Greetings! Dept. of No Surprises: Graham Platner’s political career swims with the fishes (and his oysters) after dropping out of the race for the Senate...The  Washington Free Beacon has compiled a list of the Democrats who disgraced themselves the most in their support of Platner. They include: Ro Khanna, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and former Biden adviser Ron Klain. Worth noting: Hollywood in Toto points out that Jon Stewart “fawned over” Platner in an April interview on his podcast and compared his rise in Democratic politics to the classic Hollywood film about a political novice “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”...Word of the day: Tsedoodelt (“tsuh-DOO-delt”). Yiddish expression meaning muddled or very confused. Seems like the most accurate way to describe Trump at the NATO summit yesterday in Turkey where he referred to the “Islamic Republic of Japan” and called President Zelensky of Ukraine President Putin (The New Republic)...The editorial board of the Trump-supporting NY Post scoffs at the president’s assertions that the cease-fire with Iran is over. “Frankly, Trump should’ve never agreed to a cease-fire deal in the first place,” the editors wrote, “certainly not one that made generous concessions to Iran, as this one did, while getting virtually bupkis in return”...Gag alert: Florida’s Palm Beach International Airport officially changes its name to the Donald J. Trump International Airport today. The Palm Beach Post reports that the first aircraft to land at the airport was Trump Force One (natch), the Trump Organization plane. Don Jr. and Bettina Trump were aboard the flight....If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Word of the day: Scum. Trump used the term recently and he wasn’t referring to the surface of his beloved Reflecting Pool. (The Telegraph)...An op-ed in the Washington Times opposes the United States selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey claiming that Turkey is not America’s ally...Yesterday, I wrote that best-selling author and Maine’s literary luminary Stephen King still supported Graham Platner in his bid for the Senate.  Looks like King may have walked back that position.  Fox News and other outlets are reporting that the horror master deleted his post and clarified his stance, writing on X, “If he committed rape, he should bow out.”  Not King’s most shining moment... Walt Heyer, who lived for eight years as a woman, has written an article for the Daily Signal admitting that “being transgender is a fantasy.” “(T)he practices at gender clinics dehumanize and destroy men and women by carving away at God’s design and harming their ability to reproduce,” Heyer wrote. “Gender clinics don’t make women out of men, or men out of women—they just leave vulnerable people in a lost state, wearing a mask to disguise the truth of biological sex”... Remember Michael Cohen? He was Trump’s fixer who did three years in the slammer for doling out hush money payments among other sins. Beginning July 12, he’ll have a weekly radio show on New York’s WABC-AM. (NY Post)... Trump’s Reflecting Pool obsession: In the last two days, I counted at least a dozen Trump posts on Truth Social with pristine images of his renovated Reflecting Pool...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard