Outside the Beltway

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.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

Explaining the continuing cowardice of GOP Senators.

It’s getting worse, not better.

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!

Trump needs them both.

The state polling is not lining up along usual patterns.

Injecting data into the conversation.

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

The President has hit rock bottom.

Congress forgot to disestablish a Creek Reservation created by treaty in 1833 and 1856 when it made Oklahoma a state in 1909.

Even Republicans are wondering if President Trump is at his “Katrina moment.”

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

Is the Chief Justice laying a trap or simply ‘calling balls and strikes’?

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

What if instead of the unit rule, states doled out electoral voter based on the proportion of votes each slate of electors received?

SCOTUS and “faithless electors.”

Ego trumps all?

Why South Korea is so far ahead of us in fighting COVID-19.

Those Republicans who recognize how bad President Trump is for he nation but are afraid to speak out against him are as bad as the true believers of Cult45.

The costs of irresponsible policy.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.

If President Trump expected to get a political bump from the death of the leader of ISIS, he is most likely going to be disappointed.

Beto O’Rourke wants to use government policy to punish religious institutions that don’t recognize same-sex marriages.

As widely expected, yesterday’s “jungle primary” in the Louisiana Governor’s race ended with nobody winning a majority.

With an eye on the trade war and the 2020 election, President Trump is increasing subsidies and mandates for corn-based ethanol.

The impending impeachment of the President is likely to reveal Republicans on Capitol Hill to be the cowards we already knew they were.

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.

Jeffrey Epstein’s death by suicide has led to many legitimate questions that should be investigated. It has also led to the rise of a number of baseless conspiracy theories.

A Republican State Legislator in Nebraska says things that other Republicans don’t have the courage to say.

In contrast to the idea of granting statehood to the District of Columbia, the American public appears to strongly support statehood for Puerto RIco.

Mark Esper has been confirmed and sworn in as the next Secretary of Defense, ending a period of nearly 100 days during which the Pentagon was headed by a succession of Acting Secretaries.

Just days after being named the next Acting Secretary of Defense, the President is appointing Mark Esper to be full Secretary of Defense.

The Supreme Court ruled that a World War One memorial that had been on public grounds for 70 years can stay where it is.

Congress is considering a bill that would establish a commission to examine the issue of reparations for slavery.;

Patrick Shanahan is out as nominee to be Secretary of Defense after questions were raised during his background investigation.

More proportional than the GOP, but perhaps not as proportional as one might think.

Ballot measures across the country would deny access to those who refuse to release tax returns.

A novel argument, untested in court, suggests that it might.

Some basics on the US party system.

A new tool for looking at possible Presidential election outcomes.

In what was basically a throwaway line, Joe Biden said something nice about Mike Pence. The reaction from his fellow Democrats says a lot about our current political culture, and none of it is good.

The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward letting a war memorial on public property stay in place.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in a case involving a World War I Memorial in the form of a cross on public land in Suburban Maryland.

Based on his job approval numbers, President Trump could face an uphill battle in 2020.

A bipartisan group of foreign policy luminaries says there is no factual basis for President Trump’s claim.