Outside the Beltway

Lies about past White House upgrades. It all start with Jesse Waters, but also heads to the op/ed pages of the NYT and WaPo.

They were looking for a show to steal. They were fine with contracts that bind. And they were willing to make a deal

Stephen Miller’s words at the Kirk memorial.

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

The optics are not good.

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

The incentives for creating quality content are diminishing by the day.

Zeke Emanuel minced no words.

A series of orders impacting military education.

There may be no exit.

A day of AI, tariffs, and world historic stupidity.

The 47th President had a busy Monday.

An entire Congressionally-created agency seems to have been shut down by fiat.

And so it begins.

The Majority Leader has a bigger role than previously reported.

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

Legions of unpaid drones . . . ? . . . budget cuts.

Gaetz’s own party hates him almost as much as the Democrats hate him

Nunes and Grinell.

The move paves the way for Kash Patel or another Trump appointee.

And who is “we”?

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

It is too soon to tell.

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

When the abnormal ceases to be.

Trump’s Deputy AG nominee is an promising choice

Cabinet appointments edition.

An indefensible choice.

The longtime conservative blogger is gone at 65.

Staffers are in mutiny after owners killed plans to endorse Kamala Harris for President.

Should military officers substitute their judgment for the Commander-in-Chief’s?

Fascist agitation begets violence.

Perfectly sensible suggestions that are unconstitutional, politically infeasible, or both.

Some interesting, if unworkable, ideas.

Impeach the Justices! Pack the Court!

A beach home and “An Appeal to Heaven”

The Alitos and the upside-down flag.

War crime does pay.

Finding 12 impartial people in a high-profile trial is challenging.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.

Might not be bribery, but it’s still exerting influence.

The serial fabulist becomes an ignominious footnote.

Take this job and shove it. I ain’t workin’ here no more.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

It’s . . . complicated.