Outside the Beltway

In the wake of yesterday’s hearing, the House of Representatives is taking the inevitable next step.

A new poll finds that a strong majority of Americans support life in prison instead of the death penalty.

Yesterday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee did a good job of explaining how the facts of the Ukraine scandal meet the Constitution’s definition of impeachable offenses.

Where you can’t be off topic because there IS no topic.

With Kamala Harris”s exit from the race, some are raising questions about why minority candidates have failed to break through in a party that has a very diverse base.

With the clock ticking down to the end of the year and a deadline imposed by the DPRK on talks with the U.S., the Trump Administration’s North Korea policy is in a shambles.

Much like the President they obsequiously defend, Republicans have become useful idiots in Russia’s war on Western liberal democracy.

The impeachment inquiry moves to the House judiciary Committee this morning.

The House Intelligence Committee has released its report resulting from its investigation of the Ukraine scandal.

Kamala Harris, whose campaign has been floundering for months, is out of the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.

President Trump said this morning that he’s fine with letting his trade war with the rest of the world continue all the way to the 2020 election.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Supreme Court heard a significant Second Amendment case, but it is unlikely to rule on the merits of the case.

A key economic statistic that rarely gets widespread public attention is showing that the manufacturing sector has been in recession for four months now.

Later today, California Congressman Duncan Hunter, Jr. will plead guilty to charges of embezzling up to $250,000 from his campaign’s bank account.

Where you can’t be off topic because there IS no topic.

Comet 2I/Borisov originated from an unknown star system and has made its way from the cold dark of interstellar space into our neck of the woods.

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

After arguing for a month about an “unfair” impeachment process, the WHite House is saying ‘no thanks’ to an invitation to participate in the next round of impeachment hearings.

And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust.

Former Congressman Joe Sestak (Who?) is ending his bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

Seeking to have a US citizen investigated by a foreign government based on innuendo is a major problem.

The costs of irresponsible policy.

It’s time to start speculating about a brokered convention again,even though it probably isn’t going to happen.

Where you can’t be off topic because there IS no topic.

Kamala Harris’s once-promising campaign is nearing the end whether the candidate or her supporters wish to admit it or not.

If the United Kingdom does go through with Brexit, it could lead to an existential crisis for the United Kingdom itself.

Further evidence that the Republican Party has turned into a cult of personalty built around Donald Trump.

A sequel to E.T. The Extraterrestrial of sorts, premiered yesterday.

Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party are on course for a big win in December 12th’s General Election.

A Justice Department official who had the courage to stand up to the President has died at the age of 87.

The vultures keep circling above the head of “America’s Mayor.”

Former President Obama has been largely quiet about the race for the Democratic nomination, but that may not last.

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

Where you can’t be off topic because there IS no topic.

Happy Thanksgiving!

It’s still the best Thanksgiving television episode ever.

The Butterball Turkey Hotline still thrives even in the era of the Internet.

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

Donald Trump’s pardons of soldiers convicted of war crimes sends the wrong message to the military, to our allies, and to the world.

New revelations punch a big hole in Republican defenses of the President.

After two weeks of hearings, public opinion has not moved very much on the impeachment of the President.

The House Judiciary Committee is ready to begin its phase of impeachment hearings after Thanksgiving.

Where you can’t be off topic because there IS no topic.

POTUS believes, and is propagating, a conspiracy theory.

Late yesterday, the Supreme Court put a temporary hold on an order that would give Congress access to the President’s financial documents.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled against the Trump Administration’s latest effort to stonewall Congressional inquiries.

Trump takes credit for stopping his “friend” Xi from attacking Hong Kong protesters.

The latest poll out of New Hampshire shows four candidates at the top in a very close race.

Under the Democratic National Committee’s current qualification rules, Michael Bloomberg’s self-funded campaign means he wouldn’t qualify for any future debate. He doesn’t seem worried about that.