Outside the Beltway

Apathy all the way down.

USA! USA! USA!

The evidence is thin.

The libs are so owned.

Enough is never enough.

The case has major implications beyond the taxation issue.

Michelle Obama thinks so.

A correct but disturbing ruling.

No. But it won’t matter.

Sad and strange circumstances have forced the Democratic party to become the conservative party now. It’s important to remind ourselves of what is good in our lives and what is worth defending. 

The 47th President is flooding the zone.

About half the country wants about half of Trump.

Amending the Constitution with one simple trick.

Could Democrats replace their oldest Justice before it’s too late?

The sitting Vice President isn’t getting blamed for the economy.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

Of party, duty, age, and political roulette.

The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court is gone at 93.

Joe Manchin has come around on a pared back BBB, surprising just about everyone.

Democrats and Independents are losing their enthusiasm. But some perspective is needed.

The House Judiciary Committee is seeking to obtain the material presented to a Federal Grand Jury by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

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

We already know enough to impeach.

As I have noted before: party trumps institutional pride. The Barr testimony is just another example.

Robert Mueller objected to the Attorney General’s characterization of the final report he submitted, reports indicate.

Having lost to him, she’s an ineffective voice on the matter of Donald Trump.

Another demonstration that evidence doesn’t much matter in modern American politics.

The Lawfare gang and Popehat weigh in.

Robert Mueller appears to be winding down his investigation and getting ready to submit a report to the Attorney General.

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is the latest Democrat to throw their hat into the Presidential ring.

Just under a year ago, Senate Republicans took a big risk regarding the Supreme Court. Now, it’s paid off big time.

Another Republican Senator has broken ranks and called for hearings on the nomination of Merrick Garland, as another poll shows most Americans support hearings as well.

It increasingly appears that the GOP is on the losing side of the argument over whether to hold hearings and a vote on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.

Has the legislative branch abdicated its responsibility in US foreign policy?

A critic of the imperial presidency becomes an imperial president.

Bill Scher examines “How Republicans Lost the Culture War.”

Victor Davis Hanson thinks President Obama plans to win the back the White House by alienating the white man.

Bill Clinton walks back his comments about extending the Bush Tax Cuts in the most unbelievable manner possible.

Gaddafi is dead, but it was still wrong for the United States to get involved in Libya.

The War Powers Act’s 90 day limit is in sight. Will Congress force the president’s hand?

When John McCain declared that Sarah Palin could beat President Obama, it was easy to dismiss. But when the architect of the Democratic strategy in 2008, says the same thing, you have to listen.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

While Gerrymandering Congressional districts to benefit incumbents and the dominant party in the state legislature is an old game, they play it with especial intensity in Illinois.

The main issue, above all else, is taxes.

Arguments for the Ryan Plan that characterize it as being “against bureaucracy” are apparently oblivious to the fact that private health insurance is full of bureaucracy.