Alphabetize pagination links for blog posts?

Site URL: https://www.dealbookcompanies.com

Hi Folks,

I injected some javascript into my site to alphabetize blog posts based on blog title (see below for reference), but I'm struggling to also alphabetize the pagination links contained at the bottom of each page so I've just hidden them. Does anyone have any thoughts of how to accomplish this? Password to access "Intelligence" blog page is DealBook#123!

Code reference:

<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
 
  <script type="text/javascript">
      $(document).ready(function(){
          if( $('.blog-item').length != 0 ){
              var categories = []; 
              $('.blog-item').each(function () {
                categories.push({
                  categoryName: $(this).find('.blog-title').html(),
                  listItem: $(this)
                });
              });
              categories.sort(function(a,b) {
                var c = a.categoryName.toUpperCase();
                var d = b.categoryName.toUpperCase();
                return (c > d) ? 1 : ((d > c) ? -1 : 0);
              });
              $.each(categories, function(index, object){
                  object.listItem.appendTo(object.listItem.parent());
              });
          }
      });
  </script>

<style>
section.item-pagination {
  display: none;
}
</style>