Outside the Beltway

It would all be just absurd if it didn’t matter so much.

Trump hires only the best!

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

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

Resisting gaslighting must be social. It’s crucial for those who oppose Trump’s falsehoods to remind each other, again and again, that 2 + 2 = 4.

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

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Speaking of inexperienced cronies…

A new report puts the conversation in a different light.

A special counsel has declined to prosecute the President but his rationale was painful.

The Wall Street Journal failed a key test.

Three-and-a-half years and almost 6 million tax dollars have produced nothing.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

The Schumer-Manchin compromise includes a massive increase in the tax collection budget.

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

Former President Trump routinely broke the law with respect to protecting public records.

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

The state of American debate is not strong.

And some notes on Trump’s media exposure.

We may be seeing the beginning of the end.

An internal Justice Department investigation fails to find any evidence of political bias in the Russia investigation.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

Not surprisingly, President Trump told Russian officials early on that he didn’t care if Russia interfered in the 2016 election.