Outside the Beltway

The most bizarre report I’ve seen in some time.

Tough guys actions don’t solve massive problems.

Come for the shots fired at the cabinet, stay for the weird digression.

It beats the alternative but it ain’t for sissies.

(While murdering people without due process because of [checks notes] drugs.)

A clear violation of the laws of war. But do they apply?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for.

The NYT has discovered that Trump is old.

Our present-day politics reminds us that the “unfinished work” of democracy is never fully complete.  

Some notes on House process and how it relates to recent and ongoing political news.

After months of demanding Republicans resist, he says “We have nothing to hide.”

A bad night for Trump.

He’s making a major admission.

Don’t let pundits spin too many fantasies.

The Trumpian Twilight Zone.

The light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

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.

What could possibly go wrong?

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

The downside of our increasing connectivity.

They were looking for a show to steal. They were fine with contracts that bind. And they were willing to make a deal

It’s huuuuge.

I mean, who would even think such a thing?

Millions turned out in support of basic ideals.

The SOUTHCOM commander has resigned and the Senate is debating, but it won’t matter.

Congress, Schmongress.

A pause in fighting, release of hostages, and then . . . ?

A No masquerading as a Yes to Trump’s peace deal.

Brought to you by the “America First” crowd.

A long and unusual speech has implications for civil-military relations.

Some musings on the wrong lessons from a major global event.

A few more details have emerged.

Serious abuses of power alongside an almost cartoonish set of behaviors.

An attempt to connect higher education and political violence.

Data? How quaint.

As well as the politics that have followed.

When empathy goes too far.

Cancel culture on steroids.

“He that spits against the Wind, spits in his own Face.”

Yes it was said. No the context doesn’t make it better.

An illustration from the Charlie Kirk discourse as to why stories like the TAMU firing matter.

On politics, guns, and people killing people

A little bit more than the law would allow.