Outside the Beltway

Reveling in cruelty.

Right in front of our noses.

It is hard to ignore the aesthetic he is invoking.

A reminder the US government sent people to CECOT who were then tortured.

More on the clear white supremacist ideology oozing from the Trump administration.

(While murdering people without due process because of [checks notes] drugs.)

You know, as is normal in democratic politics…

Trump’s ongoing revelation of his character.

The Trumpian Twilight Zone.

A commercial has hurt the CINC’s fee-fees.

Power is apparently very important.

A Punisheresque skull.

By law enforcement.

Hyperbole? Dishonesty? Distraction? Fantasy? Too much cable TV?

The Feds raid an apartment building in Chicago.

SCOTUS continues to favor the executive over the legislature.

Colombia’s President said the wrong thing and had his visa revoked.

Blowing up boats because they might have drugs on them is not justifiable, legally or morally.

Serious abuses of power alongside an almost cartoonish set of behaviors.

Allegations of shutting down an investigation.

Reality is easier to ignore if you just pretend it isn’t there.

Restricting those who report on the Pentagon.

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

Don’t confuse them with the ice cream man.

Secretary Noem strikes again.

And threatening states.

The thuggish stylings of Tom Homan.

In this case, Noem’s rent-free living.

“Influencer” Benny Johnson wants to bulldoze certain neighborhoods in DC.

Golf reveals character.

Destroying aid because they destroyed USAID.

Trump uses an antisemitic slur.

Where are we with my concerns about the Trump administration?

Say what Trump wants or he’ll threaten to sue!

Gas prices.

The pattern of attempted intimidation continues.

The authoritarian rhetoric continues.

A tidbit from Trump’s Fort Bragg speech.

Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg.

You know, as one does.

There’s always a tweet

Calling a governor names during a crisis.

It says a lot about the Trump era.