Outside the Beltway

Health care policy analysts seem united in their assessment of the House GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and it’s overwhelmingly negative.

Whether you call it TrumpCare, RyanCare, or GOPCare, the Republican replacement for the PPACA isn’t very impressive.

Travel industry experts are reporting a noticeable drop in international travel and tourism since Donald Trump was elected President.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer hinted that the Federal Government may stop giving deference to states that have legalized marijuana.

Milo Yiannopoulos was a troll and a peddler in offensiveness, but the fact that he became a star on the American right was the result of a transformation of American conservatism that has been entirely unhealthy.

An unsurprising ‘resignation’ from the shortest-serving National Security Adviser in history.

Independent of the current controversy surrounding President Trump’s immigration order, Republicans in Congress are looking at a plan to break up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Several former candidates for President are emerging as potential candidates for Senate.

An initial setback for the Federal Government in its appeal of the ruling putting President Trump’s Muslim travel ban on hold.

In the end, an effort by Democrats to block Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court does not seem like a good use of their rather limited options.

The Great Wall of Trump™ is almost surely going to be a disaster, the question remains how big of a disaster will it be.

Another television icon has passed away.

The reality of global climate change made itself evident again in 2016.

A long-standing staple of American culture will soon be no more.

A tepid December jobs report tops off a tepid year.

On the eve of the 115th Congress, House Republicans voted to gut a key office charged with investigating Congressional ethics.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Be clear on what one is defending.

Survivors and family members of the Pulse Nightclub attack have filed what amounts to a frivolous lawsuit.

Wherein a law professor makes the absurd argument that the Electoral College, which exists pursuant to the Constitution, is unconstitutional.

Another conflict of interest for President-Elect Trump.

To the surprise of nobody who paid attention, Nancy Pelosi won re-election as leader of the House Democrats.

Donald Trump resurrects an old debate and desecrates the Constitution in the process.

Just 1,436 days until Election Day 2020!

He has a fool for a client.

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

An irrelevant candidate is triggering a recount in three states Trump won by substantial margins.

Rest In Peace, Mrs. Brady.

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.

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

The President-elect lost the popular vote. Legally, that is the way that is it. This is a disgrace for “the Greatest Democracy in the World.”

Americans are rioting in the streets because they don’t like the outcome of a democratic election.

The candidate I voted for got more than 200,000 votes for president than the winner. I’m okay with that.

The fight for marijuana legalization advances in California.

Defying the odds and the polls, Donald Trump triumphed over Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States.

What to watch for tonight.

And the winner is……

If polls are any indication, voters are set to legalize marijuana in five more states on Tuesday.

Depending on what state you live in, taking a picture of your ballot and yourself on Election Day may or may not be legal.

With just over three weeks before Election Day, efforts by top Republicans to disavow their party’s nominee are quite clearly too little, too late.

Paul Ryan is abandoning the Trump campaign.

Donald Trump appears to be pushing voters from America’s fastest growing minority group into the Democratic camp.

The minimum wage has been a big part of this year’s election cycle, mainly due to Bernie Sander’s campaign and his idea of a national minimum wage. There has been lots of discussion of this, but most of it is just, well, bad. There are really two things that one can point to as to why wages above the market wage can be good.

Another poll shows that Latino voters are set to reject Donald Trump in record numbers, and now they’re turning against the GOP.

Another sign of a weak economy as the Federal Reserve considers rate hikes and the Presidential campaign moves forward.