Outside the Beltway

It’s good to be king.

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

It’s still murky but already quite different from the Trump 45 administration’s.

The postwar era may have ended yesterday.

All of 47’s controversial nominees have been confirmed. Save one.

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

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

A little ethnic cleansing coming right up.

This would include US citizens.

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

Agencies are quickly seeking to comply with the President’s order.

Normal transition . . . and potential red flags.

Nunes and Grinell.

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

When the abnormal ceases to be.

Of leopards and faces.

There is no such thing as “the perfect candidate.”

Trump’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

Not knowing the results of an election a week later is unacceptable.

Our long national nightmare is not over.

Is it the press’s responsibility to turn nonsense into sense?

On hacks and different treatment for Clinton and Trump.

The anti-DEI party is suddenly really concerned about identity

It’s not been a great few days for J. D. Vance

Is all diversity created equal?

Part the millionth.

Rubio reportedly wants the gig.

A collection I started but didn’t fully finish.

Sorry, Senator Rubio.

The Senate is voting one-by-one in the face of the Tuberville hold on top nominees.

The inmates are running the asylum.

A perennial fantasy has a new standard bearer.

Can the fat man take down the elephant in the room?

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

The fight over changing the clock twice a year continues.

Alas, it probably doesn’t matter.

Adam Laxalt’s big lead is slowly erodiing.

The Needle is Broken

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

She’s almost certainly going to lose her House seat. Can she get a promotion?

The President has very little power here but he’s using it.

Alas, it’s unlikely to change the policies that enable them.

A hundred Senators actually didn’t mean to change our clocks.

We may be on the verge half a century after our last experiment.

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

This time: Senator Marco Rubio.

Most agree that it was good theater. But it’s not clear what they’ve proven.

An opportunity for unity and a restoration of normal order.