Greetings! Another day, another NY Post op-ed criticizing team Trump’s botched response to the unfolding Signalgate scandal.  Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy hammers home the point that it’s foolish for the administration to claim the messages weren’t classified. He termed it “an unconscionable security breach”…Worth noting: More MAGA-loving media outlets are critical of Signalgate. The right wing Trump-supporting Victory Girls has given the stink eye to the Trump administration’s handling of the Signal fiasco.  “Trying to dodge what happened, or claim it wasn’t a big deal, is completely the wrong strategy to pursue,” wrote the blog’s Deanna Fisher.  “The Trump administration screwed up, and it would be better for everyone if they just admitted it.” The National Review also agrees that all involved should concede the error. The Washington Examiner flatly stated that the Signal chat included classified information.  And finally, American Spectator mocked the security team calling them “The Gang That Couldn’t Spook Straight”…Pete Hegseth once again comes across as an incompetent hothead who can’t control his emotions. Just watch him try to explain away the error. Pete’s dragons – the boozing, the womanizing, his slippery relationship with the truth  -- have never been fully tamed. It’s time for him to take a walk and join disgraced Matt Gaetz in the prime time lineup at OAN…Tucker Carlson announced the death of his 84-eyar-old father Dick Carlson. (Daily Caller) … Dept. of Corrections:  Yesterday, I included the wrong link for an article by our contributor Michael Lovito about the right wing journalist and activist Shane Trejo who is pushing to extend Trump’s presidency beyond 2028.  Here’s the correct link for the eye-opening profile…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! App of the week: Signal.  Quote of the week:  “That’s a lie,” Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg responded when asked to comment on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s assertion that no one was texting war plans…Breaking this morning: The Atlantic has released the full chat on Signal exposing Hegseth’s military plans. (AP)…A NY Post editorial has a rare rebuke to the Trump administration for its handling of the Signalgate fiasco. “You can only play the ‘diminish, deny and delay’ game so many times before it becomes your new brand,” the editors wrote. “We get that stepping up to own failures is hard. But it just got that much harder for Americans to trust the administration on national security issues going forward.” So far on the right, only Rupert Murdoch’s Post and the National Review have criticized the massive security breach…“French” lessons: NY Times columnist David French, a former U.S. Army attorney and self-described evangelical conservative,  urges Pete Hegseth to resign “if he has any honor at all” in a must-read op-ed…Popular podcaster and ex-Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly announced yesterday that she’s creating her own audio  network.  Kelly is launching three shows this spring featuring Mark Halperin (who in 2017 faced allegations of sexual harassment from his stint at ABC News), the Daily Mail’s Maureen Callahan, and  ex-RFK Jr. advisor Link Lauren. My question: is Kelly entering an oversaturated podcast market a year late?...Dept. of Bad News:  The Third Term Project is an organization dedicated to keeping The Donald  in the White House beyond 2028. Our contributor Michael Lovito profiles Shane Trejo the GOP activist and Big League Politics commentator who is the force driving Third Term…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard