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10
Mar

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Bad news for Trump? The conservative editorial board of the Wall Street Journal opines that the President won’t win this war if higher oil prices leads him to halt the bombing.  “The regime for now thinks it can outlast the U.S.,” the editors wrote.  “On Sunday it chose Mojtaba Khamenei as its new Supreme Leader, succeeding his father. The younger Mr. Khamenei sends a message of no compromise—to Iran’s own citizens or Mr. Trump”...Gag alert: A new book puts Donald Trump on the same pedestal as Abraham Lincoln and FDR.  Lincoln, Roosevelt, Trump: Three Profiles in World-Historical Leadership, studies all three presidents. The book’s cover reveals how it views Trump in comparison with Honest Abe and FDR. Trump’s image sits in the middle of the image flanked by the two other presidents.  His picture is also much larger than the other two.  FrontPage calls the book splendid...Dept. of Surprises: Blaze Media contends that MAHA is “sick” and points to the FDA as the culprit...Just askin’: Why didn’t George W. Bush attend the funeral of civil rights icon Jesse Jackson last week?  Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton were all there....Trump received an award Wednesday naming him “the undisputed champion of clean coal.” It may surprise absolutely no one that the award was given to him on “behalf of coal miners across the country,” according to Breitbart...Lousy month for web traffic: Year-over-year visits to all major right-wing news websites dropped in February, according to the latest analysis out today from TheRighting. Mainstream news website like CNN and the NY Times also experienced declines....If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard


Today's Headlines From the Right

Dems Can’t Win Elections without Fraud

source: American Thinker

Every illegal vote cancels an American citizen’s vote. And the left loves it.

NBC Poll Humiliates Dems; Party Now Less Popular Than ICE

source: Big League Politics

Survey finds the Democratic Party’s favorability rating trailing Republicans, President Trump, and even ICE.

Texas Voters, Don’t Be Fooled by James Talarico

source: Washington Times

Democrats have had trouble in recent years attracting conservative evangelical voters, who vote mostly for Republicans.

James Talarico, the Texas Trickster

source: National Review

He is not, in fact, a moderate, unless ‘moderate’ is now a synonym for ‘white man.’

Trump’s Simple Demand: Make Iran Normal Again

source: NY Post

President Trump expects Iran to find leadership that isn’t committed to an insane Islamist agenda.

Trump Won the War and Soon the Peace

source: Newsmax

In just over a week, something remarkable has happened in the Middle East. The war with Iran — feared by many for decades — has largely been decided.

Trump and Our Incredible Military Are Ending 47 Years of Iranian Terror

source: Fox News

By Mike Pence: Operation Epic Fury has degraded Iranian military capabilities and scattered their leadership.

Epic Fury Is Legal and It Is America First

source: Townhall

When the bombs started falling on Iran, Americans on the hard right and hard left melted down quicker than the plastic slip covers on Ayatollah Khamenei’s couch

The Left Weeps for Ayatollah Khamenei

source: American Spectator

The depraved sympathy shown to the world’s most anti-Semitic, anti-American, misogynistic, homophobic terrorist.

What Oil Price Panic Really Tells You About Our Leaders

source: NY Post

Trump is right: The short-term spike in oil prices is “a very small price” to pay for ending the Islamic Republic’s threat to the civilized world.

No Matter How the War Ends, We Cannot Take Any Refugees

source: The Federalist

Allowing zero refugees to resettle on American soil should be the absolute minimum requirement for any U.S. military action in the Middle East.

Late Night Comedy Shows Joked About U.S. and Our Allies Most of the Time in First Week of War

source: NewsBusters

The late night comedians reacted to the start of the Iran War with not only a week of disapproval, but also a lopsided joke count. According to a new Media Research Center study, the hosts told 94 percent of their war-related jokes about the United States and our allies.

Will Cuba Make a Deal with Trump to Begin Regime Change?

source: Victory Girls

Cuba is trapped between a rock, a hard place, and Donald Trump. Given their options, making a deal with President Trump is their best bet.

World War III Has Already Begun

source: Washington Examiner

The popular image of a world war is sudden catastrophe, mass mobilization, and unmistakable collapse. That is not what we see today. However, the world is in a great power competition, a distributed struggle for influence, security, and control of critical resources. World War III is not looming. It is underway right now.

The GOP Has an Embarrassment of Riches for 2028

source: PJ Media

While the GOP talent pool runs deep, there are two real standouts when it comes to the 2028 conversation — Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Yes, those two constitute an embarrassment of riches when compared to the Democrats.

America Is Finally United as Antisemites, Epstein Truthers, Dems and Tucker Carlson Fans Join Forces to Trash Trump

source: SteveGruber.com

Across X the past week, the commentary on social media reads like a digital potluck of grievances. Some accounts claim Trump hasn’t gone far enough on Epstein-related revelations and that the millions of documents released took way too long to make public. Others accuse him of being too friendly with and controlled by Israel.

Traffic Plunges at All Right-Wing News Websites in February

source: A Righting Research Exclusive

Every right-wing news website tracked by TheRighting experienced significant declines in February traffic according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of Similarweb data. Even fast-growing right-wing stalwarts like Truth Social saw year-over-year (YOY) declines.