Outside the Beltway

Why a paper got the story right and no one paid attention and polls over opposition research

A ginned up controversy regarding a border nature reserve has escalated.

Whataboutism about a visit to Whataburger (and other tales of obfuscation).

Gotta clear those tabs.

Eric Adams appears to have won a confusing race that isn’t quite over.

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

First whining about losing, now whining about legislation. (And creating chaos along the way).

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash doubled down on his assertion that the Attorney General was deliberately misleading Congress and the American public.

The Supreme Court sent a signal yesterday that seems to indicate how it might deal with future abortion law challenges and it doesn’t bode well for pro-lifers.

The early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination is drawing fire from multiple fronts. It may destroy his candidacy before it begins.

Defense Secretary James Mattis has announced that the deployment of U.S. troops to the Mexican border will be extended through the end of this year.

President Trump wants to send more troops than we have in Syria and Iraq combined to the border to deal with a non-existent threat.

In a new interview, former Trump attorney and ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen gives the strongest signal yet that he’s ready to cooperate with investigators.

A really weird detail buried in a New York Times story about President Trump’s efforts to get the Justice to retire.

Republicans are trying to fight back against efforts to limit their ability to gerrymander Congressional and State Legislative Districts. It’s a fight they deserve to lose.

The alternatives to Trump vs Clinton are getting into the realm of fantasy.

Trump is doing the opposite of trying to calm things down.

Notwithstanding the hopes of many Republicans, Donald Trump continues to be the person to beat in the race for the party’s 2016 Presidential nomination.

A collection of material that tries to separate the facts of the U.S. Syrian refugee screen process from the fear, myth, paranoia, and xenophobia.

When did “politics” become a dirty word?

An adviser close to Hillary Clinton is talking about expanding the Electoral College map in 2016, but even without such an expansion the GOP faces an uphill battle.

The results of the 2014 midterms should teach us some lessons about how to handle and evaluate polling.

There’s nothing wrong with choosing not to vote.

Trouble in paradise for two of Hawaii’s top Democrats?

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

Ugh.

According to some reports, President Obama may be about to make an end run around Congressional inaction on immigration reform.

Just in time for the midterms, Todd Akin is back to remind voters of the GOP’s problems with female voters.

Well this is a unique defense.

The editors of our great newspapers are interchangeable.

Was there ever a more tepid endorsement than “Joe Scarborough for President? Sure, Why Not?”

A certain wealthy man with good hair is doing very well in a meaningless poll.

A slap on the wrist underscores the bottom-up nature of US parties.

Wonkblog’s founder is leaving the Washington Post to start a new media outlet of his own.