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30
Jan

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! CNN is taking incoming fire for “pointing the finger at Trump” for the fatal DC air crash, according to RedState…The NY Post put a heavy  hammer to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s shoddy testimony at yesterday’s Senate confirmation hearings.  In an opinion piece in the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet, RFK Jr. was labeled a “charlatan” who lied his way through the hearing.  The NY Post op-ed took a shot too at the entire Kennedy clan. “As you might expect of any Kennedy,” wrote Isaac Schorr, “his answers were full of obfuscations, half-truths, and outright lies”…Vile right wing conspiracy theorist and Infowars honcho Alex Jones stated that’s he’s been invited to the White House next week, presumably for a White House press briefing.  That would be a bridge too far, even for the Trump administration. (Infowars)…Melania’s official White House portrait continues to take flak.  Yesterday, I reported on two right wing outlets that trashed the black & white photo.  Now, fashion bible Vogue has weighed in with a double dose of snark. “The choice to wear a tuxedo—as opposed to a blazer or blouse—made Trump look more like a freelance magician than a public servant,” sniffed Vogue’s Hannah Jackson. “It’s perhaps unsurprising that a woman who lived in a gold-encrusted penthouse, whose fame is so intertwined with a reality-television empire, would refuse to abandon theatrics—even when faced with 248 years of tradition.”  Don’t expect to see FLOTUS gracing Vogue’s cover anytime soon…According to TheRighting’s exclusive research, over the last four  years, 21 major news sites, both leaning left and right, saw serious audience declines in the past four years. Lousy news for the news biz. Here’s the full report…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Audiences Flee News Websites Over Four-Year Period

source: A Righting Research Exclusive

“TheRighting’s four-year comparison indicates that massive audience erosion continues to plague news websites on the right and left,” said Howard Polskin, President, TheRighting.  “It’s abundantly clear that this problem is not going away.  I am not sure where the bottom lies.”
29
Jan

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Caroline Kennedy took direct aim at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  The daughter of John F. Kennedy labeled her cousin a “predator”  and urged the Senate to kill his nomination. In addition, cousin Caroline, who has served as ambassador to Japan and Australia, stated that RFK Jr.  is “addicted to power and attention.”  I fear that Caroline Kennedy’s powerful statement ultimately won’t have the weight in the bizarro MAGA-world.  Still, I applaud her speaking truth to power.  She would fit right in her dad’s1957 Pulitzer-prize-winning book Profiles in Courage that focused on eight senators who stood up for  their beliefs, regardless of the consequences. If there’s a heaven, her father, mother and brother are smiling down on her today.…Toni Williams of the Victory Girls blog is no fan of the just-unveiled black-and-white photo portrait of the First Lady.  Williams  points out that it makes FLOTUS look too powerful.  “This photograph screams Girl Boss!” wrote Williams.  The Victory Girls author is also critical of the soft-focus Washington Monument background looming over Melania’s shoulder.  “Does anyone want to talk about the giant phallic symbol?” asks Wsilliams. “Maybe Melania is sending a don’t EFF with me message.”   America Thinker also threw shade on the photo for placing Melania in “a toxic masculinity posture”…Who saw all of Karoline Leavitt’s White House debut press briefing yesterday?  While Trump’s newly minted press secretary displayed  a glib  confidence, her performance had a creepy cult-like vibe that was amplified  by her prominently displayed shiny cross. Dana Milbank of the Washington Post wrote that the cross was of “a size commonly associated with warding off vampires”…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Trump’s Federal Grant Freeze Is Great News for America’s Taxpayers

source: NY Post

Despite the howls of outrage and already-launched lawsuits from the left, Team Trump’s pause on federal spending on most grants, loans and more is a wise, perhaps necessary, move to ensure Americans’ tax dollars are well spent and to keep up the battle against Bidenflation.

Is Donald Trump Cool?

source: Fox News

By Mark Halperin: Trump can weave together some of his greatest strengths: the bulwark of his MAGA fan base, his gifts as history’s greatest presidential television producer, and his profound desire to depart the office, whenever that might be, as one of the POTUS GOATS. So really, who needs to be cool?

Trump’s J6 Pardons Signal the End of the War on Wrongthink

source: The Federalist

The Capitol riot fueled the war on wrongthink. Clemency for Capitol rioters should represent the start of the end of that war.

Trump Can Restore Sanity to California’s Environmental Policies

source: American Greatness

Trump’s executive order highlights how CEQA’s red tape fuels California wildfires, pushing for reforms to restore balance and prioritize safety over bureaucracy.

Trump’s DEI Order Is Good for Blacks and America

source: Townhall

Blacks now constitute 14.4% of the American population. Other data reported by Pew say that Blacks constitute 18.6% of the federal workforce. So, if anything, Blacks should be concerned about disproportionate dependency on federal government employment rather than lack of equity.

Leftists’ Crocodile Tears Over Trump Are Falling Flat

source: Daily Signal

There is no solidarity or resistance movement against Trump’s “mean tweets” this time around. Too many Americans have seen their loved ones murdered by gang members or poisoned by fentanyl dealers to whistle a tune given to them by leftist media and celebrities past a graveyard far too close for comfort.

The Press Has Not Learned the Lessons of Trump 1.0

source: The American Conservative

The second Trump administration finds the news media’s appetite for adversarial inaccuracy undimmed.

WH’s Karoline Leavitt Opens New Era of Press Briefings

source: NewsBusters

Leavitt was declarative in her answers, firm in her interactions with reporters (even though there were no scintillating duels), and substantive to the point it felt like a firehose. In other words, a total opposite of the bumbling, sometimes incoherent partisan mumbling by Karine Jean-Pierre

Fake News Jim Acosta Rage-Quits CNN

source: NewsBusters

On Tuesday morning, longtime CNN carnival barker and rodomontading fool Jim Acosta announced he’d be leaving the network after 15 years in a litany of roles, most infamously chief White House correspondent during the first Donald Trump presidency in which he molded himself into far-left martyr sacrificing himself at the public altar of politics in the name of journalism.

Melania Starts the Second White House Term in Beast Mode

source: Human Events

To all those who still believe Trump is less a man and more an "inhuman political machine," Melania is there to stand by her man, and in so doing, America.

Against Women Wearing Pants

source: Blaze Media

Is it really any more appealing than a man in a dress?

Federal Funding Shouldn’t Be Going to Woke University Programs

source: City Journal

Congress can shut down extremist international studies centers with a pen stroke.

Tulsi Gabbard Is the Right Person to Lead the Intelligence Community

source: Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump was elected with a mandate to deliver bold change in Washington, and his choice of former Rep. and Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard to be the director of national intelligence does just that.

Pro-Lifers Should Vote No on RFK Jr. Nomination

source: National Review

While there are many sound reasons to doubt RFK Jr.’s appropriateness for this position — or any position of authority — the simplest reason to vote no is that HHS has too much power over too many decisions of importance to pro-life causes to entrust it to an unreconstructed long-time advocate of legal abortion.

Making American Great Again Requires More Babies

source: WND

Trump should use his marketing genius to give social status to moms.

Tim Walz Reemerges, Promptly Has Breakdown on Prime Time TV

source: RedState

Former vice presidential candidate Tim Walz (D) emerged from the shadows for his first nationally televised interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow.  And it seems Tim has a case of the sads. The Minnesota Governor lamented about losing the election and related to the feeling of "fatigue" amongst supporters when it comes to that loss.