Outside the Beltway

Apparently, it’s been a one-sided affair up until now.

Three days late, $1.2 billion long.

The electoral calendar affects who the electorate is.

Too woke! Not woke enough!

Going back to 1977 (there’s a pattern).

Providing a little bit of electoral history.

The city’s second major championship was among the most improbable.

It’s usually more effective to run for something rather than against someone.

Running against Trump didn’t work this year.

The CDC is leaving it up to you!

Is media coverage of experts’ struggles to understand COVID helpful?

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

A massive investigation into the Capitol riot looks at what came before, during, and after.

The tabs must flow.

The appetite for content and clicks turns sensationalizes news that isn’t news.

Another effect of the pandemic.

A piece in The Atlantic inspires thoughts.

Officers are under enormous pressure–including from the Federal government–to write tickets.

A sign of our times.

The idiocy continues.

Denial, whining, and truth wrapped into one segment.

Good news with mixed messaging.

Can we stop pretending these trolls and grifters are Republicans?

44% of Republicans strongly disapprove of President Biden’s performance while only 22% of Democrats strongly approve.

There will be no religious exemptions. For now, at least.

“Suds on Campus”

Joe Biden has bet his presidency on a caucus that may simply be irreconcilable.

While 96 percent of airmen are in compliance, the service is about to get smaller.

There is a lot of anger out there.

Late-breaking news may not matter that much anymore.

Let this be his last halloween battlefield.

$1.75 trillion ain’t $3.5 trillion but it’s something.

Continuing and expanding on thoughts from the previous post.

The enigmatic Senator is a world-class attention seeker.

The equivalent of Pennsylvania’s entire labor force is sitting on the sidelines.

The first modern stand-up comedian has died at 94.

Pretrial rulings strengthen his self-defense claims.

The West Virginia Senator is the epicenter of contemporary American politics.