Greetings! Village(s) People: Last Friday, Donald Trump appeared at The Villages, the huge MAGA-friendly Florida retirement community near Orlando.  The  Washington Post described his address as “profane.”  In my opinion, the speech was noteworthy because it revealed new details about his  personal life, including his relationship with the First Lady. For instance, he gave his impression of a transgender weightlifter, noting  that Melania pleaded with him not to do it because she viewed it as “unpresidential.” He also revealed  that she  dislikes it when he dances to the Village People’s “YMCA,” which she calls the “gay national anthem.” I’m with the First Lady on both counts. Also in the address, the Portly POTUS admitted that he doesn’t wear a bulletproof vest despite multiple attempts on his life. “I don’t know if I can handle looking 20 pounds heavier,” he confessed which is probably the most honest thing he’s said in weeks...Last Thursday night, CNN’s MAGA apologist Scott Jennings told 23-year-old rising progressive podcaster Adam Mockler to “get your hands out of my fucking face,” according to multiple reports.  The obnoxious GOP quote chimp is also a featured speaker on a week-long late November cruise into  the “Gulf of America” sponsored by the  ultra-right media conglomerate Salem Media...Conflicting opinions abound regarding Gavin Newsom’s appearance on Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher.  To me, the Golden State Gov. came off  as affable, entertaining and  savvy, calmly batting back Bill Maher’s hardball questions. (Newsom was much more effective on the show than two other fellow Democratic governors and likely rivals for White House: Kentucky’s  Andy Beshear and Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro). The California Post (sister pub of the NY Post) opined that Maher conducted a “blistering” interview. Trump thought otherwise and described Maher as “eaten up” by Newsom... If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! The Son Also Rises: Nikki Haley’s 24-year-old son Nalin “has become  a poster boy for the young, post-Trump conservative movement,” according to The Free Press. Last March, he organized a high-profile  event for South Carolina young Republicans, where his mother served as governor.  A budding right wing media darling, Nalin’s been welcomed on “Fox & Friends” and The Tucker Carlson Show (forward to  the 48:30 mark)...Dept. of Broken Records. Once again, Trump slandered a person of color with one of his favorite schoolyard bully slurs. Yesterday, in  a Truth Social post, The Donald called Hakeem Jeffries a “Low IQ individual” for comments the House Minority Leader made about the Supreme Court’s ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act...The arch-conservative Media Research Council (MRC) found that 88% of news coverage of the war with Iran by ABC, CBS and NBC was negative. The MRC examined the evening newscasts of those networks from March 16 through April 15. ABC had the most negative coverage, per MRC...Weekend Watch (retro edition): If you want to see an Attorney General of the United States as awful  as Pam Bondi or Todd Blanche, check out the 2020 Netflix original The Trial of the Chicago 7. Early in the film, there’s a short scene in the office of Richard Nixon’s vile Attorney General John Mitchell (who later went to jail for his role in Watergate) that paints him as sinister as anyone in the Trump administration.  On the flip side, late in the movie, there are two scenes with the great Michael Keaton as former U.S. AG and civil rights warrior Ramsey Clark, a reminder that there are still those in high office willing to fight to preserve democracy.  FYI: “The Trial of the Chicago 7” was written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, famous for  the hit TV series “The West Wing” and iconic films like “A Few Good Men”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard