Outside the Beltway

The fallout from Donald Trump’s debate performance, and his comments afterward, continues, and it’s leading some to wonder if we may finally be at the end of this ridiculous charade.

Somewhat surprisingly, a jury in Colorado was unable to agree on a unanimous death sentence for Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes.

Erick Erickson has disinvited Donald Trump from the RedState Gathering. What finally pushed him over the edge?

The July Jobs Report indicates that while the economy is growing, it is not growing very much. This seems to call the Federal Reserve’s interest rate plans into question.

The Iran nuclear deal will probably survive it’s test in Congress in the end, but Chuck Schumer just made the Administration’s job a little more difficult.

Last night reinforced what I thought about some candidates and changed what I think about others.

It’s a Donald Trump debate, where the facts are made up and the truth doesn’t matter.

The low-polling candidates met in an early debate. It was about what you’d expect.

The Senate Majority Leader says there will be no immigration reform while Obama is President. This is unlikely to help the GOP’s already serious problems with Latino voters.

President Obama’s confrontational approach to opponents of the Iran Nuclear Deal ignores legitimate questions.

A Federal Appeals Court has dealt a setback to Texas in the battle over its Voter ID Law.

The F.B.I. seems to be looking in to just how secure. Hillary Clinton’s private email server was while she was Secretary of State.

Donald Trump is center stage, John Kasich is in, and Rick Perry is relegated to the kid’s table.

Donald’s Trump’s campaign is the logical conclusion of more than a decade of emotion-drive, substance-free politics.

The last three polls to be released before Thursday’s debate show Donald Trump continuing to solidify his lead.

Lindsey Graham recently retired as a colonel in the Air Force Reserves after 33 years of service. He missed most of the last twenty.

Another poll, another Donald Trump lead

Recent polling has shown the American public to be highly skeptical, at beast, of the Iran Nuclear Deal. That may not be enough to kill it in Congress, though.

In 1992, an eccentric billionaire ran an independent campaign against a Bush and a Clinton. It could happen again.

Donald Trump leads in the first of the final polls to be released before Thursday’s debate.

Jason Kottke points me to Stan Carey’s summary of Jack Grieve’s study of regional variations in swearing patterns across the United States.

Gravity announced a minimum annual salary of $70,000. Almost everyone is unhappy.

Reports are saying that Joe Biden is taking another look at running for the Democratic nomination for President. But would he really do it?

The big winners are Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump’s campaign seems to be making a play for whatever portion of the GOP it may be that still likes Sarah Palin.

Public opinion on the Supreme Court has declined significantly, largely because Republicans don’t like the Supreme Court very much right now.

The first of a series of polls in anticipation of next week’s debate shows Donald Trump still at the top, with a surprise coming out of Ohio.

The current Republican primary polls are “measuring a unicorn electorate” yet effect the outcome of the race.

The economy rebounded from it’s winter shock, but it still doesn’t seem strong enough to justify the Federal Reserve’s plan to raise interest rates.

Turkey has finally joined in the US-led coalition against ISIL. Unfortunately, it’s killing the main ground force fighting ISIL.

The Defense Department is working to fully integrate transgender troops.

China adds to its status as the honey badger of intellectual property law.

As expected, former Virginia Governor and Republican National Committee chairman Jim Gilmore has tossed his hat into the ring:

A police officer in Cincinnati has been indicted for murder in a case that seems to be a pretty clear cut example of improper use of force.

A little known Congressman from North Carolina has filed a motion to “remove” John Boehner from the Speakership.

Hillary Clinton has suffered drops in her favorability numbers lately, but that may not mean much for 2016.