Greetings! Thanks RFK Jr.  There's a measles outbreak in South Carolina, per ABC News.  Its origins have been traced to two schools, one of which has a vaccination rate of just 17%. Worth noting: Last night I dipped into an excellent PBS documentary on Donald Trump's vaccine-skeptical Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. You can watch the RFK Jr. doc. on YouTube. Meanwhile, the HHS chief must be sick over reports that his alleged sexting partner,  journo Olivia Nuzzi, reportedly has a tell-all account of their steamy relationship in her upcoming  memoir. “American Canto.” Worth noting: Nuzzi’s tome has a December pub date, and RFK Jr’s wife, actress Cheryl “Curb Your Enthusiasm" Hines, has her memoir Unscripted coming out next month. Whose book will get more attention? My bet is on Nuzzi...Quote of the day: Pace University ethics professor Bennet Gershman on  Trump’s demand to have the Justice Department pay him $230 million for its prior investigations into him: “What a travesty. The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it. And then to have people in the Justice Department decide whether his claim should be successful or not, and these are the people who serve him deciding whether he wins or loses. It’s bizarre and almost too outlandish to believe.” (NY Times)...Driving to the right? New York City taxis are now playing Newsmax TV in the back of cabs, according to the feisty NYC news outlet Hell Gate...Righting readers from around the country sent me images of No Kings demonstrations in their cities and hamlets. View images here. Thanks everyone!...If you keep reading and protesting, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! No class: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hit a new low with her text message to a reporter from a liberal outlet that sounded like it came from the phone of a nasty ninth grader.  HuffPost’s S.V. Date texted her inquiring about who suggested Budapest as the site for a possible Trump-Putin summit. Her response: “Your mom did.” RedState called her retort “comedy gold” and accused the Date of “bombarding her with Dem talking points”....Wondering how the recreational boating industry is doing in Venezuela.  Who’s going out for leisurely spin in their souped-up motorboat? Time to take up sailing...I’ve beefed up TheRighting’s guide to left-leaning independent websites and newsletters. In the last three weeks, I’ve added dozens of recently launched media ventures (primarily on Substack) and more than a hundred are included in my roundup along with thumbnail descriptions....There’s a movement afoot to create what’s being called “New California,” and it’s being positioned as an alternative to “tyranny.”  Geographically, it’s almost the same as the current state except that Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento would be carved out and left to the “radicals.” There’s a New California full-day conference taking place this Saturday in San Diego. Joe Hoft, a contributing writer to The Gateway Pundit, is one of the speakers. Here’s the organization’s website....Hollywood in Toto says that the 2016 documentary Can We Take a Joke? “unofficially captured the dawn of the Cancel Culture era”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard