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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Over the weekend, Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer, was confirmed as the U.S. attorney general. Worth noting: In 1961, JFK appointed his younger brother Robert Kennedy as his Attorney General. Critics charged nepotism and questioned his lack of legal experience because he never practiced law. (Politico). However, RFK was ultimately viewed as a consequential Attorney General, especially effective in fighting organized crime and civil rights enforcement (JFK Library and Museum) ...Dept. of No Surprises: The Daily Beast has conducted a thorough investigation of Melania Trump’s workload during her husband’s second term as president and concluded it’s “shockingly light.” Among the details revealed: FLOTUS has appeared in public only 38 times this year. But that’s probably better than her 2025 record, per the Beast, when she appeared in public only 47 times after the January 20 inauguration....World’s Dumbest Socialist: That’s what the Daily Signal’s national correspondent Tony Kinnett calls Francesca Hong, the socialist running for governor of Wisconsin...Another thing to worry about: Artificial intelligence is now able to create viruses not found in nature. Cue the doomsday music. (NY Times)... Rolling Stone magazine published a profile of controversial far-left political activist Hasan Piker, who once said that America deserved 9/11. The article questions why everyone is so afraid of the progressive streamer. The National Review characterizes the article as a swoon...Jill Biden’s former press secretary, Michael LaRosa, triggered the left by tweeting his preference for Michigan Republican senate candidate Mike Rogers over far-left Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed. (Daily Wire)...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

The Democrats Gave Us Today’s Inflation

source: American Thinker

The left insists that Trump’s policies are to blame for higher grocery costs, but the truth is that they (deliberately) planted the seeds during Biden’s presidency.

Democrats Futile Search for Manly Candidates

source: Washington Times

They should recruit werewolves who support abortion and trans rights.

Troy Jackson Entered Politics Fighting Foreign Labor. Now He Wants to Abolish ICE

source: National Review

Jackson was famously involved in a 1998 protest where loggers used trucks to block a road near the border to keep out Canadian workers.

Troy Jackson’s Son Repped Oil and Gas Company Lobbying Against Bill That Died in Jackson’s Senate

source: Washington Free Beacon

When the oil and gas company Global Partners LP faced criticism from Maine lawmakers in 2019, it turned to a well-connected operative to lobby the state legislature on a pair of bills targeting the company: Chace Jackson, the son of then-Maine Senate president Troy Jackson, now the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.

Prepare for the DSA Revolution

source: Townhall

What do these people — the DSA — really want? They want power, they want money, they want you dead, or at least cowed to where you will keep your head down and your mouth shut.

Confessions of a Former DSA Organizer

source: The Free Press

When Jake Altman joined the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in 2013, it was, in his telling, a coalition of middle-aged social democrats. By the time he left in 2022, the DSA had transformed into a revolutionary organization.

Democrats No Longer Have the No. 1 Weapon to Keep Their Socialist Wing in Line

source: Fox News

DNC is broke and relying on outside groups for midterm help while socialist candidates win races

ABC’s Jon Karl Sucks Up to “Kingmaker” AOC and Tries to Soften DSA Edges

source: NewsBusters

There is change roiling within the Democrat Party, as it decides whether to continue to resist the ongoing socialist takeover or allow itself to be consumed by it. From the looks of Jon Karl’s interview with Congresswoman AOC for ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, it appears that the Elitist Media are resigned to being Regime Media for the socialists

Francesca Hong, the Socialists’ Next Hope

source: Wall Street Journal

Forget the tweets. The frontrunner in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin Governor wants a 17% income tax and ‘public groceries.’

Fresh Proof That “Democratic Socialists” Will Act Like Communists Once Elected

source: NY Post

It is not difficult, these days, to see the neo-communist flipside of “Democratic Socialists” — once they find power

How Cancel Culture Laid the Groundwork for Socialism

source: The Federalist

Too many people were fearful of the ridicule they would receive if they spoke out against the tyranny embedded in socialism. That whole phenomenon is called the weaponization of loneliness. We tend to comply with malicious orders and stupid ideas if we view the alternative as being ostracized.

Socialists Still Want to Abolish Police and Prisons

source: Daily Signal

What socialists believe about police and prisons cuts to the heart of their utopian, unhuman belief system. Everything they do flows from a fundamental misunderstanding of humanity.

Looks Like the WNBA’s Absurdity Is About to Sink the Entire Transgender Movement

source: PJ Media

The WNBA has turned itself into a punchline, a silly sideshow, and people are laughing at it, not with it. In the process, the transgenderism issue itself is suffering severely. The longer the WNBA continues to screw this situation up, the more damage it will do to the LGBTQ movement’s efforts to normalize transgenderism in society.

The WNBA Has a Black Entitlement Problem

source: Washington Examiner

The politburo of the Women’s National Basketball Association continues to be mired in controversy after an excessively hard foul by Chicago Sky player Dijonai Carrington on the Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham during a game over the weekend. The problem was Carrington blaming white privilege for being held accountable for the foul.