Matthew Whitaker as NATO Ambassador

Stop me if you have heard this before, but he is unqualified for the job.

A Hostile Takeover?

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

Wednesday’s Forum

Donald Trump Shrugging Donald Trump Shrugging

More Bad Appointments

Not Gaetz and Hegseth bad, but still, pretty bad.

Performative Bigotry in the House

Nancy Mace edition.

A Reminder About Hitler Comparisons

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

Normalizing Hitler

When the abnormal ceases to be.

Tuesday’s Forum

The Cognitive Dissonance of It All

A GOP member of Congress on deportations.

Biden Authorizes Ukraine to Fire ATACMS into Russia

We have crossed Putin’s red line.

Monday’s Forum

Recess Appointments and Constitutional Farce

The wrong solution for a real problem.

Sunday’s Forum

SaturTabs

Muslims Shocked—SHOCKED!—Trump is Pro-Israel

Of leopards and faces.

Hesgeth Flagged as White Nationalist

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

Saturday’s Forum

A Bit Of Wheat Among The Chaff

Trump’s Deputy AG nominee is an promising choice

Friday Tabs

Cabinet appointments edition.

A Photo for Friday

“In the Groove”

Friday’s Forum

RFK, Jr. to HHS

Meritocracy, Mediocrity, & DEI: SECDEF* Edition

There is no such thing as “the perfect candidate.”

Thursday’s Forum

Gabbard as DNI

The ludicrous appointments keep coming.

Gaetz as AG

An indefensible choice.

Some Hegseth Clips

Musk and Ramaswamy to Lead Non-Department Department

First there was the Department of Redundancy Department. Now for something completely different.

Wednesday’s Forum

“Fox & Friends Weekend” Host for SECDEF

No, I am not kidding.

Noem to DHS

A pattern is emerging in Trump’s appointments.

President-Elect Trump Pushing For Recess Appointments

In which I agree with Trump about the problem, but NOT the solution

A Note on the Scale of the Democrat’s Loss

Some sense of proportion would be nice.

Mike Waltz Next National Security Advisor

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

Elise Stefanik Next UN Ambassador

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

Tuesday Tabs

Marco Rubio Next Secretary of State

Trump’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

Tuesday’s Forum

“One Weird Trick” Election Takes

Plus some discussion of identity politics.

Slow Vote Counting is a Problem

Not knowing the results of an election a week later is unacceptable.

The First Trump Term, Economic Indicators Edition

Some comparative data.

What ‘Mass Deportation’ Might Look Like

Turning a campaign slogan into policy.

Sunday’s Forum

My Bubble

There’s a glaring gap in my information consumption.

It’s the Media, Stupid

One thread that runs through most explanations for Tuesday’s result.

Election Post-Mortem Silliness

It’s Liz Cheney’s fault!

Trump’s Ukraine Position Starts to Emerge

It sounds the same in the original Russian.