This is…something. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/02/14/lindsey-graham-says-mitch-mcconnells-trump-speech-may-haunt-gop/4481763001/
Bitter
It is bitter irony That on this shortest day with the sun The Right did us wrong And left millions in the cold Again
The story of Trump’s enablers
A fascinating — and detailed — story will be written one day that explains how Donald Trump identified enough people to do his bidding. As just one example, how did Rudy Giuliani […]
America’s political rigidity
Blame it on the echo chamber. Or perhaps blame it on fear. Or perhaps blame it on anger. Whatever the cause(s), too many Americans have wrapped themselves in their political orthodoxy. It […]
Republican senators’ posturing right now means nothing
I advise you to not buy what a few Republican senators are selling at the moment. Any Republican senator announcing he or she believes no replacement for deceased Supreme Court justice Ruth […]
Justice Ginsburg’s death moves the political needle
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will do what nothing else has done in recent months: recalibrate the 2020 presidential election. The growing number of coronavirus deaths in the […]
“The Russians are not our friends”
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today that he fully supports a Congressional inquiry into claims of Russian hacking and how it might have influenced the U.S. presidential election. The Weekly Standard examines […]
A few takeaways from a two-week academic seminar

Now it’s time to assess and process. Two weeks of guest speakers, site visits, readings, and conversations came to a close yesterday as The Washington Center‘s academic seminar ended. Washington insiders ranging […]
In the blue corner, West Virginia…and in the red corner, Kentucky
West Virginia senator Joe Manchin believes that a colleague from Kentucky has some explaining to do. And Sen. Manchin is prepared to launch a Senate investigation to get the answers he wants. […]