Yesterday’s hearing in the Senate regarding the Afghanistan “retrograde” was mildly partisan and staid, befitting that body’s reputation as “deliberative”. Today’s hearing in the House of Representative often resembled the movie Animal House with the role of Dean Wormer played by Representative Adam Smith (D-WA). Although there were many food fights, we are going to focus on Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and his use of the new book Peril as a prop.