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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Dec. 2, 2025

Greetings! American Canto, Olivia Nuzzi’s tome detailing her cringy affair with Health & Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drops today. This head-snapping NY Post headline says it all: “Inside RFK Jr’s needy love, drug use and cringe poetry as Olivia Nuzzi book reveals how he hid his bad behavior.” My weather forecast today for the RFK Jr. home he shares with his wife Cheryl “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Hines is stormy with a 90% chance of screaming and a flood of tears. I imagine the RFK Jr./Nuzzi imbroglio is clouding the HHS Secretary’s future with the White House too…Yet another Trump administration cabinet cast member is also having a bad hair day. Sec. of War Pete “Hairgel” Hegseth is in the Congressional crosshairs as lawmakers begin questioning the legality of deadly air strikes that have killed dozens of alleged drug smugglers off the Venezuelan coast. (NYTimes)…Wacky headline of the day: “Will Marjorie Taylor Greene land at ABC’s daily morning show ‘The View”? Seems like a long shot, but Blaze Media just published this provocative headline: “Did Ana Navarro just float Marjorie Taylor Greene jumping ship to ‘The View’”?…Our newest contributor Randall Rothenberg offers up this essay focusing on two kinds of sinking ships: the Trump presidency, which is rapidly taking on water; and the vessels that are being targeted by Hegseth’s Dept. of War.  As Rothenberg eloquently puts it, “(W)e’ve now reached The Terror phase of this Revolution, where the MAGAtts are devouring each other”…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard