Desperate Freakish Clinging to Power. Understanding the Establishment. Historical parallels between today's fragile American Ruling Class and a panicked Mao Zedong during China's horrific Cultural Revolution. Same dangerous dynamics? Nervous tyrants are the worst kind of tyrants. Meanwhile, Washington Post now belatedly scrubbing its many false Steele Dossier narratives. SpyGate Collapse continues. Damage already done, and as expected, Deep Staters will soon claim they were duped. Disgraced David Frum makes a great, if inadvertent, case for Trump 2024. Yes, the velociraptors have figured out how to work the doorknobs. Just in time to save the republic. A karmic two terms with one disastrous Biden interval? Notes on the Winston Churchill & Grover Cleveland Model. Plus, our review of the fine new movie Dune. With Listener Calls.