Outside the Beltway

Newly-Sworn-in-Rep. Grijalva provides the final signature.

A commercial has hurt the CINC’s fee-fees.

Trump’s lack of focus may spare us the worst outcomes in this one instance.

A meme that is as muddled and authoritarian as the President who posted it

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

We are observing an effort to embed democratically questionable sectarian norms into the day-to-day life of federal workplaces. 

A minor scandal involving randos is everywhere.

Look, up in the sky!

These sweet, anxious, thoughtful, and genuinely loveable students know in their bones that their future is deeply uncertain and shaped by adults who appear to have no idea what they’re doing.

Remember Trump cannot fail, he can only be failed!

An evil genius controls the key levers of government.

And so it begins.

We can’t fire the popular Chinese spyware, it quits.

Amending the Constitution with one simple trick.

The cruelty isn’t the point.

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

First there was the Department of Redundancy Department. Now for something completely different.

There’s a glaring gap in my information consumption.

They are not like you and me.

Thoughts that didn’t fit in my last post

J. D. Vance seems to have a cruel sense of humor and issues with women. Weird!

Apparently, ex post facto payments are cool.

A gross miscarriage of justice.

The GOP caught the car and now doesn’t know what to do.

Easy Come, Easy Go.

No, I don’t feel terrible now.

Millions of fools and their money may soon be parted.

It’s just resting.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

More thinking about the 2024 GOP primary.

Turning good deeds into dirty politics.

The Irish singer-activist is gone at 56.

From the “you can’t this stuff up” file.

Inventing outrage in an already outrageous world.

Playing two-level games.

Is this how the cult ends?

They’re all made out of ticky tacky. And they all look just the same

The launch of a new feature… featuring Drake!

A song and some passing thoughts on supermarket tabloids.

One of the great annoyances of the Internet is slowly going away.

Glimmers of hope for those involved in government service delivery

Why oh why won’t people stop commenting on the lady Senator’s outfits?

Science and insanity don’t mix.

A sign of our times.

Our brains are wired to seek approval but may not be equipped to handle our modern existence.

If it’s made in France, it’s “sparkling wine.”