Greetings! I bailed on Trump’s speech at the top of the hour last night. All the lies, boasts and grievances dented my brain.  Right on schedule this morning, right wing media praised the speech as you’ll see in my roundup.  The Washington Examiner was the only outlet I saw from the right that expressed some skepticism describing it as “style over substance”…Ben Shapiro, the world’s most popular conservative podcaster, yesterday launched a campaign urging President Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin.  The former police officer was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd.  Shapiro maintains that the evidence of the case did not support the claim that Chauvin was responsible for Floyd’s death.  Furthermore, Shapiro asserts that the conviction of Chauvin “represents the defining achievement of the Woke movement in American politics”…Another day, another Wall Street Journal editorial condemning Trump.  Last night, the Murdoch-controlled news outlet told the harsh truth about tariffs in this simple five-word headline: Trump’s Tariffs Whack Trump Voters. And just to rub it in even more, the subhead read, “”Whatever happened to the GOP concern for the working class?”…The Canadian comedy program “This Hour Has 22 Minutes” posted a hilarious video of the Zelensky-Trump Oval Office showdown.  It really gives “SNL” a run for its money…In case you were wondering, Deputy Director of the FBI Dan Bongino is giving up his day job as a nationally syndicated right wing radio host and podcaster.  He will be replaced by Vince Conglianese and the show will be rebranded as “Vince.” Here’s the press release…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Happy Tariff Tuesday where the question of the day is will rising consumer prices and a sinking stock market lead to a big drop in The Donald's poll numbers?...Once again, the Wall Street Journal sticks it to the MAGA-in-Chief. Trump Takes the Dumbest Tariff Plunge screams last night’s WSJ’s  headline. Key sentence: “Is this how the new Republican Party plans on helping working-class voters?” American Spectator also gives tariffs a big thumbs calling them “another word for taxes”...Dept. of Every Day I Learn Something New: Steve Bannon’s daughter Maureen identifies as WarRoom CEO  (presumably her dad’s podcast) on her Twitter account.  She has 142,000 followers…Becoming Katherine Graham is clearly the week’s most timely documentary. The film focuses on the storied career of Graham, who in 1963 became The Washington Post’s publisher after her husband’s suicide. She famously – and courageously – helmed the newspaper during the Watergate scandal that toppled Richard Nixon’s corrupt administration.  Ironically, it debuted last week on the Jeff Bezos-controlled Amazon Prime Video. Of course, Bezos owns the WaPo too, where his reputation is up in flames by forcing the Post's opinion pages to assume the position to Trump 2.0 …Real America’s Voice host Brian Glenn, who drew condemnation for questioning Zelensky’s fashion choices for his disastrous meeting last Friday with two Oval Office bullies, is Marjorie Taylor Greene’s boyfriend.  Glenn says he’s received thousands of death threats for his remarks about the Ukrainian President (Daily Beast)… Victory Girls has called right wing influencers “clowns chasing clickbait” Agree!…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard