Outside the Beltway

An example of rationalization.

And a reminder of the role of political parties.

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

Voting isn’t just about candidates.

Tudor’s down. No laughing or drinking, just a crippled party.

Georgia Republicans didn’t violate the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.

Candidate quality can matter.

Cable news v. court edition.

If you haven’t actually seen the clip, here you go.

The reactionary press is once again misrepresenting diversity training.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

Makin’ his way the only way he knows how, that’s just a little bit more than the law will allow.

A lot of folks who study democracy have sent an open letter to Congress.

Mary Peltola’s election was a milestone for America’s First Peoples.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

A song and some passing thoughts on supermarket tabloids.

The Department of Justice takes an utterly unsurprising, but important step in the Mar-a-lago document case

Wherein I take issue with a charactization made by Tom Nichols and discuss the politics of language.

The fading tabloid still has significant influence.

A shameful stunt reminiscent of an even darker era.

The former president shopped for the right judge.

A sweet story gets a wee bit more complicated.

This is just playing crass political games with human beings.

It goes deeper than base names.

Manipulating public opinion with dubious survey research.

He’s proposed a bill with no chance of passage seemingly timed to hurt his own party in the midterms.

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

Roberts may not like it, but SCOTUS is political and does have a legitimacy problem.

Is that right? If so, is it reasonable?

And a reminder about Bannon’s wall grift.

More details from the Alaska special election.

For the first time in a long time, Presidential approval numbers and voter preferences aren’t’ aligned.

I warned you all, my predictions are notoriously wrong.

Focusing just on a given election is missing the big picture.

President Biden had a meeting with some historians. The horrors.

No one should draw conclusions about RCV from the AK special election.

Original blogger AllahPundit is leaving Hot Air after 16 years.

Both sides have had their say and now we wait for a ruling.

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

What’s being billed as the largest hike in years is anything but.

A Democrat will hold the seat until January at least.

Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in again… [update: x2]

I mean, really, really, really bad for the former President and his legal team.

It appears that the DOJ has enough evidence to indict someone.

Partisanship may overcome poor candidate quality.

Rs still likely to win the chamber.

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

A repeat of 1860 can’t happen. But something even worse could.