Outside the Beltway

As America prepares for a Presidential transition, an old conflict with a history of turning dangerous rears its head.

Mitt Romney and Donald Trump became bitter rivals for the soul of the GOP in 2016, but Romney appears to be at the top of Trump’s list for the nation’s top diplomat.

While it seems a strange choice at first blush, it’s a good one.

Most Americans wish Donald Trump would stop tweeting. Good luck with that.

Trump backs away from yet another campaign promise.

Calling it neo-fascist is not hyperbole.

Canada is phasing out coal as a source of electricity production by 2030. The same thing will happen in the United States no matter how much politicians try to stop it.

Political change coming to Germany? Or more of the same.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is speaking out against several of President-Elect Trump’s proposed Cabinet nominees.

So what’s wrong with the Whitelash Backlash thesis?  Not everything, actually.  But plenty.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a lawsuit that tried to make an end-run around the Senate and put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court.

President-Elect Donald Trump has signaled that his current wife and youngest child will continue to reside in their de-luxe apartment in the sky rather than move to the White House.

The incoming president’s business interests are a yuuuge problem.

Mike Pence’s night at the theater included a message from the cast. Good for them.

If one believes the electoral college is awesome, one cannot make an argument from the position of “the wisdom of the Founders” nor from a viewpoint based on original intent.

Team of Rivals?

Alabama’s Jeff Sessions will become the nation’s top law enforcement officer. That’s not a good thing.

A controversial retired General has been tapped to be President-Elect Trump’s top White House foreign policy voice.

Senior Republican Senators are throwing cold water on the idea of eliminating the filibuster.

The real model for Trump’s team is neither Abraham Lincoln nor Andrew Jackson but The Simpson’s Mr. Burns with a room full of Waylon Smithers-types.

In which I use a lot of words to say hello.

One professor is suggesting that Bernie Sanders played a role in 2016 similar to the one that Ralph Nader did in 2000. It doesn’t pass even cursory examination.

I’m about to lose access to the primary email account I’ve had for more than a dozen years.

Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler. But that’s not the standard.

On Tuesday night the Establishment won and won yuge. (From new OTB contributor, Michael Bailey)

In what seems like a replay of the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, some top Democratic Party leadership positions may be in jeopardy.

A surprising name is emerging as the likely pick for the nation’s top diplomatic position.

In a call to supporters, Hillary Clinton blames her loss on F.B.I. Director James Comey

Reports of the demise of the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated.

The Federal Judge presiding over Dylann Roof’s murder trial suggested late last week that Roof may not presently be competent to stand trial. This does not mean that he’ll be set free, though.

Future Supreme Court Justice?

Some Hillary Clinton supporters have a foolish and unworkable “plan” to steal Trump’s victory in the Electoral College. They should abandon it.