Greetings! Worth remembering: April 2020, when the world was in full pandemic lockdown. In recognition of those dark days, TheRighting has published a list of 200 outrageous right wing headlines from that terrifying time five years ago. It’s a toxic brew of misinformation and misdirection that harmed untold thousands of people and needlessly divided our nation at such a deadly time…Another day, another NY Post op-ed opposing Donald Trump’s tariffs. This one is from Tad DeHaven, who predicts tariffs will turn our economy upside down. “Rather than tamp down inflation or boost growth, the broad tariffs Trump plans to impose this week are likely to upend our economy in damaging ways,” opines DeHavens…Ex-CBS News legend Dan Rather posted this gem of a Turkish proverb on Facebook: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king.  The palace instead becomes a circus”…Townhall’s William Marshall suggests that the U.S. put down billions of green to buy  Greenland from Denmark. Marshall says the U.S. should pay every one of Greenland’s 55,000 citizens $1 million dollars to garner support for an American takeover.  That alone would cost $55 billion.  I’m sure a million bucks would have a lot of Greenlanders blinded with dollar signs…The right wing billionaire’s club welcomed a new member. Yesterday, Newsmax went public and its value immediately skyrocketed north of 700% making founder and CEO Chris Ruddy on paper worth more than $3 billion. (Forbes)…Meanwhile, another high profile conservative media outlet, The Daily Wire, has hit some speed bumps. Its entertainment division, which promised way more than it delivered, appears to be on life support after staff cuts and executive exodus, according to Status News. I’m not surprised. I never completely bought The Daily Wire hype about its ambitions in programming for kids…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Memo to Joe Biden: Brace yourself for a rocky few mudslinging months.  A bunch of books on his controversial presidency are set to publish, and the inside word on these tomes is that they paint a damning picture of Sleepy Joe’s White House.  The Biden books include: Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House (April 1); Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History (April 8); Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again (May 20); and 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America (July 8).  Politico has some juicy pre-publication  details…Question of the day: Will MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell return to his primetime perch tonight? He’s been gone for two weeks after what was supposed to be a one-week absence. The network has said very little…Donald Trump plans to meet soon with frequent MAGA antagonist Bill Maher  The Donald confessed to mixed emotions about the sit down with the host of HBO’s “Real Time,” which was arranged by his pal Kid Rock. Here’s Trump’s post about it on Truth Social: “I really didn’t like the idea much, and don’t like it much now, but thought it would be interesting. The problem is, no matter how much he likes your Favorite President, ME, he will publicly proclaim what a terrible guy I am.” As for me: I’m fed up with all the bending of the knee…Attention investors: Newsmax’s stock begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange today under the symbol NMAX….If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard