Outside the Beltway

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.

Not to mention impotence.

Spoiler: tariff threats and other “one weird trick” approaches won’t work.

The Florida governor is among several names being floated to replace Pete Hegseth.

This time for Secretary of the Navy

Here we go again.

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

We have crossed Putin’s red line.

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

No, I am not kidding.

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

Plus some thoughts on mass deportation.

With a guest appearance by Hitler.

Closing the barn door after the horse has left.

Has the calculus of either side changed?

Is Sinwar’s assassination an opening?

Another one bites the dust.

The legendary singer, songwriter, and actor is gone at 88.

Should military officers substitute their judgment for the Commander-in-Chief’s?

What we know a day later.

The Israeli military says they got their man after years of intelligence collection.

The leading scholar on the subject dissents.

A massive follow-up to the exploding communications devices.

My thoughts on what we know now.

A massive Israeli operation. To what end?

The election analyst is out on a limb with Trump.

The Secretary of the Navy supports the man who hired him. Who knew?