Outside the Beltway

“Declassification, even by the President, must follow established procedures.” (Trump Administration 2018)

While enormous, the commander-in-chief’s control over state secrets is not absolute.

Running down the latest “known knowns” with just a bit of analysis

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”

It’s complicated, hard to prove, and politically fraught.

Tell us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants without telling us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

Some 4500 tip line reports were simply turned over to the White House and not investigated further.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

They’re stealing our secrets and working to undermine our elections.

Are you going to believe this index or your own lyin’ eyes?

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

Why would a group that claims it has evidence of ballot harvesting refuse to turn it over?

A Michigan jury believed the FBI created the crime.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

An example of how lack of regulation leads to practices that damage public faith in policing

Why clearing criminal records makes economic sense

Because of course he did.

Former President Trump routinely broke the law with respect to protecting public records.

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

A possible murder plot in Colombia embedded into a problematic multi-decade narrative.

A pattern is emerging.

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

The erstwhile QAnon Shaman will spend another three-and-a-half years in jail.

A massive investigation into the Capitol riot looks at what came before, during, and after.

DOJ has settled a civil suit with the former official.

Several stories for your consumption.

Eleven years after it was canceled, the police procedural is being brought back for a 21st season.

President Trump’s destruction of longstanding norms continues under his successor.

A massive sting operation has been revealed.

Some good news in the hacking wars.

A third of the party’s Members of Congress voted against a popular bill.

An over-eager supporter or something more sinister?

Rudy may not be a very good lawyer…

Rogue cops, racial profiling, tainted cases, and the lack of consequences.

A loon wolf terrorist who followed Louis Farrakhan was responsible.

Is he bogarting all the good documentaries?

The Watergate conspirator, author, and talk show host was 90.

The U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative beg to differ.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

Implications for Alabama and the GOP as well as considerations on the evolution of American politics.