Outside the Beltway

It’s going to be a long four years.

Oh my.

Spoiler: tariff threats and other “one weird trick” approaches won’t work.

The cruelty isn’t the point.

And who is “we”?

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

Trump is like a child with a new toy.

Some quotes to ponder.

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

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.