Outside the Beltway

One photograph that has gone viral is standing as a visualization of the Trump Administration’s inhumane asylum policies.

Evidence appears to clearly established that Russia used many of the same social media efforts it used in the United States in 2016 to interfere in the recent European Parliament elections.

A Florida Woman is being charged with felony burglary after breaking into her estranged husband’s apartment to seize his guns and give them to the police.

As Conservative MP’s continue winnowing down the list of candidates for party leader, Boris Johnson remains the overwhelming leader. However, a surprise challenger may be on his heels.

President Trump’s opening rally of the 2020 campaign sounded an awful lot like a rally from 2016

If Hong Kong’s leaders thought protesters would be satisfied with relatively minor concessions, they have significantly miscalculated the situation.

Today’s edition of “I Am Not Making This Up,”

Texas has become the latest state to eliminate red-light cameras amid increasing evidence that they are largely counterproductive.

Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway stands credibly accused of multiple violations of Federal law. The President will do nothing about it.

The State Department has barred American Embassies from flying the Pride Flag during Pride Month as has been the custom for several years.

America’s Newspaper of Record has decided the backlash isn’t worth it.

May’s Jobs Report came back with disappointing jobs growth, suggesting that the economy may be slowing down.

While mildly embarrassing, it’s unlikely to have much impact on the race.

According to one new study, President Trump’s tweets aren’t having the same impact they used to.

His colum in WaPo isn’t very good.

A new report indicates that Russian social media trolls are involved in spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the United States and elsewhere.

Strong public records laws, not an excess of weirdness, has driven a sad meme.

This year’s graduating class at West Point includes a record number of African-American women.

Some 2020 Democratic hopefuls are turning to a surprising source for counsel.

Jon Bel Edwards is a reminder that our divide is cultural, not just partisan.

Not surprisingly, Chelsea Manning is headed back to jail for her refusal to answer questions before a Federal Grand Jury investigating Julian Assange and Wikileaks.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

Chelsea Manning, who was being held in jail for refusing to comply with a Grand Jury subpoena, was released yesterday but it’s likely to only be a temporary freedom.

Sexual misconduct in the military continues to frustrate observers.

Avengers: Endgame earned $1 billion worldwide in its first weekend, but it will take a lot more to become the biggest grossing movie of all time.

Its explanation for why its paywall is coming down 3 days leads us to an obvious question.

I sense a great disturbance in the Force. As if a billion voices are crying out “No, not Chewie!!!!”

While street protests continue, the efforts to get the Venezuelan military to oust President Nicolas Maduro appear to have failed.

The ongoing apparent attempted coup in Venezuela is already leading to talk of American intervention in the event of a crackdown. That would be unwise and unjustified.

The narrow loser of the Georgia governor’s race has left open the possibility of running for President.

Counter-Intelligence officials are warning that Russia is preparing another election interference campaign for the 2020 election.

Blasts at Christian churches and tourist hotels appear to be a coordinated terrorist attack.

Donald Trump speaks largely just to his base, ignoring the nation as a whole. Whether this will be enough to win re-election in 2020 is an open question.

A major, destructive fire hits one of the most historic churches in the world.

Checking in after an extended absence.

The 2020 debate on Twitter does not represent ordinary Americans. Does that matter?

The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez edition.

It’s increasingly challenging to discuss media coverage because we’re all consuming a hand-selected bit of it.

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

The principal findings of the Mueller report are now public. They’re good news for the President on Russia and a mixed bag on obstruction.

Predictably, news that the investigation has ended has people on both sides cheering. It’s unwarranted.

On one level, it is rather amusing; on another is it quite insidious.

Two-thirds want social media platforms to ban harassment and racist, sexist, and other offensive speech.

Free expression sometimes enables horrible crimes. How does a free society deal with that tension?

Another white supremacist attack raises disturbing questions about our information environment.

Why rational discourse seldom changes the minds of some people.

Mandatory vaccination laws raise personal liberty issues that ought to be taken seriously, but in the end, public health concerns weigh heavily in favor of laws mandating vaccination.

The relatively light sentence that Paul Manafort received is raising eyebrows. Hopefully it will lead to a long-overdue debate on sentencing reform.

A decade-long study once again establishes that there is no link between childhood vaccination and autism.

In what was basically a throwaway line, Joe Biden said something nice about Mike Pence. The reaction from his fellow Democrats says a lot about our current political culture, and none of it is good.