Outside the Beltway

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

It’s the spirit of the season.

Republicans are dying at a much higher rate than Democrats.

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

Electoral Count Act reforms are “hidden” in the bipartisan budget bill.

House Democrats are releasing them because they can.

It would be an abuse of power.

There are at most eight toss-up states for the 2024 Presidential election.

Contrary to a Politico headline, the GOP response to Trump’s anti-constitution talk continues to underwhelm.

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

A memory of pop culture and its linkage to broader myths about America.

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

New details are emerging about possible motivations.

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

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

The Needle is Broken

A revealing comparison of Republican districts that deny and don’t deny the 2020 outcome.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

He’s using a tool he denounced as cruel to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

Another example of the arbitrariness of the death penaly

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

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

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

The Pentagon’s Inspector General is “concerned” over the pace of rejections.

A shameful stunt reminiscent of an even darker era.

This is just playing crass political games with human beings.

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

A repeat of 1860 can’t happen. But something even worse could.

American parties are coordination problems with shared branding.

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

A cruel and insidious ‘solution’ to the border problem.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

They’re going to wait until after the midterms to decide whether Iowa and New Hampshire stay at the front of the line.

The economic downturn is hitting groups in different ways.

With all of California’s problems solved, Gavin Newsome is doing stunts.

Police and the Punisher Skull

An absurd extension of the fight over abortion.

Republicans killed their parents and demanding mercy for being orphaned.

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

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

So, what now?

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

More ugly revelations about the football hero turned politician.