Outside the Beltway

It is not ratified.

It’s not been a great few days for J. D. Vance

The anti-Trump forces are rallying around the former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador.

Tehran-backed forces are routinely shooting at American forces.

The base is remaining loyal to the only candidate they think can beat Biden.

The Establishment is desperate for an alternative that’s not coming.

The North Dakota governor really, really wants to be on TV.

Another hat for the pile.

Are they bored? Delusional?

You be the judge.

It turns out that the candy flavored booze at the grocery store isn’t even bourbon.

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

It’s not all about Trump.

Despite a rising groundswell of support, the obvious solution to our crisis has not been implemented.

Many states are moving to a first come, first served basis for COVID shots.

A third of Americans are unsure they want the life-saving COVID shots.

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

Too little, too late.

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.

Injecting data into the conversation.

The President has hit rock bottom.

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

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

In the battle for Senate control in 2020, the conditions appear to favor Republicans. At least for now.

Various federal and state agencies are enforcing existing laws while Congress scrambles to update them.

Further progress for advocates of marijuana legalization from the Land of Lincoln.

A Federal Judge in Mississippi has blocked Mississippi’s law that purports to ban abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

Following in the footsteps of Alabama, the Missouri legislature has passed a law that would severely restrict abortion rights in the Show Me State.

Per-student investment in public colleges has not recovered from the Great Recession.

It’s the battleground states that are the issue, not small states v. large states.

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

In the end, the race between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy was not even close.

With the recounts over we can officially say that Rick Scott will be the next Senator from Florida.

The economy may be doing well, but that didn’t help Republicans in the midterms.

Democrats have flipped the Senate seat currently held by Republican Jeff Flake.

On Tuesday, Michigan joined the ranks of the states where marijuana is legal and several other states legalized it for medical purposes.

Whether as candidates or as voters, Democrats can thank women for many of their victories on Tuesday.

The 2018 midterms were mostly about Donald Trump. The results were idiosyncratic.

For better or worse, here are my projections for the midterm elections.

With less than forty-eight hours to go until voters head to the polls, the odds are pointing to a Democratic House and a Republican Senate.

A Federal Judge is letting a North Dakota Voter ID law that clearly discriminates against Native Americans stand.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

Just over a week before two states will be voting on referendums to legalize recreational marijuana, a new poll finds that two-thirds of Americans support legalization.

Measles cases are on the rise in Europe due to the fact that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, people still believe the lies of the anti-vaccination movement.

With three weeks to go until Election Day, it’s looking like we’ll end up with a Congress divided between Democrats in the House and Republicans in the Senate.