Outside the Beltway

The President is learning more about the Constitution every day.

Dan Drezner makes an interesting comparison.

People who keep calling Covid-19 “just the flu” haven’t looked very closely at the numbers.

The 58-year-old may have a post-presidency unmatched in history.

A much-needed call for unity.

A disgraced governor is signing a wave of progressive legislation

Trump’s performance during this crisis is a reminder that electing an amateur to the presidency is a really bad idea.

Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.

Gatherings involve risk at the moment.

Who knew?

A progressive idea that could win conservative support.

Sanders supporters need to get on the bus.

It would be laughable, but the White House might be interested.

He has ended his bid for the Democratic nomination.

An irrelevant judicial order is being enforced for no apparent reason.

The state is voting during the high point of a global pandemic because Republicans forced it.

In recent weeks the US has ramped-up pressure on Maduro.

Some internal cracks in terms of continuing?

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

Ego trumps all?

He is actually tweeting about ratings.

Comparing South Korea to the US tells a lot about the failure of leadership in the US.

Exactly the opposite of what we need in a crisis.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

This isn’t what leadership looks like.

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

The President seems to be enjoying a mild rally effect.

Even amidst a national crisis, he refuses to do the right thing.

Finally.

The President tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

We may be in a national crisis but it’s still politics as usual in Washington.

The man is a moron.

Some on Twitter (yes, I know) seem concerned, but is this even a good question?

How do we balance societal and individual rights during a pandemic?

An ongoing missed opportunity to lead by example.

An example of the contrast (Narcissist-in-chief IV).

Richard Burr, Jim Inhofe, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler should go to jail.

Two members of the House have tested positive.

It’s time to end this thing.

It is hard not to see this as a politically driven move.

This could be a very long series.

Why the ‘moral majority’ is willing to tolerate so much immorality from their leader.

An encouraging sign.

From Rod Dreher

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

Looking back at my predictions about the 2020 Democratic race.

He’s a long way from 1991 delegates but no one can beat him.

There’s very little upside.

We may be seeing the beginning of the end.

The former VP is focused on beating Bernie Sanders but his team is looking ahead.