Outside the Beltway

Michelle Obama thinks so.

There are real life consequences.

The octogenarian Speaker Emerita will not seek re-election.

And what it means for 2024 and beyond.

The former Defense Secretary and Vice President is gone at 84.

The term which kicked off this week wil decide whether we effectively have a king.

Can Democrats do anything?

Former VPs get only six months of protection?!

A list of words and who actually uses them!

Are Democrats triggering voters by pushing the Overton Window on language, thereby subverting norms and creating barriers to participation?

Authoritarianism is popular.

Colbert asks Harris a question about leadership.

The end of an era.

They may whine and bluster, but Trump always gets their votes.

Over-reading the NYC mayoral primary.

It was rather unusual.

A reminder.

Even Republicans are balking at some Trump policies.

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

About half the country wants about half of Trump.

It “literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

They repeatedly said he has been found “liable for rape.” The nerve.

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

She’s not likely to ride off into the sunset at 60.

The politics of humiliation and gaslighting.

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

Of leopards and faces.

One thread that runs through most explanations for Tuesday’s result.

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

How that awful man won again.

Let’s take a moment to recognize our grief, and what it means.

The 45th President looks to be the 47th.

Remember, remember the fifth of November…

My turn.

A low confidence Election Day forecast.

A different take on our political realignment.

Trump is less unpopular than ever.

For want of an apostrophe . . .

It’s the opposite of politics as usual.

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

Staffers are in mutiny after owners killed plans to endorse Kamala Harris for President.

Making mountains of molehills.

Our long national nightmare is not over.

A modest disturbance in the force.

It turns out that the former and would-be-again President has a potty mouth.

They are not like you and me.