Outside the Beltway

None of this is good for the quality of our democracy (not that it was great to begin with).

And threatening states.

Elections, the states, and the presidency edition.

Authoritarianism is popular.

Thinking about the evolution (or is it devolution) of the GOP since the 1990s.

Are Red and Blue states even part of the same country anymore?

Politicizing scientific inquiry is a bad idea.

Colbert asks Harris a question about leadership.

Here we go again.

Tit-for-tat is maybe good power politics, but is any of this good for democracy?

Trump asks Texas to further gerrymander the state.

Trump is not popular.

A long exposé misses the mark.

An unserious idea from an unserious man.

They’re talking a big game now, but they’ll likely bend a knee. Again.

Of course you realize this means war.

Thoughts on the election and on the electoral rules used.

Over-reading the NYC mayoral primary.

The Commonwealth’s off-off year contests will be seen as a referendum on Trump.

Half the counties in America have moved more Republican in each of the last three elections.

Maybe they weren’t serious about fiscal discipline after all?

Hint: another variables may be the key.

Is it time for the Democrats to move to the center?

It was rather unusual.

Non-college-educated White men remain happy.

A return to the question of age limits for office.

A case from rural Alabama.

A reminder.

The country is not happy with Trump. Except for Republicans.

The polls are showing a really weird dynamic.

There may be no exit.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

In particular in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case

This one should come with a warning label (especially as it cuts both ways)

He was looking for an election to buy.

The courts have ruled the far-right leader ineligible to run.

A natural evolution in American foreign policy, albeit a concerning one.

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

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. 

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

Russia, Russia, Russia?

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.