Greetings! Guess which social media site got more visits in June: Trump’s Truth Social or the lefty-friendly upstart Bluesky? It’s Bluesky by a mile, according to data I gleaned from the audience measurement firm SimilarWeb. Bluesky generated almost 172 million visits last month; Truth Social had 39 million. In case you’re wondering, X attracted 4.4 billion visits.... More bad news for billionaire Elon Musk.  Blaze Media reports that Tesla dealerships are stuck with “EVs that no one wants to buy because of the elimination of the electric vehicle tax credit."  “Let’s not sugarcoat this,”  wrote journalist Lauren Fix. “EV incentives overwhelmingly benefit upper-middle-class and wealthy Americans” Don’t feel too bad for the moody Musk.  He’s almost half-way to becoming a trillionaire...Uh oh.  Left-leaning Monty Python fans aren’t going to like this.  Python alum Terry Gillian says that Trump saved us from humorless woke scolds, according to Hollywood in Toto...Dept. of Sticks & Stones: Lifezette called Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) “dumb”..The truth takes a hit: Newsmax reports that Logically, Britain’s largest disinformation monitor and fact-checker, has gone bankrupt...The National Review calls Trump’s new tariffs “reckless.” No argument from me on that assessment...Comedian Anthony Anderson is guesting hosting on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” this week and to the surprise of no one, Trump is the butt of many of his spot-on jokes.  For example, he mentioned the new movies that will be streaming on Trump’s Truth+ platform.  They include “Third Reich from the Sun,” “The Amazing Racist” and “Friday Night Whites.” NewsBusters is not laughing....If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Actor Sean Gunn, who plays the villain Max Lord in the upcoming Superman movie, has been outspoken in his pro-immigration beliefs. I’m wondering if his comments will be box office Kryptonite office when the blockbuster opens Friday.  Right-wing media outlets are already calling this version of Superman superwoke...In other movie biz news, Hollywood in Toto dumps on Charlize Theron for her “woke victim mentality.” Specifically, editor Christian Toto takes issue with the Oscar winner’s assertion that Hollywood doesn’t support female action heroes...Did not know this: After last summer’s  assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Penn., the then GOP nominee called right wing journo Salena Zito multiples times the following day. (The Free Press). Worth noting: Zito’s tome , Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump, hits shelves today...Blame DOGE? Kerr County, Texas, residents most likely could have been warned earlier of the fatal  flood raging their way, according to the NY Times. Op-ed scribe Zeynep Tufekci points to  DOGE cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS) that resulted in a key employee leaving the agency.  “(T)he Weather Service employee whose job it was to make sure those warnings got traction — Paul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of ‘warning coordination’ — had recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. He was not replaced.” The Times op-ed notes that because of the region’s history of deadly storms, it’s known as Flash Flood Alley...Is Michelle Obama a budding podcast star? That’s one of many revelations I’ve discovered after  compiling TheRighting’s first-ever top-50 list of political/news podcasts from the left, right and center.  The majority of the podcasts (29) were left-leaning or mainstream.  Five of the leading podcasts – including offerings from Jon Stewart, Candace Owens and Dasha Burns – launched within the last 14 months...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard