Outside the Beltway

John Bolton was not a good National Security Adviser, but the real problem with Trump Administration foreign policy comes from the man at the top.

The case of Roland Gramajo is an excellent example of what’s wrong with the Trump Administration’s immigration policy.

Republicans managed to pull off a narrow win in North Carolina yesterday, but they shouldn’t be celebrating.

President Trump took to Twitter late this morning to fire his third National Security Adviser.

Democrat Jon Ossoff has thrown his hat in the ring to challenge David Perdue for Georgia’s Senate seat in 2020.

The Trump Administration from projects to build on-base schools and daycare facilities to spend on his border wall.

Does it get much more swampy than this?

Former Republican Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is running for President.

President Trump announced late yesterday that he had called off secret meetings with the Taliban. The fact that they were even going to happen reveals yet again what’s wrong with his foreign policy.

This morning it was a question, this afternoon is a done deal in three states.

Staring in 2020 the winner in Maine will be the majority preference.

Four state GOPs appear poised to cancel their primaries/caucuses.

For Donald Trump, the Presidency has been nothing but a get richer quick scam.

The parent organization of the National Weather Service issued a statement Alabama and Dorian.

The August Jobs Report came in below expectations as other economic statistics point to a slowing economy.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is ending a Presidential bid nobody knew existed.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has once again upheld a local ordinance banning assault weapons.

House Democrats are set to investigate the payoffs made to Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election.

To listen to the meda, Joe Biden’s recent gaffes and malapropisms are a major story. For regular Americans, though, they don’t seem to matter.

A wedding venue in Mississippi is citing religious beliefs in support of its decision not to allow an interracial couple to utilize their facilities.

President Trump’s newest tariffs went into effect over the weekend. They’re going to hurt.

As the race for the Democratic nomination heads into the fall, it looks as if it has already winnowed itself down to a top three.

More of the wit and wisdom of the 45th President of the United States.

Meanwhile, on the Korean Peninsula…..

So weird.

The map shows the flaws of the Electoral College

The Democratic National Committee is moving to block efforts by the state parties in Iowa and Nevada to open up the caucus process to more participants, citing security issues.

From the State of Alabama we get a perfect example of the reason why, at times, the law is an ass.

The Democratic candidates for President who didn’t qualify for the third debate are coming under increased pressure to get out of the race.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is the latest politician to apologize for donning blackface while she was in college.

Just joking edition.

For a change not by me.

A former Federal Reserve officials argues that the Fed should not lower interest rates to compensate for the impact of the President’s trade war, potentially leading to his defeat in the election. This is an incredibly bad idea.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out of a Presidential race few people realized she was in.

The stage for the third Democratic debate, scheduled for mid-September, is set and its half the size of its predecessors.

Two new polls released today indicate that earlier suggestions that the race for the Democratic nomination had shifted were incorrect.

Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson will retire at the end of 2019, setting up a contest in 2020 to fill the remainder of his term.

A new poll shows that most Americans want President Trump out of office, but don’t want to see the House impeach him.

Iowa Congressman Steve King finds himself low on campaign cash and with virtually no support from his party.

Controversial former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was voted out of office in 2016 after serving six terms in office, is running to get his old job back.

A new poll shows Joe Biden dropping significantly among national Democrats to the point where he is effectively tied with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Thanks for nothing, Republicans.

President Trump continues to have an odd obsession with nuclear weapons.

Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party stalwart who served in Congress nine years ago, has thrown his hat in the ring against President Trump for the 2020 GOP Presidential Nomination.

Elizabeth Warren is rising tn the polls of the Democratic primary race, but one analyst argues she may be the perfect candidate….to help re-elect Donald Trump.

In this case, Rich Lowry’s.

Donald Trump isn’t just admiring dictators now, he’s acting like one.

And what a week it has been.