Outside the Beltway

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.

Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton is ending a Presidential bid that few people were paying attention to.

After urging from President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has barred two Muslim-American Congressmen from visiting Israel. It is a foolish and outrageous decision.

Trump opened his mouth and, once again, racist bilge came spewing out.

The Democratic frontrunner is being wrongly blamed for an explosion in the prison population.

Justin Amash spoke out against the President and Attorney General. Unsurprisingly this is not being received well by his fellow Republicans.

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

Would a similarly-situated woman be getting such over-the-top coverage?

The woman famous for losing the Georgia governor’s race is eyeing a bigger job.

Reason’s Nick Gillespie makes an interesting case but I don’t buy it.

Once again, President Trump proves that in the face of evil he is a coward and a disgrace.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un hold their second summit in Hanoi later this week, but it’s unlikely anything significant will happen.

Following Donald Trump’s lead, the GOP is making clear that its game plan for 2020 is paint all Democrats as ‘socialists, baby killers, and anti-Semites.’

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court today and appears to have fully recovered from her December surgery.

The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

The date and location of the next summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un have been set, but it’s hard to see what can really be accomplished.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has warned the President against using a national emergency to fund his border wall.

In a deal that can only be described as a cave by the President, the government shutdown is on course to be ended by the end of the day today.

President Trump has backed down in his showdown with Speaker Pelosi over the State of the Union Address, but that does nothing to bring us closer to a resolution of the government shutdown.

Is Trump about to make an offer (plus the SOTU letter may have helped).

Thoughts on politics and constitutional powers.

With Democrats making a new proposal and the President set to speak later today, there could be movement on ending the government shutdown. I wouldn’t be too optimistic, though.

The efforts by Speaker Pelosi and President Trump to leverage their institutional powers raise interesting questions.

As the government shutdown continues, Washington is coming to resemble a fight between toddlers. Except the toddlers have the excuse of not knowing any better.

President Trump responded to the suggestion that the State of the Union be rescheduled by revoking military transportation for a Congressional trip to visit troops in Afghanistan.

As the shutdown continues the numbers get worse for the President, but he doesn’t seem to care.

Nancy Pelosi is “suggesting” to the President that the State of the Union be rescheduled for a time after the government shutdown ends, but it clearly seems like more than just a suggestion.

The Speaker is well within her rights to make Trump’s invitation conditional on ending the shutdown. But let’s not pretend we can’t keep him safe.

Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema appears to be headed toward victory.

Kim Davis, who became infamous for defying Court orders to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was defeated in her re-election bid.

At this point, corruption, dishonesty, and insanity are just baked in.

Donald Trump continues to demonstrate that he has nothing but utter contempt for the Rule of Law. At some point, he will either be called to account for this or our nation’s institutions will suffer as a result.

Melania Trump visited a detention center in Texas where children are being held by the Federal Government, but it was her choice of apparel that seemed to garner the most attention.

Once again, President Trump seems intent on insulting a major American ally.

With the President’s “Spygate” allegations standing largely discredited, his attorney and at the moment chief spokesperson Rudy Giuliani admits that the entire conspiracy theory was created to discredit the Mueller investigation.

Three Executive Orders signed ahead of the Memorial Day holiday has government employees scrambling.

Whether Don Blankenship wins or loses in West Virginia, his success is yet another example of how Donald Trump has changed the GOP for the worse.

He cooperated with the FBI. He was arrested by ICE.

As suspected, Cynthia Nixon is not shaping up to be much of a challenge for Andrew Cuomo.

Does Rick Santorum really think that learning CPR can stop school shootings?

The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

Of course Donald Trump wants a military parade, it would be consistent with his delusions of grandeur.

Last week, the President was calling for national unity. This week, he called political opponents “treasonous.”

Poland’s President has signed a controversial bill that purports to criminalize any effort to tie Poland to the Holocaust.

Donald Trump spent much of the past year touting the rising stock market, now he’s getting a lesson in reality.