Republicans in disarray!

 Trouble in paradise?  Today in Politico we learn that several Trump-anointed office seekers are disappointing in their quest to become Senators.  Mo Brooks, the rabble-rouser of January 6, is making little headway in Alabama, for instance, and Kelly Tshibaka is losing ground to Lisa Murkowski in Alaska.  It seems the Orange One's "iron grip" on the cult party may be in the eye of MSM beholders like the New York Times.  Not even including the wife-beater who had to drop out in Pennsylvania.  (Trump may transfer his love to Mehmet Oz, the TV charlatan/doctor whose qualifications mirror his own.)

Young Kyle is engaged in a very public brawl with his unstable lawyer Lin Wood, accusing him of mismanaging the case and the $2 million bail money.  As a result, the party's Q wing has turned on Kyle, accusing him of being "manipulated by the Deep State."   Say it ain't so!

The party of billionaires and Russian oligarchs embarked on its first Thanksgiving Offensive by accusing the President and Vice President of being out of touch with Real Murkins because he spent the holiday in Nantucket and she spent her own money on expensive kitchenware during her trip to Paris.  It did not end well.  Too many old-timers still remember how much Trump billed the Secret Service for rooms and golf carts at his tacky resorts, where he seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time.  And by the way, did that super-costly Japanese whiskey ever turn up?  Last seen in the vicinity of Mike Pompeo?

Calamity Boebert also had an unfortunate week.  She entertained an audience of supporters with an anecdote about that time Ilhan Omar got on a Capitol elevator with her and her minders, uh, staff.  The Boeb claims she said, "She doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine."  Because, see, the "Jihad squad" are all suicide bombers, right? says Ms. You're-Never-Fully-Dressed-Without-a-Sidearm.  That was fine with her fellow Rightzis, including "Leader" McCarthy.  Boebert's error was to apologize to "anyone in the Muslim community I offended."  Weakness!  RINO!  This is not over.

Kevin McCarthy would grab his ankles for the Hells Angels to be Speaker of the House.  All over the country state legislatures are furiously (if quietly) gerrymandering to make it so.  But there's one power broker he shouldn't rely on.  Margie Three Names told Matt Gaetz's Scheme Time Radio Hour that his failure to support her, Gosar and other neo-Nazis means he "doesn't have the full support" of the House Republicans.  Who does?  Gym Jordan!  At least until Clooney's documentary drops.  (Since the party had no platform last year except "Trump ha sempre ragione," I'm not sure how they stand on the sexual abuse of male college athletes.)

I am not ready to write about a number of issues, including startling news about George Orwell and Canada's strategic maple syrup reserve.   Meanwhile...