Greetings! Is Trump trying to lose the election?  That’s the question the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal asks about The Donald’s looney dark alliance with conspiracy-crazed Laura Loomer ... .Clever! Here’s the headline on Politico’s piece about Laura Loomer: Fruit of the Loomer (fourth item down)…“Eff you Taylor Swift.”  That’s Megyn Kelly’s nasty reaction to T-Swift's full-throated endorsement of Kamala Harris. What irked Kelly and sent her into a meltdown, was one of the megastar’s reasons for throwing down with the  Harris ticket.  Swift likes Tim Walz’s full-on support of the LGBTQ community …Spotted on LA’s Sunset Boulevard: a billboard for the Daily Wire’  documentaryAm I a Racist? The documentary, now in limited theatrical release, features  polarizing podcaster Matt Walsh. It’s noteworthy because the billboards lining the famed street at the base of the Hollywood Hills are usually dotted with giant ads promoting product from the world’s biggest entertainment brands like Netflix and Warner Bros.  Daily Wire is really playing with the big boys… Devil with the blue dress on? Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has drawn fire for a video of her walking the halls of Congress in a slinky, semi-see-through blue dress.  Outkick’s Joe Kinsey has jumped to Mace’s  defense, writing, “Leave it to the angry, vile, scumbag libs to completely melt down over a simple Twitter video where Nancy gave an update so voters know she's actually working for her $174,000 yearly salary”… Dept. of Corrections:  In my subject line last Friday, I misspelled “siege.” Thanks to all you sharp-eyed copy editors who alerted me. That’s what I get for publishing on Friday the 13th….If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings from California! Conservative icon Bill Kristol of The Bulwark tweeted that now is the moment for the following prominent Republicans to renounce Donald Trump and say that they’re voting for Kamala Harris: George W. Bush, Condi Rice, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, John Kelly and Jim Mattis.  And for good measure, he also thinks it’s time for the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal to throw its support behind Kamala Harris.  Agree 100% with Kristol.  Silence equals consent…Disgraced commentator Candace Owens, once a rising right wing podcaster, takes quite a beating in a long article from the European Conservative for her recent anti-semitic comments…Couldn’t agree more: the Wall Street Journal is calling on Trump to disavow Tucker Carlson after the former Fox News host called a prominent Holocaust denier possibly the “best and most honest historian in the United States”…Blaze Media will have  a reporter back in Springfield, Ohio, next week.  It’s in Trump’s interest that the reporter dig up evidence that Haitians are eating people’s pets, which the city has denied….Far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer has been showing up in Trump’s backstage entourage, according to the Times, another alarming alliance between the ex-POTUS and a fringe disinformation-slinger…Weekend Watch: CNN debuts its new Saturday night weekly program Have I Got News for You, a semi-snarky look at the week’s news.  Prime time Saturday night is typically a graveyard for cable news networks, so I’m not holding out much hope for this limited series that will run ten weeks.  I recently stumbled across the 2021 Netflix documentary Untold: Caitlyn Jenner and it held my interest for its entire 69-minute running time. Try it…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting.  Howard