Greetings! Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, which is the target of a $10 billion lawsuit via Donald Trump, continues to criticize POTUS.  The WSJ’s  editorial board denounced his firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Lisa McEntrafer for releasing objective data showing lousy July employment numbers. “Mr. Trump’s data denial is one more reason fewer Americans will trust the government,” opined the WSJ's  editors in a much-too understated tone for me. Worth noting: American Spectator thinks that McEntarfer’s termination “was long overdue”...Make America Read Again: Trump is pushing two tomes: On Power, by Fox News commentator Mark Levin, and Butler, by right wing journo Salena Zito. “These are incredible ‘reads’ for MAGA conservatives,” the Book-Reviewer-in-Chief wrote on Truth Social... American Eagle spokesmodel and controversy magnet Sydney Sweeney leans GOP. Buzzfeed revealed this fact from examining Florida voter registration records that since 2024, Sweeney has been a registered Republican in the Sunshine State...Speaking of Sweeney, who else has good genes besides the star of “Euphoria” and “White Lotus”? Here’s my partial list (and they’re all Nepo babies unlike Sweeney): Michael Douglas, Caroline Kennedy, Kate Hudson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peyton and Eli Manning, Patrick Schwarzenegger, John David Washington, and Gwyneth Paltrow. If you’ve got other suggestions, fire away....I’m on the road tomorrow for a family adventure.  This newsletter will resume publication Wednesday...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Marjorie Taylor Greene is in the right-wing media crosshairs. American Thinker has dropped a devastating article charging that looney Rep. MTG (R-GA) has lined her pockets big time since joining the House of Representatives. “In 2021, Greene entered Congress with an estimated net worth of $700,000,” wrote Thinker’s Joseph Ford Cotto. “By April 2025, her net worth had ballooned to $22 million, driven largely by stock market investments that consistently outperformed even seasoned Lower Manhattan pros. That kind of rapid financial ascent raises red flags. After all, the average congressional salary is $174,000.” Ford attributes Greene’s road to riches to savvy stock market trading.  Perhaps too savvy.  In 2023, her earnings averaged nearly 19% which goes against her image as a for-the-people outsider pitted against wealthy one-percenters. Cotto comes close to accusing her of insider trading:  Greene’s “ability to repeatedly ‘buy the dip’ with such precision undermines the notion of dumb luck and erodes her anti-establishment credibility.” MSNBC and USA Today are among a few outlets that reported this story weeks ago, but American Thinker is the only conservative publication that I’m aware of that has reported on it...Ka-ching: Meta stock skyrocketed more than 12% after reporting second quarter results yesterday. If you’re a Meta investor, my congratulations.  But for anyone who’s read the recently published book  Careless People, the blistering exposé about Facebook and its role propelling Donald Trump into office in 2017,  it’s hard to feel  warm and fuzzy about Meta’s gangbusters earnings report..  Worth noting: A sequel to the award-winning feature film “The Social Network” is in development  with “Succession’s” Jeremy Strong touted as leading contender to play Mark Zuckerberg. (Deadline)...Weekend Watch: “Real Time with Bill Maher” returns to HBO Max tonight after a short hiatus.  The  contrarian Maher recently said that Trump’s tariffs seemed to be working.  I wonder if he’ll address that topic tonight, especially with markets tanking on today’s tariff news....If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard