Outside the Beltway

What we know about those arrested for the 6 January insurrection.

He will challenge Greg Abbott for the GOP nomination.

Quick takes from the week.

Brought to you by the son of Moon.

The author of beloved children’s books is gone at 91.

A really weird proposal to solve a problem that probably doesn’t exist.

An interesting blast from the past.

And no, there aren’t always “two sides to every story.”

Yesterday showed that Biden understands the “dignified” part of politics.

Does online performance logically devolve into rage and violence?

Hashtag: You’re Fired.

Thus far, Disney+ and HBO Max are additive rather than cannibalizing competing services.

The inevitable only took 105 years.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

A sad and disturbing report from a reliable source.

Music legend John Lennon’s life was cut tragically short four decades ago.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

” . . . to a second Trump Administration.” Get it?

A tale so bizarre it is hard to believe it is real.

Rudy Giuliani and a hack tabloid are trying to revive the Burisma story.

A rock and roll legend is gone too soon.

Having the topic of political reform start to seep into pop culture is a good thing.

A parody of a joke.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

The Americana star and son of Steve Earle is gone too soon.

It’s much easier to fund bad information than good.

The Country Music Hall of Famer is gone.

A legendary comic is gone.

Arguably the best comedian of his generation is not kidding around.

Jo Rae Perkins may be a nut, but she won a four-person primary.

A fiasco wrapped in a clusterfuck.

Sigh.

A great songwriter is gone at 73.

The 1990s country star is dead at 61.

A proportional response.

Anti-Biden ads using the former President’s words are being aimed at black voters.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

The Butterball Turkey Hotline still thrives even in the era of the Internet.

Jeff Sessions entered the race for the GOP nomination for Senate in Alabama by heaping obsequious and pathetic praise on a man who had spent two years insulting him publicly and privately

Twitter is banning all political advertising from its site. It is a largely meaningless decision, but it’s still a bad idea.

A new Senate Intelligence Committee report adds to the evidence regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Just over four years ago.

The President’s initial reaction to the release of the whistleblower complaint is about what you’d expect from a petty dictator.

This evening ten Democratic candidates for President, including all of the front runners, appear on stage together for the third debate of the 2020 election cycle.

To listen to the meda, Joe Biden’s recent gaffes and malapropisms are a major story. For regular Americans, though, they don’t seem to matter.

A wedding venue in Mississippi is citing religious beliefs in support of its decision not to allow an interracial couple to utilize their facilities.

Trump’s words on Monday versus, well, almost every other time he speaks…

Starting at 8:30 a.m. this morning, the eyes and ears of Washington and much of the nation will be focus on one thing, the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Fifty years ago today, we were reminded of what humanity can accomplish if we put our minds to it. It seems like we’ve forgotten that over the past half-century.