Outside the Beltway

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

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

Creeping authoritarianism? Political suicide? Descent into madness?

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

Its like déjà vu all over again.

Most of the things with his name on them are not in his name.

Millions of fools and their money may soon be parted.

A familiar question is again a reasonable one.

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

What happens if a corrupt man who owes hundreds of millions is President?

Sit-up at attention edition.

Trump is giving aid and comfort to insurrectionists.

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

Two data points are not a trend.

Post-Covid recovery edition.

Martyr Complex Edition

Sic a mob on a guy and this is the thanks Trump gets.

An unserious plan by an unserious group.

tl;dr: Either he goes or she (and her office) go

The roots of MAGA run deep, through places like my old home.

Explaining the inexplicable.

A purge of the professional staff for, well, reasons.

The inevitable is all but official.

The mess in California hides a more pressing issue.

It’s harder than I would have thought.

Here we go again.

Well, that was something.

The numbers continue to be strong.

Biden did what he needed to do.

The state of the union is apparently fiery.

California’s next Senator had his night spoiled.

A breakdown of some Republican primaries.

The last challenger to Donald Trump bows to reality.

One term was enough.

It’s easy if you try.

An unsurprising result.

They’re fast running out of time to find a candidate.

If so, he’ll almost surely win bigly.

There is no denying that he was consequential.

Truly foreign language edition.

The Supreme Court has effectively derailed the main criminal case against the likely Republican nominee.

The longest serving Republican Leader is passing the torch.

Reading the tea leaves in Michigan.

Some Democrats are threatening to sit November out.

Data from the early primaries

In a shocking development, the overwhelming frontrunner is winning.

A truly insane proposition.