Outside the Beltway

Or, more accurately, the lack thereof.

For those wondering what a textbook coup would look like.

Tunisia is freer but poorer than it was before Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate act.

One member of the Grand Old Party has had it.

Biden wins again.

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

There won’t be a Lincoln Party. It isn’t sustainable.

Further musings on the future of the Grand Old Party.

The party is unlikely to suffer consequences for its anti-democracy actions.

The phone tour continues.

Almost 50 losses in four weeks,. Impressive.

The farce will be with her. Always.

Arguments and analyses that are, well, turkeys.

Was Trump’s attempt to overturn the outcome a one-off or a sign of things to come?

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

Another unassailable if boring cabinet choice.

We won’t have Sidney Powell to kick around any more.

Some Republicans are doing their jobs.

But, still very bad.

While the authoritarian threat recedes, the fascist threat remains.

We spend so much time fighting over who should be in power that we don’t get anything important done.

They know Trump lost the election yet are aiding his outrageous assault on democracy.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

The GOP is behaving exceedingly irresponsibly. Senator Graham and Representative Collins are prime examples.

Gracious concessions are the norm except when they’re not.

Gridlock doesn’t mean government stops. It just shifts who is governing.

The utter smallness of Trump’s legal challenges to the election.

” . . . to a second Trump Administration.” Get it?

Sowing doubt in the absence of evidence is corrosive.

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

While many are congratulating President-Elect Biden, too many are still following a loser.

“Now this campaign is over, what is the will of the people? What is our mandate?”

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

Look, either you believe in democracy or you don’t.

Either democracy is sacred, or it’s not.

A lot to think about, not a lot of conclusions.

A brief video that puts the US in broader context.

The expectations game will be especially tricky this year.

Some thoughts on voter enthusiasm and EV scenarios.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

Some judicial alphabet soup in dialog with my co-blogger.

Thinking about what we might know on the night of the election.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

If we embrace the Founders to justify the present, let’s think about what we are doing.

I couldn’t help myself.

Having the topic of political reform start to seep into pop culture is a good thing.

Definitions are fun, right?