Outside the Beltway

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

Who could have seen this coming?

Partisanship and representation in conflict.

“The Rise of ‘Middle-Finger Politics’”

And back to thoughts on section 3.

You can lead a horse to water, but the trick is the drinking.

He’s on a winning streak not seen since Stalin.

An unserious plan by an unserious group.

A long-predicted threat has emerged.

The politics of chaos.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

A fundamental flaw illustrated.

Cults of personality are not the same as cults.

And thoughts on swapping out Biden.

Group dynamics and limited choices.

And the intuition that things aren’t really working.

Cold hard facts.

This is the logical result of Trump’s legal arguments & that should give everyone pause

The Lawfare podcast offers a great primer on the eve of oral arguments

Some things shouldn’t be joked about (and they often aren’t jokes anyway).

Really not much to add on this one

Normalizing Trump via poor analysis.

Trump betrayed his oath. That should disqualify him from office. That’s the whole point of section 3 of the 14th.

Lines on the map for the win.

Ignorance, it turns out, isn’t bliss.

Even when it is focused on.

The system isn’t very good.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around any more.

Another sad data point about current politics.

A T-Day Illustration.

A David Brooks column inspires some thoughts.

I know it when I see it.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

Where religious zealotry can lead. (So, yes, a digression into American politics).

Because I think it is really important.

The ongoing Republican debacle and what it says about representative democracy in the US.

She took a plea deal.

The latest reminder.

The game is the game.

Yet again, the Court has told the state that it has to draw lines that accommodate its Black citizens.

Another illustration of the weakness of the American party system.

Calling out a large chunk of the GOP.

A trip through comparative democratic reform.

Wherein I finally reveal my answer (spoiler: it is hardly surprising). And, also, wherein despite the goal of brevity, I fail at that goal.

The first of a potential three rounds.

The next Trump indictment looks like it is coming this week.

His column in the Houston Chronicle fails to impress.