Outside the Beltway

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).

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

With the House of Representatives just days away from impeaching President Trump, polling shows that public opinion on the issue has not changed much since October.

Public opinion on impeachment has taken a rapid turn that should alarm the Trump White House.

House Democrats are reportedly looking at an impeachment process narrowly focused on the President’s efforts to obtain a quid pro quo from the President of Ukraine.

For the first time, it’s conceivable that Republicans will turn against the President.

A wrongheaded solution for a legitimate problem.

We’re unlikely to see anyone like her again.

Another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is gone.

As doubts about the health of the economy start to mount, President Trump’s job approval is starting to suffer.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent three weeks of cancer treatment earlier this summer. The second such treatment in a year, and the fourth in the last twenty years.

Trump’s trip to El Paso in one photo and two videos.

Justice Ginsburg has some kind words for her two newest co-workers, perhaps to the surprise of many of Ginsburg’s own supporters.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t very impressed by the proposals made by several liberal politicians lately to increase the size of the Supreme Court to counterbalance the conservative tilt created by the Gorsuch and Kavanaugh confirmations.

Another case where the cruelty is the point?

The President’s latest job approval numbers show little sign of movement in the wake of the release of the Mueller report

The Trump Administration’s policies toward Iran aren’t going to work, but that’s because they aren’t supposed to work.

The Supreme Court is likely to finish striking down restrictions on offensive trademarks.

California Governor Gavin Newsome may have put the issue front and center for 2020.

The law is not on the President’s side.

History’s first all-female spacewalk was thwarted by a lack of smaller suits.

The (Acting) Secretary of Defense has issued an unconstitutional order.

Before we draw broad conclusions of the reporting on the report, don’t we need to see the report?

And a link to a worthwhile read.