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

Greetings! Christmas in July for conservatives? Right-wing media may be rejoicing today. Political pundits are interpreting Kamala Harris’s decision to eschew a run for California governor as a signal that she intends a 2028 Oval Office bid. And that makes her an ongoing target for mockery and disdain from right-wing media and the current MAGA-master of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.  The one Dem who may be happy about Kamala’s Golden State decision is Zohran Mamdani whom Harris may temporarily replace as MAGA-nation’s Public Enemy No 1...Speaking of Mandami, Politico has cleverly coined a term about the constant negativity directed at the winner of last month's NYC Democratic mayoral primary: Zohran Derangement Syndrome...Brown University reached a multi-million settlement with the Trump administration that restores federal funding.  In return, Brown abolished several DEI programs. Naturally The Donald  celebrated with a Truth Social post: “There will be no more Anti-Semitism, or Anti-Christian, or Anti-Anything Else!,” he wrote. “Woke is officially DEAD at Brown”...Also worth noting on Truth Social: Trump called Fed Chair Jerome Powell stupid. And he wrote, for no immediately discernible reason that I can think of, that ultra-right One America News Network, the home to Matt Gaetz’s daily prime time show, “is making a huge comeback, with millions of new viewers.  Congratulations to OAN”... Now hear this: One of TheRighting's many loyal subscribers, Jeff Dorman, has composed and recorded a biting song about Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump.  Doubt it will become the new “YMCA”  at any of The Donald’s rallies...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard