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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Jul. 22, 2025

Greetings! Vile. That’s my stomach-clenching reaction to the fake video on Truth Social that Trump posted showing Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office by FBI agents as The Donald observes passively.  Obama is then frog-marched out and tossed into a jail cell. All to the music of The Village People’s “YMCA.” (This scene occurs 42 seconds in)…Harvard is considering establishing a center for the study of conservative scholarship, according to the Wall Street Journal….The Dispatch thinks it knows why Trump hates Europe. The publication’s Yascha Mounk traces Trump’s general resentment toward  European leaders because of their  disdain for him. Trump’s bitterness toward the continent’s elite reflects his view they’ve not done enough to preserve “their continent’s threatened culture”… Favorite right-wing article of the day: American Spectator has a spot-on essay pining for the good ‘ol days when cars weren’t dominated by digital technology that makes a vehicle feel  like a “tablet bolted to a plastic coffin on wheels, ” opines the Spectator’s John Mac Ghlionn.”We now live in the age of touchscreen tyranny, where opening your glove box requires navigating through digital menus like you’re ordering takeout. Climate control has become a software experience. Even the simplest task feels like rebooting a plane mid-flight”…Be sure to check out Stephen Colbert’s opening monologue from last night’s show skewering his cancellation and Donald Trump. An instant classic! (YouTube)…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard