Outside the Beltway

Dear Leader has a wish.

The former Defense Secretary and Vice President is gone at 84.

Lies about past White House upgrades. It all start with Jesse Waters, but also heads to the op/ed pages of the NYT and WaPo.

Nobel Prize edition.

What democratic backsliding looks like.

Escalations of threats against the press.

The attempt to erase J6 by many at FNC continues…

…but don’t let the Epstein matter distract you from everything else Trump is doing.

A strange obsession.

The Kennedy Center “Honors” get a Trumpian makeover.

A review of museums.

A gift for Dear Leader.

Golf reveals character.

It is textbook authoritarianism.

I am sensing a new ongoing bit…

Is dropping it on Israel the most likely reason?

The loss of many key leaders in short order is a serious problem.

A major reshuffling of the foreign policy team 100 days into the administration.

Saying it again for the folks who can’t hear.

A natural evolution in American foreign policy, albeit a concerning one.

America is getting screwed by playing by the rules it created.

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

An embarrasing day in US history.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

Our premier intelligence agency will focus on the Western hemisphere.

The bad guys are having a bad week.

Not to mention impotence.

Nunes and Grinell.

Breaking News

No, I am not kidding.

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

Escalation? Russian desperation?

Closing the barn door after the horse has left.

Or more charitably, forgets due to cognitive decline

A long overdue strengthening of a key alliance.

The perils of speaking loudly while carrying a small stick.

A well-intentioned but likely doomed effort.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one . . .

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

Do we have to pick one?

The state Senate has amended the bill considerably.

Another bill doomed to die.

We’re all gonna die, folks.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

The Biden Administration wants clean energy but only for some.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Normalcy is not a bad thing.