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

Greetings! The sheer volume of Trump’s hyperactive Truth Social postings is finally drawing the attention of the mainstream media.  In the past week alone, we’ve seen an almost unprecedented blitz of dozens of posts filled with Trump’s over-the-top bluster and bullshit.  Today’s Wall Street Journal published an analysis of thousands of his Truth Social posts.  The conclusion: Trump uses Truth Social to “spread conspiracy theories and attack his enemies.” Sheesh.  I could have told you that a year ago.  NPR White House reporter Danielle Kurtzleben also analyzed his Truth Social posts. One of her startling revelations in her excellent May 8 article was that Trump has written 2,249 posts for the first four months of the year, an average of 19 posts a day....And speaking of Truth Social, Trump published a post last night of a map of northern South America with the stars and stripes superimposed over Venezuela, signaling in a not subtle manner his imperialistic intentions for the country....The government-sponsored pro-mom website Moms.gov, which launched Sunday, gets the stink-eye in a biting MSNOW opinion piece.  The site, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services, is termed by MSNOW as being “short on facts and long on propaganda.”  Mom.gov touts itself as the all-encompassing solution for information about prenatal and postnatal care, infant nutrition and TrumpRX.  However, writer Dr. Jessica Talarco concludes “that the website is aimed at asserting Trump’s ‘pro mom’ bona fides while preying on vulnerable women with thinly veiled propaganda of an anti-abortion, anti-vaccine, and anti-feminist bent”...Not so fast: The American Conservative believes that the case for Marco Rubio as the GOP nominee for president in 2028 may be overstated...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard