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

Greetings! Good idea? Sarah Lawrence professor Samuel Abrams suggests in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that economics should be a required college course. “My students are embracing democratic socialism because they’ve never been taught how capitalism works,” he writes. “The problem isn’t that students have rejected capitalism. It’s that many have never been taught how it works or why it matters... Donald Trump continues to dump on Fox News. On Air Force One heading to Las Vegas yesterday to deliver a Tax Week speech, the portly POTUS apparently tuned into “The Five” on Fox News, where Jessica Tarlov is the show’s token liberal. “I am watching one of the Least Attractive and Talented People on all of Television, Jessica Tarlov,” he wrote in a blistering Truth Social post. “Her voice is so grating and terrible, I had to turn her off!” He also slimed Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens claiming “their numbers are terrible” and “they’re dying fast.” Fact check: that trio of commentators are among the fastest-growing right-wing podcasts according to TheRighting’s exclusive data released earlier this month. Trump continued his onslaught this morning dubbing Candace Owens “dumb,” his adjective of choice for powerful woman of color...Weekend Watch: The  Dark Wizard isn’t the latest Lord of the Rings movie.  It’s a nail-biting four-part docuseries about free-climbing soloist daredevil Dean Potter who attempts to cheat death with mind-boggling climbing feats.  Definitely must-see adventure porn. New episodes drop every Tuesday on HBO Max so we’ll have to wait three weeks to learn if Potter survives his death-defying obsession (no Googling allowed!)...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting.  Howard