Outside the Beltway

The craziest damn thing you’ve ever heard of or a secret message to the crazies?

The Biden administration’s mandate has been lifted immediately.

And other tales from the AK special election.

She is running to finish out Don Young’s term in Congress.

Because of course it was.

The bar for defaming public officials is too high.

It’s Manchin-approved.

DC’s NFL franchise finally has a new name.

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

The next boot has dropped.

There will be no religious exemptions. For now, at least.

On mandates and other miscellany.

Get vaccinated edition

We’re an incredibly divided country but splitting it into two is impossible.

The Democrats are apparently selling their omnibus spending package the wrong way.

Friday will mark a new era in mail delivery.

The President has lost his patience with the unvaccinated.

A series of mismatches mean would-be workers can’t find employment despite an abundance of openings.

Another R/D cleavage?

More in a series of ongoing observations about the GOP primaries.

This time: the Alaska GOP.

Huge swaths of the country are underserved.

Republicans who admit Joe Biden won the election fair and square are being driven from the party.

More voice, more votes, more representation.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

It’s seemingly just a matter of time before recreational use is allowed throughout the United States.

A Trump-era policy designed to screw over blue states may actually be a good one.

Empowering authoritarians.

What was mere signaling under a Republican Senate and President could now become law.

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

The GOP, alas, is not going anywhere.

Amending the Constitutional through unconstitutional means is a very bad idea.

Will there be in-fighting? Yes. A break-up? No.

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

There won’t be a Lincoln Party. It isn’t sustainable.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

Explaining the continuing cowardice of GOP Senators.

The slow Alaska count came out as expected.

The early reaction was premature.

He needs one more state to hit the magic 270.

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

Disconnected representation in action.

A desperate re-election gambit that has no impact on the outcome.

The state polling is not lining up along usual patterns.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

Injecting data into the conversation.

A fundamental building block of our system makes it nearly impossible to fix.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

The President has hit rock bottom.