Greetings! Monday morning laugh: Prize-winning sports columnist and novelist Mike Lupica posted on X that JD Vance is such a bad pick, he “can’t believe the Jets didn’t draft him.” If you’re a follower of the woeful NFL team, you’ll get the joke on the first bounce…Over the weekend, National Review posted two provocative pieces:  Friday, it dropped a truth bomb declaring that Trump trails Kamala for reasons other than the media hype behind the Veep’s White House run, but because of the electorate’s tiring of the Blowhard of Bedminster’s act. However, yesterday, in a piece more in line with conservative complaints about mainstream media, the publication shredded Axios and Politico.  The two outlets are accused by National Review of “producing election coverage that reads more like Democratic National Committee press releases. The combined coverage is consistently sycophantic, lowbrow, and gossipy”…Blaze Media charges that FDR and Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter transformed the nation into a bureaucratic nightmare because the power duo “aimed to centralize government power in the administrative state”…Get ready for the September launch of a new streaming service for the “nonwoke.”  We the People is selling itself as a “wholesome, family-friendly entertainment” alternative to Netflix, Amazon Prime and company.  Among We the People’s offering is Tito Ortiz vs Sea Monster, a reality show featuring the MMA fighter fishing for some of the mightiest ocean monsters…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings!  Breakfast cereal of the day for fans of Kamala: Special K…I expect this is a minority opinion, but I thought former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave one of the most important speeches of the DNC’s closing night. Delivered by a public servant with a distinguished career, it wasn’t filled with razzle dazzle phrases, yet  it was an illuminating discourse on the challenges facing the nation.  When Panetta talks, it pays to listen (see it here)…The NY Post’s Douglas Murray hands out “Oscars” to the Democrats who deserve applause contributing to the “fake all-an-act convention.”  Recipients include Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton…Donald Trump sat down for an hour-long interview with comedian and Joe Rogan-wannabe Theo Von (see it here).  Hollywood in Toto says the Trump/Von gabfest should scare the Dems because it humanized The Donald in a way that will have a positive impact on independent voters...The Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedyard estimates that the media is giving  Kamala Harris more positive coverage than any presidential candidate in  modern history.  Bedyard  bases his analysis on data from the  conservative Media Research Center…Conservatives rejoice! The feature film “Reagan,” starring Dennis Quaid as the GOP icon, opens theatrically August 30.  Penelope Ann Miller plays Nancy Reagan (see trailer here)…If  you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard