One Month

The Most Important Rule Of Surviving A Political Confirmation Fight Is: Don’t Quit!

All of 47’s controversial nominees have been confirmed. Save one.

DOGE Receipts Update

Taking Joy in All the Wrong Places

What’s that meme about cruelty being the point?

A Note on Ukrainian Elections

Countering Russian (and now American) propaganda.

A Grotesquerie for Our Age

Trump blames Ukraine for being invaded.

DOGE Has “Receipts”!

The efficiency is something to behold.

Mass Voting Behavior

How to create an echo chamber.

The New World Order

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

DOGE is a Farce

Unfortunately it is a destructive one.

From POTUS

A country of men, not of laws?

Adams and Homan

The abuse of power is obvious.

USAID Fled for Their Lives, Leaving Everything Behind

They’re leaving their dogs.

Nuking The Federal Workforce

The people who safeguard our nuclear weapons and put out forest fires have been fired.

Line of the Day: Resignation in the Face of Corruption Edition

At least some people have character and are displaying it.

Thousands of Federal Employees Fired

A Valentine’s Day massacre.

DOGE Website Hacked

Outsourcing efficiency.

RFK Jr. Now Secretary of Health and Human Services

Another piece of an appalling cabinet is now in place.

Constitutional Crisis?

When does Executive overreach become something more?

Senate Puts Tulsi Gabbard in Charge of Our State Secrets

The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body is not doing its job.

Speaking of Unserious

We deserve better than clowns giving political commentary.

Unserious

Rep. Luna and the JFK assassination.

No, This Isn’t How Democracy Works

It certainly isn’t how the US Constitution functions.

Corruption Corodes

Looking at comparative corruption and development.

Legalizing Corruption

The 47th President had a busy Monday.

Hegseth Restores Fort Bragg Name

But it’s a different Bragg!

The Leopard is Eating My Indirect Costs!

The details matter.

Some Observations on the Legal, Illegal, and the Extralegal

Part of our current quandary.

Looking for a Few Good Toadies

Willingness to lie is now a requirement for senior intelligence and law enforcement posts.

Shock, Awe, and Retreat

The 47th President is flooding the zone.

Vance + Musk: Self-Proclaimed Racist DOGE Employees Should Be Rehired

Remember kids, DEI is the REAL racism

Russia Lauds Shuttering of USAID

Making Russia happy again.

The Least Self-Aware Senator

Just beyond parody at this point.

Hasbro is having a contest to see which of the famous Monopoly pieces will be sent into retirement so new tokens can come to the game. Hasbro is having a contest to see which of the famous Monopoly pieces will be sent into retirement so new tokens can come to the game.

GSA Ordered to Terminate All Property Leases

A brilliant plan with absolutely no conceivable downsides.

Trump and Gaza

More outrageous behavior.

El Salvador Offers to be an Out-Sourced Prison for the US

This would include US citizens.

Schatz Puts Hold on Trump Nominees

A small step to reclaim Congress’ rightful authority.

A Few Thoughts On Block Grants, USAid, Conservatism, and Coalition Building

This could be a issue for common ground… if both sides are prepared to give a little

Markets React Poorly to Trump’s Trade War

Way to go, pro-business party!

Why Musk’s Politics Matter

An example linked to USAID

Unelected Bureaucrat Shuts Down USAID

An entire Congressionally-created agency seems to have been shut down by fiat.

Musk’s Ascendance

This should be unacceptable, yet here we are.

DOGE Now Runs Treasury and OPM

An evil genius controls the key levers of government.

The Trade Wars. Started They Have.

We are in the the dumbest timeline.

A Flood of Stupidity

Common sense for a golden age brought to you by the firm of Dunning and Kruger.

The Purge: FBI Edition

The administration is compiling a list of every single agent who participated in the January 6 investigations.

It’s Black History Month

Or is it?

Trade War Threats

It’s scheduled to start tomorrow.

Kristol on Trump’s Authoritarianism

An accurate description.