Greetings! Well, no one’s talking about Jeffrey Epstein this week....Gas pains. Just last week Trump boasted during his State of the Union address about low gas prices including $1.85 in Iowa (which was later disputed).  Turns out, gas prices have risen 5 cents a gallon since the weekend and analysts expect the prices to rise much higher. (NBC News)...An observation about Secretary of War Pete “Hairgel” Hegseth after watching him during yesterday’s press briefing.  He comes in too hot especially in a time of war, instead of being measured and “cool.” “Hairgel” struts around like he thinks he’s hot stuff but he comes off as the opposite of cool...Speaking of unhinged lapdog Trump officials, Kash Patel and his singer girlfriend Alexis Wilkins can’t seem to avoid the spotlight. The NY Times dropped a devastating article over the weekend about the extensive FBI protection needed to surround the singer, about 20 years junior to the FBI’s top dog.  The Times called her “one of the best protected country singers in the United States”...Conservative political commentator and founder of The Blaze Glenn Beck predicts that Bill Gates could be the first American to go to jail over his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein....Dept. of Broken Records: Trump posted  (again) on Truth Social that American elections are “rigged” and a “laughingstock all over the world.” Doesn’t he have something better to do like prevent WWWIII than spread noxious lies about the country’s elections?...Silence on the European right: The European Conservative has barely written a word about Trump’s attacks on Iran. Do the editors have a point of view?...If  you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Word of the Day: Unilateral...Here’s Trump’s eight-minute video announcing the air strikes against Iran early Saturday morning. My biggest questions: what’s with the baseball cap Mr. President? Your eyes were almost completely covered; how can we trust someone who shields their eyes? Or were you having a bad hair day?...Dept. of Mockery: Leave it to Saturday Night Live to skewer Trump’s middle-of-the-night announcement about America’s most consequential Middle East policy decision in decades. “Good evening and welcome to World War III for those who celebrate,” intoned the  faux commander-in-chief (played brilliantly by James Austin Johnson). NewsBusters was not amused with the skit...Dept. of Irony: Trump wrote this in a Truth Social post:  “The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!” (That’s his emphasis, not mine.) In other words, if you don’t agree to peace, I’m gonna smash you in the face!...Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) argues in a Wall Street Journal  op-ed that the attack on Iran was “unwise and unconstitutional”...Strange Bedfellows: Tucker Carlson and Jane Fonda both agree that the U.S. attack on Iran is “bad and a betrayal,” according to the Los Angeles Times...What deal? The early Saturday morning strike against Iran seems to have killed most of the chatter about Paramount’s successful bid to swallow Warner Bros. Discovery and the  fate of CNN.  However, the Washington Free Beacon has come up with a list of prominent CNN talent whose jobs may be in jeopardy if the deal goes through as projected: Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Kaitlin Collins, Jake Tapper and Abby Phillip....If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard