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

Greetings! Trump continues to insult powerful woman of color. It appears like he often can’t tolerate successful Black, Hispanic or Muslim women so he feels compelled to demean them. Consider this social media post from yesterday. “Jasmine Crockett is a Low (Very!!!) I.Q. Individual, much in the mold of the AOC Plus Three Gang of Country-Destroying Morons - Only slightly dumber.” This is classic racist language, positioning people of color as intellectually inferior.  It’s not a dog whistle.  It’s a straight up siren...Is the Trump-Epstein story losing steam?  That’s what I’m beginning to read in right-wing media this week (see stories in Townhall and The Gateway Pundit). And as all eyes turn to Alaska and DC in the coming days, it’s likely that the Epstein story will consume less of the media’s interest...Right-wing looney and Trump whisperer Laura Loomer is taking flak from the right.  Victory Girls calls her “an unhinged clown.” Can’t disagree....Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal profiled Cheryl Hines, known to fans of HBO’s "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as Larry David’s long-suffered spouse.  In real life, she’s a fixture in Trumpworld, because of her marriage to vaccine-denier RFK Jr...Another thing to worry about:  In a letter to the editor of Delaware’s Bay to Bay News, Arthur E. Sowers fears that Trump might rename the country before the next election. “And he’s already had practice by naming the Gulf of America,” Sowers writes. “Just think, technically and legally, under the new name, all the applicability of our Constitution under the old name could be zeroed out.” Yikes! Hadn't thought of that...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard