Outside the Beltway

The Case of the Afrikaners

· Wednesday, May 14, 2025 · 14 comments

What it tells us about race and the Trump administration.

Mother’s Day Tabs

· Sunday, May 11, 2025 · 10 comments

Tabby Tuesday

· Tuesday, May 6, 2025 · 25 comments

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The AI Is Taking Our Jobs!

· Wednesday, April 30, 2025 · 46 comments

Machines have been eliminating blue collar jobs for decades. Now they’re coming for white collar jobs.

Democrats Less Popular Than Trump

· Thursday, April 24, 2025 · 37 comments

The polls are showing a really weird dynamic.

Trump Openly Defying the Courts

· Tuesday, April 15, 2025 · 54 comments

It’s good to be king.

Lazy Tabby Sunday

· Sunday, April 13, 2025 · 9 comments

SCOTUS Takes a Stand

· Friday, April 11, 2025 · 15 comments

A unanimous Supreme Court has ordered the administration to comply with a lower court order.

‘An Experiment in Recklessness’

· Wednesday, April 9, 2025 · 6 comments

What could possibly go wrong?

Tabby Tuesday

· Tuesday, April 8, 2025 · 14 comments

Brooks Writes a Paragraph…

· Monday, April 7, 2025 · 29 comments

…and I write a bit more than that.

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The Backlash Has Begun

· Sunday, April 6, 2025 · 71 comments

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

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The Problem With “What About The Workers?!”

· Friday, April 4, 2025 · 22 comments

A response to an argument based on feels not facts

Tabby Wednesday

· Wednesday, April 2, 2025 · 4 comments

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All-in On China

· Sunday, March 30, 2025 · 21 comments

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

Did Somebody Say “Dunce”?

· Monday, March 24, 2025 · 33 comments

The ineptitude is staggering.

The Dual State

· Sunday, March 23, 2025 · 18 comments

First thing we do, let’s intimidate all the lawyers.

“Freedom is Slavery”

· Tuesday, March 11, 2025 · 23 comments

Orwell came to mind this morning.

DOGEing It Out

· Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 29 comments

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

Tuesday Morning Tabs

· Tuesday, February 25, 2025 · 15 comments

Taking a Chainsaw to the Federal Workforce

· Sunday, February 23, 2025 · 49 comments

The cruelty is indeed the point.

Sunday Morning Tabs

· Sunday, February 16, 2025 · 32 comments

Adams and Homan

· Saturday, February 15, 2025 · 27 comments

The abuse of power is obvious.

The Purge: FBI Edition

· Saturday, February 1, 2025 · 45 comments

The administration is compiling a list of every single agent who participated in the January 6 investigations.

SaturTabs

· Saturday, February 1, 2025 · 15 comments

Follow-up Tabs

· Thursday, January 30, 2025 · 14 comments

Links related to various recent posts.

Friday Tabs

· Friday, January 24, 2025 · 40 comments

The Biden “Legacy” Conversation

· Friday, January 17, 2025 · 17 comments

An observation or two.

Sunday Tabs

· Sunday, January 5, 2025 · 4 comments

Saturday Late Morning Tabs

· Saturday, January 4, 2025 · 17 comments

Tabs for Thursday

· Thursday, January 2, 2025 · 8 comments

Late Sunday Morning Tabs

· Sunday, December 15, 2024 · 6 comments

FBI Director Wray to Resign Before Trump Inauguration

· Thursday, December 12, 2024 · 20 comments

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

Tabs for Thursday

· Thursday, December 12, 2024 · 15 comments

Monday Tabs

· Monday, December 9, 2024 · 7 comments

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Trump the Antihero?

· Saturday, December 7, 2024 · 28 comments

The cruelty isn’t the point.

South Korea Update

· Wednesday, December 4, 2024 · 9 comments

Tabby Tueday

· Tuesday, December 3, 2024 · 28 comments

Nichols on Patel, et al.

· Monday, December 2, 2024 · 25 comments

Some quotes to ponder.

Policy is Easy!

· Thursday, November 28, 2024 · 15 comments

Just lie about it.

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Podcast Recommendation

· Tuesday, November 26, 2024 · 3 comments

Autocracy in America.

Saturday Tab Clearing

· Saturday, November 23, 2024 · 10 comments

Friday Tabs

· Friday, November 15, 2024 · 71 comments

Cabinet appointments edition.

A Note on the Scale of the Democrat’s Loss

· Tuesday, November 12, 2024 · 72 comments

Some sense of proportion would be nice.

Trump’s Mandate

· Friday, November 8, 2024 · 39 comments

It’s neither unprecedented nor powerful. It doesn’t exist.

A Lame-Duck Session SCOTUS Nominee?

· Friday, November 8, 2024 · 12 comments

Could Democrats replace their oldest Justice before it’s too late?

Fascist Side Trips: Tucker Carlson Edition

· Thursday, October 31, 2024 · 57 comments

Unreality and sexual anxiety on display.

Thinking About the Border

· Thursday, October 24, 2024 · 16 comments

Plus some thoughts on mass deportation.

Trump’s Disdain for the Military

· Wednesday, October 23, 2024 · 44 comments

With a guest appearance by Hitler.

Defining and Discussing Fascism, Part II

· Tuesday, October 22, 2024 · 24 comments

Hitler comparisons.

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