Greetings! In a Truth Social post yesterday afternoon, Trump called for the "institutionalization" of Reps. Ilham Omar and Rashida Tlaib because they are “mentally deranged,” “sick,” “corrupt” and have low IQs.  Trump really must have given his thesaurus a real workout while uncorking those slurs. He also insulted Robert De Niro and Rosie O’Donnell in the same post...Extremist Candace Owens, right-wing media’s fastest-growing podcaster (here's my research), has a new series out this week attacking Erika Kirk. She is the popular widow of slain activist Charlie Kirk who was killed last September. In an episode that dropped February 12, she discussed Mrs. Kirk’s alleged relationship with a girl of 15 when she was 25.  It also explored Kirk's alleged involvement with sex trafficking charities, her mother's alleged business connections to child trafficking, and potential links to Jeffrey Epstein. Explosive charges. But Owens' business model is to use outrage to draw audiences...PJ Media suggests quite emphatically that the superintendent of the massive Los Angeles public school system is an illegal immigrant. “(W)e can state that Alberto Carvalho not only actively opposes ICE operations and has allowed teachers to use school resources illegally to protect aliens, he also previously admitted on video to having been an illegal alien himself.” Police raided his home Wednesday morning...Just the News came up with a new word I hadn’t read before: hate-triots.  The context is in this headline: Trump Draws Clear Midterm Battle Lines: Patriots vs “Hate-triots”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

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