Outside the Beltway

Republicans have set a Judiciary Committee vote for less than a day after hearing from Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

In what appears to be a first, Judge Brett Kavanaugh took to the media to defend his nomination. Not surprisingly, he chose a friendly venue.

We should take Congressional officers out of the line of succession.

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment has been in the news a lot lately, but what would it actually take to use it to remove a President from power?

British authorities have charged two members of Russian military intelligence in connection with a poisoning attack on British attack.

Donald Trump’s vanity-seeking military parade has been postponed amid reports that the estimated cost has increased dramatically.

Venezuela has arrested two military officers in connection with the alleged assassination attempt on President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro survived an apparent, albeit amateurish, assassination attempt yesterday in what could be a sign of underlying instability in Venezuela.

California’s Democratic Party endorsed “progressive” upstart Kevin de León over Senator Dianne Feinstein, but this is unlikely to stop Feinstein from winning election to a sixth term in office.

Frank Carlucci, who served as President Reagan’s last Secretary of Defense, has died at 87.

General (Retired) Michael Hayden has some harsh, and concerning, criticisms of the Trump administration.

As expected, Russia has retaliated for the retaliation against it in connection with the attempted murder of a former Russian spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom.

The United States has joined Great Britain and much of Europe in retaliating against Russia for the attempted murder of a former Russian spy on British soil.

President Trump continues to obsequiously praise Russian President Vladimir Putin

Not unexpectedly, Russia has retaliated for Great Britain’s retaliation for Russia’s apparent assassination attempt on British history.

I don’t see how the state legislature making tax decisions on the basis of the public position an company takes is legal under the 14th Amendment. 

A few key observations on the bigger picture.

Of course Donald Trump wants a military parade, it would be consistent with his delusions of grandeur.

Yesterday was the seventy-sixth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. For most Americans, though, it was just another day. That’s only natural.

Stephen Paddock’s crime was clearly terrorizing, and will impact the lives of survivors, families, first responders in many ways for a long time. Based on the currently available evidence, though, the Las Vegas shooting was not “terrorism.”

A Constitutional coup d’etat is not the way to solve the Donald Trump problem.

Even the most offensive speech is protected by the First Amendment.

It may well be that the 25th Amendment, not the impeachment clause, will be his undoing.

This year’s White House Correspondents Association Dinner will be missing one high-profile guest.

Malaysian police have evidence that seems to clearly link North Korea to the death of Kim Jong Il’s eldest son.

The apparent assassination of Kim Jong-Un’s eldest brother has raised red flags in China.

North Korean Intrigue…….

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

Ambassador Karlov is mostly likely not a modern day Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

The situation in the Middle East just potentially became much more complicated.

Now Donald Trump is alleging that the 2016 Election was tainted by ‘illegal voting,’ even though he won!

One of the Cold War era’s last dictators has finally died.

It has become necessary to destroy the party in order to save it.

In which Ted Cruz endorses the guy who called his wife ugly and said his father was involved in the Kennedy assassination.

Did Donald Trump really suggest assassination as a political weapon, even as a joke? It sure sounds like it.

Thirty five years after trying to kill President Reagan, John W. Hinckley Jr. is close to being a free man.

Ted Cruz’s convention speech was about what you’d expect, a gamble designed to set up his campaign for President in 2020 or beyond.

If you listened to politicians or the media, you wouldn’t know that homicide rates are at a level unseen since 1963.

Voters in the United Kingdom are headed to the polls in a vote that will have widespread consequences.

National tragedies, whether man-made or natural disasters, used to bring Americans together. Now they just seem to pull Americans apart.

The murder of Jo Cox, MP is looking more and more like a politically motivated assassination, and that’s causing some in Great Britain to look inward.

The cartoonist and student of human psychology is fascinated by the con artist who would be president.

No trial for Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood Robert Dear, at least not for now.

Donald Trump’s win last night made him the presumptive Republican nominee, whether Republicans will unify around him is another question.

The GOP race for President takes yet another bizarre turn.

Nancy Reagan was a crucial part what made Ronald Reagan the man he was, and today she passed away at the age of 94.

Remembering a legend on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

A new report finds that the problems at the Secret Service are far deeper than previously known.