Outside the Beltway

As expected, Donald Trump yesterday signed Executive Orders targeting Muslims and refugees.

As with so many things, the President is demonstrating that he really doesn’t know what he is doing.

Yet more incoherent economic policy from the Tweeter in Chief. A border tax will mean that Americans will undoubtedly pay for at least part of the Great Wall of Trump™.

Nice work, Mr. President.

The problem with all the replacement talk is that there is no evidence that the GOP pathways will work.

Despite the lack of evidence, Donald Trump continues to claim that there were ‘millions’ of illegal votes cast in 2016.

President Trump hinted today that he’s likely to name his Supreme Court choice next week, and the list to appears have narrowed to three men.

President Trump reverses a decision made by President Obama just over a year ago.

Despite campaign promises, President Trump appears to be putting off any immediate decision on the location of the U.S. Embassy to Israel.

Police must be seen as neutral protectors of the peace.

This will get people killed. Quite likely, including American citizens.

A movement motivated by hurt and fear turned into a political force eight years ago. Can another follow suit?

While vigilance is called for, America will survive Donald Trump just as it has survived everything else we’ve faced since the nation’s founding.

The reality of global climate change made itself evident again in 2016.

A potentially controversial commutation from President Obama today.

Donald Trump will take some time off after taking the Oath of Office.

An important free speech case is coming up this week at the Supreme Court.

The answer is pretty straight-forward.

Not surprisingly, Dylann Roof received a sentence of death for the murder of nine people at a historic African-American church.

Unless something happens in the next ten days, Joe Biden will become the first two-term Vice-President who didn’t need to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate.

With repeal of the Affordable Care Act now likely sooner rather than later, key Republicans are urging the party to have a replacement in place before repeal is voted on.

Once again, Donald Trump has played his supporters for suckers.

A tepid December jobs report tops off a tepid year.

What is the deal with the love-fest for Julian Assange?

In a break with President-Elect Trump, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said Congress would block any effort to increase tariffs.

Just under a year ago, Senate Republicans took a big risk regarding the Supreme Court. Now, it’s paid off big time.

The new leader of the Senate’s Democrats says he regrets supporting the filibuster reforms his party passed in 2013.

On the eve of the 115th Congress, House Republicans voted to gut a key office charged with investigating Congressional ethics.

Impeachment fantasies are the new EC fantasy.

Trump’s populism, personalism, and irresponsibility are on display.

Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace was largely correct, but his words are pointless given the fact that neither Israel nor the Palestinians seem serious about peacefully resolving their differences.