Outside the Beltway

MAGA has eaten the Tea Party.

David Brooks edition.

What happens if a corrupt man who owes hundreds of millions is President?

The projections were way off—in a good way.

Can the fat man take down the elephant in the room?

When we do it, it’s negotiation. When they do it, it’s hostage taking—and terrorism.

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

The state of the union is . . . not good.

A silly workaround to an infuriating problem that won’t go away.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

Some pundits have high standards.

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

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

American exceptionalism at its worst. (Plus some history!).

They shall not submit to blackmail!

On fiscal policy and historical comparisons.

Yes, it’s complicated, but it is also time to stop relying on cliches.

Fascism is less about real politics, which is what makes it terrifying.

Contrary to the promises of December 2017, the Republican tax cuts are not paying for themselves. Instead, they are helping lead us to trillion-dollar deficits.

Don’t worry folks, we’ll make it past that mark quite easily over the course of the new Fiscal Year.

President Trump and the Republican Party have spent the last three years lying about the Federal budget deficit and the economy.

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

As predicted, the Federal Budget Deficit has crossed the threshold back into the world of trillion-dollar deficits. This is all due to the hypocrisy of Republicans and so-called conservatives.

Thanks for nothing, Republicans.

The Federal Budget Deficit rose 27% in July, putting it on course for the $1 trillion by the end of September.

President Trump and the Congressional leadership have reached agreement on a multi-year budget deal that that busts through all remaining controls on spending.

Former South Carolina Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is reportedly considering an intra-party challenge to President Trump

The Trump Administration is warning Congress that we will need to raise the debt ceiling by September. Congress should take this as an opportunity to eliminate it entirely.

The Federal Budget Deficit passed the $700 Billion mark with three months still to go in the Fiscal Year.

The move creates a rare Senate opening in the Equality State, and an opportunity for the daughter of a certain former Vice-President.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

The National Debt officially topped $22 trillion, marking a $2 trillion increase since President Trump took office.

A new study reveals that the Republican tax cut package passed at the end of 2017 has not had the economic impact the GOP claimed it would.

Not surprisingly, the President’s proposed shutdown deal is not being received well by Democrats on Capitol Hill.

President Trump put an offer on the table to end the shutdown, the question is whether it will actually lead anywhere.

Two years of Republican control of the Legislative and Executive Branches has put us back on a path toward $1 trillion budget deficits.

As the shutdown continues, there’s little sign of progress on either end of Pennsylvania Avenue.

The Trump Administration appears to think that the Budget Deficit and National Debt aren’t a big deal because we can just grow our way out of the problem. This is highly unlikely to happen.

Trump has reportedly told aides that he doesn’t really care about reports of an approaching crisis of the budget deficit and national debt because he’ll be out of office before it becomes a problem.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.

Deficits continue to rise.

The National Debt has passed $21,000,000,000,000 for the first time in history just as the nation begins its return to the era of trillion dollar budget deficits.

The Federal Government will borrow more than $1 trillion this year for the first time in more than a half-decade.

The Federal Reserve sees the economy staying relatively the same for the foreseeable future, which is both a good and bad thing.

The first estimate of economic growth in the first three months of 2018 beat expectations slightly, but it doesn’t bode well for the immediate future.

March’s Jobs Report fell far short of expectations.

Republicans spent the eight years of Obama Administration railing against fiscal irresponsibility. Now that they have power, they’re the ones being fiscally irresponsible.

With Republicans fully in control in Washington, their concerns about the budget deficit seem to have disappeared.