Greetings! Trump posted an image late yesterday of a new map of the United States that encompasses the country formerly known as Canada...CNN did an outstanding job last night with live boots-on-the-ground coverage of the fires roaring through Los Angeles neighborhoods.  Didn’t see anyone on the right calling the news behemoth “fake news”…Americans United for Life  has just published its ranking of the country’s most pro-life states.  Here are just a few of the criteria to make the list from the organization’s website: laws on abortion, legal recognition of preborn children, assisted suicide and end-of-life patient care, and healthcare rights of conscience. Arkansas tops the list followed by Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi.  Rounding out the bottom are Oregon, New Jersey and Vermont, which came in last…Ugh! That was my reaction when I read President Biden’s quote in USA Today that he thinks he could have defeated Trump if he stayed in the race.  It was exactly that kind of thinking that resulted in his ill-fated decision to run for president one last time. He and his handlers just don’t get it…Brad Pascale, the former Trump campaign 2016 digital and media director, has been appointed the Chief Strategy Officer for the Salem Media Group, a conservative media powerhouse that has hit some speed bumps recently.  This move might represent something of a comeback for the digital whiz who hit the skids in 2020 after a well publicized standoff with cops following a domestic dispute…WND has posted several images of Don Jr. and his buddies frolicking in Greenland…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings!  Just like old times: Congress certified the results of the November presidential election yesterday and thousands of violent demonstrators didn’t descend upon the Capitol building and try to derail the peaceful transfer of power…Worth noting: the right-titling editorial page of The Wall Street Journal has come out against Trump pardoning the J6 rioters.  “Pardoning such crimes would contradict Mr. Trump’s support for law and order, and it would send an awful message about his view of the acceptability of political violence done on his behalf,” the Editorial Board of the Murdoch-owned newspaper wrote…In case anyone is nostalgic for a somewhat wise and caring White House as represented by President Josiah Barlett in the acclaimed NBC drama “The West Wing,” fuhgeddaboudit! The Max streamer quietly removed the show late last year.  However, here’s a compilation of the program’s 10 most memorable moments…Picky, picky: Podcaster Megyn Kelly criticized the way President Biden held Liz Cheney’s hand while presenting the Presidential Citizen Medal to her last Thursday.  He gripped her hand almost the entire time she was on stage.  “Joe Biden doesn’t know when to let go of any female in his presence,” Kelly said on her show implying that it represents another example of his decline…Don Jr. is traveling to Greenland today, representing his daddy.  Let’s hope he bought a one-way ticket….Mediaite just published my list of the top 10 questions for right wing media in 2025.  Here’s just one question: will Matt Gaetz slip into obscurity as a TV anchor on OAN?...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting.