Outside the Beltway

Since I was thinking about 2016

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

If any other president…

Representative Comer doesn’t understand much, it would seem.

The attempt to erase J6 by many at FNC continues…

The thuggish stylings of Tom Homan.

…but don’t let the Epstein matter distract you from everything else Trump is doing.

A strange obsession.

“Influencer” Benny Johnson wants to bulldoze certain neighborhoods in DC.

The Kennedy Center “Honors” get a Trumpian makeover.

This is all for show.

Authoritarian instructions from Trump.

A window into White Christian Nationalism (as endorsed by Pete Hegseth!).

A gift for Dear Leader.

In this case, Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council.

A member of the Texas legislature reminds us that we are in an era of pure power politics.

Golf reveals character.

One of the big ones has given up.

Most of the world knows that PR is a better way to elect legislatures.

I am sensing a new ongoing bit…

Seeing the effects of Trumponomics.

Trump’s One Weird Trick to end the war in Ukraine.

Because of course.

Thinking about ideology in the Trump era.

Looking backwards in the energy sector.

What fresh Hell is this?

Both the policy issues but also the way it illustrates the politics of us versus them.

Mail time!

Trump uses an antisemitic slur.

Believe it when people tell you who they are.

Reality v. unreality.

An attack on the First Amendment in plain sight.

The linguistic stylings and white supremacy of Tommy Tuberville.

Hegseth renames a ship.

Team Trump and the DIA assessment of the Iran bombings.

Is that really a good idea?

Well, I feel better now.

Cruz on supporting Israel.

Gas prices.

We’re officially past rhyming and into history (or at least rhetoric) repeating.

The pattern of attempted intimidation continues.

A state Representative and his wife have also been shot and are in the hospital.