Outside the Beltway

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, February 3, 2025 · 57 comments

Announcing a New Podcast: Ancient Geeks

· Sunday, February 2, 2025 · 12 comments

A pop culture diversion.

Musk’s Ascendance

· Sunday, February 2, 2025 · 75 comments

This should be unacceptable, yet here we are.

DOGE Now Runs Treasury and OPM

· Sunday, February 2, 2025 · 43 comments

An evil genius controls the key levers of government.

The Trade Wars. Started They Have.

· Sunday, February 2, 2025 · 42 comments

We are in the the dumbest timeline.

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, February 2, 2025 · 34 comments

A Flood of Stupidity

· Saturday, February 1, 2025 · 28 comments

Common sense for a golden age brought to you by the firm of Dunning and Kruger.

The Purge: FBI Edition

· Saturday, February 1, 2025 · 45 comments

The administration is compiling a list of every single agent who participated in the January 6 investigations.

It’s Black History Month

· Saturday, February 1, 2025 · 17 comments

Or is it?

SaturTabs

· Saturday, February 1, 2025 · 15 comments

Welcome to February Forum

· Saturday, February 1, 2025 · 80 comments

Trade War Threats

· Friday, January 31, 2025 · 18 comments

It’s scheduled to start tomorrow.

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, January 31, 2025 · 4 comments

“Small Town Sunburst”

Kristol on Trump’s Authoritarianism

· Friday, January 31, 2025 · 22 comments

An accurate description.

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Trump’s Mind on Display After Plane Crash

· Friday, January 31, 2025 · 30 comments

Trump’s reaction to the air disaster is telling in a variety of ways.

The Purge Continues

· Friday, January 31, 2025 · 45 comments

The new administration is gutting the senior ranks of the civil service.

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, January 31, 2025 · 50 comments

Follow-up Tabs

· Thursday, January 30, 2025 · 14 comments

Links related to various recent posts.

Reagan Airport Crash Kills Soldiers, Figure Skaters

· Thursday, January 30, 2025 · 43 comments

A tragic but perhaps inevitable event.

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Trump Testing Legal Limits

· Thursday, January 30, 2025 · 20 comments

The courts will decide whether we have a President or a King.

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, January 30, 2025 · 96 comments

A Detention Camp at Guantanamo

· Wednesday, January 29, 2025 · 51 comments

I have questions.

What We Know So Far About The OPM “Buy Out”

· Wednesday, January 29, 2025 · 60 comments

Is it even a traditional “Buy Out” and is it already in conflict with OPM statutes?

Wednesday’s Forum

· Wednesday, January 29, 2025 · 79 comments

Separation of Powers Ain’t What it is Cracked Up to Be

· Tuesday, January 28, 2025 · 45 comments

Partisanship is more important than institutional autonomy.

Malicious Compliance With Radical Orders

· Tuesday, January 28, 2025 · 85 comments

Piling absurdity atop cruelty.

Foreign Aid Halted

· Tuesday, January 28, 2025 · 21 comments

And USAID leadership placed on leave.

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, January 28, 2025 · 64 comments

Nerd Corner: Section 31

· Monday, January 27, 2025 · 10 comments

A review.

Early VA Governor’s Race Poll Dem-Leaning

· Monday, January 27, 2025 · 7 comments

Will the pattern persist?

The Great US-Colombian Conflict is Over!

· Monday, January 27, 2025 · 44 comments

Thoughts on an unnecessary confrontation.

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, January 27, 2025 · 56 comments

Additional Context on the Colombia Flights

· Sunday, January 26, 2025 · 9 comments

Trump Deploys Tariff Hammer on Colombia (Updated)

· Sunday, January 26, 2025 · 14 comments

More immigration politics.

Trumpy Sunday Tabs

· Sunday, January 26, 2025 · 55 comments

Sorting through the deluge.

Fear and Loathing in DC

· Sunday, January 26, 2025 · 48 comments

Federal workers are afraid and in the dark.

Musk’s Holocaust Minimalization

· Sunday, January 26, 2025 · 17 comments

Words to the AfD.

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, January 26, 2025 · 69 comments

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Trump Fires at Least 17 IGs

· Saturday, January 25, 2025 · 49 comments

And remembering “jokes” about governing like a dictator.

SaturTabs

· Saturday, January 25, 2025 · 6 comments

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, January 25, 2025 · 48 comments

McConnell Votes Against Hegseth

· Friday, January 24, 2025 · 25 comments

Yet again, too little, too late.

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Musk’s Trolling

· Friday, January 24, 2025 · 88 comments

A billionaire troll with a West Wing office.

Dealing With The Deluge

· Friday, January 24, 2025 · 24 comments

Coping in a second Trump term.

Friday Tabs

· Friday, January 24, 2025 · 40 comments

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, January 24, 2025 · 4 comments

“Snow/Bird”

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, January 24, 2025 · 70 comments

Apropos of the Previous Post

· Thursday, January 23, 2025 · 19 comments

Don’t panic, it’s just a quote and an observation.

Trump and the Bishop

· Thursday, January 23, 2025 · 55 comments

On Christian compassion (and hypocrisy) and a little bit of the Streisand Effect for good measure.

President Trump Pardons Police Officers Convicted Of Murder and Cover-Up

· Thursday, January 23, 2025 · 20 comments

You get what you vote for

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