Outside the Beltway

We’re unlikely to see anyone like her again.

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

A Federal Appeals Court has reinstated an Emoluments Clause lawsuit against the President that had been dismissed nearly two years ago.

As the Saudis continue to evaluate the impact of the weekend attack on a major oil facility, the Trump Administration tones down the anti-Iran rhetoric just a bit.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

A new poll finds President Trump trailing his potential Democratic opponents by huge margins among Latino voters.

While the world continues to evaluate the impact of Saturday’s attack on a Saudi oil facility, tensions in the Persian Gulf are increasing.

Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren are pandering to the base.

Another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is gone.

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

The effort to bring Catholic Church officials to justice for their decades of criminal conspiracy and child abuse continues to move forward.

A new look at the allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh uncovers some new evidence.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a massive attack on an important Saudi oil facility.

In the US, the candidate defines the party, not the other way around.

As doubts about the health of the economy start to mount, President Trump’s job approval is starting to suffer.

After falling for the second debate, ratings were back near record levels for the third debate.

Is social media making it harder for Democrats to nominate a winning candidate?

In a rather obvious rebuke aimed at President Trump, Mitt Romney said this week that he will not endorse anyone for President in 2020.

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

The Trump Administration is considering banning flavored electronic cigarettes. This would be a a bad idea.

Welcome to Friday

The House Judiciary Committee is moving forward on impeachment. Sort of.

The top ten candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination clashed last night in a debate that made clear the different ideological directions that this race is pulling their party.

Can the media fairly parse the statements of those running against President ‘Bottomless Pinocchio’?

As predicted, the Federal Budget Deficit has crossed the threshold back into the world of trillion-dollar deficits. This is all due to the hypocrisy of Republicans and so-called conservatives.

Canada is headed for a new election at the end of October as Justin Trudeau finds his government daling with a scandal.

Some reports are suggesting that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo might take on the additional role of National Security Adviser.

This evening ten Democratic candidates for President, including all of the front runners, appear on stage together for the third debate of the 2020 election cycle.

She decries swanky fundraisers and big money donors while benefiting from both.

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

Faced with an election next week, Israel’s Prime Minister is pushing a settlement plan that would be an utter disaster.

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.

Boris Johnson suffers a setback in court in Scotland, including a specific finding that he misled Queen Elizabeth II when he sought her permission to suspend Parliament.

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

Eighteen years after the September 11th attacks, it’s becoming harder to remember what the world used to be like.

Yes, he was terrible at his job. But one can’t break that which is already broken.

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.

Parliament is suspended for the next five weeks but it ended with Prime Minister Boris Johnson being handed historic defeats for an incoming Prime Minister.

The Air Force’s use of Trump hotels predates his presidency—but is still highly problematic.

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

There’s the truth, and then there’s Donald Trump’s version of the truth. The two are seldom related.

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?

Hurricanes and corrupting truth.

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.

At least in official government documents, Japan will return to the tradition Asian style of placing the surname before an individuals given name.

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