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