Outside the Beltway

The reaction to Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament to force a hard Brexit is mostly negative, but there appears to be little that can be done to stop it.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has taken a step that virtually guarantees that the United Kingdom will go ahead with a hard Brexit at the end of October.

Stories from sites like The Onion are routinely shared on social media and perceived as real news.

Is the left unwittingly fueling a reactionary moment?

Protests in Hong Kong have been going on for nine weeks now, but they are reaching a point where the patience of the leaders in Beijing is being tested.

Under the Trump Administration, the American commitment to human rights around the world is basically dead.

The Trump Administration has effectively declared economic warfare against the government of Nicolas Maduro. It won’t succeed, and will further victimize the already suffering Venezuelan people.

While Democrats debated among themselves about health care plans that will likely never become law, Republicans were pushing forward with judicial confirmations.

Thanks to a ruling by the Puerto Rican Supreme Court, the island Commonwealth has its third Governor in less than a week.

Beijing is warning protesters in Hong Kong that it’s restraint in the face of protests is not without limit. However, it has few realistic options when it comes to how far it can go.

More than half of the House Democratic Caucus has endorsed impeachment, but that’s unlikely to cause Nancy Pelosi to move off her current position.

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Embattled Governor Ricardo A. Rosselló has stepped down but succession issues surround the man who took the oath of office late yesterday.

The House Democratic Caucus is becoming more divided on the issue of moving forward with impeachment.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t very impressed by the proposals made by several liberal politicians lately to increase the size of the Supreme Court to counterbalance the conservative tilt created by the Gorsuch and Kavanaugh confirmations.

Tulsi Gabbard has filed a seemingly frivolous lawsuit against Google due to a temporary suspension of her advertising account.

Robert Mueller didn’t provide a smoking gun yesterday, but the President and his supporters are wrong to claim that the hearing vindicated the President.

As early as Tuesday, Boris Johnson could be confirmed as the winner in the race for Tory leadership. This will make him the next British Prime Minister. Not everyone in the United Kingdom is thrilled about that idea.

Some key numbers.

California’s legislature has passed a law purporting to require candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns, but it’s likely to face legal challenges if it becomes law.

The House Judiciary Committee has upped the ante in the showdown between the Trump Administration and Congress.

The government in Hong Kong keeps conceding ground to the protests that have taken hold in the city, but the protesters have more fundamental objections.

Another court loss for Trump and his border wall.

Presidential v. parliamentary democracy, some basics.

Ideas, not tanks.

A convergence of OTB discussions.

The Republican Party is ruining the country. But so are the Democrats?

The Trump Administration has officially conceded to the rule of law.

Whether he knows it or not, Donald Trump is assisting the Russian leader in his goal of undermining the foundational institutions of democracy and freedom.

The ongoing protests in Hong Kong over controversial extradition legislation have taken a violent turn.

Let’s call it what it is.

The latest in the wars against liberalism.

Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress in public. Testimony that is likely to be the big story of the summer.

Eight months later, the President and his Administration continue to refuse to acknowledge the truth about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

Evidence appears to clearly established that Russia used many of the same social media efforts it used in the United States in 2016 to interfere in the recent European Parliament elections.

Trump and Iran.

The Supreme Court rejected an effort by the Virginia House of Delegates to overturn a Federal Court ruling that the state’s district lines constituted gerrymandering by race. But they didn’t rule on the merits of the appeal.

President Trump’s opening rally of the 2020 campaign sounded an awful lot like a rally from 2016

If Hong Kong’s leaders thought protesters would be satisfied with relatively minor concessions, they have significantly miscalculated the situation.

This time on Venezuela

Amusing results, and a history lesson, in a new poll

With the Trump Administration continuing to stonewall investigations, the House of Representatives is seeking to ramp up the pressure.

America’s Newspaper of Record has decided the backlash isn’t worth it.

Is it really such a bad thing when a politician changes a long-help position on a political issue?

Protesters flooded the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday over proposed change to the city’s extradition laws.

Donald Trump has betrayed the legacy and the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy.

Just a day before he is scheduled to arrive in the city for a State Visit, London’s Mayor is denouncing President Trump.

Does the House have an obligation to proceed with impeachment?

The cost of Trump’s trade policies are well beyond the cost of soy beans.