Greetings! Happy 83^rd birthday Joe Biden.  The Washington Free Beacon drops a pile of nasty on Uncle Joe dubbing  him the “worst living president.” Adding to the Grim Reaper assessment, the outlet’s Andrew Stiles predicts that this is “likely his last birthday after leaving office in disgrace”...Speaking of the Free Beacon, it has a new tagline tucked under the logo at the top of every page: “Covering the enemies of freedom the way the mainstream media won’t”....Dept. of Modesty: In a Truth Social post, Donald Trump claims “according to most observers”  it’s been “one of the best ten opening months for a President in USA history”....Dick Cheney’s funeral is today and a Wall Street Journal op-ed honors him with a surprisingly positive assessment of his push for massive military intervention in Iraq. “Cheney supported regime change in Iraq for precisely the reason Mr. Trump’s fans say they love him,” wrote Barton Swain in a loving send-off to George W. Bush’s widely reviled Veep. “Cheney thought the experts were wrong and that the existing state of affairs was no longer defensible. And—mistakes in execution aside—he was right”...A worthwhile documentary debuted last week with little fanfare:  HBO’s Thoughts and Prayers examines the multi-billion-dollar active shooter preparedness industry. Hollywood in Toto calls it “balanced”...Ultra-right flamethrower Ann Coulter, who has often taken aim at The Donald, believes that the release of the Epstein files will produce a big, fat nothingburger. “Is the Trump administration going to keep playing games and redact everything interesting from the files?” she asks and answers in her latest column. “Only if they’re incredibly stupid. So the answer is yes”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! “Quiet, Piggy”: Yes, those are the two words Donald Trump used to admonish Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey. Her crime? Lucey had the temerity to ask a question to the MAGA-in-Chief  about the Epstein files while flying aboard Air Force One. The Hindustan Times has the story, including a photo of Lucey who does not fit the description the potty-mouthed POTUS slapped on her...Trump “is a man in obvious mental decline.” That’s the assessment of The Bulwark’s Jonathan Last regarding Trump’s failing cognitive capabilities in an insightful essay. In the piece, Last  deconstructs Trump’s incoherent November 17 speech to a convention of McDonald’s franchise holders and employees.  His analysis is chilling....Earlier this week, the NY Post’s legendary 95-year-old gossip columnist Cindy Adams attended a swanky affair at Mar-a-Lago – and went to bed early.  The Donald traipsed through into the ballroom looking for his old buddy Adams;  however she had already retired.  Here’s the full account of her taxing day. Earlier this month, Adams wrote about how a phone call from her “pal,” the president, had awakened her after she retired early for the night...Speaking of the Social Security set, happy 70^th birthday to the National Review, one of the granddaddies of conservative news outlets... Books Beat: Controversy-courting CNN in-house Trump mouthpiece  Scott Jennings just published A Revolution of Common Sense. Tagline: How Donald Trump stormed Washington and fought for Western civilization. (That sound you hear is me gagging.) In a Truth Social post, the President predictably touts the Jennings tome...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard