Outside the Beltway

The Wikileaks founder has been detained by London authorities after 7 years hiding in Ecuador’s embassy.

Trump really has no plan about the border save for demagoging the issue.

Well, that can’t be good.

“If you don’t fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition…” — James Mattis

The mid-week edition.

Both major parties have claimed victory but it certainly looks like Likud will hang on.

Breaking up is hard to do.

A classic demonstration of the old maxim, “the medium is the message.”

Per-student investment in public colleges has not recovered from the Great Recession.

A bipartisan bill will protect the tax preparation industry at the expense of the citizenry.

Says “He’s pulling the rug out from the very people that are trying to help him accomplish his goal.”

Despite the obvious connection with the university’s namesake, the word does have other connotations.

The tumultuous turnover at the top of the Trump team is too much.

Are people fleeing blue states to avoid repressive taxes? It depends who you’re asking.

Strategic move or pointless provocation?

More turmoil in the UNC athletic program threatens Carolina’s academic standing.

There are even higher obligations than taking care of Marines.

The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez edition.

Howdy, folks. I’m Butch Bracknell.

California Governor Gavin Newsome may have put the issue front and center for 2020.

If it’s Sunday night . . .

Add DHS to the list of Departments being run by interims.

Despite some obstacles, America’s armed forces drink other professions under the table.

Sanders’ suggestion is not as outside democratic norms as one might think.

The Israeli prime minister is engaging in a familiar but dangerous gambit to retain power.

“We have to be careful in balancing big dreams and bold ideas with also recognizing that typically change happens in steps.”

As many states contemplate restoring voting rights to felons who have completed their sentence, a leading Democrat wants to go further.

Trying a different take on an old concept.

A lesson from Puerto Rico and further reasons why the EC is a problem.

Bernie also faces disclosure pressures.

It’s a lot harder than it looks.

The law is not on the President’s side.

Let us know if anything’s broken.

Happy Friday!

Nein. Nein. Nein.

Very little of our vast landmass is densely populated with humans.

The Constitution’s invitation to struggle over foreign policy continues.

Princeton historian Sean Wilentz lays to rest a pernicious idea propagated by . . . Princeton historian Sean Wilentz.

Our colleague hopes to make his return soon.

The Justice Department has issued a damning report.

A reminder that over 3 million citizens have no effective influence over the federal government.

It now appears that the Attorney General is keeping publicly-releasable information hidden away longer than necessary.

The mid-week edition.

Theresa May and the UK are quickly running out of options.

Senate Republicans are pushing for the end of minority obstruction—and the Democrats can’t wait.

Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris are leading the field and Pete Bittigieg is doing surprisingly well.

While polarization in our national politics gets the most attention, several states also face serious rural-urban tensions.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

Yet another promising spring football league seems to have bitten the dust.

Six weeks is a very long time in American politics.