Greetings!  Looks like Republicans and right-wing media have a new punching bag.  Abdul El-Sayed, a far-left progressive who is the son of Egyptian immigrants, has apparently won the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan, squeaking by moderate Haley Stevens in last night’s election (NBC News).  My prediction: he’s going to become the most vilified Democrat in the next three months leading to the midterms. This morning, Trump called him a “Communist loser” on Truth Social, which seems like a mild description coming from our slur-slinging president. El-Sayed has been criticized for anti-semitic commentary, his attitudes toward women, and his calls for defunding the police and ending military support for Israel. Worth noting: He is not a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and was not endorsed by the group...The right-leaning Washington Stand takes a swipe at Michigan’s Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Center for pushing a LGBT+ agenda.  “Whether Pine Rest was motivated by profit or some other undisclosed reason, its pro-LGBT position has enabled it to flourish under the pro-LGBT Whitmer administration,” according to the Stand’s Joshua Arnold. “Pine Rest obtained $50 million in state grants for construction of its new pediatric center, or just over half of the $98 million price tag”...Music-critic-in-chief: Last week, Trump gave a big shout out (with a link) to the new song One Nation by Steve Gruber & The Freedom Project.  Here’s the opening lines: "Lord, hear my earnest prayer for these United States. Keep her in your holy protection"...Vile: The Gateway Pundit believes Dr. Anthony Fauci deserves the electric chair for the way he handled the pandemic...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Question of the week (courtesy American Spectator): "Is It Time to Call Trump’s Iran War a Quagmire?" My answer: Yes....The conservative Maine Wire has a beef with national media outlets calling Troy Jackson a lumberjack.  An article in the Wire notes that Paul Bunyan was a lumberjack (using brute strength) while Jackson was a logger (using modern heavy equipment).  Jackson squares off against incumbent Susan Collins in Maine's critical upcoming midterm race for the U.S. Senate, which has profound national implications. Nasty: The Maine Wire also continues to point out that he’s “sleeping with his cousin." And the American Spectator describes Troy Jackson as a “cousin impregnator.” Jackson has two children with his second cousin. They have been a couple since high school...Song of the Week: Some Humans Ain’t Human, by folksinger John Prine.  This song should serve as the anthem for the Trump administration...The Daily Signal recommends four books to read for America’s 250^th birthday.  They include: “Alexander Hamilton: A Biography,” by Forrest McDonald; “The Political Culture of the American Whigs,” by Daniel Walker Howe; and “The Americans,” by Daniel Boorstin...Aaron Rodgers, for U.S. Senate? Steve Bannon suggests that the polarizing contrarian quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers should run in Pennsylvania because John Fetterman is up for re-election in 2028. “What do you think it would be like in the U.S. Senate if we had a guy like Aaron Rodgers and not John Thune?” Bannon wondered on his podcast, according to the Daily Signal. “Aaron Rodgers is a man. He stood in the breach with the whole world against him”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard