Greetings! Return not as easy as ABC: Jimmy Kimmel’s reinstatement to his late night perch drew cheers from the left, as well as  some powerful voices from the right.  Still, Donald Trump cast a dark shadow over Disney-controlled ABC and the network’s nocturnal star Kimmel.  “He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution,” the president warned in an ominous Truth Social post hours before the show was aired. “I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings.”  Up too late: I, for one, delayed my bedtime to catch Kimmel’s opening monologue.  Glad I did.  Kimmel hit all the right notes: tearful, defiant, emotional and funny. Robert DeNiro delivered a bold but uneven cameo as Brendan Carr that is likely to stoke the anger of the FCC chief and free speech’s enemy #1. Nonetheless, Kimmel’s homecoming will rank in the top 10 late-night TV moments of all time...Dept. of Bad Timing: Kamala Harris picked the wrong day for the launch of her campaign memoir 107 Days which dropped yesterday.  It’s competing for attention with the Kimmel return and Trump’s unhinged rant at the United Nations. Not a news cycle for a splash debut. ...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! President Trump’s 45-minute memorial tribute to Charlie Kirk has been posted in its entirety on YouTube... Erika Kirk’s heart-felt speech in which she forgave the man accused of murdering her husband is also posted. Key phrase from her eulogy: “The answer to hate is not to hate”...Liberty Paige of SteveGruber.com has written a piece of satire in which she imagines a heavenly purge of prominent progressives getting the axe.  Her targets include Jimmy Kimmel, MSNBC’s Jen Psaki, Keith Olbermann, and Rachel Maddow...Disgraced ultra-right commentator Candace Owens suggested on her “Candace”  podcast  that “Jewish people or the Jewish state of Israel were somehow involved in Kirk's assassination.” Hot Air has the convoluted details...Dept. of Sticks & Stones: Trump called Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) “scum” in a Truth Social post about Somalia. “What SCUM we have in our Country, telling us what to do, and how to do it,” the potty-mouth president wrote, referencing the Somalia-born lawmaker....Dept. of Surprises: American Thinker opines that Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi lacks the bonafides for her position because she doesn't understand the meaning of free speech.  Thinker writer Bill Ponton  links to an article on NBC News to bolster his argument...Not my bedside table: Joe Manchin’s just published memoir Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense.  Never been a fan of the ex- Democratic Senator from West Virginia.  Manchin was on HBO's “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday, shamelessly hawking his book...In observance of Rosh Hashanah, TheRighting will not publish tomorrow.  Back at it Wednesday...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard