Greetings! So Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General is Matt Gaetz. I guess Fox News late night host Greg Gutfeld didn’t want to take a pay cut… Another Trump beauty pageant?  Trump’s most controversial choices for key government positions – Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard and Peter Hegseth – all have one thing in common: they’re photogenic…Meanwhile, there’s a split in Murdoch World over Trump picking Gaetz for the nation’s highest legal post. A NY Post  headline proclaims Gaetz  “the perfect choice for Attorney General.”  The editorial board of Murdoch's Wall Street Journal  calls him a “bad choice”…Breaking news this morning: The Onion, the left-leaning satirical outlet, has acquired the toxic, conspiracy-spewing Infowars. Founded by the execrable Alex Jones, it was Infowars that claimed the Sandy Hook shooting of elementary school children was a hoax.  More details about the sale will emerge in the coming days…Blaze Media just launched a quarterly magazine called Frontier aimed squarely at a rightward audience.  Tucked behind a paywall, a yearly Frontier subscription (which includes membership in Blaze+) runs a hefty $240…Weekend Watch: Max’s Call Me Ted, a six-part documentary on legendary CNN founder Ted Turner.  Last night, I watched Part I and it captures Ted’s brash humor and swashbuckling style so sorely missing in today’s media/tech moguls. As a former CNN staffer – I headed the NY Comms shop at the all-news network for five years in the late 90s –  I worked often with Ted.  I always admired him as a powerful force for good in the media and the world at large.  He loved Mother Earth and all its creatures, fought tirelessly for nuclear disarmament and had a passionate belief in humanity…Tomorrow is a travel day for me.  See you Monday.  Texas, here I come…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! So Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense is Fox News personality Peter Hegseth. I guess Dennis Quaid and Hulk Hogan weren’t available…Awkward! Trump makes the traditional visit to meet with Joe Biden at the White House today…Looks like Trump is creating a Department of Government Efficiency. Sounds like an oxymoron to me…Who was the GOP’s 2024  biggest election night loser?  Kari Lake, the conspiracy-spewing Arizona candidate for the U.S. Senate, per American Greatness…Mark Halperin cites four behind-the-scenes Trump supporters who helped power his way to victory in a Foxnews.com opinion piece.  The list includes Walt Nauta (remember him from the Mar-a-Lago documents case?), who still toils away as a loyal aide to The Donald…Nearly  90% of “Saturday Night Live’s” campaign jokes targeted Trump, according to a study by the conservative Media Research Council (NewsBusters)…Songs from two MAGA-friendly musicians topped Billboard’s digital sales charts. Tom MacDonald landed No. 1 with  Goodbye Joe (about a certain lame duck POTUS) followed by Lee Greenwood’s  God Bless the USA.  Why are these two tunes ruling the charts? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the rightward wind…Many of you have reached out to me, voicing your intentions to keep reading TheRighting in the perilous months ahead.  I’m compiling the correspondence and I’ll post it early  next week.  Thanks to all who responded…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard