Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump would be a more effective and dangerous President if he and his team were more competent.

Presidents have appointed loyalists since time immemorial. Has this one gone too far?

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

He’s doubling down on hypocrisy.

We need a better vocabulary for treating the spectrum between rude and horrific.

Dueling Washington Post op-eds are sowing confusion.

Whocouldanode?

We may be seeing the beginning of the end.

Bloomberg waffles on China while Sanders has a soft spot for Castro.

Lack of control of label is lack of control, ultimately, of a party.

Several trends are pointing in a new direction.

A smaller staff is arguably a good idea. But not this way.

Has this precedent permanently damaged the country? Or is it just politics as usual?

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

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

In response to the American assassination of a top General, Iran has announced the end of yet more restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

After a two-year investigation, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice found no basis for the conspiracy theories being pushed by the Republicans regarding the Russia investigation.

Ted Cruz is the latest Republican Senator to repeat discredited Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election.

November saw much higher jobs growth than economic analysts were expecting, but it could just be a statistical blip.

Much like the President they obsequiously defend, Republicans have become useful idiots in Russia’s war on Western liberal democracy.

Seeking to have a US citizen investigated by a foreign government based on innuendo is a major problem.

The Secretary of the Navy was abruptly dismissed late yesterday in a dispute over the a case involving a SEAL accused of war crimes.

Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.

Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.

Another bad night for Republicans in Virginia, and another warning sign for Republicans nationally.

October’s jobs report came back better than expected but hardly something to cheer.

The economy grew an anemic 1.9% in the third quarter according to the first estimate of the state of the economy over the summer.

Contrary to the promises of December 2017, the Republican tax cuts are not paying for themselves. Instead, they are helping lead us to trillion-dollar deficits.

There’s apparently big news in the fight against ISIS.

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

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

New testimony from a former Trump adviser details how Rudy Giuliani was able to hijek American foreign policy.

Don’t worry folks, we’ll make it past that mark quite easily over the course of the new Fiscal Year.

A somewhat disappointing jobs report for September.

Jake Tapper and Chris Wallace both put Administration surrogates through the ringer on their respective Sunday morning shows.

The real crime is what’s legal.

A little bit of this for a little bit of that.

President Trump and the Republican Party have spent the last three years lying about the Federal budget deficit and the economy.

California, joined by 22 other states and jurisdictions, is suing to block the Administration’s efforts to revoke the state’s waiver to impose tougher clean air regulations.

Working as the President’s private attorney, Rudy Giuliani has spent months working behind the scenes to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden’s son.

In a rebuke to traditional conservative views of Federalism, the Trump Administration intends to revoke California’s authority to set its own clean air standards,

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

The Trump Administration is considering banning flavored electronic cigarettes. This would be a a bad idea.

The top ten candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination clashed last night in a debate that made clear the different ideological directions that this race is pulling their party.

As predicted, the Federal Budget Deficit has crossed the threshold back into the world of trillion-dollar deficits. This is all due to the hypocrisy of Republicans and so-called conservatives.

The case of Roland Gramajo is an excellent example of what’s wrong with the Trump Administration’s immigration policy.

The August Jobs Report came in below expectations as other economic statistics point to a slowing economy.

A former Federal Reserve officials argues that the Fed should not lower interest rates to compensate for the impact of the President’s trade war, potentially leading to his defeat in the election. This is an incredibly bad idea.

Thanks for nothing, Republicans.