January 4, 2023

Above, Steelers Wheel performs, Stuck in the Middle With You. As I write this, K-Mac (who is very bad at his job) has not been elected to be the Speaker, we are now heading to ballot #4, AND he's losing some support. K-Mac bargained away pretty much everything, including the House Ethics Panel and the bastards still won't vote for him. Whatever happened to professional courtesy?

Todd Has A Blog? presents the Squeaker of the House.

Wonkette itemizes the GOP's first order of business, you know, even before they murder dead the IRS.

PM Carpenter previews the likely 2024 alternative to TFG:  Ron DeSantis.

Left Jabber: The death of disgrace and the culture of impunity. That's quite a summary of the GOP!

Bonus Track: Open Culture has a letter Isaac Asimov sent to a new library in Troy, Michigan.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Twitters, and on the Fediverse too. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

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