Greetings! Wednesday Watch: Trump addresses the nation tonight at 9 ET about his excursion in Iran...Somehow, the vibe around Kristi Noem got weirder. Noem, as you may recall, is the former wacko head of the Dept. of Homeland Security who, among her many sins, favored wearing tight clothes while peacocking in front of helpless, incarcerated young men of color. It always struck me as sadistic posturing. Her husband was outed yesterday by The Daily Mail as a cross dresser fond of posting images of himself as a “busty bimbo.” Noem’s marriage had already hit the rocks. Her alleged romantic partner is Trump advisor and DHS subordinate Corey Lewandowski. Worth noting: I did not see any mentions in the right-wing press about Noem’s husband this morning... Book news: J.D. Vance has a new book coming out June 16.  Communion is described as a spiritual book about how Vance regained his faith. Worth noting: Vance’s mega-best-seller, Hillbilly Elegy was published a  decade ago on June 2016 and launched his national profile. As much as I don’t like Vance as Veep, I’m a big fan of the book (AP)... Gag alert: Trump has released a 100-second video of an artist’s rendering of his proposed Trump Presidential Library, situated in Miami.  The video shows many scenes of the proposed library including a 747 airplane in the lobby, a gift to Trump from the government of Qatar. Worth noting: I did not see a single image of a book in the video of the library. Also worth noting: The U.S. flag depicted at the 28-second mark in the video has 56 stars. The United States flag that I salute has 50 stars, one for each state in the union...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! The joke’s on The Free Press: The news outlet co-founded by the embattled CBS News boss Bari Weiss and now owned by her corporate masters, is launching  a series of comedy events at NYC’s Comedy Cellar Sunday afternoon, April 19.  The event will be emceed by Judy Gold, who is described as a Free Press favorite. I have no idea  if the five  comics on the lineup share Weiss’s neo-con politics, but  I’d rather spend a spring afternoon outside in the sunshine than in a basement club with a two-drink minimum...PJ Media playfully suggests a JD Vance/Marco Rubio co-presidency for 2028. I could see the concept picking up traction on the right, looking for a unity ticket...Trump's beef with France. This morning in an angry Truth Social post, the peeved POTUS lashed out at this key NATO ally for not letting U.S. planes carrying military supplies destined for Israel fly over French territory. “The U.S.A. will REMEMBER,” wrote the president in an ominous, but vague threat...The Conservateur just dropped a glowing profile of Trump’s Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley. “For Crowley, the road began with a letter, a mentor, and a conviction that God orders a life more deliberately than we often realize in the moment,” observed writer Alison Cheperdak. Worth noting: Crowley’s early  mentor was disgraced ex-POTUS Richard Nixon...What’s the best  book on immigration ever written? American Greatness says it’s Paul Lake’s 228-page novel Cry Wolf: A Political Fable. The book, first published in 2008, has been compared to a 21^st century “Animal Farm”...Finally, thanks to all of TheRighting’s Citizen Journalists who sent in images from Saturday’s No Kings rallies which are posted here.  They include: Jean Isler, Jeff Dorman, Howie Sholkin, Mark Scheerer, Campbell Dickerson, Shaun Dakin, Catherine Chayka, Paul Turner and Emily Zylber.... If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard