Outside the Beltway

It’s just not immediate.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

A majority of Americans of every sex, race, education, income, or region do the right thing. With one exception.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

A movement that has grown beyond recognition.

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

Congress forgot to disestablish a Creek Reservation created by treaty in 1833 and 1856 when it made Oklahoma a state in 1909.

A result of the Trump rally?

The soldier who became a national figure for testifying against President Trump has had enough.

Free speech is not for everyone.

The Paycheck Protection Program protected some interesting paychecks.

Leadership matters (as does culture).

I don’t see it.

It creates a veto gate that they are almost guaranteed to control when they need it.

The writing is on the wall for simple-majority voting in the Senate.

The President didn’t want to hear about bad behavior from Moscow, so he wasn’t told.

CNN has a lengthy, deeply reported piece on Trump’s phone calls to other heads of state.

The President should have known about the plot. There’s a good chance he didn’t.

Of course he did.

Europe has the disease under control while it’s still spreading like wildfire here.

A case where the rules probably shouldn’t apply to the President.

A television interview promoting his book further reveals what an awful man he is.

For the second time, the chief federal prosecutor for Manhattan has been fired.

The Senator from Minnesota is no longer a candidate for Vice President.

Donald Trump would be a more effective and dangerous President if he and his team were more competent.

The state of American debate is not strong.

As the President becomes less popular, there are signs he’s losing support from his co-partisans in Congress.

The vagaries of our Presidential election mechanism gave us a surprising result in 2016. That’s unlikely this year.

Iowa Republicans have had enough of being represented by a racist buffoon.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

A solid piece of satire.

Former prosecutors are suddenly “out.”

The President has reportedly invoked the Insurrection Act.

Hypocrisy, lies, and dangerous rhetoric from Trump and his allies on mail-in voting.

The President’s unhinged Twitter rants have drawn a rebuke from an unlikely source.

Jared Kushner and others want one that fits on a index card.

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

It’s difficulty to have have a conversation with an albatross hanging over it.

Presidents have appointed loyalists since time immemorial. Has this one gone too far?

The Barr DOJ’s attempt to retcon the Flynn case has created a major problem for Flynn.

A hero of the Afghan War has succumbed to cancer, aged 41.

Biden’s polling lead over Trump is historically stable.

A report outlining steps for re-opening the economy in the wake of COVID-19 has been leaked to the press.

He’s doubling down on hypocrisy.

“Will some people be affected badly? Yes.”

The Tara Reade allegations haven’t hurt the presumptive nominee with the party.

Some potentially good news for Biden,

It’s about damned time.

Things are not looking good.

President Trump can’t handle the truth.