Greetings! Dept. of No Surprises:  Conservatives praised Pete Hegseth’s four-hour performance in his confirmation hearing yesterday, according to Fox News.  Trump aggregated a collection of 25 butt-kissing quotes on his website from GOP luminaries including CNN’s house Republican Scott Jennings who wrote on X, “He kicked their asses today.” My take: Hegseth mostly held his own from the tough questions and his experience as a TV news anchor served him well under the bright lights.  But it still doesn’t qualify him for the position…Toothless: The opinion pages of Iowa’s The Des Moines Register, the state’s largest and most influential newspaper, had nothing to say about Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) backing of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense…The popular 70s disco band, The Village People, is slated to perform at Trump’s inauguration.  I guess this means we’ll have to watch Trump bust a few moves. (Breitbart)…Billy Bush, host of the entertainment news TV program “Extra” and former Trump confidant, told Tucker Carlson that ABC News created a 75-person unit devoted to derailing Trump’s 2016 run for president (The Gateway Pundit)… Seth Meyers, watch yer’ back.  In a recent Truth Social post, Trump admitted he got “stuck” watching NBC’s late night host.  He called Meyers a “moron” and his Comcast bosses “scum.” Not very presidential.. .App of the Week: Watch Duty, which is a free wildfire mapping tool that also sends real time alerts to users….If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard