Outside the Beltway

With all of California’s problems solved, Gavin Newsome is doing stunts.

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

An already awful system on steroids.

The law is behind the times.

They went down 3 cents a gallon yesterday and have dropped 24 days straight.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

The 6-3 ruling broke down on predictable lines.

Could Alaska point the way to a solution?

Chris Stirewalt takes a victory lap.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

Pop those tabs!

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

You-VAL-dee? You-VAHL-day? Oo-VAHL-deh?

The NYT and CA41 and yet another example of telling the wrong story.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

“Protect and Serve” is just a slogan, not a guarantee.

Alas, it’s unlikely to change the policies that enable them.

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

More on primaries with a foray into Madison and the general politics of power-seekers and incentives.

At least not right away. But it’s quite possible by 2040.

There are many barriers to true freedom.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

When doing the right thing is the wrong thing.

A twist on an evergreen debate.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.

A key planner of the Capitol riot has agreed to testify against others in exchange for a lighter sentence.

The latest strategic moral panic from the far right

A Black columnist argues that Will Smith set back a whole race.

His conversations with lawyers about stealing the election are not protected by privilege.

The plans to replicate the chaos in the Great White North are not coming together.

The former President should have known that his claims of election fraud were baseless.

An example of how lack of regulation leads to practices that damage public faith in policing

Right wing protestors are expected to attempt to create (more) gridlock in the capitol later today.

The first shoe has dropped.

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

Even liberal states like California and Massachusetts are moving on.

Blue and red states alike are ending mask mandates and other restrictions.

New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján is hospitalized with a stroke.

Yet another grim milestone.

Did you know that the elephant population has tripled over the last six months?

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Alas.

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

The pandemic seems to have broken the social contract.

Let’s not start celebrating just yet.

Two stories about our culture’s focus on punishment

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.