Outside the Beltway

Breaking news.

The politics of humiliation and gaslighting.

Stop me if you have heard this before, but he is unqualified for the job.

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

Not Gaetz and Hegseth bad, but still, pretty bad.

Nancy Mace edition.

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

When the abnormal ceases to be.

A GOP member of Congress on deportations.

We have crossed Putin’s red line.

The wrong solution for a real problem.

Of leopards and faces.

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

Trump’s Deputy AG nominee is an promising choice

There is no such thing as “the perfect candidate.”

The ludicrous appointments keep coming.

An indefensible choice.

First there was the Department of Redundancy Department. Now for something completely different.

No, I am not kidding.

A pattern is emerging in Trump’s appointments.

In which I agree with Trump about the problem, but NOT the solution

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

Trump’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

Plus some discussion of identity politics.

Not knowing the results of an election a week later is unacceptable.

Some comparative data.

Turning a campaign slogan into policy.

There’s a glaring gap in my information consumption.

It’s Liz Cheney’s fault!

A reflection on four decades of presidential elections.

Putting down markers for future reference.

It’s neither unprecedented nor powerful. It doesn’t exist.

Trump’s voter fraud allegations have melted away.

Could Democrats replace their oldest Justice before it’s too late?

The US was not exceptional.

Also: don’t forget a lot of people also voted against him.

Not a Red Wave but a Red Shift?

Definitely not advice from the pope

How that awful man won again.

Let’s take a moment to recognize our grief, and what it means.

Like Guy Fawkes, I got burnt!

Here we go again.

The 45th President looks to be the 47th.