Outside the Beltway

The conversation continues. (Warning: it is over 3000 words).

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

Trump fires another Inspector General.

The status quo ante is not just waiting for us around the corner.

And a broader discussion of the ongoing Tara Reade story.

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

The erstwhile Tea Party Republican is making a run for President.

Some potentially good news for Biden,

Especially for Joe Biden.

Dan Drezner makes an interesting comparison.

The 58-year-old may have a post-presidency unmatched in history.

Ego trumps all?

Exactly the opposite of what we need in a crisis.

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

The President seems to be enjoying a mild rally effect.

In his own words

(Alternative title: Narcissist-in-Chief III)

This could be a very long series.

There are two theories, neither of them good.

As if the country needed more turmoil.

This is no way to run a railroad.

The billionaire has decided to stop tilting at windmills.

The 78-year-old is the Comeback Kid. And the only chance of preventing a Bernie Sanders nomination.

A discussion of what #NeverTrump means, on Sanders v. Trump, and some about the philosophy of voting.

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

Primaries are not all they are cracked up to be.

We are truly exceptional in how we choose the president.

The mega-billionaire commits to a path quite different from the fake billionaire currently in office.

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

Unprecedented spending since leaving City Hall has put him in a unique position.

Could the fevered dream really come true?

The Democratic nominee will be white.

The Vermont Senator is a better politician than most give him credit for.

The State of the Union is petulant.

(At least the removal part)

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

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

The Republicans are playing a different game.

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

The paper of record endorsed both Warren and Klobuchar

Two progressives enter. One progressive leaves.

More on presidential nonsense with a brief diversion into blogging philosophy.

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.

Another one bites the dust.

It’s been quite a year, and quite a decade.

For the third time in history, an American President has been impeached.

Despite denials and dismissals, it is clear that being an impeached President is getting under Trump’s skin.

By the end of today, Donald Trump will most likely be the third President of the United States to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

The President of the United States has sent a bizarre, rant-filled letter to the Speaker of the House. Revealing just how unbalanced he actually is.

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.