Greetings! Another Trump administration cast member bites the dust.  Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned yesterday, slinking out amidst a swirl of sordid allegations, including boozing on  the job and conducting an illicit relationship with a subordinate.  A White House spokesperson said Chavez-DeRemer was departing for a job in the private sector which is Trump-speak for lose our number...Dept. of Butt Kissing: This morning, in a loopy Truth Social post, The Donald once again reveals his pathological need for constant adulation.  In the wake of Tim Cook announcing he would soon step down as Apple CEO, Trump recalled  a conversation with him early in his first White House residency: “When I got the call I said, wow, it’s Tim Apple (Cook!) calling, how big is that? I was very impressed with myself to have the head of Apple calling to ‘kiss my ass’”...Just published: This Vast Enterprise, a new take on the epic Lewis and Clark 8,000-mile expedition to cross what is today’s continental United States.  The NY Times calls the nonfiction book a “page turner” in a rave review. I  can’t wait to read it.  “This Vast Enterprise” chronicles  one of my favorite stories about our nation’s history  and seems appropriate for the country’s 250^th birthday...Subscriber Claudia Wheatley bristles with disdain at former EU ambassador Gordon Sondland’s description of getting Iran to back down is like breaking a horse.  “We don’t ‘break’ horses anymore, Gordie ol’ pal,” she wrote in a note to TheRighting regarding Sondland’s Fox News op-ed yesterday. “Now that they’re not essential to transportation and farming, we use kinder, gentler training methods. But leave it to a Trump-loving warmonger to use cowboy-asshole terminology”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Box office bomb: The just released theatrical documentary Lorne, about “Saturday Night Live’s” founder and creative spirit Lorne Michaels, tanked at the box office this weekend and Hollywood in Toto blames the show’s lefty politics.  “(T)he numbers shouldn’t come as a surprise,” writes Christian Toto. "'SNL'  hasn’t been entertaining for quite some time. The show’s hard-Left turn, combined with a lack of breakout stars, has hampered its once bulletproof brand.”  “Lorne” generated a paltry $270,000 in ticket sales in contrast to the February documentary about Melania you-know-who which brought in more than $7 million, per Toto... Last night, “60 Minutes” broadcast an alarming segment about Iran’s ongoing ability to make nuclear weapons, which completely challenged President Trump’s assertion that the country’s program was “obliterated.”  A nuclear expert interviewed for the segment on the popular CBS News program estimated that Iran has enough highly enriched uranium to make at least 10  nuclear bombs. I have many issues with CBS News’s lurch to the Right after Trump pal David Ellison bought the parent company last  year, but this report clearly did not support the administration’s point of view... Trump’s “Liquor Cabinet”: The Atlantic is reporting that FBI Director  Kash Patel “has alarmed colleagues with excessive drinking.” That prompted X user Billie Nelson to call Trump’s administration the liquor cabinet. Patel dropped a lawsuit on The Atlantic this morning. This will be a big ongoing story...SOS Flipper! The Free Press suggests in all seriousness sending in a pod of dolphins to help remove the mines from the Strait of Hormuz and open the sea lane to commercial traffic once again. For more than half a century the Navy has been training dolphins for this task. Worth noting: The 1973 film Day of the Dolphin, directed by Mike Nichols, was about training dolphins to use mines to carry out a political assassination...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard