Outside the Beltway

Like in NJ, ICE rejects a Representative from seeing a facility in CA.

Calling a governor names during a crisis.

He now faces a federal indictment.

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

Resisting gaslighting must be social. It’s crucial for those who oppose Trump’s falsehoods to remind each other, again and again, that 2 + 2 = 4.

I question the timing.

Maybe you can figure out the point, although clearly some people can’t.

It was inevitable.

These sweet, anxious, thoughtful, and genuinely loveable students know in their bones that their future is deeply uncertain and shaped by adults who appear to have no idea what they’re doing.

Hint: another variables may be the key.

That’s a problem, given her job and all.

Habemus habeas corpus?

Arresting Newark Mayor Baraka is clearly a signal.

They wanted chaos but not this chaos.

Gee, I wonder why?

Liberty may be natural to the individual, but political liberty remains an uncommon achievement.

There may be no exit.

Fifth Amendment edition.

An OTB example to illustrate a larger problem.

It’s good to be king.

USA! USA! USA!

To the Trump administation this a feature, not a bug.

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

…and I write a bit more than that.

This one should come with a warning label (especially as it cuts both ways)

He was looking for an election to buy.

The courts have ruled the far-right leader ineligible to run.

The media, the academy, and the courts, are all in the crosshairs.

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

Sad and strange circumstances have forced the Democratic party to become the conservative party now. It’s important to remind ourselves of what is good in our lives and what is worth defending. 

First thing we do, let’s intimidate all the lawyers.

We are at least on the precipice.

Orwell came to mind this morning.

Informed, somber voices in these perilous times.

Our leaders are afraid to lead.

Waiting for the other side to self-destruct has always been ridiculous and dangerous.

Governing like a dictator.

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

But a centrist grand coalition will likely govern.

Countering Russian (and now American) propaganda.

How to create an echo chamber.

It certainly isn’t how the US Constitution functions.

An example linked to USAID

An accurate description.

The new administration is gutting the senior ranks of the civil service.

Partisanship is more important than institutional autonomy.

Piling absurdity atop cruelty.