Outside the Beltway

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

Having the topic of political reform start to seep into pop culture is a good thing.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

Injecting data into the conversation.

Pondering lack of US interest in our friends to the south.

The pandemic is having serious effects in the region, and they will persist for some time.

The best people.

The President has hit rock bottom.

The Supreme Court isn’t taking much of a break this year.

Apparently, we’re not supposed to drink the stuff.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

We won’t have whatshisname to kick around any more.

More evidence that walls don’t work as well as claimed.

The erstwhile Tea Party Republican is making a run for President.

It got somewhat ugly at the kids’ table.

Most national pundits saw it differently than I did.

We are truly exceptional in how we choose the president.

Several trends are pointing in a new direction.

America first.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the NATO alliance is suffering brain death due to President Trump’s neglect and lack of leadership.

After more than a year of Trump’s trade war, the trade deficit, which he promised to reduce, has increased.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized for blocking constituents on Twitter as part of a legal settlement.

Smugglers are getting over and through Trump’s border wall with material you can buy at your local Home Depot.

Senator Elizabeth Warren released a more detailed version of her ‘Medicare For All” plan late last week. It leaves much to be desired.

The economy grew an anemic 1.9% in the third quarter according to the first estimate of the state of the economy over the summer.

Apparently, the President thinks shooting people is amusing.

Not surprisingly, President Trump told Russian officials early on that he didn’t care if Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

What we know for sure.

Well that didn’t take long.

A new poll finds President Trump trailing his potential Democratic opponents by huge margins among Latino voters.

President Trump’s newest tariffs went into effect over the weekend. They’re going to hurt.

So weird.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

The Trump Administration has apparently decided that it will not be providing the flu vaccine to migrants being held in facilities at the southern border.

President Trump is delaying implementation of his recently announced tariffs on Chinese goods.

Donald Trump lies with the ease that the rest of us tie our shoes. Will that fact have an impact on voters?

The only African-American Republican in the House of Representatives is retiring, and that should worry Republicans nationwide.

Another day, another mass shooting and, as is becoming all too common in this country, this one appears to have been racially motivated.

President Trump announced a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods set to take effect on September 1st Another stupid move in a very dumb trade war.

Volkswagen recently announced that it was ending production of one of its most famous and recognizable models. The last Beetle rolls off the assembly line tomorrow.

After a year of fighting, the Administration has given up on its effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The victory of the U.S. Women’s team in the World Cup has renewed a long-standing argument over pay equity, but the issue is far more complicated than it seems.

The ground shook overnight in Southern California for the second time in two days.

Change isn’t likely.

The latest in the wars against liberalism.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi suffered a major defeat on a signature issue.