Outside the Beltway

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

It’s good to be king.

The administration does not appear interested in deferring to the courts.

A unanimous Supreme Court has ordered the administration to comply with a lower court order.

What could possibly go wrong?

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

They don’t want to give Trump what he wants, so they’re giving him what he wants.

A rebuke of pretextual firings but likely not a permanent solution.

A judge says OPM has no authority to fire workers in other agencies.

The unorthodox non-agency agency run by no one in particular may violate the basic rules of our system.

Only the best people.

The abuse of power is obvious.

The inevitable happened, inevitably.

The 47th President had a busy Monday.

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.

A difference in degree is a difference in kind.

Proud Boys and Oath Keepers insurrectionists are now free.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

It is not ratified.

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

The public has a right to know what its prosecutor has found.

Yet again, a court affirms he committed sexual assault.

It’s going to be a long four years.

Oh my.

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

Some quotes to ponder.

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Speaking of inexperienced cronies…

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Stop me if you have heard this before, but he is unqualified for the job.

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

An indefensible choice.

Six GOP members of the House are targeting military ballots.

There is, unfortunately, a bit of a theme.

A chilling feature from the Wall Street Journal.

Why the rent is too damn high.

The search giant lost a major court battle. What’s next?

Expect an appeal and a long wait

Who are you going to believe, the WSJ or your lying eyes?

All of the legal remedies are impossible.

Too little, too late.

Too much deference to the president, but the trial will continue.

The only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose.

Progressive activists are preparing to “democracy-proof” the country.