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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Feb. 25, 2026

Greetings! Grandpa Trump gave a long, boring speech last night where he patted himself on the back a lot, yelled at the Democrats and called them names. He also kvelled over members of the USA men’s gold-winning hockey team who were his special guests….I’m tracking down a rumor that Melania Trump may have cracked a tiny smile during the speech…While the National Review praised the record-breaking speech along with much of the right-wing press I reviewed this morning, the editors noted that it matters very little.  “For all the sound and occasional fury, nothing from the address is likely to alter the trajectory of the midterms,” they wrote….Trump is fed up with Tucker Carlson.  So says The Free Press, citing Carlson’s relentless bashing of Israel….Speaking of Carlson, after his contentious Feb. 21 interview with U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, PJ Media wonders if the bombastic bloviator is “suffering from a clinical mental illness.” Here’s the key line in Rabbi Michael Barclay’s assessment of the interview and it’s a doozy: “Carlson showed what appeared to be signs of either mental distress, a neurological issue, or possible addiction”…Dept. of Surprises: A county in Texas nixed a proposal to rename a portion of a highway the “Charlie Kirk Corridor.” About 100 people showed up at a Bastrop County commission meeting to voice their opposition to the plan, according to Biz Pac Review…Progressive motor-mouth and bomb thrower Keith Olbermann is taking heat from the right after his social media post bashing USA’s gold-medal-winning hockey team for accepting Trump’s invitation to attend the SOTU speech. He called the players “stupid, self-absorbed and misogynistic.” (Western Journal)…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard