Outside the Beltway

The Dual State

· Sunday, March 23, 2025 · 18 comments

First thing we do, let’s intimidate all the lawyers.

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, March 23, 2025 · 32 comments

George Foreman, 1949-2025

· Saturday, March 22, 2025 · 5 comments

The boxing great and grill pitchman is gone at 76.

Trump Deporting 530,000 Legal Immigrants, Shuttering DHS Due Process Offices

· Saturday, March 22, 2025 · 21 comments

Then process gets in the way of efficiency, kill the process.

Can We Call Them “Disappearances” Now?

· Saturday, March 22, 2025 · 19 comments

Can we say the administration is putting people in camps?

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, March 22, 2025 · 70 comments

TGI Tabs!

· Friday, March 21, 2025 · 8 comments

Ancient Geeks Reminder

· Friday, March 21, 2025 · 5 comments

Episode 6 dropped on Monday.

Now Is It a Constitutional Crisis?

· Friday, March 21, 2025 · 37 comments

We are at least on the precipice.

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, March 21, 2025 · 4 comments

“Let the Light In”

TGIF Forum

· Friday, March 21, 2025 · 71 comments

Some Reading Material While We Wait

· Thursday, March 20, 2025 · 11 comments

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Don’t Mind The Dust Day Forum

· Thursday, March 20, 2025 · 87 comments

Trying Again Forum

· Wednesday, March 19, 2025 · 9 comments

Welcome Back Forum!

· Tuesday, March 18, 2025 · 6 comments

Here’s hoping!

St. Patrick’s Day Forum

· Monday, March 17, 2025 · No comments

We’re Back?

· Monday, March 17, 2025 · 3 comments

Our long national nightmare (may be) over.

A Decency Deficit

· Friday, March 14, 2025 · 14 comments

Small cruelties can add up to far larger ones.

Democrats Cave

· Friday, March 14, 2025 · 32 comments

They don’t want to give Trump what he wants, so they’re giving him what he wants.

TGI Cleared Those Tabs

· Friday, March 14, 2025 · 4 comments

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, March 14, 2025 · 5 comments

“Lonely Heart”

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, March 14, 2025 · 15 comments

John Feinstein, 1956-2025

· Thursday, March 13, 2025 · 3 comments

The acclaimed sportswriter is gone.

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Judge Orders Illegally Fired Probationary Feds Rehired

· Thursday, March 13, 2025 · 6 comments

A rebuke of pretextual firings but likely not a permanent solution.

Everyone Pollute Again

· Thursday, March 13, 2025 · 15 comments

The new EPA.

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DJIA: Some Comparisons

· Thursday, March 13, 2025 · 25 comments

Just a little comparison of 2017, 2021, and 2025 plus more thoughts on tariffs.

Government Shutdown When Government is Already Being Shut Down

· Thursday, March 13, 2025 · 42 comments

Democrats are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, March 13, 2025 · 57 comments

Pentagon Shutters Research Programs

· Wednesday, March 12, 2025 · 25 comments

No more woke crap.

USAID Ordered to Destroy Its Records

· Wednesday, March 12, 2025 · 20 comments

Salting the earth and breaking the law.

Wednesday’s Forum

· Wednesday, March 12, 2025 · 115 comments

“Freedom is Slavery”

· Tuesday, March 11, 2025 · 23 comments

Orwell came to mind this morning.

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, March 11, 2025 · 131 comments

Kevin Drum, 1958-2025

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 18 comments

One of the OG political bloggers is gone.

ICE Arrests Protestor

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 24 comments

A glaring example of trying to terrorize those the administration doesn’t like.

DHS Polygraphing Employees

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 29 comments

Looking for leakers.

Monday is Ancient Geeks Day!

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 18 comments

This week: a general discussion of fantasy novels.

Chaos at the Veterans Administration?

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 5 comments

Massive cuts are seriously undermining the mission.

‘We Live in a Foreign Country Now’

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 49 comments

A stark observation.

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 55 comments

Two Recommendations

· Sunday, March 9, 2025 · 18 comments

Informed, somber voices in these perilous times.

Careening Toward A Shutdown

· Sunday, March 9, 2025 · 15 comments

A year-long Continuing Resolution or bust?

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, March 9, 2025 · 28 comments

Two DJIA Charts

· Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 34 comments

And thoughts about Trump’s economic approach to date.

An America First Foreign Policy

· Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 23 comments

Deciphering the meaning of a vague slogan.

Winning the Battle Against Drugs

· Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 17 comments

The war is another thing, entirely.

DOGEing It Out

· Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 29 comments

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

SaturTabs

· Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 4 comments

Parade of poor governance edition.

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 18 comments

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, March 7, 2025 · 4 comments

Snipe hunt?

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