Outside the Beltway

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is reportedly considering a late entry into the race for the Democratic nomination.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the NATO alliance is suffering brain death due to President Trump’s neglect and lack of leadership.

Jeff Sessions is running to win back his old Senate seat, putting into play the possibility of a clash with President Trump.

A key diplomat and close supporter of the President has essentially confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo between Ukrainian aid and negative information about the President’s political opponents.

Former President Obama called out so-called ‘woke’ culture in a talk late last week.

Two weeks after the most recent debate, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are pulling ahead in the polls.

Smugglers are getting over and through Trump’s border wall with material you can buy at your local Home Depot.

And now we have evidence of a clear effort at a coverup by high-level White House employees. The question would be, what did the President know and when did he know it?

Kamala Harris’s Presidential race continues to his bumpy roads.

Donald Trump is moving his permanent residence south, where he should be right at home.

If President Trump expected to get a political bump from the death of the leader of ISIS, he is most likely going to be disappointed.

The Washington Nationals won their first World Series in franchise history, and the first for Washington, D.C. since Calvin Coolidge was President.

The economy grew an anemic 1.9% in the third quarter according to the first estimate of the state of the economy over the summer.

A current defense of Trump raises an ancient political question.

A Federal District Court Judge gave the House of Representatives, and the nation, a big win yesterday.

The President is tired of all the fake news.

A custody case out of Texas raises issues about how to react to and treat a child who identifies as a gender different from their biological sex.

A top U.S. diplomat involved in Ukraine policy confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo regarding U.S aid to Ukraine.

New polling is showing increased public support for President Trump’s impeachment and removal

So far at least, Elizabeth Warren is not doing a good job of articulating her foreign policy positions. That needs to change if she’s going to be a serious candidate.

American negotiators are claiming a ceasefire in northern Syria. The Turks, Syrians, and Russians are the winners, the Kurds are the losers, and we look like schmucks.

As he reaches his 1,000th day in office, Trump’s lies pile up at an astronomical rate.

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

The third part of a long, but connected, set of thoughts.

Elizabeth Warren’s comments at an LGBT rights forum late last week were cheered by the audience, but some Democrats are raising concerns about their impact on the General Election.

Is tipping a social obligation or an incentive/punishment related to quality of service?

With an eye on the trade war and the 2020 election, President Trump is increasing subsidies and mandates for corn-based ethanol.

President Trump loses yet another Cabinet Secretary.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate comes from a part of the world that most people almost never think about.

New reports indicated that the President’s contacts with Ukraine’s President set off alarm bells inside the White House.

Trump makes a particularly dumb comment about our alliance with Syrian Kurds.

Just days after President Trump agreed to remove American forces from the scene, Turkish forces are entering northern Syria and Kurdish forces say they ar ready for war.

Republicans face a choice. Do they put their country first, or do they put their President first?

The White House is doubling down on its illegitimate stonewalling of valid Congressional document requests.

North Korea appears to be pulling back from any future negotiations over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, leaving the Trump Administration’s Korea policy in shambles.

Public opinion on impeachment has shifted rapidly to the point where a majority of Americans support an impeachment inquiry and support for removal is growing as well.

The United States is withdrawing its small force from Northern Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish invasion that will likely
aim to wipeout the Kurdish forces in the region.

The evidence piles up.

Trying to nail down some basics about a very complicated situation.

A somewhat disappointing jobs report for September.

The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.

The past week has demonstrated more notably than any other that this President is not well.

It’s been one year since Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen in public again. We are no closer to justice in his case than we were a year ago.

It’s not just Ukraine.

Not surprisingly, President Trump told Russian officials early on that he didn’t care if Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

The impending impeachment of the President is likely to reveal Republicans on Capitol Hill to be the cowards we already knew they were.

Not surprisingly, there are other phone call transcripts and other communications that further complicate Trump’s position.

Fox News Channel in general, and Fox And Friends in particular, have become nothing but a propaganda network for the White House and the President.

Just over four years ago.

House Democrats are reportedly looking at an impeachment process narrowly focused on the President’s efforts to obtain a quid pro quo from the President of Ukraine.