Outside the Beltway

The GOP budget bill.

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

Some images from the White House Flickr pages that caught my eye.

Zeke Emanuel minced no words.

Presidents have wide latitude in this area but many say 47 is exceeding his authority.

Scary news for the former President.

Non-college-educated White men remain happy.

What Trump and DOGE hath wrought.

Are you tired of the winning yet?

A passing observation on the attempt to gift Trump a plane.

A return to the question of age limits for office.

A hypothetical for your consideration.

What it tells us about race and the Trump administration.

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

Don’t worry! Trade wars are good and are easy to win.

A series of orders impacting military education.

Habemus habeas corpus?

Arresting Newark Mayor Baraka is clearly a signal.

Roughly a thousand will be discharged forthwith.

Spoiler: it is about the abuse of presidential power.

They wanted chaos but not this chaos.

So little art; not really any deal.

Facts are stubborn things.

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

Imagery and the White House Twitter account.

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Trump’s weird rhetoric on trade.

On renaming commemorations.

A case from rural Alabama.

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

A basic definition.

Gee, I wonder why?

A reminder.

The country is not happy with Trump. Except for Republicans.

Even Republicans are balking at some Trump policies.

Apparently, this is who we are now.

The polls are showing a really weird dynamic.

Public misconceptions about federal waste invite tolerance for questionable workarounds to the constitutionally prescribed manner of determining appropriations.

Being nice at dinner is easy.

There may be no exit.

The Trump administration treats personally disfavored American institutions the way past administrations treated foreign adversaries. His goal is political submission.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Eye of the storm, indeed.

The targeting of international students.

In particular in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case

Fifth Amendment edition.

A chilling admission from a leader in the President’s OWN party

Qui bono?