Greetings! Dept. of No Surprises: Prostitution. Statutory rape. Illicit drug use.  Those are just some of the activities that a leaked House Subcommittee report has charged Matt Gaetz.  The embattled ex-Florida congressman, as you may recall, was Donald Trump’s first choice for Attorney General.  Let’s just call this sordid tale Gaetzgate…Dept. of Peak Insanity:  POTUS-elect Trump wants to rename Mt. Denali, the nation’s highest mountain peak, to what it was previously known as: Mt. McKinley. It was named after William McKinley,  the 25th United States president who was assassinated in 1901.  President Obama changed the name to Denali in 2015 which is what Alaska’s indigenous people have always called the mountain.  (Newsweek)…The Donald is also intent on renaming and reclaiming the Panama Canal.  In a Truth Social post this weekend, he referred to The American Canal.  The president of Panama responded by posting that it belongs to Panama.  On Truth Social, Trump replied ominously: “We’ll see about that.” Worth recalling: In 2019, ProPublic wrote that Trump’s companies in Panama were accused of tax evasion…The Victory Girls have aimed their cannons at Kamala Harris’s step daughter Ella Emhoff for landing endorsement deals, including Prada sunglasses.  Here’s what the blog's Lisa Carr wrote: “She is the liberal poster child of 2024-tatted-up, hairy armpits, acne, just the right amount of androgyny and, my God, those glasses that scream, ‘I voted for tampons in the boys’ bathroom!’” …Nasty! C-list comic Rob Schneider described Joe Biden as a corpse attached to a car battery.  The rightward flamethrower made the remarks at TurnPointUSA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix. (RedState)…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Vampires rejoice! Tomorrow is the winter solstice, the day with the least amount of daylight in the northern hemisphere…It’s 30 days until Donald Trump’s inauguration. TheRighting has a countdown ticker at the bottom of the newsletter and in the top right hand corner of our homepage, as a dark reminder of The Donald’s impending return to the White House…Required reading: The Wall Street Journal reveals how Joe Biden’s inner circle protected an aging  president prone to gaffes and lack of focus for the last four years. The ugly truth is finally beginning to emerge…Mediaite has named the 75 most influential people in the news media. Rightly so, a number of right-leaning personalities made the list.  They include CNN’s house conservative Scott Jennings (#23), the Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro (#16), rightward  podcast queen Megyn Kelly (#10).  And drumroll for No. 1 on the Mediaite list:  POTUS puppeteer Elon Musk…The Daily Wire documentary Identity Crisis, which criticizes “gender-affirming surgery” for children, premieres January 10 on X.  It’s available for free for three days before slipping behind a paywall.  (Hollywood in Toto)…Weekend Watch: Especially for those of you brave enough to fly this holiday season  I recommend  Carry On, an old-fashioned action-thriller set at LAX on Christmas Eve. Almost in the same category as the iconic Bruce Willis vehicle "Die Hard." Available now on Netflix…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard