Outside the Beltway

You can’t take the politics out of politics.

I question the timing.

A massive purge ahead of the long weekend.

Presidents have wide latitude in this area but many say 47 is exceeding his authority.

Who could have known?

Facts are stubborn things.

Apparently, this is who we are now.

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

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

Applying rational analysis to attitude and instinct.

Amending the Constitution with one simple trick.

A GOP member of Congress on deportations.

The wrong solution for a real problem.

The ludicrous appointments keep coming.

Some comparative data.

Plus some thoughts on mass deportation.

His former National Security Advisor is not impressed.

From Juiceboxer to arguably the most important media figure on the left.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

MAGA has eaten the Tea Party.

A truly weird story.

Jonathan Turley’s defense of the impeachment inquiry is not impressive.

How far should the government be able to go?

In truth, not close to enough.

Asset forfeiture may finally get reined in.

The US intelligence community and Silicon Valley are warning of a major threat.

Do we have to pick one?

“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

It’s becoming a sad joke.

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Three-and-a-half years and almost 6 million tax dollars have produced nothing.

It’s much bigger than it appears.

A bill that was never about the thing it’s called doesn’t do that thing.

The Schumer-Manchin compromise includes a massive increase in the tax collection budget.

The economy, it turns out, is complicated.

Much ado about a perfectly normal phenomenon.

The combination of a horrendous rollout and a social media onslaught was disastrous.

Are retired officers on defense boards presumed liars?

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

Two April Fool’s Day orders are no joke. And they’re apparently causing confusion.

They’re not missing and that points to a systemic issue

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

The American President is once again leading the free world.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

Former President Trump routinely broke the law with respect to protecting public records.