Outside the Beltway

We mourn Charlottesville because Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States, made clear in no uncertain terms that in his mind there was little distinction between those in Charlottesville who pursued the un-American “values” of soil, blood, and racial dominance and those who pursued the ideals of the American Constitution.

Facts are stubborn things.

The twice-removed Chief Justice is likely getting a promotion.

The President has endorsed a bill that would cut legal immigration in half.

Vice-President Pence is advocating the admission of Georgia into NATO. That would be a bad idea.

Senate Republicans are back home and hearing from their constituents on health care reform. It’s not going well for them.

The Supreme Court has once again declined to hear an appeal in a Second Amendment case.

Some thoughts on the current state of the Democrats.

In one of the most closely watched Special Elections in American history, the outcome turned out to be not entirely surprising.

Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing President Trump based on alleged violations of two provisions of the Constitution that have never been litigated before.

Democratic nominee Jon Ossoff is leading in a race that Republicans should be winning easily.

Greg Gianforte assaulted a reporter. Now he’s going to Congress, but the outcome of the election really shouldn’t be a surprise.

There’s a Special Election in Montana tomorrow, and the Democratic candidate is performing far above expectations.

Six months after the election, the postmortems of the Clinton campaign all seem to have one thing in common, they all point at things other than the candidate and her campaign as being the reason she lost.

Democrats came close to picking up what has been a solidly Republican seat for nearly forty years but ended up falling short. Instead, we’ll have a runoff in two months.

President Trump’s job approval woes are starting to impact the GOP as a whole.

Republicans held on to Mike Pompeo’s seat in the House, but the outcome was closer than many expected.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, but its reasoning is questionable at best.

The tiny Balkan nation of Montenegro is set to become the latest member of the NATO alliance despite the fact that there is seemingly no good reason for it.

The President’s choice for Labor Secretary withdrew his name from consideration yesterday, but this is just the latest example of what has been a transition that has largely consisted of fumble after fumble by the Trump team.

With two votes last night, President Trump’s Cabinet is coming together.

Despite two Republican defections, Betsy DeVos was confirmed today as Secretary of Education.

Yet more incoherent economic policy from the Tweeter in Chief. A border tax will mean that Americans will undoubtedly pay for at least part of the Great Wall of Trump™.

Another television icon has passed away.

With repeal of the Affordable Care Act now likely sooner rather than later, key Republicans are urging the party to have a replacement in place before repeal is voted on.

Hillary Clinton’s national campaign wasn’t nearly as well-organized as we’d been led to believe.

The head of the biggest energy company in the world is reportedly Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State.

In which I use a lot of words to say hello.

And the winner is……

Janet Reno, who served as Attorney General for nearly all of the Bill Clinton Administration, has died at 78.

A look at the Electoral College shows that It is far more likely that Hillary Clinton will win the election than that Donald Trump will.

I’ve been something of a political news junkie for 40 years now. This year has burned me out.

Two weeks before Election Day, everything seems to be going Hillary Clinton’s way.

With the lone exception of Bill Clinton in 1996, Arizona hasn’t gone for a Democrat since 1948. That streak could end this year.

With twenty-one days to go until Election Day, things are looking very good for Hillary Clinton.

Viewership for the second debate fell some twenty percent from the first debate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that voter are losing interest.

A new study debunks an old idea.

It’s the traditional start of the campaign season, and the race for President is getting close, at least at the national level.

After some two weeks in which it seemed like he might be moderating, Donald Trump doubled down on the most anti-immigrant portions of his immigration plan.

With ten weeks to go ,there’s been some tightening in the polls but Hillary Clinton continues to maintain a commanding lead in the race for the White House.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

It’s eleven weeks — just 77 days — until Election Day, and things are looking pretty good for Hillary Clinton, and pretty bad for Donald Trump.