Outside the Beltway

The abuse of power is obvious.

The 47th President had a busy Monday.

Remember kids, DEI is the REAL racism

This would include US citizens.

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Staffers are in mutiny after owners killed plans to endorse Kamala Harris for President.

Most departments have shockingly little screening of their officers.

A deep dive into why imperfect Criminal Legal System data is still reliable

I guess the attention is worth it?

On the complexity of political funding.

Heads he wins, tails you lose.

Immunity edition.

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

It’s been around for a very long time.

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

Most of the things with his name on them are not in his name.

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

And the intuition that things aren’t really working.

An illustration of the justice system working as designed.

A powerful voice in Black media is a thorn in the administration’s side.

The system isn’t very good.

The DeSantis crackdown on academic freedom is having its desired effect.

The one we’ve all been waiting for.

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

A massive expansion of the Pell Grant program for prisoners goes into effect next month.

We’re in uncharted waters.

A Brooklyn neighborhood is experimenting with a hybrid approach.

Is a threat in the eye of the receiver or the issuer?

A few people are committing the lion’s share of petty thefts in America’s biggest city.

Legal analysts are skeptical.

Some Democrats are angry!

Politics and justice are in tension.

Democrats increase their Senate margin.

Tell us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants without telling us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants

The Schumer-Manchin compromise includes a massive increase in the tax collection budget.

An already awful system on steroids.

Who should have the final say on the law of the land?

An example of security theater with proven negative social impacts

A Michigan jury believed the FBI created the crime.

Democrats want the DOJ to act more quickly.

With choices like these it’s easy to understand why people take plea deals

Republicans competing to see who can be the toughest on crime

Not Mayberry. Not even close.

Some pundits have high standards.

The safety gap between affluent, white and poor, minority communities has grown over the last three decades.

Our reactions to recent murder trials tells us a lot about our divided country.