Outside the Beltway

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

When the abnormal ceases to be.

Thoughts that didn’t fit in my last post

The Tara Reade allegations haven’t hurt the presumptive nominee with the party.

The presumptive Democratic nominee says, “They aren’t true. This never happened.”

A year and a half into the #MeToo era, we’re still debating who gets to have a career.

The 2020 campaign is already heating up, and California Senator Kamala Harris could be one of the first serious candidates for President to throw her hat in the ring.

The morning show co-hosts tied the knot at a secret ceremony at the National Archives.

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

A new bombshell allegation in the Stormy Daniels affair.

The President tried bringing something akin to a traditional policy process to the White House. Now he’s rebelling against it.

“Why the hell would we do that?” — White House official.

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.

A legendary statesman has passed.

Donald Trump loves the fact that he’s being praised by an autocratic dictator.

MSNBC’s attempt to be the liberal Fox News isn’t working.

The NRA is calling President Obama an “elitist hypocrite” for opposing armed guards in schools while sending his own girls to school with armed guards.

Alex Pareene’s annual hack list omits an obvious candidate: Alex Pareene.

Will the Obama Administration’s decision on contraceptive coverage by the Catholic Church have an impact in November?