Outside the Beltway

To be fully human requires living with and in sometimes unresolvable contradictions

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

The Shadow Docket strikes again.

Air Force honors for Ashli Babbitt.

A meme that is as muddled and authoritarian as the President who posted it

It is unusual and a problem.

Who needs due process when you have drones?

Don’t confuse them with the ice cream man.

Secretary Noem strikes again.

Following the Dear Leader.

The party that once invoked states’ rights once again turns to the heavy hand of federal power to stamp out any deviation from its own orthodoxy.

Local control over a global enterprise makes no sense.

What was “extreme” a decade ago is now policy.

And threatening states.

Representative Comer doesn’t understand much, it would seem.

The attempt to erase J6 by many at FNC continues…

The thuggish stylings of Tom Homan.

A heavy-handed move.

There are no satisfying answers.

This is all for show.

Authoritarianism is popular.

Authoritarian instructions from Trump.

Trump likes to use force.

Trump’s personal lawyer, and man accused of telling DOJ lawyers to ignore court orders is now a federal judge.

A breaking of the social contract.

An odd, impactful ruling.

One expert says yes.

Reality v. unreality.

An attack on the First Amendment in plain sight.

A correct but disturbing ruling.

We’ve seen a massive fall from the 2009 peak.

For all practical purposes, the Constitutional war powers have been stood on their head.

The pattern of attempted intimidation continues.

She’s making no one happy.

A state Representative and his wife have also been shot and are in the hospital.

A tidbit from Trump’s Fort Bragg speech.

“A brazen attempt at political intimidation.”

One poll, to be sure, but not one in Trump’s favor.

There’s always a tweet

The curious case of the finger tattoos.

He now faces a federal indictment.

Terrorism in Colorado. Continued awful violence in Gaza.

Administrative “errors.”

Will no one rid me of these meddlesome judges?

This isn’t normal.

Or does it?

The Trump administration is trying to get a ruling on one issue while sidestepping the merits of the case.