Outside the Beltway

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?

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

Sigh.

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

The combination of a horrendous rollout and a social media onslaught was disastrous.

The Biden administration’s mandate has been lifted immediately.

Another glass ceiling has been shattered.

Two April Fool’s Day orders are no joke. And they’re apparently causing confusion.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Humanitarian instincts rightly trumped security concerns.

The southern one.

Here we go again.

When the solution is worse than the problem.

Immigration policy is harder than it looks.

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.