that is why it is confusing. nobody laughed here and you didn t laugh. i hope you have a great time trick-or-treating. i want to welcome everybody. it is halloween. the top story begins with mike johnson s first full week as speaker of the house. after the offense of swift, many are still learning about him, let alone the rest of the nation that had never heard of him. the point became a funny punchline this weekend on saturday night live. your name is what? mike johnson. no one will forget that. how did you end up speake no one knows. there e clues. reports diving into who and how he might lead. why a party that was so paralyzed infighting settled on this particular man. part of the answer stems from weakness. the top elected republicans and visible figures were too divisive to went over the caucus. that is unusual. it down to mccarthy and scalise and brands like jim jordan. part of the answer turns on the wolf of wall street problem. that is the challenge of adv