Outside the Beltway

Party leaders are treating an electoral defeat as inevitable.

An example of when better isn’t better.

Some of the other costs that come with exercising a constitutional right

Two hundred-odd people have pled or been found guilty. One has been acquitted.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

World opinion has shifted even more against Russia. Will it matter?

They’re not missing and that points to a systemic issue

Can it overcome demographics and decoupling to sustain its current unprecedented growth?

Do you believe in miracles?

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Most people liked it more than I did.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

Not Mayberry. Not even close.

Is the administration governing like it’s 2009?

Some pundits have high standards.

It depends on how you do the math.

Apparently, getting her elected President is not a high enough priority in the Biden White House.

The West Virginia Senator has taken the football from Charlie Brown and gone home.

Is the stalwart of Senate bipartisanship interested in governing?

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

Russia’s leader sees the situation in the former Soviet Republic quite differently than the West.

A serial criminal murdered five and injured dozens.

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

Politicians gonna politician, but still…

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

Working conditions rather than labor supply seems to be the issue.

Another example for the conversation.

Mayor Pete is being mocked for telling obvious truths.

Three days late, $1.2 billion long.

Too woke! Not woke enough!

Joe Biden has bet his presidency on a caucus that may simply be irreconcilable.

$1.75 trillion ain’t $3.5 trillion but it’s something.

The enigmatic Senator is a world-class attention seeker.

The equivalent of Pennsylvania’s entire labor force is sitting on the sidelines.

The Biden administration is not doing enough.

The liberal media is giving all their attention to the tax and spend Democrats!

Replacing the social media giant ain’t easy.

The President’s approval has plummeted, largely because of factors outside his control.

This time: Senator Marco Rubio.

Instead of complaining, she should use her leverage.

We’re an incredibly divided country but splitting it into two is impossible.

The Democrats are apparently selling their omnibus spending package the wrong way.

The internecine fight over the budget is coming to a head.

Why products are still hard to find and prices are so high.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

The Catch-22 of passing a massive spending bill in an undemocratic system.

More machinations from the mischievous mining mouthpiece.

Because why the hell not.

Regardless of one’s views on abortion, the enforcement provision in the new Texas law should be concerning.