Outside the Beltway

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.”

Alabama’s head football coach and athletic director have both tested positive for COVID-19.

Sigh.

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

A world in which we’re all contractors is a dystopian utopia.

Conspiracy theories are poisoning the United States. That’s no joke.

Something significant was going to happen to Tulsa. Who could have predicted a genre shift?

A solid piece of satire.

There’s a disturbing pattern of misogyny from his supporters.

The President of the United States has sent a bizarre, rant-filled letter to the Speaker of the House. Revealing just how unbalanced he actually is.

Welcome to Donald Trump’s Republican Party.

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel from the Second Circuit has reinstated Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

Once again, President Trump can’t help but make something meant to recognize real American heroes all about himself.