion time.

For anyone interested in polling and/pr the Iowa Caucuses

Chit-chat time.

A political scientist argues that college-educated intellectuals are doing politics wrong.

Feel free to discuss the quiz and/or share your results in the comments.

The paper of record endorsed both Warren and Klobuchar

Two progressives enter. One progressive leaves.

More fallout from the consolidation of media brands.

Space for an MLK Day chinwag.

Dennis Prager makes me feel like we are living in the Upside Down.

Rules for covering the Senate trial highlight changes in how we get the news.

A real world illustration.

The 45th President polls worse than other prominent Republicans.

A bit more about the mechanics of the comments section.

Claims by the President and Defense Department about the Iranian response to the Soleimani raid were untrue.