Some people make the grave mistake of believing their own press.

It was a funny sight to see Tucker Carlson at his Maine Berghof with the brain trust for his new political party. Here was Tucker, who was unceremoniously dumped by Fox News. Marjorie Taylor Greene was there after President Trump refused to support her bid to run for governor of Georgia. She left Congress but conveniently timed her departure so as to guarantee her governmental pension. Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-4) was all smiles after he was crushed in his primary and ended his stay in Congress. Joe Kent was also there after being fired from his counterterror gig and while possibly being the subject of a criminal investigation over leaking. It was an all-star team of losers and their spouses. When everyone is equally a loser, then they all seem like stars. And then Tucker announced an interview with none other than his former neighbor and friend, Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden, of course, is the owner of the laptop that showed how he bagged money for his “Big Man” father and also displayed for the world his tawdry drug and personal life activities. If Tucker is looking for people glued to the floor, he might run out soon.

The purpose of the Maine meeting was to announce the formation of an alternative to the MAGA wing of the Republican Party. No, they are not going in the direction of the Paul Ryan wing that served the Chamber of Commerce and not the common citizen. Everyone with a pulse knows the history of splinter parties in American electoral politics. While Israel has around 38 political parties, the US has for generations settled into a two-party system, with the rare victory of someone with neither a D nor R after his or her name. Like the Nazis, the folks in the picture claimed that MAGA had been stabbed in the back by neocons — you know, Jews. So it was their moral imperative to set up a new option based on supposed righty morals and........

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