Outside the Beltway

A basic definition.

The polls are showing a really weird dynamic.

There may be no exit.

The Trump administration treats personally disfavored American institutions the way past administrations treated foreign adversaries. His goal is political submission.

A unanimous Supreme Court has ordered the administration to comply with a lower court order.

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

This one should come with a warning label (especially as it cuts both ways)

He was looking for an election to buy.

The courts have ruled the far-right leader ineligible to run.

The media, the academy, and the courts, are all in the crosshairs.

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

Sad and strange circumstances have forced the Democratic party to become the conservative party now. It’s important to remind ourselves of what is good in our lives and what is worth defending. 

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

Can we say the administration is putting people in camps?

We are at least on the precipice.

Informed, somber voices in these perilous times.

America is getting screwed by playing by the rules it created.

Waiting for the other side to self-destruct has always been ridiculous and dangerous.

The postwar era may have ended yesterday.

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

The cruelty is indeed the point.

Don’t let the door . . .

Countering Russian (and now American) propaganda.

It certainly isn’t how the US Constitution functions.

Looking at comparative corruption and development.

The 47th President is flooding the zone.

Making Russia happy again.

An example linked to USAID

This should be unacceptable, yet here we are.

An accurate description.

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

Only a handful of Republican Senators have objected. Mildly.

Not all norms.

A difference in degree is a difference in kind.

How they’re covering it.

A preemptive strike against potential abuse of power.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

The Curtis Yarvin interview.

“…but I didn’t vote for that.”

An observation or two.

It “literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

The man who tried to prevent the vote from being counted last time is about to be certified President again.

I question the timing.

Amending the Constitution with one simple trick.

He is yet again underscoring what types of world leaders he likes.