Greetings and happy summer solstice, the longest day of the year for those of us in the northern hemisphere...Without naming names, Donald Trump threw shade on the Juneteenth holiday in a Truth Social post last night. He wrote, “Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year”...Dept. of Stick & Stones: In another Truth Social post last night, The Donald called Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, “one of the dumbest and most destructive people in government”...Dept. of No Surprises: The Ammo website just published its annual gun ownership survey. It found that more U.S. civilians own guns than any other country in the world (duh!). There are more than a million guns in Texas alone, more than any other state in the union (double duh!).  Rhode Island has the fewest number of guns with just under 5,000... Spelling change. Yesterday, I introduced readers to my new made-up name for a system of government run by a demon: demoncracy. Today, I’ve changed the spelling to demonacracy (pronounced: demon-AH-cruh-see).  The meaning stays the same...Weekend Watch: If you’re interested in the  Karen Read controversy – she’s the woman acquitted Wednesday in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend – check out the engrossing five-part Max documentary, A Body in the Snow: the Trial of Karen Read. It was released earlier this year...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings and happy Juneteenth! Sorry to rain on the Emancipation Day parade by letting you know an opinion scribe at The Blaze won’t be joining in the festivities.  “Radicals want to elevate Juneteenth not to celebrate emancipation but to displace the Fourth of July and fracture the American identity in the name of equity,’’ wrote The Blaze’s Wade Miller...My Freudian slip? In yesterday’s Righting email subject line, I misspelled democracy as demoncracy.  But maybe my subconscious mind was on to something.  Although there’s no such word in the dictionary, I’d define demoncracy as a system of government with a demon in charge. Right any bells? In case you’re wondering, I pronounce it duh-MOHN-cruh-see...PJ Media blasted Tucker Carlson’s blistering interview on his podcast yesterday with Sen. Ted Cruz calling it “astonishingly mean-spirited” with the purpose to “mock and belittle Cruz so the video goes viral”....Dept. of Sticks & Stones: The Wall Street Journal continues to hammer Trump on his tariff policies. In an op-ed, WSJ’s Jeanne Shaheen argues that tariffs weaken the country’s military by delaying delivery of  “U.S.-built weapons, rais(ing) costs and leav(ing) us and our allies less prepared for the next war”...Speaking of the Journal, according to WND, Elon Musk taunted the nation’s premier business news outlet by posting a meme on X trashing the @WSJ handle. Musk wrote that it stands for “We Suck at Journalism.” Have to disagree.  Seems like Mr. Musk may have been floating around in space too long without enough oxygen in his helmet....If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard