Outside the Beltway

Since I was thinking about 2016

Allegations that DOGE put Social Security info on an unsecured server.

If any other president…

The politics of words.

The gradual population shift from blue states to red continues.

A list of words and who actually uses them!

Are Democrats triggering voters by pushing the Overton Window on language, thereby subverting norms and creating barriers to participation?

The disconnect between perception and reality about elections.

What was “extreme” a decade ago is now policy.

None of this is good for the quality of our democracy (not that it was great to begin with).

And threatening states.

And other tales of subverting knowledge and expertise on the altar of a preferred mythic narrative.

Elections, the states, and the presidency edition.

Representative Comer doesn’t understand much, it would seem.

The attempt to erase J6 by many at FNC continues…

The thuggish stylings of Tom Homan.

…but don’t let the Epstein matter distract you from everything else Trump is doing.

A strange obsession.

The cruelty is the point?

In this case, Noem’s rent-free living.

A heavy-handed move.

“Influencer” Benny Johnson wants to bulldoze certain neighborhoods in DC.

A weird, unnecessary intervention.

The Kennedy Center “Honors” get a Trumpian makeover.

A review of museums.

This is all for show.

Authoritarianism is popular.

Authoritarian instructions from Trump.

Trump likes to use force.

We are observing an effort to embed democratically questionable sectarian norms into the day-to-day life of federal workplaces. 

Thinking about the evolution (or is it devolution) of the GOP since the 1990s.

A window into White Christian Nationalism (as endorsed by Pete Hegseth!).

Are Red and Blue states even part of the same country anymore?

Politicizing scientific inquiry is a bad idea.

A gift for Dear Leader.

In this case, Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council.

A member of the Texas legislature reminds us that we are in an era of pure power politics.

Nuclear reactors to the moon!

Golf reveals character.

One of the big ones has given up.

It is textbook authoritarianism.

Colbert asks Harris a question about leadership.

July jobs report shows signs of weakness.

Most of the world knows that PR is a better way to elect legislatures.

I am sensing a new ongoing bit…

Trump’s personal lawyer, and man accused of telling DOJ lawyers to ignore court orders is now a federal judge.

It’s down, but relatively steady.

Here we go again.