Outside the Beltway

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

AOC v. MTG: one of these things is not like the other.

Losing viewers to fringe networks, the Fair and Balanced team is joining them.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

Outliers are bad places to look for solid support of your argument.

A large, well-trained police force was unprepared for a foreseeable crisis.

The President of the United States is a national security threat. Can we get rid of him now?

Granted, there are more than two. But from a political science/political history POV, these two stick out in my mind.

Although, as usual, he maintains his odious approach to it all.

The Georgia governor and his family are under attack because he did his job.

Saruman’s rigid arrogance ultimately made him pathetic. Sound familiar?

That thing that happens when you sow the wind with conspiracy theories.

The EIB host and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient is not impressed.

While the authoritarian threat recedes, the fascist threat remains.

The President’s claims have no merit.

A tale so bizarre it is hard to believe it is real.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

One man’s fecklessness has gotten untold people sick.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

What is more concerning, speculation and war games, or the words of POTUS?

American fascism is on parade, right now.

Why roll with the facts when you can confuse your supporters with conspiracy theories?

A partial response in the context of a complex topic.

Preying on the fears of old white people is good business.

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

Conspiracy theories are poisoning the United States. That’s no joke.

Some explosive charges in the former National Security Advisor’s book.

The President’s unhinged Twitter rants have drawn a rebuke from an unlikely source.

Jo Rae Perkins may be a nut, but she won a four-person primary.

It is hard not to see this as a politically driven move.

Two progressives enter. One progressive leaves.

Notwithstanding Russia’s weak position vis a vis the west, It’s Putin who seems to be winning.

After a two-year investigation, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice found no basis for the conspiracy theories being pushed by the Republicans regarding the Russia investigation.

George Zimmerman has filed a bizarre conspiracy theory-laden lawsuit against Trayvon Martin’s family, prosecutors, and others.

The impeachment inquiry moves to the House judiciary Committee this morning.

The House Intelligence Committee has released its report resulting from its investigation of the Ukraine scandal.

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

Seeking to have a US citizen investigated by a foreign government based on innuendo is a major problem.

The vultures keep circling above the head of “America’s Mayor.”

POTUS believes, and is propagating, a conspiracy theory.

An internal Justice Department investigation fails to find any evidence of political bias in the Russia investigation.

As Republicans and their conservative cohorts spread a discredited conspiracy theory about the 2016 election, Vladimir Putin smiles at yet another victory.

The final two witnesses in this week’s public hearings before the House Intelligence Committee reduced the Republican talking points in the President’s defense looking as absurd as they have always been.

After a long day of hearings, the case against the President is becoming clearer and Republican defenses becoming more absurd.

A key diplomat and close supporter of the President has essentially confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo between Ukrainian aid and negative information about the President’s political opponents.

The man who sparked the investigation into the President’s illegal conduct has been outed in a futile attempt to discredit it.

Yesterday’s testimony by Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman including information particularly damaging to the President and his defenses to the charges against him in the Ukraine matter.

As he reaches his 1,000th day in office, Trump’s lies pile up at an astronomical rate.

A new Senate Intelligence Committee report adds to the evidence regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election.