Greetings! Vampires rejoice! Tomorrow is the winter solstice, the day with the least amount of daylight in the northern hemisphere…It’s 30 days until Donald Trump’s inauguration. TheRighting has a countdown ticker at the bottom of the newsletter and in the top right hand corner of our homepage, as a dark reminder of The Donald’s impending return to the White House…Required reading: The Wall Street Journal reveals how Joe Biden’s inner circle protected an aging  president prone to gaffes and lack of focus for the last four years. The ugly truth is finally beginning to emerge…Mediaite has named the 75 most influential people in the news media. Rightly so, a number of right-leaning personalities made the list.  They include CNN’s house conservative Scott Jennings (#23), the Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro (#16), rightward  podcast queen Megyn Kelly (#10).  And drumroll for No. 1 on the Mediaite list:  POTUS puppeteer Elon Musk…The Daily Wire documentary Identity Crisis, which criticizes “gender-affirming surgery” for children, premieres January 10 on X.  It’s available for free for three days before slipping behind a paywall.  (Hollywood in Toto)…Weekend Watch: Especially for those of you brave enough to fly this holiday season  I recommend  Carry On, an old-fashioned action-thriller set at LAX on Christmas Eve. Almost in the same category as the iconic Bruce Willis vehicle “Die Hard.” Available now on Netflix…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard