Special Persecutor Jack Smith has sought a “narrow” gag order against the defendant, former President Donald J. Trump, in the D.C. elections case. Smith cites in the gag order request that he is protecting the “integrity of the proceedings”. This is one of those times that one’s first response is, “Just what kind of effing clown show is this?”. Then, one remembers that we are a “late-stage Republic”, Stage Six by my count, and one sighs, “Of course.”.