Outside the Beltway

An Army appellate court has rejected an appeal filed by Bowe Bergdahl that argued that the President’s attacks on him while a candidate unfairly influenced his court martial.

He could lose the popular vote by an even larger margin in 2020—and still coast to re-election.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez already has a Republican challenger, but she doesn’t really need to worry about it.

President Trump has named his pick for Labor Secretary.

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.

Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail last night with another one of his red meat speeches. The analogies it causes one to draw are chilling to say the least.

Beto O’Rourke’s campaign for President is going nowhere fast and he has only a small amount of time to stop the slide.

For the first time in a century, a chamber of Congress has voted to condemn a sitting President. That won’t stop this President.

How times have changed, and not for the better.

Well, maybe.

The Trump Era is raising doubts about many things, including America’s most important alliance.

Some agree with him. Many others are cowards. But there’s more to it.

The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.

What happened to “building a lasting relationship within the African American community”?

The Federal Budget Deficit passed the $700 Billion mark with three months still to go in the Fiscal Year.

After the census debacle, some reports indicate that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross may be next on President Trump’s chopping block.

Trump opened his mouth and, once again, racist bilge came spewing out.

Trump’s self-congratulatory July 4th nonsense bankrupted the District of Columbia’s security fund, now they’re seeking reimbursement.

After a firestorm of criticism for his handling of a decade-old plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has resigned.

Later today, the President is expected to take some form of ‘Executive Action’ in an effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a challenger. Much like 2014, though, it’s far too early to start writing his political obituary.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

The independent who upended the 1992 Presidential race has passed.

A weird media narrative has formed.

Adm. William Moran had been set to become Chief of Naval Operations in three weeks.

Nearly half the country thinks he’s not a terrible President.

In memos to his superiors, the British Ambassador to the United States had an exceedingly frank, and negative, assessment of the current occupant of the White House.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

Bernie Sanders is finding that the 2020 campaign is very different from 2016.

June’s jobs report brought in stronger than expected numbers but the fact that these numbers have not been consistent all year makes one wonder what the state of the economy really is.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

A convergence of OTB discussions.

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

Three new polls show significant changes in the Democratic race in the wake of last week’s debates.

News outlets are hyping small swings in their surveys but the race is pretty much where it was when it began.

Rural Americans are much less likely to go to college than their urban counterparts. Is there a solution?

Can the commander-in-chief’s tweets be unlawful command influence?

Mayor Pete is raking in the dough.

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

A new racist meme questioning Kamala Harris’s background is circulating on the Internet.

Not content with taking a wrecking ball to America’s trans-Atlantic alliances, the President is attacking our trans-Pacific allies as well.

The latest in the wars against liberalism.

WIth the top two candidates in the race on the same stage, the second night of the first Democratic debate was much feistier than the first night.

President Trump’s first Supreme Court appointment has joined the liberal bloc on several cases.

Is the Sanders-Warren position too extreme for the general election?

Democrats clashed, to some degree, in last night’s inaugural debate of the 2020 season but they clearly agreed far more than they disagreed.

Stephanie Grisham, presently a top aide to First Lady Melania Trump, has been named the new White House Press Secretary and Communications Director.

The Pentagon has been headed by Acting Secretaries for an unprecedented period. Does it really matter?

The Trump Administration unveiled new sanctions against Iran yesterday. They’re unlikely to accomplish the entirely unrealistic goals the President claims to have in mind.