Outside the Beltway

Speaking of inexperienced cronies…

The high character picks keep coming.

He has to be, right?

The dark side of federalism.

Just lie about it.

This time for Secretary of the Navy

On “negotiation tactics,” legal pathways, and such.

Autocracy in America.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

She’s not likely to ride off into the sunset at 60.

Here we go again.

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It is too soon to tell.

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

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!