Outside the Beltway

Normal transition . . . and potential red flags.

The honey badger strikes again.

Our transitions are too long.

The bad guys are having a bad week.

Not to mention impotence.

It’s going to be a long four years.

Another setback for Teheran.

Another huge blow against Iranian’s regional strategy.

This time for Secretary of the Navy

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

We have crossed Putin’s red line.

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

No, I am not kidding.

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

Trump’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

It sounds the same in the original Russian.

My concerns about a second Trump administration.

Escalation? Russian desperation?

The would-be gunman was captured before he could get off a shot.

Policy is only a part of it.

Where’s my $400,000 a month contract?

Who did Nazi this coming?

A bold reversal of fortunes. For now.

Rubio reportedly wants the gig.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

Alas, on terms Ukraine can’t possibly accept.

There is a strong push inside the administration to allow use of US weapons to strike Russia.

A small, conscript-driven military has very different training and doctrine than ours.

Eye-rolling moral equivalence that will lessen respect for international law.

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

It’s more than competition but less than war.

Are we avoiding facing hard truths?

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

A Congressionally-mandated report finds “reasonable” evidence but acknowledges limitations.

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

MAGA Republicans have owned themselves whilst trying to own the libs.

A win for the good guys and a loss for Trump and Putin.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

It’s about time.

A set of bills would fund Ukraine, Israel, and other bipartisan priorities while ticking of the MAGA crowd.

While the West dithers, Russia is doubling down.

It must be another day that ends in a “Y”

Two related questions.

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.