Outside the Beltway

What was mere signaling under a Republican Senate and President could now become law.

The loaners, the dreamers, and schemes.

And illustrations of the fact that this isn’t a regular trial.

The New England Patriots coach lived up to the team nickname.

The absurd notion that the President of Senate is the arbiter and judge of the electoral vote.

His tantrum stopped checks over the weekend but Congress called his bluff.

He wanted a cabinet post. And this is a cabinet post.

Too little, too late.

Biden wins again.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

An American hero is gone.

A shadowy flight into the realm of evidence that does not exist.

Why isn’t Joe Biden President already?

He would be the first Latino and first immigrant in the post.

Explaining the continuing cowardice of GOP Senators.

Gridlock doesn’t mean government stops. It just shifts who is governing.

A lot to think about, not a lot of conclusions.

Disconnected representation in action.

A variety of factors have led to better survival chances for those hospitalized with the disease.

The infected guy wants a face-to-face debate.

The rules for counting votes matter.

A rock and roll legend is gone too soon.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

It will, however, be appealed to SCOTUS.

An open Senate race is now much more likely to stay Republican.

“We are a cancer and there is no cure,”

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

Telecommuting has taken a bite out of an industry built on commuting.

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

Contra the CDC, the AAP says getting kids to class outweighs the modest risk of their catching COVID-19.

Of course he did.

The evolution of America’s racial language continues.

Codeswitch.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

The evidence is clear. Injustice feeds rage and rage sometimes boils over.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

The President has been Twitter on their own platform. Now, he’s following through.

And I don’t mean not wearing a mask to Costco.

Unintended consequences of a necessary policy.

Exactly the opposite of what we need in a crisis.

He was the king of crossover hits long before Garth Brooks.

Richard Burr, Jim Inhofe, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler should go to jail.

This is no way to run a railroad.

America’s mayor talks like a snake oil salesman/conman.

The obsession over a singular winner ultimately makes no sense.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).