Outside the Beltway

Now Donald Trump is alleging that the 2016 Election was tainted by ‘illegal voting,’ even though he won!

Most Americans wish Donald Trump would stop tweeting. Good luck with that.

Political change coming to Germany? Or more of the same.

So what’s wrong with the Whitelash Backlash thesis?  Not everything, actually.  But plenty.

The incoming president’s business interests are a yuuuge problem.

Mike Pence’s night at the theater included a message from the cast. Good for them.

A controversial retired General has been tapped to be President-Elect Trump’s top White House foreign policy voice.

Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler. But that’s not the standard.

In what seems like a replay of the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, some top Democratic Party leadership positions may be in jeopardy.

Despite resentments, power will transition peacefully from President Obama to President Trump. We should be thankful for that rather than protesting it.

Did Richard Nixon have knowledge of the future?

Americans are rioting in the streets because they don’t like the outcome of a democratic election.

Trying to make sense of that which makes no sense.

F.B.I. Director Comey tells Congress that it’s investigation into new emails revealed no information to change its conclusions about Hillary Clinton and her email server.

Even if you’re not sure who you should vote for, it’s obvious who you shouldn’t vote for.

Distinguishing between anti-elite populism and coded anti-Semitism is next to impossible.

Depending on what state you live in, taking a picture of your ballot and yourself on Election Day may or may not be legal.

Viewership for the second debate fell some twenty percent from the first debate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that voter are losing interest.

Paul Ryan is abandoning the Trump campaign.

Last night’s debate was indeed the low point everyone anticipated it would be, but it seems unlikely to change the status quo.

Trump was alternately somnambulant, petulant, stalking, incoherent, and dangerous.

Some early musings on a political fantasy that’s less implausible than it was 12 hours ago.

Republicans are abandoning Donald Trump in droves after last night’s revelation of lewd remarks he made in 2005.

Damon Linker writes, “Millions of people disagree with your political views. That doesn’t make them moral monsters.”

Tuesday night’s running mate debate had lower viewership than any such encounter in sixteen years.

Donald Trump is doing worse with white voters than Mitt Romney did in 2012.

It wasn’t exactly Lincoln-Douglas but, in the end, Hillary Clinton clearly outperformed Donald Trump last night.

Trump had a much lower bar than Clinton going in. Neither cleared it.

A late night attack at a shopping mall, and a suspect still at large have raised tensions in Seattle.

After two questionable police shootings, protests erupted overnight in Charlotte, North Carolina.

An explosion that ended up injuring 29 people interrupted an otherwise quiet Saturday evening in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City.

Donald Trump’s campaign is apparently finally acknowledging reality, although its claim that birtherism originated with the Clinton campaign in 2008 does not comport with the facts.

Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Gary Johnson doesn’t get much national press attention, and it doesn’t help when he flubs an answer like he did this morning.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton pointed out truths about Donald Trump that his fellow Republicans were too scared to point out during the primary..

Despite being much more conveniently located for viewers in the United States, viewership for the just-concluded Olympics were the lowest they’ve been in sixteen years.

One speech isn’t going to make up for what we’ve seen so far.

Donald Trump’s strange relationship with reality continues to come to light,

The latest desperation bid from anti-Trump Republicans is guaranteed to make a GOP civil war more likely.

My latest for War on the Rocks.