Outside the Beltway

A suspect, an Afghan national, is in custody.

A Punisheresque skull.

Trump exploits our mistaken beliefs about crime to consolidate his power.

The Feds raid an apartment building in Chicago.

The evil of others rarely brings out our best.

Serious abuses of power alongside an almost cartoonish set of behaviors.

Allegations of shutting down an investigation.

An attempt to connect higher education and political violence.

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

Since I was thinking about 2016

Allegations that DOGE put Social Security info on an unsecured server.

…but don’t let the Epstein matter distract you from everything else Trump is doing.

Trump likes to use force.

Because of course.

Force to create compliance should not be supported or excused. And yet…

The crime: trying to ask DHS Secretary Noem a question at a press conference in a federal building.

There’s always a tweet

Terrorism in Colorado. Continued awful violence in Gaza.

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

Can we say the administration is putting people in camps?

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

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

The legendary actor is gone at 95.

In the immortal words of Emily Litella, “Never mind.”

Only the best people.

The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body is not doing its job.

The 47th President had a busy Monday.

Willingness to lie is now a requirement for senior intelligence and law enforcement posts.

Our premier intelligence agency will focus on the Western hemisphere.

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

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

Only a handful of Republican Senators have objected. Mildly.

Today’s an appropriate on to think about the role of suffering in change

Fomenting fear, not demonstrating leadership.

It’s not known if they’re related.

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

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

Some quotes to ponder.

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Speaking of inexperienced cronies…

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.