Outside the Beltway

Old-fashioned notions of journalistic neutrality are chafing young reporters in the Age of Trump.

The woman who wounded three people at the video company before killing herself posted insane rants all over social media.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

He cooperated with the FBI. He was arrested by ICE.

Under the proposal certain visa-seekers (such as China and India) would have to have their social media presence scrutinized.

The grand gesture may put undue pressure on women in making an important life decision.

Supporters of Roy Moore tried to bribe the attorney for a woman accusing the former Senate candidate of sexual assault when she was just fourteen years old into repudiating his client.

Is Google acting as a good citizen here? Or abusing its market dominance?

Breitbart News appears to be fading in terms of readership, but the alt-right politics it represents is not going away.

A D.C. lawmaker latches on to an insane conspiracy theory.

Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Individual races are idiosyncratic. But there are nonetheless some lessons here.

This is from the band Jack Levitt off their 2007 release “Conversations With A Chupacabra.”

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

Netflix no longer offers President Frank Underwood. They’re lining up a replacement.

The inevitable response to announcements by the big box stores that they would not sell guns to those under 21 has arrived.

The former Trump campaign official made the most of his 15 minutes of fame.

While Team Trump has gone out of its way to waylay the Russia investigation, this may not be is part of that effort.

Four social media stars have been fired from their television show after the revelation that Pamela Gellar is their mother.

Yet more absurdity from Brussels, where regulators seemingly don’t understand how the Internet works.

A recent change to the way the social media giant selects articles readers see first has crushed a web magazine.

China’s Xi Jinping solidified his hold on power well into the next decade over the weekend.

The Mueller investigation moves forward.

The students who survived last week’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida are speaking out, and some on the right are responding by engaging in personal attacks and spreading conspiracy theories.

Donald Trump’s dereliction of duty in response to clear evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election is a staggering and flagrant dereliction of the duties he agreed to take on when he took the Oath Of Office more than a year ago.

Phil Carter makes an interesting argument but he’s ultimately mistaken.

A significant and important development in the Russia investigation that shows that President Trump’s claim that the stories of Russian interference in the 2016 election were “Fake News” is completely untrue.

Israeli police have recommended that charges be brought against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Whether that damages him politically remains to be seen.

Intelligence officials are warning that the Russians are set to seek to influence the 2018 elections just as they did in 2016. Despite this, the Trump Administration refuses to acknowledge this publicly while the President seeks to undermine the investigation into past Russian interference.

Administration officials are admitting that it’s likely that Russia will try to interfere in the midterm elections just as it did in 2016, but they don’t seem inclined to do anything about it.

The rise of ‘car sharing’ services has greatly benefitted consumers but had a devastating effect on taxi drivers.

Once again, President Trump is going soft on Russia. Why? I’ll leave that up to the reader to decide.

Fortunately, yesterday’s missile alert in Hawaii was a false alarm. However, it is raising questions about the early warning system that’s in place and the state’s preparedness in case of an actual attack.

If you can’t beat a dead horse on a blog, where can you?

Republican David Yancy was declared the winner of a disputed election, giving the GOP a slim one-seat majority in the state’s House of Delegates.

After forty years in the Senate, Orrin Hatch announced that he will not seek re-election this year, thus opening the door for Mitt Romney to succeed him.

Some Democratic Senators are suggesting that Al Franken should reconsider his decision to resign from the Senate.

We’re looking to inject some new life into an old blog.

A fitting honor for women who have brought to light an issue that was swept under the rug for far too long.

A seventh woman has come forward to accuse Senator Al Franken of having groped her as calls mount from his Democratic colleagues for him to resign.

President Trump has formally endorsed an accused child molester for the United States Senate.

Drip, Drip, Drip?

Is it time to reexamine Presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike?

It appears Russia attempted to influence last year’s Brexit vote in the same manner it did the 2016 election in the United States.

An overwhelming majority of Australians voted in favor of marriage equality in a non-binding referendum. The ball is now in the court of the nation’s legislature to move forward.

Another Alabama woman accuses Roy Moore of sexually assaulting him when she was a teenager.

While many on the right are condemning Roy Moore, there are far too many prevaricators and defenders out there.

President Trump sinks even lower.

Another big change for the Boy Scouts.