Outside the Beltway

A development as shocking as it was inevitable.

Cruelty with compound interest.

Even getting shot, he can’t pretend to be a unifying force for long.

Efforts to oust him from the race have picked up steam.

A relatively strong performance doesn’t change the narrative.

The President’s demand that Democrats shut up and rally behind him is going unheeded.

Democrats desperate for a different nominee are falling in line as the President refuses to go.

Weak and presidentialized.

Cruel punishment is not unusual.

A reasonable ruling with horrible consequences.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

Does Nicholas Kristof make his case?

The legendary basketball player and executive is gone at 86.

*Parenthetically, his opponent wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him on the ass.

A desperate measure for a desperate problem.

We need to put this nonsense to rest, stat.

California is leading the way on a wildly popular initiative.

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

Police have been brought at universities across the country.

He’s more than just a kook.

He’s still a convicted felon in California, though.

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

The IRS has finally created a website to allow some people to do it for free.

A truckload of deplorables.

The ruling could be more impactful than Dobbs. Or render Dobbs less impactful.

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

Anticompetitive practices in one of the most competitive of markets.

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

tl;dr: Either he goes or she (and her office) go

The roots of MAGA run deep, through places like my old home.

The inevitable is all but official.

The mess in California hides a more pressing issue.

It’s harder than I would have thought.

Here we go again.

California’s next Senator had his night spoiled.

A breakdown of some Republican primaries.

New CDC guidelines acknowledge the political realities.

A truly insane proposition.

The Top Two system has created perverse incentives.

A growing scourge may be next to impossible to stop.

There is no excuse for ignorant laws.

There’s momentum for changing the most controversial Trump era tax change.

A bizarre call from the former Speaker.

A literal Mexican stand-off.

The 9th Circuit says it is, at least under some circumstances.

Another state has declared him an insurrectionist.

A breakdown of new survey data.

He appointed a third of the Justices but has the worst record before them in modern history.

A never-ending saga of politicians choosing their voters.