Greetings! Acronym of the Day:  TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out, when it comes to tariffs).  USA Today explains the term and why Wall Street traders have embraced it.  PS. I know what I’m having for lunch today!...Adios to Elon Musk who announced he’s leaving the Trump administration.  Anyone sorry to see him go?...Right-wing media has ”60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley in its crosshairs for his recent commencement speech at Wake Forest University.  During the address, Pelley warned that “our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack.” The NY Post described his speech as “unhinged.” The New Republic has published the full transcript of the 25-minute speech...This sickens my stomach. Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has demanded government-funded scientists not publish  their research in respected  medical journals such as Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine.  The unhinged HHS Supremo says such periodicals  are “corrupt” tools of big Pharma.  Kennedy says the government might launch  its own publication. My suggested title: Quack.  Politico and The Washington Post have stomach-churning details...Tough question: who’s the most dishonest person in Trump’s White House other than you-know-who?  It’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, opines Stop the Presses’ Mark Jacob who describes a blatant lie as a “Lutnick.”  The Commerce Secretary gets the nod because he “cheerfully and enthusiastically showers snake oil on our country.” My vote goes to Pete “Hair Gel” Hegseth,  but he’s got mucho competition in  the race to the bottom...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! It’s Gay Pride Month in four days and I’ve been predicting a huge right-wing media backlash to the celebration.  The latest example: Newsmax offers an alarming op-ed by Tony Perkins, head of the conservative Family Research Council, that celebrates what Perkins perceives to be a faltering of Pride activism.  “While the destruction of the movement may not be imminent, we are seeing encouraging signs that through continued prayer, education, and activism, we can bring about the collapse of an ideology that seeks to normalize the abnormal — and shame what is good, right, and true,” writes Perkins....Donald Trump, book critic.  POTUS has dropped a full-throated endorsement of Fox News contributor Joe Concha’s latest book The Greatest Comeback Ever: Inside Trump’s Big Beautiful Campaign. Writing on a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump gushed that Concha “has written an incredible new book.” I’m hearing rumors that Trump may be reviewing Salman Rushdie’s new novel for The New York Review of Books....Armond White, the culture critic for the National Review, called Bruce Springsteen a “quisling” (traitor) for criticizing Trump during a May 14 concert in Manchester, England.  Here’s White’s article....Speaking of rock legends, Bob Dylan turned 84 over the weekend.  This line from his classic 1964 song Subterranean Homesick Blues seems more relevant now than ever: “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard