Greetings! Cynical guy asks: anything worth watching tonight on TV?...With all the Presidential Debate Smackdown hoopla, let’s not forget that July 11 is the date we find out whether The Donald is going to the slammer. Meanwhile, on July 1, Steve Bannon may be on his way to the big house, for a four-month incarceration sabbatical  courtesy of U.S. taxpayers…The generally stuffy  Washington Free Beacon has a satirical piece today about a supposed leaked document containing the questions that CNN moderators will  ask tonight.  Here’s just one cringy question from the fictional list for Donald Trump: “You probably didn't notice that Barron is no longer in the audience. That's because our colleague Jim Acosta is holding him hostage at an undisclosed location and will only release him unharmed if you agree right now to drop out of the race. What do you say?”…Right wing Hollywood in Toto describes the Santa Monica Film Festival – now in its 18^th year – as the “subversive film festival” because it celebrates “free speech and diversity of thought.” One major film from last February’s festival  was “Shot Dead,” a documentary about an 18-year-old woman who died after receiving a Covid injection…The Federalist offers up the worst list of summer beachside books I have ever seen. Natch, all the tomes lean right. The list includes The Smear, by Sharyl Attkisson and Big Intel, by J. Michael Waller.  Even The Federalist admits they’re not  “light reads”…Big thanks to all who donated to TheRighting yesterday.  That will help fund keep us until 2025, and who knows what our world will look like then …If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Once again, right wing media suggest that Biden’s only hope for vanquishing Trump during tomorrow night’s debate is some type of magical chemical concoction from his doctors that will make him peppy and vigorous.  “You can bet the ranch that his doctors are frantically attempting to find the magic bullet -- the precise dosages of medications that will jack him up to normal or near-normal degrees of consciousness without appearing overly wired,” argues Bill Hansmann in American Thinker….Chase Oliver for president?  Who?  He’s the Libertarian party’s candidate for president and former ABC News correspondent John Stossel appears to make a case for Oliver in his latest column for WND…Audiences to news websites are vanishing, according to TheRighting’s latest research published this morning.  Right wing sites have been particularly hard hit with many experiencing declines of more than 80% in the last four years…Pardon the interruption while I make my brief semi-annual fundraising effort. TheRighting needs your dollars to help us cover the world of right wing media.  It’s especially important over the next six months as we round the bend in the calendar to the critical second half of this election year.  Your contributions will help fund more reporting and ground-breaking research on right wing media and provide needed capital to make improvements to the website and newsletter.  If you’re interested in contributing, please visit TheRighting’s DONATE page.  Thanks for considering….If you keep funding, I’ll keep Righting. Howard