Greetings! Get ready for the anti-Communist film festival that will likely land in DC next fall.  Hollywood in Toto reveals that the event is taking shape “at the perfect time.” Funds are still being raised by organizer and journalist Mark Judge, who is reaching out via social media to luminaries like James Woods, JD Vance and Ann Coulter for support so that he can rent a theater.  Movies slated to be screened include “Dr. Zhivago,” “Red Dawn,” “The Year of Living Dangerously” and “The Lives of Others.” Wonder if Trump will offer The Kennedy Center...On Tuesday, I linked to an essay by writer Arthur E. Sowers who expressed fears about the possibility of Trump renaming the country.  That prompted another Righting subscriber Mark Scheerer to suggest that Trump might call America Trumpistan. Here’s my idea: maybe he’ll rename it Trance.  That uses the first two letters of his last name.  It also subtly conjures the over-the-top elegance of France’s Palace of Versailles which aligns with Trump’s garish tastes. And the name also reflects the mental state of Senate and House Republicans as they mindlessly allow Trump to operate without any guardrails whatsoever...The Federalist reports that earlier this week their office in a posh part of DC was essentially blockaded by “drunk, belligerent vagrants”...The White House Wire included a link from the Wall Street Journal in yesterday’s post. That’s the first time since June they’ve linked to the Journal and it may signal tensions between two camps are subsiding....If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Divorce him already, Usha. That’s the head-snapping title of the provocative article Salon dropped earlier this week urging the second lady to divorce VP JD Vance. “Megan McCain hosted Usha Vance for what should have been the softest of softball interviews, focused on what life as second lady is like,” wrote Salon’s Amanda Marcotte. “Vance clearly understood her assignment was to make it all seem like a great time — that leaving her career as a high-powered attorney to spend her days doing sub-Melania Trump public appearances about dull topics like the importance of reading for kids. But her acting chops weren’t up to it. Instead, audiences were treated to a one-hour hostage video, as the increasingly desperate McCain tried to get Vance to feign interest in her own life.” Ouch... Jon Stewart for president?  That’s not a joke.  It’s the headline of journalist Mehdi Hasan’s article in his Zeteo newsletter.  “Yes, part of me wants Stewart to stay in comedy, to continue as the host of ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Weekly Show’ where he educates and entertains, and platforms vital voices,” Hasan wrote. “And part of me would love to see Stewart primary the Kushner-confirming, crypto-backing, genocide-supporting, war-criminal-hugging, AIPAC-texting Cory Booker in his home state of New Jersey next year. But part of me now also thinks Stewart should consider running for president in 2028.” Yeah, well part of me is getting tired of pundits speculating about hyper-articulate celebrities like Stewart and ESPN’s Stephen Smith who might be right for the Oval Office...I’ve just released new research about the White House Wire, the Drudge-Report-like mini-aggregation newsletter featuring good news about the Trump administration. It ignored Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal in July after the Journal published details of a bawdy Trump birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.  But the White House Wire showered the Murdoch-controlled Fox News with 29 links in July, more than any other outlet...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard