Outside the Beltway

It turns out that mandatory spending is, well, mandatory.

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

Political scientists, however, are skeptical.

Next up: our armed forces.

The term which kicked off this week wil decide whether we effectively have a king.

Here we go again.

Allegations that DOGE put Social Security info on an unsecured server.

The cruelty is the point?

The prize: sick and dead US children

Maybe they weren’t serious about fiscal discipline after all?

Is the worst of the idiocy over?

This time: the Social Security Administration.

Are you tired of the winning yet?

Todd Lyons, acting Director of ICE provides the latest example.

Just in case that wasn’t already obvious.

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

They don’t want to give Trump what he wants, so they’re giving him what he wants.

Democrats are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

It made history in many ways.

You will be shocked at the news!

An evil genius controls the key levers of government.

Piling absurdity atop cruelty.

Federal workers are afraid and in the dark.

Multiple executive orders aim at rooting out the Deep State.

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

It’s going to be a long four years.

First there was the Department of Redundancy Department. Now for something completely different.

Putting down markers for future reference.

Elon is on record warning Trump supporters to be prepared for “temporary hardship”

In idea whose time is gone.

Plus some thoughts on mass deportation.

Closing the barn door after the horse has left.

Or, more accurately, Trump-o-Nonsense

Thoughts that didn’t fit in my last post

A Supreme Court Justice says our laws and regulations are out of control.

The court amplified its power at the expense of the administrative state.

Suddenly, old voters are aligning Democrat and young ones Republican.

A bureaucratic nightmare.

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

My two cents.

Eight state have withdrawn from a system to prevent illegal voting because of ignorance and agitation.

We almost wrecked the economy . . . for this?

France shines new light on an old problem.