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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Oct. 20, 2025

Greetings! Who took to the streets Saturday to protest Donald Trump’s dangerous dismantling of our democracy?  I did and  posted my story and images from the boisterous but peaceful Manhattan demonstration. If you snapped photos in your town , please send them to me and I’ll post mid-week, crediting you if you want.  Send to: Howard(AT)TheRighting.com…POTUS poops on No Kings parade: The mad MAGA-in-Chief posted an offensive 19-second AI-created video on Truth Social of himself flying a jet over the No Kings rally  in Times Square and raining feces on the protesters. Nothing but class Donny…Thousands or millions? In a story posted early Sunday morning on the NY Times website, the paper of record estimated that “thousands” of protestors showed at the No Kings demonstrations across the country at 2,500 locations.  That math doesn’t add up. In New York City alone, there were an estimated 100,000 peaceful protestors. It’s probably why an updated version of the article deleted the low-ball estimate. CNN put the number at “millions” and that feels way more accurate…Last week, there were posts in right-wing media touting research claiming a decrease in the number of individuals identifying as transgender.  Not so fast, says the popular the trans-focused Substack newsletter Erin in the Morning, which maintains that there was a “glaring error” in the research cited, asserting  that more people currently identify as transgender, not fewer…”The Charlie Kirk Show” ranked as the third quarter’s fastest-growing conservative podcast, according to TheRighting’s exclusive research.  Daily podcasts are still being produced under the slain activist’s name with rotating hosts…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard