Outside the Beltway

It “literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

The honey badger strikes again.

The real crime is what’s legal.

Eleven weeks with no accountability.

Our transitions are too long.

I question the timing.

Some discussion of history, politics, and policy.

A disturbing loyalty test.

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

When the abnormal ceases to be.

Not knowing the results of an election a week later is unacceptable.

The US was not exceptional.

The guardrails may not hold this time.

Floating the idea that NC should just award its EVs to Trump.

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

Each state sets its own election rules. That’s not a good thing.

“Scum” and the “enemy from within.”

RCV is now banned in the state.

A chilling feature from the Wall Street Journal.

They have a preference but may not vote.

By one vote.

The skews may offset.

Part the gazillioneth.

Mark Robinson is the latest example.

Does it really all come down to Pennsylvania?

It could all come down to Pennsylvania.

Musk finds an alpha male-dominated “republic” to be “interesting.”

An FNC report on the Alaska House race is a mess.

Because I think too much about this stuff.

Sometimes all we have is the choice of how we react to events.

A shocking if perhaps unsurprising development.

The far right won the first round. The far left won the second. It’s a mess.

The basics.

UK 2024 edition.

Weak and presidentialized.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

Progressive activists are preparing to “democracy-proof” the country.

Elements of democratic theory: minority edition.

Well, more than two…

Are we betraying the Founders?

People around the world are more skeptical about governing institutions.

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

Who could have seen this coming?

Partisanship and representation in conflict.

And back to thoughts on section 3.