Outside the Beltway

Another severe deviation from our norms.

Proud Boys and Oath Keepers insurrectionists are now free.

Symbols matter.

It was a busy eleventh hour.

Today’s an appropriate on to think about the role of suffering in change

A preemptive strike against potential abuse of power.

The political upstart may have worn out his welcome.

Normal transition . . . and potential red flags.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

Going out on another unforced error

The Curtis Yarvin interview.

And so it begins.

“…but I didn’t vote for that.”

Title IX, football, and the economics of college athletics.

About half the country wants about half of Trump.

It is not ratified.

The Majority Leader has a bigger role than previously reported.

An observation or two.

It “literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

There are a lot of people there.

Letting wild claims drive the policy discourse.

A surprising honor.

Is there an echo in here.

Legions of unpaid drones . . . ? . . . budget cuts.

The data are clear (and the predictions were correct).

Politics, rhetoric, and the question of controlled burns.

Blue states might get some surprising help.

The honey badger strikes again.

Pro-tip: Googling BEFORE posting a Hot Take can save a lot of embarrasment

Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justice Barrett sided with the Court’s liberals.

Greenland, Canada, and Panama. Oh my.

The man who tried to prevent the vote from being counted last time is about to be certified President again.

Editors killed a cartoon criticizing media and tech moguls for giving money to Trump.

The real crime is what’s legal.

And thoughts on “mandates.”

Fomenting fear, not demonstrating leadership.

An unlikely and almost certainly inefficacious possibility.

Yet again, a court affirms he committed sexual assault.

Oligarchy and populism don’t mix.

Eleven weeks with no accountability.

The fight over the continuing resolution raises some questions.

There are 800 or so of them in the United States alone. Where the hell did they come from?

A rare area of agreement.

Using money to control the GOP.

Our transitions are too long.

Gaetz’s own party hates him almost as much as the Democrats hate him

Partisanship weakens the immune system and can lead to spread of bad ideas.

I question the timing.