Outside the Beltway

We are about to find out the degree to which trade wars are good and easy to win.

He filibustered nothing for a very long time.

Governing like a dictator.

The sadly predicted has come to pass.

Beware the Ides of March.

Just beyond parody at this point.

Yet again, too little, too late.

Only a handful of Republican Senators have objected. Mildly.

In which I agree with Trump about the problem, but NOT the solution

Trump is significantly outpeforming his 2020 results in New York and Florida. It doesn’t matter.

He was looking for a vote to steal.

It could all come down to Pennsylvania.

Thoughts that didn’t fit in my last post

Does Nicholas Kristof make his case?

The Democratic gadfly is performatively ‘leaving’ the party.

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

A longstanding project inches forward.

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

The pandemic ruined everything.

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

If so, he’ll almost surely win bigly.

They don’t make ’em like they used to.

There’s one in Maine.

The inevitable threats to remove Biden from the ballot emerge.

A compelling document.

Another state has declared him an insurrectionist.

A breakdown of new survey data.

A David Brooks column inspires some thoughts.

House Republicans still can’t get out of their own way.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Much ado about nothing?

Generations of young Americans weren’t alive or have no real memory of the event.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

It really is rife with problems.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

“Red States” and “Blue State”

A growing trend has healthcare professionals and communities concerned.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

Electoral Count Act reforms are “hidden” in the bipartisan budget bill.

Regarding the newly independent Senator Sinema.

Will anyone listen this time?

Because of course she is.

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

Concerned no more, Senator Collins is now dismayed that she was misled.

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

It’s not all about Trump.