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15
Apr

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Trump doubles down on religious imagery this morning.  He just reposted on Truth Social what is presumably an AI-created image of Jesus Christ with his arm draped around Trump’s shoulder.  A partial image of the American flag dominates the background. Trump wrote, “The Radical Left Lunatics might not like this, but I think it is quite nice!!!” Of course he thinks it’s nice. The depiction of him makes Trump look at least 30 pounds lighter and 15 years younger...The Swalwell Watch: The media monitors at NewsBusters had a busy week tabulating all the media appearances that Dem ex-congressman Eric Swalwell made on CNN and MS NOW From January 1 through April, 10. Swalwell was a guest 50 times, which averages to more than three appearances a week, per NewsBusters.  Here’s a list of all shows where Swalwell appeared. Swalwell resigned this week after several charges of sexual misconduct surfaced...The Dispatch makes a strong case that Washington may be the most embarrassing state in the country. Ignorance and incompetence are cited as the reasons.... On Friday, TheRighting reported that Melania Trump speaks six languages. Not so fast, according Maggie Green, one of TheRighting’s sharp-eyed subscribers.  She sent me this link to an article from The List, which casts doubt on Melania’s abilities as a polyglot... True! Can’t argue with the headline of this National Review article: The Futility of Arguing About Trump. Here’s the subhead: “After ten years, there’s little worth saying about Trump’s character”... If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

We Told You So About Ruben Gallego

source: Washington Free Beacon

The aspiring 2028 presidential candidate is either deaf, dumb, and blind or a degenerate liar. There's really no other possible explanation for his supporting role in the saga of Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.).

Capitol Cleanup: Some of the Trash Is Finally Being Removed from Congress

source: SteveGruber.com

Looks like a window finally opened in Congress – and a couple of lawmakers just got swept out with the stale air and will end up in the trash bin of political history. Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell is heading for the exit after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct

Biden Tells Black University Leader He Resembles Barack Obama

source: Daily Caller

Former President Joe Biden on Tuesday told attendees at Syracuse University’s law school that a university leader resembled Barack Obama during a portrait unveiling ceremony. Biden visited his alma mater for the unveiling of his law school portrait. During his speech, Biden pointed into the audience, and singled out Syracuse Board Chairman Jeffrey M. Scruggs.

Biden Returns to the Stage and Immediately Does Something Racist

source: Daily Wire

Former President Joe Biden returned to the public stage this week, and almost immediately delivered the kind of unscripted moment that has followed him throughout his political career. While addressing a crowd, Biden spotted a black man in the audience and called out, “Barack, what are you doing? Come here, come here, come here, come here.”

Spanberger’s Virginia Is a Creepy, Commie Place

source: PJ Media

For most of the first few months that Spanberger and her fellow Dems were in charge, they had been concentrating on shredding the Second Amendment rights of the citizens of Virginia. Now, they've turned their attention to doing what Democrats do best: destroying the integrity of our elections.

Can California Thrive on Renewable Electricity?

source: American Greatness

California’s net-zero crusade is colliding with arithmetic: soaring costs, stubborn fossil-fuel dependence, and physics itself expose a 2045 target built more on aspiration than reality.

Crewmen Waiting to Be Rescued Don’t Need DEI

source: The Federalist

They need a competent military.

Man Accused of Attacking Conservative Journalist Defrauded Unemployment Program

source: WND

A man who was arrested after shoving a conservative journalist to the ground at an anti-ICE riot was found guilty of defrauding Minnesota's unemployment program of almost $7,000. In 2005, Chris Ostroushko was convicted after it was found that he had received thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits when he was actually employed,
14
Apr

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Paging Dr. Trump: The country’s Fabulist-in-Chief tried unsuccessfully to spin his way out of his unforced error of posting an AI-generated image of himself Sunday night as a Christ-like figure hovering over a sick man.  “I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support,” Trump said, according to The Hill and other outlets. He scoffed at claims that the image was meant to depict him as Jesus. “Only the ‘fake news’ could come up with that one,” he said. Memo to “Dr.” Trump: The far-right Daily Wire described Trump as “dressed like Jesus” as TheRighting noted yesterday...Dept. of Mild Headlines: This is the anodyne headline of the NY Times article describing Trump’s recent flurry of unhinged Truth Social posts and terrifying outbursts: “Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate.”  I have a more accurate headline: “Nation and World Panic as Trump Descends into Madness”...Book Critic-in-Chief: In an apparent moment of lucidity, Trump has endorsed Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s new book Poisoned Ivies: The Inside Story of the Academic and Moral Rot at America’s Elite Universities. In his blurb-ready post to Truth Social, Trump wrote, “There is nobody more qualified to speak on this important subject than Elise, who totally exposed the Crooked Former Presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT, in a Congressional Hearing that was seen and heard around the World.” The book lands at retailers today... Incoming Hungarian prime minister Peter Maygar, who toppled incumbent autocrat Viktor Orbán, was accused of domestic violence by both his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend. (Hungarian Conservative)...Visits to all right-wing news websites cratered in March, except one, according to new research released this morning by TheRighting. The Free Press, co-founded by mainstream media piñata Bari Weiss who now helms CBS News, posted a year-over-year increase in visits...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Media Knew About Swalwell for Over a Decade

source: FrontPage

They sat on the story for 13 years until it was politically convenient.

Everyone Knew About Eric Swalwell Except You and Me

source: National Review

You’re only finding out about the scandal now because he’s in the way of other Democrats — and easy to wound.

The Democrats’ Swalwell Follies

source: American Spectator

Perhaps this will continue as an entertaining sideshow on the judicial stage.

Eric Swalwell Rape Allegations Are Only the Tip of This Democrat-Media Scandal

source: NY Post

Rep. Eric Swalwell finally quit Congress on Monday amid accusations of rape and sexual abuses, but the larger scandal is how long he got away with it. Fellow Democrats kept mum for years

Kimmel’s Bromance with Disgraced Swalwell Burns Out, But Pro-Dem Bias Remains

source: The Federalist

Late-night broadcast television has become a wasteland of one-party rule that is long overdue for regulatory correction.

Swalwell’s Enablers Knew the Truth But Protected Him Anyway

source: Fox News

From Pelosi's protection during the Chinese spy affair to his sudden abandonment, Swalwell's fall exposes Washington's rules

It’s Hard Not to Laugh at the Downfall of Eric Swalwell

source: Daily Caller

Everyone hates it when bad things happen to good people. In the case of the demise of Eric Swalwell, we’re lucky that isn’t the case. Swalwell is one of the dumbest and worst people to ever serve in the federal government, and I include all bureaucrats. The smug Californian was done in by his arrogance, and that’s worth laughing at.

Wingman Gallego Caught in Swalwell Storm

source: Washington Free Beacon

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.) is taking heat after a sexual misconduct scandal forced his good friend, California Democrat Eric Swalwell, to suspend his campaign for governor and resign from Congress. Gallego, who chaired Swalwell's short-lived presidential campaign in 2020 and served alongside him in Congress for years, endorsed the congressman's bid for governor on March 26.

Pope Leo Can’t Have It Both Ways

source: Washington Examiner

The two people in the world who should feel most obliged to be thoughtful and restrained in their public statements are the president of the United States and the pope. But neither of the current incumbents seems willing or able to rise above his immediate political impulses as is necessary to protect the institution he leads.