Outside the Beltway

Amending the Constitution with one simple trick.

The 45th President looks to be the 47th.

A low confidence Election Day forecast.

Floating the idea that NC should just award its EVs to Trump.

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

By one vote.

He was looking for a vote to steal.

It could all come down to Pennsylvania.

Some additional (and longwinded) perspective.

I don’t think its stolen valor, but Walz has played it loose when referring to his service

It all comes down to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

It’s no longer just a Third World problem.

Partisanship and representation in conflict.

Fighting a cult of personality is exhausting.

Federal and state marijuana policies are wildly out of sync.

Our infrastructure was not designed for what most Americans drive today.

The NYT goes too far but not far enough.

A David Brooks column inspires some thoughts.

Looking ahead to November 5, 2024

Will at least four Republicans have a spine?

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

It really is rife with problems.

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

“Red States” and “Blue State”

Mostly a policy lament.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling an unfavorable ruling.

A tough map for the Democrats.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

We can’t find enough people to treat cows, pigs, and horses.

Alas, it probably doesn’t matter.

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

Opponents lose at the district and SCOTUS level in opening salvos.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

Some GOP governors are taking a stance against Trump.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

The Catch-22 of passing a massive spending bill in an undemocratic system.

Rural-urban is now a bigger divide than North-South.

Texas and Oklahoma have reopened Pandora’s Box.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The project that has been on-again, off-again since 2008 seems to be off for good.

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

He probably lacks the legal authority. And business interests in is state will fight hard against him.

Appoint more Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Or else!

Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner are among last night’s lucky recipients.