Outside the Beltway

A purge of the professional staff for, well, reasons.

The mess in California hides a more pressing issue.

Here we go again.

The last challenger to Donald Trump bows to reality.

An unsurprising result.

If so, he’ll almost surely win bigly.

Data from the early primaries

The politics of chaos.

The Top Two system has created perverse incentives.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

Fighting a cult of personality is exhausting.

A fundamental flaw illustrated.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.

Ezra Klein makes a compelling case.

Yes, every special election is a very special snowflake, but trends do emerge

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

There’s momentum for changing the most controversial Trump era tax change.

A bizarre call from the former Speaker.

Group dynamics and limited choices.

The Washington Post proves that, no matter how hard you try, you can’t cover some stories neutrally.

Shockingly, both “incumbents” are going to win their party’s 2024 nominations.

Apparently, Making Germany Great Again is controversial.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one . . .

Some things shouldn’t be joked about (and they often aren’t jokes anyway).

Making 2024 about 2021 and 1777.

A powerful voice in Black media is a thorn in the administration’s side.

A compelling document.

Another state has declared him an insurrectionist.

Lines on the map for the win.

Economic Chart Edition.

Ignorance, it turns out, isn’t bliss.

The coiner of Godwin’s law gives his blessing.

Even when it is focused on.

Political things are inherently political part the millionth.

A few predictions that are going to disappoint just about everyone.

A historic ruling likely to be overturned.

John Fetterman says he’s not a progressive.

A never-ending saga of politicians choosing their voters.

The system isn’t very good.

400-plus general and flag officer promotions went through almost instantaneously.

America’s weird system for choosing Presidents keeps getting weirder.

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

The President has tepid support in the 18-29 demographic.

A David Brooks column inspires some thoughts.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.

Let the punditry begin.

Abortion, an unrepresentative electorate, and candidate idiosyncracy ruled the off-off-year election.

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

Survey research is not without flaws. But we dismiss it at our peril.

Looking ahead to November 5, 2024