Greetings! Most Americans celebrated yesterday's release of the 16 prisoners held by Russia.  But not Donald J. Trump.  For weeks, The Donald had been promising that if reelected to the White House, he’d quickly secure the  release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the most prominent of those held by Putin and company.  However, it was Joe Biden who engineered the art of the deal, leaving The Donald to whine about the good news (here’s what he wrote) … Worth mentioning (even if it’s most likely wishful thinking): Anthony Scaramucci predicts on X that Trump will drop out of the race…The social media analytical company Zelf, which specializes in examining content produced on Tik Tok, released its first political report this week.  The company studied 153,300 videos from June 27 to July 26 mentioning Trump, Biden and Kamala Harris.  Since Biden dropped out July 21, Zelf reports that Harris’s Tik Toks received almost two billion views.  Worth mentioning: There’s a new Substack thefyp.news which interprets the Zelf data.  The newsletter just reported that more than three-fourths of Tik Tok posts referring to Vance in the last week were negative…. Weekend Read: Guilty Pleasures: Sex, God and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida.  It’s the true story of a love triangle gone horribly wrong involving two young devout Christian couples.  I can’t stop reading it…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Donald Trump’s interview yesterday at the annual National Association of Black Journalists confab is being described as his “worst ever.” Here’s one recap of the debacle from veteran Democratic strategist and investigative reporter  Scott Dworkin.  If you’re interested in the entire 34-minute trainwreck, go here…After reading all of The Donald’s vicious Truth Social posts yesterday, I deduced that the vile nickname he’s settled on for our duly elected Veep  is “Crazy Kamala”…Trump’s third self-serving tome since leaving the White House drops on September 3.  Save America looks at his so-called accomplishments during his presidency and his vision for a second Trump dynasty. It sells for – hold on to your MAGA hat -- $99.  Signed copies balloon to $499.  SteveGruber.com’s Liberty Paige suggests a way to avoid the ridiculous price tag:  “If you want to read it for free, start bugging your local library NOW to get a copy or two for their shelves. If they can use taxpayer dollars and time to order transgender books and host drag show queen reading hours, I’m sure they can spare a few minutes and a few dollars to get a Trumpian memoir or two”…And finally, TheRighting has an article today, written with tongue firmly inserted in cheek, pondering Trump’s tough choices for VP should he decide to dump beleaguered JD Vance. One selection is a certain Chicago mobster…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard