Outside the Beltway

There is no reason for ICE operatives to wear masks save they don’t want to be held accountable.

Ethics and masked law enforcement.

The finger-pointing continues

And maybe out entirely.

Gestapo is as Gestapo does.

And, like with Renee Good, it tells us that the administration is brazenly lying to us.

Breaking news.

The movies always make it seem so simple!

Just the latest example.

Going from bad to worse.

DHS is more than willing to actively lie.

Just another day under this administration.

Spouting opinions is far easier work that governing based on facts.

It is hard to ignore the aesthetic he is invoking.

The administration continues to show its ideological stripes.

A Punisheresque skull.

Of license plate holders and perfume bottles.

Trump exploits our mistaken beliefs about crime to consolidate his power.

By law enforcement.

The Feds raid an apartment building in Chicago.

Sounds to me like he admitted to taking the bag of cash.

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

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

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.

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.

This is all for show.

Authoritarian instructions from Trump.

Trump likes to use force.

One expert says yes.

Reality v. unreality.

The pattern of attempted intimidation continues.

A tidbit from Trump’s Fort Bragg speech.

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

There’s always a tweet

Todd Lyons, acting Director of ICE provides the latest example.

You get what you vote for

Today’s an appropriate on to think about the role of suffering in change

Going out on another unforced error