Outside the Beltway

The latest Morning Consult numbers are more bad news for Trump.

Trump made up an invitation to throw out the first pitch.

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

She would hardly be the first running mate who criticized the nominee in a debate.

Are “trust issues” in the way?

Black football players at Iowa complain they were treated differently—and also the same.

A world in which we’re all contractors is a dystopian utopia.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

The similarities are obvious. The differences are more important.

A bizarre but possibly correct ruling by the Supreme Court.

Partial credit at best, however.

A new company has reinvented the communication tool that people love to hate.

An unintended consequence of the Cares Act.

Apparently, we’re not supposed to drink the stuff.

A thought experiment on what we have seen in Portland.

We can’t punish every politician with a mental problem, but some are clearly unfit for office.

Deaths are on the rise.

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

A lousy column indirectly makes an important point.

“In Process”

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

An interesting if frustrating new survey from Cato.

Federal agents deployed nonlethal force against peaceful demonstrators.

The lousy hybrid option has been scrapped in favor of a worthless virtual one.

Pentagon officials are speaking out about the militarization of police.

Trump and virus politics.

At what point does a demonstration become something else?

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

How about crowd sourcing a timeline for all of Trump’s enablers?

Comparisons with 2016 all work against Trump’s re-election.

A non-exhaustive tour of Trump’s utterances on the pandemic since January.

If you are wondering why masks are political, look no further than 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Another way in which the Framer’s really didn’t understand what they were creating.

Life comes at you fast.

A civil rights legend has passed.

It’s just not immediate.