Greetings! The American people have spoken. This is who we are…If there’s a slim ray of sunlight in the  election outcome, it’s likely there will be a peaceful transfer of power come Inauguration Day. Remember the good old days when we used to take that for granted?...Homepage headline from the right this morning: Breitbart’s Trump Towers…Can’t say the election results surprised me.  Since the Veep debate between J.D. Vance, and Tim Walz, I felt a vibe shift toward Team Trump from Kamala & crew. And I feared correctly that Trump’s increasingly incendiary language and coarse gestures the last month created an unusual opportunity for him to appeal to hard-to-reach young male voters…I spent the bulk of last night surfing between CNN and MSNBC. Enough with Steve Kornacki's shtick and I’m off the MSNBC data geek for at least the rest of the month.  Amazon Prime’s election coverage featuring Brian Williams was shockingly poor.  I’m a long-time Williams fan, but he seemed rusty and off his game. The newscast’s digital  backdrop inexplicably made it look like Williams at times was anchoring from some lonely country road, adjacent to a cornfield…As of 10:45 a.m. EST today, Trump has been silent on Truth Social about the election results…Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen were among the notable guest commentators for the UK’s Channel 4 election night coverage. If I were Daniels  and Cohen, I’d keep a much lower profile for the next four years…One of the many sad parts of Trump’s second presidential victory, is that he’s likely to be remembered as a major transformative figure in our nation’s history, rather than an early 21^st century political aberration…An unusually warm November sun shines today on TheRighting’s global headquarters here in NYC, but it’s nonetheless a very dark day….If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting.  Howard

Greetings! Election Day Playlist: If you’re an optimist: The Fifth Dimension’s Aquarius, Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin, and U2’s Beautiful Day.  If you’re a  pessimist: Barry McGuire’s Eve of Destruction, and the Animal’s We Gotta Get Out of This Place.  If you’re Donald Trump: Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down and It’s Good to Be King…Question of the day: Regardless of election results, what time tonight will The Donald  declare victory?...The Gateway Pundit offers an election day prayer for Trump.  Here are two lines from it.  Try  not to choke: Lord, in this time of decision and challenge, surround him with Your protection. Shield him from all harm, falsehoods, and any attempts to bring him down…Hooray for Time magazine.  Check out the cover line above the famous logo: “Your Vote Is Safe.”  Here’s the article.  Even if you don’t subscribe to the mag, that headline sends a pitch perfect message to millions who’ve been gaslighted by the MAGA right…A Wall Street Journal op-ed today echoes the same sentiment: You Can Trust the Vote Count.  The WSJ piece is written by Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who famously stood up to Trump’s 2020 pleas “to find” him an extra 11,780 votes, and Utah’s lieutenant governor Deidre Henderson.  Both Raffensperger and Henderson are Republicans…The Election Watch Tonight:  My plan is to go with Brian Williams on Amazon Prime for about 25% of night and then ping pong between MSNBC and CNN. I will also check out Chris Cuomo on NewsNation, as well as  drop in on Jon Stewart’s  “Daily Show” live  at 11 p.m. To keep it fair and balanced, I’ll dip into Fox News and far right WND  livestreaming  too.  My libation of choice will be a bourbon with a Mylanta chaser. See you sometime after sunrise…If you keep voting, I’ll keep Righting. Howard