t’s been a long week, with plenty of heavy lifting, there was the Ed Burke column and the “Ship of Fools” column. Too many metaphors can ruin the soup. So can we make this one easy? Not as easy as smoking a hookah at a cockfight back in the 1890s, in England.

But easier, nonetheless.

Vivek “won” the Republican debate and it’s time Republicans realize they’re not only fighting for their way of life, and for the republic, but everything. It’s time to take out the tomahawks.

The one standout moment, the one political warrior out there with the necessary sand was Vivek Ramaswamy. He denounced the GOP bosses to their face. He denounced corporate media for constantly lying to the American people. And he specifically called out NBC News debate moderator Kristen Welker to her face for spreading the Russia-collusion hoax.