Outside the Beltway

To what degree is right wing media shaping Trump’s view of Harris?

The inevitable is all but official.

A little late, but here they are.

Well, that was something.

Biden did what he needed to do.

The state of the union is apparently fiery.

Jim Jordan is trying to bully his way into office. It almost certainly won’t work.

What’s behind the sure-to-fail bid to oust his own party’s Speaker?

A pandemic-inspired perk seems to be going away.

Shockingly, the current President’s numbers are worse than his predecessor’s.

A columnist argues his failed launch was emblematic of a larger problem.

“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”

Whither American civil religion?

Some of these things are not like the other.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

The state of the union is . . . not good.

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

Speaker Pelosi has it. Is President Biden next?

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

The plans to replicate the chaos in the Great White North are not coming together.

Most people liked it more than I did.

The rollout could have been smoother.

Some of his numbers are worse than even Donald Trump’s.

Right wing protestors are expected to attempt to create (more) gridlock in the capitol later today.

It’s Manchin-approved.

We may be out of Afghanistan but the ‘war on terror’ is likely to continue indefinitely.

The evacuation could soon become a terrorist target.

The latest variant of the “No Justice, No Peace” threat is unhelpful.

Elected officials should not comment on ongoing legal proceedings.

Judges are pressuring prosecutors to strike deals, most of which will be for misdemeanors.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

As we approach the new year, the virus is at its peak.

Gracious concessions are the norm except when they’re not.

The Chief of Staff wants to play pretend.

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

A non-exhaustive tour of Trump’s utterances on the pandemic since January.

Ongoing ambiguity is not helpful.

The President is learning more about the Constitution every day.

The President seems to be enjoying a mild rally effect.

Another controversy amid a reality show State of the Union address.

The State of the Union is petulant.

The President is committing enough high crimes and misdemeanors without us manufacturing them.

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

The impeachment battle on Capitol Hill is revealing a whole lot of Republican hypocrisy.

Much like it did during the McCarthy Era, the Republican Party has to decide what side of history it wishes to be on. The right side, or the wrong side.

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

A familiar name has entered the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Massachusetts.