Outside the Beltway

The two most annoying Senators in the Democratic caucus are at it again.

Donald Trump fared considerably worse against a cogent opponent.

Progressive activists are preparing to “democracy-proof” the country.

Yesterday’s New Jersey speech was something to behold.

The ruling could be more impactful than Dobbs. Or render Dobbs less impactful.

The state of the union is apparently fiery.

The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court is gone at 93.

Abortion, an unrepresentative electorate, and candidate idiosyncracy ruled the off-off-year election.

We need reform.

The Senate is voting one-by-one in the face of the Tuberville hold on top nominees.

More thinking about the 2024 GOP primary.

Wherein I finally reveal my answer (spoiler: it is hardly surprising). And, also, wherein despite the goal of brevity, I fail at that goal.

A counterintuitive move.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

A 5-4 ruling overturns a unanimous decision from 1985.

The controversies over our geriatric Congress continue.

It’s time for her to step down.

The Supreme Court’s internal investigation was inconclusive.

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

The Needle is Broken

Touting the accomplishments of the last two years isn’t working.

The race is returning to expectation.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

He’s proposed a bill with no chance of passage seemingly timed to hurt his own party in the midterms.

What we believe and what we say we believe are often not the same.

They’re spending millions on issue ads in the wake of Dobbs.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

An absurd extension of the fight over abortion.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

Here we go again . . . .

We live in a bizarre timeline.

Abortion is now illegal or heavily restricted in at least 11 states.

So, what now?

Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban may or may not be back in effect.

Concerned no more, Senator Collins is now dismayed that she was misled.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

The leaked draft is now the law of the land.

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

Ezra Klein discusses the dynamics of American conservatism in historical perspective. Plus, he helps illustrate a key problem that we have in thinking about American politics (IMHO).

Susan Collins and other Senators claiming otherwise are just wrong.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

In other news, there’s gambling going on at Casablanca.

The role of American political institutions.

There are many barriers to true freedom.