Vance calculates the following: Stick his top 2028 competitor, Rubio, with this unpopular war. Resign, and become the Prince of MAGA, undercutting not just Rubio (whom they don’t trust anyway, because, you know, he speaks Spanish), but real MAGAtts like Cruz and Cotton.
Publication: A Righting Original
Here’s What “Melania’s” Critics Don’t Understand About the Film
For the past eight years, I’ve been analyzing right-wing media for my website TheRighting. And if there’s one subject that’s unassailable in those circles, it’s Melania Trump as an object of respect, admiration and even awe.
Trump, Hegseth and Sinking Ships
By Randall Rothenberg: There are two sinking ships right now: The kind that Trump and his incompetent lickspittle of a Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, are bombing, probably illegally; and the administration itself, led by an apparently ill and certainly befuddled autocrat, from which former loyalists are now distancing themselves.
More No Kings Images from Readers Around the Country
Many readers sent in their own images that captured the passion and resolve of the participants. TheRighting received images from all parts of the country in Ohio, Massachusetts, Minneapolis and California (natch).
“Signs” of the Times: Images from Manhattan’s No Kings Demonstration
Thousands of boisterous demonstrators gathered peacefully in Times Square and marched south to 14th Street voicing their loud opposition to the policies of the Trump administration.
American Spectator Trains the Next Generation of Right-Wing Journalists
In an era in which the once reliably progressive youth vote seems up for grabs, American Spectator’s role in providing training and a platform for young writers on the right has brought it a newfound relevance
“Signs” of the Times: Images from the No Kings Rallies
Millions of Americans took to the streets in the No Kings demonstrations that stretched across the country on Saturday, June 14. Several readers of TheRighting sent in images from rallies they attended and here are just a few of the more colorful ones we received. The demonstrations, as these images show, were peaceful.
Right-Wing Activist Shawn Faresh Cashes in on Trump Impressions
While he considers himself an activist first, Farash’s career has been buoyed by his uncanny ability to replicate the president’s unique speaking style, attracting a following on TikTok that he was able to parlay into a career as a podcast host. He’s unapologetic about his support for Trump’s presidency.
MAGA-Inspired Dating App Brings Young Conservatives Together
By Michael Lovito: Date Right Stuff, founded by a trio of former Trump advisors, takes the familiar template pioneered by mainstream apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge and calibrates it specifically to Republican-voting singles.
Wall Street Wonders If Newsmax Is a Sucker’s Bet
By David Lieberman: If you’re generous, then you’ll feel pity for the person, or people, who recently paid $265 for one of the newly public shares of right-wing broadcast company Newsmax. Transactions at the April Fools’ Day price ever-so-briefly gave the company a laughable market value of about $20 billion.
Images from NYC’s Anti-Trump “Hands-Off” Demonstration
By Howard Polskin: Like thousands of other Americans, I took to the streets on Saturday to add my voice protesting the Trump 2.0 administration. I posted more than 20 images from the march featuring the non-violent, anti-MAGA demonstrators and their colorful signs.
200 Right Wing Pandemic Headlines from April 2020
On the fifth anniversary of that awful month of April 2020 when the civilized world just about ground to a halt, TheRighting has compiled more than 200 headlines from right wing media during those fateful 30 days. They illustrate the often misguided information and ill-advised commentary that often misled their audiences with sometimes fatal consequences.
Meet Shane Trejo, the Man Pushing for Trump’s Third Term as President
By Michael Lovito: “Trump’s vitality is incredible. It almost seems like he is aging in reverse sometimes,” said Trejo, who spearheads the Third Term Project, advocating for another Trump term in the Oval Office.
Trump-Supporting Canadian Writer Urges Country to Join the U.S.
Canada is no longer a boring, benign state on America’s north border, according to author Lawrence Solomon. It is now a threat; a center of drug running and money laundering that is in bed with Communist China. Trump’s interest in Canada is as much defensive as offensive.
10 Questions About Right Wing Media in 2025
On the surface, all seems well in MAGA media world today. But there are questions large and small that could reshape the conservative landscape for years to come. Some questions may seem crazy, but in a world where Matt Gaetz was nominated as the country’s Attorney General, anything is possible.
A User’s Guide to Leaving X and Loving Bluesky
Social media refugees fleeing X after Musk’s takeover were looking for a home — enter decentralized social media platform Bluesky. Between the left’s growing disdain for Musk and his overhaul of X, combined with an election year now in full swing, the timing for the adoption of a new social media town square was perfect.
This Right Wing Vintner Serves Up Conservatism One Glass at a Time
Republican Red Wintery features Trump-inspired labels like “Drain the Swamp” chardonnay and “45 + 47” pinot. noir. The California-based company markets its wine as 100% woke-free.
Meet the MAGA Billionaire Pro-Trump Women Who Bankrolled Hate
By Kimberly Rhodes: This is the stuff nightmares are made of – Miriam Adelson, Linda McMahon, Diane Hendricks, Liz Uihlein, and Kelly Loeffler used their vast wealth, not to uplift women or defend democracy, but to elect a maniac who brags about grabbing women by the pussy and setting women’s rights back half-a-century and openly aspires to be a dictator.
Wall Street Yawns at Right Wing Media Companies Clinging to Trump’s Coattails
By David Lieberman: Investors’ reacted poorly to the publicly traded companies we track: Truth Social parent Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), social video platform Rumble, e-retailer PublicSquare, and radio power Salem Media. Stock prices for all four declined between Election Day and November 15 – a period when the overall market was up 2.7 percent.
Readers Respond to Trump’s Return to Power
Many of you wrote in and expressed heart-felt feelings about the direction of the country and the need to take a break from the news.
Wall Street Yawns at Right Wing Companies Clinging to Trump’s Coattails
Investors reacted poorly to the publicly traded conservative companies we track: Truth Social parent Trump Media and Technology Group, social video platform Rumble, e-retailer PublicSquare, and radio power Salem Media. Stock prices for all four declined between Election Day and November 15, a period when the overall market was up 2.7 percent.
Trump Voters, Explained
In the age of Trump, there’s one central question: why would anyone vote for Donald Trump? Our contributor Joe Hagan provides some answers.
Author Bill Adair Tells the Truth About Lying in Politics
Bill Adair has built a stellar career based on lying. But he’s no liar. Far from it. He is one of the country’s foremost experts studying lying in politics. And his new book “Beyond the Big Lie,” which examines the epidemic of political lying, was just published.
Right Wing Media Lose Luster on Wall Street
By David Lieberman: You can add Wall Street investors to the pollsters and prediction market gamblers who believe Kamala Harris has begun to derail Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.