Outside the Beltway

Some marginal Republican formers are thinking about maybe doing somethingoranother.

Most Americans have never even heard of it.

As expected, the second impeachment trial of the 45th President will proceed.

Could the Vice President end the filibuster herself?

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

Specifically: the former confederacy and Democratic dominance.

An opportunity for unity and a restoration of normal order.

Some political history,

Implications for Alabama and the GOP as well as considerations on the evolution of American politics.

How should we balance public health and fundamental rights?

The veteran journalist was ousted after a staff backlash over the use of racial slurs.

Fox Business has abruptly sidelined its most popular host.

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

Not.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

Weeks of claims of rigged elections may well have cost the GOP the Senate.

It is not a tool to foster compromise. It is tool of obstruction, plain and simple.

Our two-party system distorts the representativeness of our politics.

Voting ourselves out of this mess is not so easy

Historical precedents fall apart when we’re in a truly unprecedented time.

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

The man still can’t get out of his own way.

Aung San Suu Kyi and her top officials are under house arrest.

The problem is theoretical at best and cannot stop the Senate from acting.

The pivot point in the impeachment charges: two hours of silence.

The GOP, alas, is not going anywhere.

AOC v. MTG: one of these things is not like the other.

Maybe his title should be “Minority Follower.”

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

The bane of the Trump presidency is already thwarting President Biden.

The legal debates are unsettled but we can all agree that Rand Paul is a moron.

It’s time to up our protection game.