Outside the Beltway

The longest government “shutdown” in history has no end in sight.

Johnson is acting more as an agent of the president than of the Congress.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

At a time of increased terrorist threat, look who is in charge of key departments.

ICE, ICE baby?

Shutdown follies are not victimless.

Apathy all the way down.

The libs are so owned.

The finger-pointing continues

Breaking news.

Going from bad to worse.

Not just the illegal kind. Just anti-immigrant.

Although I have to wonder if she is aware of the Streisand Effect?

Gone, gone, the damage done.

A reminder the US government sent people to CECOT who were then tortured.

More on the clear white supremacist ideology oozing from the Trump administration.

Surging resources to immigration enforcement comes with tradeoffs.

The Shadow Docket strikes again.

Don’t confuse them with the ice cream man.

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

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

Things are getting ugly in LA.

He now faces a federal indictment.

Administrative “errors.”

Apparently, this is who we are now.

There may be no exit.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Unequal treatment for senior officials is the norm, like it or not.

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

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

Looking for leakers.

Agencies are quickly seeking to comply with the President’s order.

Another severe deviation from our norms.

Some quotes to ponder.

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

A pattern is emerging in Trump’s appointments.

Turning a campaign slogan into policy.

Democrats and Republicans alike are less supportive than they were four years ago.

A morally right but politically fraught move.

A desperate measure for a desperate problem.

It’s no longer just a Third World problem.

A literal Mexican stand-off.

President Biden has again made history.

He’s likely to make heads explode.

They’re not sending their best people.

Is the President governing like he means it?