Greetings! Dept. of Sticks & Stones, Part I: The Donald had a busy Father’s Day taunting J. B. Pritzker, among others. On Truth Social, Trump described the Illinois’ governor as a “rotund” politico who makes “Chris Christie look like a male model.”  I’m surprised The Donald knew a two-syllable word like “rotund”… Dept. of Sticks & Stones, Part II: Townhall calls “Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough “Bagdad Bob,” after Saddam Hussein’s Information Minister,  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf. Here’s the key barb from Townhall’s Jeff Crouere, “(Scarborough) is ready, willing, and able to serve the Biden campaign in whatever capacity is needed”…Pete Buttigieg in 2028! NewsBusters watched yesterday’s  “CBS Sunday Morning” positive profile of  Pete Buttigieg and called the segment a “gross campaign infomercial” for a Mayor Pete 2028 White House run …Trump pal Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Open golf tournament yesterday on the final hole.  No wonder there were chants of “USA, USA” as DeChambeau stormed from behind to beat  Ireland’s popular Rory McIlroy.  Western Journal has the details about the Mayor of Bedminster’s over-the-top praise for DeChambeau…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Today may be the last day that the notorious right wing disinformation site Infowars publishes.  A court will determine its fate later today (Infowars)…Is the Washington Free Beacon giving the right wing comedy website The Babylon Bee a run for its money?  The Beacon just dropped its second satirical article this week, an “excerpt” from an imaginary Brian Stelter young adult fantasy novel about a woke female journalist working in Washington, DC.  The title of the imagined book says it all: “Reporting for Duty: Liberty’s Last Stand.” Stelter, you may recall, was the prominent and outspoken CNN media critic who got bounced from the network nearly two years ago.  However,  he still remains an active and provocative media watchdog, regularly annoying the right…FrontPage reports gleefully that the lefty Southern Poverty Law Center has fired a quarter of its staff… Low blow against Joe:  Leave it to Trump to release a one-minute video on Truth Social of Biden’s most baffling word salads under the surprisingly anodyne headline “Timeless Quotes by Joe Biden”…Weekend Watch: The obvious pick is opening episode of season two of HBO “Game of Thrones” prequel House of the Dragon.  I’ll be tuning in Sunday night, although I must say it’s been so long since season one that I’m sure I’ll have trouble following all the characters and political intrigue….If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard