Greetings! Scary: Excellent Western Journal article that speculates about the horrors that would unfold if Adolf Hitler had AI. “ (I)magine if Hitler had AI-powered surveillance systems capable of identifying every Jewish family in Europe instantly. Imagine facial recognition connected to national databases. Imagine predictive algorithms flagging political dissidents before they acted. Imagine autonomous monitoring systems operating 24 hours a day without fatigue, hesitation, or mercy.  The scale of evil would have been almost unimaginable”...Another day, another Trump business venture. Trump-branded phones have begun shipping this week, per USA Today.  The gold-colored mobile devices (natch) will be available to consumers June 16.  One of the mobile plans is priced at $47.45,” a clever nod to Trump’s terms as the 45^th and 47^th president of the U.S. I’m sticking with Verizon and Apple in case you were wondering...Maine is becoming a destination for liberals leaving red states because of climate anxiety, according to the Washington Free Beacon.  But it certainly isn’t a paradise as the Beacon gleefully points out.  A Beacon article spotlights a couple from Austin, Texas, who moved to the Pine Tree State and woke up one morning to find human feces on their porch deposited by a homeless person.  No problem, says the Beacon: “(The couple’s) laissez-faire attitude to vagrant defecators and other agents of public disorder should serve them well in Bangor, which has the state's highest crime rate and one of the largest vagrant populations”...Comedian Harry Shearer has dropped a clever music video featuring motion-capture images of an ersatz Trump in the Oval Office with world leaders singing his most famous excuse, “I Never Knew Him”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Gag alert: Donald Trump is considering issuing 250 pardons as part of the nation’s 250^th birthday celebration, according to the Wall Street Journal. No word yet on who may be on the get-out-of-jail-free list...Right-wing knives are out for Academy-award winning director Chris Nolan for his  big budget summer movie The Odyssey.  Featuring a star-studded cast, including Matt Damon (Odysseus), and Anne Hathaway(Penelope) as well as Elliot Page (Achilles), formerly known as  Ellen Page before transitioning. NewsBusters wonders if Nolan might be “forcing a cultural statement down the throats of the audience,” especially since Achilles is known as a symbol of masculinity and strength...Sick Bay Report: Trump sycophant and disgraced ex-NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani was released from the hospital after a 10-day stay battling pneumonia. The Gateway Pundit reports that the 81-year-old Giuliani resumed hosting his daily radio show yesterday.  I’m no Rudy fan, but I have to admit he’s a fighter...Another Kennedy whack-job? The NY Times dropped a devastating portrait of Jack Schlossberg, a JFK grandson and social media sensation. The handsome 33-year-old Schlossberg, who is running as a Democrat for the open House seat in New York’s coveted 12^th District covering the wealthy heart of Manhattan.  The piece portrays his campaign as “chaotic” and describes Schlossberg as erratic and prone to going AWOL Nonetheless, he has a slim lead in the race...Death from the skies: The Washington Times reports that 190 people have been killed by U.S. military in the Caribbean and Pacific in its haphazard attacks on alleged drug smugglers. Fifty-six boats have also been destroyed. No doubt, SecDef Pete “Hairgel” Hegseth is doing a victory dance in a full-length mirror...f you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard