Outside the Beltway

A bill that was never about the thing it’s called doesn’t do that thing.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

Tell us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants without telling us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

And a comment on news coverage of the passage.

Some new data are encouraging.

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

A major milestone has been reached.

“America can survive the demagogues themselves, it’s their audience that will kill us.”

Her price to sign on to the Inflation Reduction Act was, well, odd.

A cruel and insidious ‘solution’ to the border problem.

Things are better than expected.

A few quick observations at the end of the week.

Sigh.

Hardball politics or dirty pool?

Instead of a clenched fist of support, it was a big middle finger to Sweden and Finland.

The Schumer-Manchin compromise includes a massive increase in the tax collection budget.

The iconic basketball player, coach, and civil rights leader is gone at 88.

Has the frustrating process of securing his vote taught Democrats anything?

It’s early, but here are some key numbers as they exist now.

They’re going to wait until after the midterms to decide whether Iowa and New Hampshire stay at the front of the line.

Approval is down (again).

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

The Forward Party will almost certainly go nowhere.

Joe Manchin has come around on a pared back BBB, surprising just about everyone.

Can American democracy survive its information bubbles?

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

She’s almost certainly going to lose her House seat. Can she get a promotion?

A proposal by Jamell Bouie

Are plurality winners less legitimate than popular vote losers?

A theory floated in Bush v Gore could radically change American elections.

The truth is pretty obvious.

With all of California’s problems solved, Gavin Newsome is doing stunts.

He failed to fulfill his oath.

Despite every precaution, the 79-year-old leader of the free world is infected.

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

Another example of why the filibuster needs to go.

The symbolic vote attracted a handful of Republican votes.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

He met with people. And, get this, with his father!

Meeting with people who are essentially couplotters should be disqualifying.

An already awful system on steroids.

One of these things is not like the other.

A link to my piece for the Pulaski Institution.

Sometimes people just change jobs.

See is paying the price for her defense of democracy.