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

Greetings! Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance  on “Saturday Night Live” with her hilarious doppelganger Maya Rudolph.  The Veep showed off her comic chops in front of a crucial young demo she needs to make1600 Pennsylvania Avenue her next home.   Here’s the link to the video (Harris shows up at the 6:10 mark).  Predictably, right wing media skewered the bit (Victory Girls)…Gag alert: Nikki Haley bows to The Donald. Trump’s GOP primary rival assumes the position in an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal asserting that Trump is the better choice, while offering “he’s not perfect.”   Way to minimize a twice impeached, convicted felon and sex offender by describing him as merely “not perfect”…An article in the UK’s The Telegraph claims Hollywood libs are penalizing Clint Eastwood for his right-leaning politics.  Juror #2, Eastwood’s latest film, opened in only 50 theaters to mixed reviews. NewsBusters leaps to Eastwood’s defense asking: Is this anyway to treat a legend?…Last week’s craziest right wing headline:  FrontPage’s Vote for Kamala to Keep Your Porn and End Your Marriage.  Wowzer! That’s  a lot to unpack in a single headline…Weekend observation.  In these dark final days of the 2024’s presidential campaign, I found a rare island of positivity.  The 53rd New York Marathon ran by my building yesterday, and as I waded into the cheering masses  packed along Manhattan’s First Avenue, I couldn’t help but smile.  I hope we all have more reasons to smile later this week…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard