Outside the Beltway

When doing the right thing is the wrong thing.

Added historical context to ongoing conversations about American democracy.

A follow on from yesterday.

Has the Internet made us more selfish?

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

Seeing no way to win under their own label, they’ve called a Hail Mary.

Our representation problems are far, far more about structure than they are about the messaging of the parties.

He was clearly willing to subvert the election.

A brief obeservation.

A potentially more representative map that still underscores deep flaws in our system.

The only way to save our freedom is to destroy it.

Democrats want the DOJ to act more quickly.

This time via Senator Rick Scott.

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

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

A Manichean struggle between good and evil.

If this is the best they have, they don’t have a lot

The Court is out of balance–and it is a design flaw.

As predicted, rejections of ballots is up.

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

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Most people liked it more than I did.

The military threat is smaller, but the political one is bigger.

The Commonwealth’s undemocratic political system is, shockingly, unrepresentative of the will of its people.

Greatest democracy in the world, right?

Data from Texas underscore a frequent point about primaries.

It’s Manchin-approved.

How do we know when our government is telling us the truth?

In their censure of Cheney and Kinzinger the GOP wants to rewrite history.

When procedures lead to more rejected ballots and fewer voters, what else is there to call it?

Lawyers in North Carolina are trying to get a Congressman off the ballot.

The United States and its NATO allies are in a dangerous standoff.

A bloc of moderates is not coming to a Senate near you.

A pretty good President has numbers comparable to his historically bad predecessor.

Not Mayberry. Not even close.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

Let the browser be cleared!

We deserve better.

Elections have consequences: Old Dominion Edition

Some pundits have high standards.

The silly season has commenced a mite early.

Items for your consideration.

A necessary but likely irrelevant gesture.

After more than a year and countless investigations into election fraud, the big lie continues to be a big lie

SLT guests on Peaceful Political Revolution in America to talk American democracy.

A lone judge has halted the military’s vaccine mandate.

A new poll offers mixed results.

Some tabs plus some tabs equals some tabs.