Greetings! John Bolton’s wakeup call.  FBI agents raided the former National Security Advisor’s Bethesda, MD, home at 7:00 a.m. today in what was described as a “national security probe.” Seems more like retribution for his 2020 tell-all book The Room Where It Happened in which he wrote about the Trump 1.0 administration (which now seems like a much kinder and gentler era even though it most definitely was not)...Is Trump declining physically as many never-Trumpers seem to think?  Absolutely not, says the National Review’s respected editor Rich Lowry. “Of all the criticisms to make of him, that he’s frail and easily fatigued is the most preposterous,” he writes...American Thinker predicts that the southern-country themed restaurant chain Cracker Barrel “will follow Bud Light off the DEI cliff.” Outkick believes that only Sydney Sweeney can save the brand which appears to have gone woke, in the opinion of many on the right....Worst headline of the week: American Thinker takes the prize with this stinker. Donald Trump is a humble man....I knew this was coming.  Trump joined critics trashing MSNBC’s new name (MS NOW).  “MSNBC is doing so poorly in the ratings that they are looking to change their name in order to get away from the stench of their fake news product,” he wrote on Truth Social.  “So much fun to watch their weak and ineffective owner, ‘Concast,’ headed by dopey Brian Robert, hopelessly and aimlessly flailing in the wind in an attempt to disassociate itself from the garbage they created.” Keeping it classy, Mr. President!... If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Nixon the good guy? The 90-minute documentary How the the Deep State Took Down Richard Nixon is now available for free at Steve Bannon’s WarRoom Films (natch)...CNN stars at war? There’s a secret hatred between CNN’s Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper that’s been brewing for years, according to the Substack of entertainment journalist Rob Shuter.  “Behind the scenes, the two battle for prime interviews, top time slots, and bragging rights over each other’s mistakes,” Shuter wrote. “When Tapper’s feed collapsed during an Adam Schiff interview, Cooper relished every glitch.CNN may sell unity on screen, but #ShuterScoop can confirm: Cooper and Tapper are locked in a grudge match for the soul — and the spotlight — of CNN”...Book-critic-in-chief: In a Truth Social post, Trump is touting a new book by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) called The Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court.  I doubt Trump has even cracked it open, much less read...Hollywood in Toto gives a rave review to “The Elephant in the Room,” a rom-com feature film set in 2021 about a romance between a liberal woman and a hunky MAGA man. You can watch the entire movie on YouTube for free...The NFL’s first transgender cheerleader is not returning to the Carolina Panthers this season, per NewsBusters.  Justine Lindsay, a biological male who identifies as a woman, joined the team in 2022.  “While the NFL has lost its poster child for transgenderism,” NewsBusters’ Craig Bannister wrote, “it is ramping up its efforts to score points with the LGBTQ+ community by adding more gay, male cheerleaders”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard