Greetings.  More bad news for Democrats.  Biden’s reputation takes a well-deserved torpedo in the NY Times book review of Original Sin: Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. According to the positive review, “The authors trace the deluge of trouble that flowed from Biden’s original sin: the sidelining of Vice President Kamala Harris; the attacks on journalists who deigned to report on worries about Biden’s apparent fatigue and mental state; an American public lacking clear communication from the president and left to twist in the wind.” The book, by veteran journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, hits retailers May 20. Already, right-wing media outlets are responding with Breitbart calling Biden’s health in his last year in office the “worst cover-up in American political history.” Better buckle up Joe.  Gonna be a bumpy spring....Asleep at the wheel? Donald Trump appears to have been dozing during a briefing yesterday in Saudi Arabia.  Here’s the spot-on headline from The New Republic: “Old Man Trump Falls Asleep in Middle of Saudi Briefing on Arms Deal.” Trump turns 80 in 13 months, so maybe we should cut the old guy some slack....Kash Patel, mediocre columnist! Foxnews.com has published FBI Director Kash Patel’s anodyne op-ed calling for Americans to show their appreciation for law enforcement personnel. It reads like a high school term paper for civics class....Song of the Week: Lots of chatter in right-wing media lately about making the oil-rich Canadian province of Alberta the 51^st state.  Naturally, the song of week is Eric Clapton’s bluesy Alberta, which is one of my faves...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Trump’s tariff war with China has failed.  That’s the conclusion of the editorial board of the Murdoch-controlled Wall Street Journal.  “Rarely has an economic policy been repudiated as soundly, and as quickly, as President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs—and by Mr. Trump’s own hand,” the editors wrote last night. “Witness the agreement Monday morning to scale back his punitive tariffs on China—his second major retreat in less than a week.” The NY Post, another Murdoch media outlet, also trashed Trump’s tariff backsliding, calling it “no victory”...We’re all up sh*t's creek! RFK Jr., the nation’s wacky health czar, went swimming over the weekend in a DC creek with high levels of bacteria including E. coli. Even worse, he was joined by his grandchildren. Another stunning reason why Trump’s cabinet is a clown show of epic proportions. ABCNews.com has the story and images....Next stop Mars! Elon Musk has ambitions to land men on Mars by the end of this decade  (SteveGruber.com)…Earth-shattering news this weekend of no political consequence that you might have missed: Bill Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend  Jordon Hudson placed third in the Miss Maine beauty pageant held at a Holiday Inn in Portland, Maine, according to Fox News and other outlets.  The Washington Free Beacon kicks Hodson when she’s down snarking that Belichick’s paramour was even “outshined and outclassed” by a transgender contestant. Didn’t think it was possible, but the legendary coach and Hudson get worse press than Pete Hegseth...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard