Outside the Beltway

This should be unacceptable, yet here we are.

An evil genius controls the key levers of government.

Common sense for a golden age brought to you by the firm of Dunning and Kruger.

Thoughts on an unnecessary confrontation.

More immigration politics.

Coping in a second Trump term.

Agencies are quickly seeking to comply with the President’s order.

The political upstart may have worn out his welcome.

And so it begins.

It “literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

Deadlnes make deals.

Letting wild claims drive the policy discourse.

Legions of unpaid drones . . . ? . . . budget cuts.

Politics, rhetoric, and the question of controlled burns.

Pro-tip: Googling BEFORE posting a Hot Take can save a lot of embarrasment

A hellscape of fire and destruction.

Greenland, Canada, and Panama. Oh my.

It’s not known if they’re related.

Yet again, a court affirms he committed sexual assault.

Oligarchy and populism don’t mix.

What could go wrong?

The fight over the continuing resolution raises some questions.

Using money to control the GOP.

Nunes and Grinell.

The move paves the way for Kash Patel or another Trump appointee.

Oh my.

Another setback for Teheran.

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Just lie about it.

Thinking out loud, as one does.

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

When the abnormal ceases to be.

A GOP member of Congress on deportations.

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.

Not knowing the results of an election a week later is unacceptable.

My turn.

Unreality and sexual anxiety on display.

For want of an apostrophe . . .

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

Staffers are in mutiny after owners killed plans to endorse Kamala Harris for President.

A modest disturbance in the force.

Bizarre conspiracy theories shared by powerful people are immune to fact checking.

Lying about hurricanes and stoking ridiculous theories about weather control are the latest examples.

Some direct evidence of the effects.

Vance is no Mike Pence.

The Hit King is gone at 83.