I woke up this morning, and like I have for many, many years, the first place I surveyed for the

news of the day was the Drudge Report.

And as I scanned the headlines, I came upon one that I couldn't resist.

George Santos, the disgraced former New York congressman, expelled by an overwhelming vote,

is now on cameo.

When I saw it, before I came to my senses, I almost succumbed to the nonsense, to the insanity, to the fact that what's playing out

in front of us, though it is deadly serious, plays out like a joke, a farce, a Saturday

night live episode that never, ever, ever stops.

The parody has outraised the reality.

The reality can't keep up.

It is an extraordinary moment.

The absurdities around us continue to pile higher and higher and higher. And no doubt, there are thousands and thousands of people who will avail themselves of the opportunity to have George Santos

call someone they know and say something stupid.

At any rate, it's likely that soon George Santos will be in a federal prison where he belongs to be because he is a fraud, a con man, an utterly and absolutely

disreputable figure, and that he found his way into the Congress from the state

of New York under the nose of the New York Times says everything you need to know about

the absolute neglect of our politics by the American news media, which has become

an essential partner to the political class that they are supposed to cover.

Instead, they are in the conflict business, making billions for clicks, sensationalizing lunacy and nonsense,

and never, ever leveling straight with the American people. There are so few that have stood up,

stood tall, have done the right thing, have followed their oaths and their

consciences, and did their duty to the American Republic.

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