Outside the Beltway

The 2008 Republican nominee for president condemned his party and its president for the release of a controversial memo attacking the FBI.

The military options thus far presented for dealing with the DPRK have not been satisfying.

Donald Trump lies about even the most trivial matters, How are we supposed to believe anything else he says?

Donald Trump is wildly unpopular in the United Kingdom, and that’s apparently causing him to eschew visiting the United States’s most important ally.

Report that President Trump considered withdrawing the Gorsuch nomination are another sign of his unhealthy obsession with pledges of loyalty from people who have no business giving it to him.

In his time as President, Donald Trump has demonstrated as much contempt for the rule of law as he did as a candidate.

Federal Courts continue to rule against the Administration, and the President continues to lash out at Judges and demonstrate his contempt for the Rule Of Law.

Donald Trump is continuing to up the ante in his rhetorical war against one of America’s most fundamental freedoms.

Some more interesting post-election commentary from Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton delivers the most obvious news ever.

Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia, has come out against the most recent immigration-related action by the national leader of his party.

On Trump’s anger.

Donald Trump is the most unpopular incoming President in more than eighty years.

The Trump Administration will not try to stop former F.B.I. Director James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

A legendary statesman has passed.

Yet another report that the President of the United States sought to undermine an ongoing F.B.I. investigation.

Coming to a television set or Internet livestream near you sometime after Memorial Day.

In the immortal words of Warren Zevon, “Send lawyers, gun, and money. The shit has hit the fan.”

Republicans are going to find it difficult to distance themselves from Donald Trump.

Rachel Maddow hyped the fact that she had obtained a copy of Trump’s 2005 tax return last night. It turned out to be much ado about nothing.

The Trump Administration is continuing, and indeed expanding, its war on a free press.

Notwithstanding the election results, support for eliminating the Electoral College is at a 20-year low.

For Donald Trump, it appears that ignorance is bliss.

Some Hillary Clinton supporters have a foolish and unworkable “plan” to steal Trump’s victory in the Electoral College. They should abandon it.

Did Richard Nixon have knowledge of the future?

Even if you’re not sure who you should vote for, it’s obvious who you shouldn’t vote for.

Are these the faces of Clinton voters? George P. Bush thinks so.

According to one report, the GOP’s longest living former President plans to vote for a Democrat this fall.

David Brooks thinks American politics “Could get ugly” before the ship gets righted.

Early indications are the Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other older Justices don’t plan on leaving any time soon.

A Trump loss in November could lead to battles inside the GOP that could take years to resolve.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that the election is “over,” because it isn’t.

America’s largest voting bloc is heavily turned off by Donald Trump, and that is posing long-term problems for Republicans in general.

Things aren’t pretty inside the House of Trump these days.

Donald Trump started out his campaign by telling us that the American dream is dead, and he returned to those dark and pessimistic themes in his acceptance speech last night.00

Donald Trump’s open contempt for the Rule of Law and Freedom of the Press should disqualify him from being considered an acceptable candidate for President.

How much command of detail should we demand of presidential candidates?

Marco Rubio is ruling out a return to politics, at least for now.

A renewed internal GOP fight to stop Donald Trump seems to be doomed to fail.

Ben Carson and his supporters would have you believe that he is being subjected to unprecedented and unfair scrutiny. That assertion is completely false.

President Obama has apparently come to the same realization as many of his predecessors, that trying to craft a legacy by single-handedly bring about “Middle East Peace” is largely a waste of time.

Senator Bernie Sanders wants to let states decide how to regulate marijuana, or to not regulate it at all if they choose. Intellectually honest conservatives should support his effort.

Republicans seem to be thinking that Hillary Clinton will be an easier General Election candidate than the evidence suggests she is likely to be.

Whether they like it or not, it’s becoming quite apparent that Republicans may have to get used to the idea that Donald Trump really could be their nominee next year.

One of the nation’s preeminent polling firms is sitting out the 2016 primaries.