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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Aug. 4, 2025

Greetings! Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, which is the target of a $10 billion lawsuit via Donald Trump, continues to criticize POTUS.  The WSJ’s  editorial board denounced his firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Lisa McEntrafer for releasing objective data showing lousy July employment numbers. “Mr. Trump’s data denial is one more reason fewer Americans will trust the government,” opined the WSJ’s  editors in a much-too understated tone for me. Worth noting: American Spectator thinks that McEntarfer’s termination “was long overdue”…Make America Read Again: Trump is pushing two tomes: On Power, by Fox News commentator Mark Levin, and Butler, by right wing journo Salena Zito. “These are incredible ‘reads’ for MAGA conservatives,” the Book-Reviewer-in-Chief wrote on Truth Social… American Eagle spokesmodel and controversy magnet Sydney Sweeney leans GOP. Buzzfeed revealed this fact from examining Florida voter registration records that since 2024, Sweeney has been a registered Republican in the Sunshine State…Speaking of Sweeney, who else has good genes besides the star of “Euphoria” and “White Lotus”? Here’s my partial list (and they’re all Nepo babies unlike Sweeney): Michael Douglas, Caroline Kennedy, Kate Hudson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peyton and Eli Manning, Patrick Schwarzenegger, John David Washington, and Gwyneth Paltrow. If you’ve got other suggestions, fire away….I’m on the road tomorrow for a family adventure.  This newsletter will resume publication Wednesday…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard