Outside the Beltway

The relationship appears to be an inverse one.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

Oh my.

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

Not Gaetz and Hegseth bad, but still, pretty bad.

Not knowing the results of an election a week later is unacceptable.

It’s neither unprecedented nor powerful. It doesn’t exist.

Not a lot of true competition on my ballot in Alabama.

A low confidence Election Day forecast.

Floating the idea that NC should just award its EVs to Trump.

MTG is at it again.

More on Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election.

And the grotesqueness of the Trumpian response.

The two most annoying Senators in the Democratic caucus are at it again.

An FNC report on the Alaska House race is a mess.

The Gaza conflict has ousted a member of “the Squad.”

Political grandstanding over dubious claims of privilege.

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

A win for the good guys and a loss for Trump and Putin.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

A longstanding project inches forward.

It’s easy if you try.

Why we are where we are.

The inevitable threats to remove Biden from the ballot emerge.

A never-ending saga of politicians choosing their voters.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

Jim Jordan is trying to bully his way into office. It almost certainly won’t work.

What does “complete victory” look like?

The latest reminder.

A weak leader has been ousted. Now what?

A political trial for political crimes always yields a political result.

The inmates are running the asylum.

A Republican lawmaker pleads guilty.

Trump asked him to overturn the election.

The electorate is less alarmed than it was four years ago. Which is good!

A Representative’s slip of the tongue and the ensuing debate.

Sigh.

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

Breaking a cardinal rule.

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

Eight state have withdrawn from a system to prevent illegal voting because of ignorance and agitation.

We’re getting weird policies almost nobody is asking for.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

The fight over changing the clock twice a year continues.

More on the US party system.

The state of the union is . . . not good.

Someone has stepped up to challenge former President Trump.