Outside the Beltway

Team Trump and the DIA assessment of the Iran bombings.

The preliminary DIA assessment has been leaked.

Is that really a good idea?

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

Maximalist claims are almost surely overstated.

What? Retaliation from Iran?

Is dropping it on Israel the most likely reason?

We’re officially past rhyming and into history (or at least rhetoric) repeating.

The prize: sick and dead US children

Spoiler alert: the joke wasn’t funny

Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg.

There’s always a tweet

An Air Force colonel spread misinformation to hide the stealth program.

You can’t take the politics out of politics.

The renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk is a prominent illustration.

Terrorism in Colorado. Continued awful violence in Gaza.

It was rather unusual.

A massive purge ahead of the long weekend.

Another example.

A 20% reduction would require massive changes in law and approach.

A series of orders impacting military education.

Roughly a thousand will be discharged forthwith.

They’ve reversed a lower court ruling. For now.

Whether it’s a good policy will depend almost entirely on execution.

The Asia pivot is happening very slowly.

Thousands of job cuts are envisioned.

A major reshuffling of the foreign policy team 100 days into the administration.

A natural evolution in American foreign policy, albeit a concerning one.

Unequal treatment for senior officials is the norm, like it or not.

The unsurprising response to the Signal debacle.

The ineptitude is staggering.

No more woke crap.

Insights into Trump’s worldview.

A story I thought I’d never see.

The top uniformed lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force have been relieved.

The retired 3-star National Guard officer is an unorthodox pick.

Three members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been fired.

Outsourcing efficiency.

The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body is not doing its job.

But it’s a different Bragg!

Willingness to lie is now a requirement for senior intelligence and law enforcement posts.

Our premier intelligence agency will focus on the Western hemisphere.

A tragic but perhaps inevitable event.

Piling absurdity atop cruelty.

Another severe deviation from our norms.

A surprising honor.

Fomenting fear, not demonstrating leadership.

The right call but a logistical nightmare.

It’s not known if they’re related.