Greetings! Phrase of the Day: Unconditional surrender.  A mere week into Trump’s war with Iran this winter, the portly POTUS demanded the country’s “unconditional surrender,” as this March 6 Reuters article notes.  If you read any of the stories being published over the last 24 hours about the weak terms of Trump’s Memo of Understanding with Iran (like this analysis by David Sanger of the NY Times) you’ll see the folly and failure of Trump’s original bluster...California needs a pro-business governor. So argues Steve Hilton in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Hilton happens to be running as a Republican candidate for governor of the Golden State.  The Fox News contributor identifies several reasons for California’s hostile business climate including “crushing taxes, regulatory bloat, excessive union power, climate extremism and out-of-control litigation”...Bummer. Looks like the NY Knicks have accepted President Trump’s invitation to visit the White House in celebration of their thrilling NBA championship run. It marks the first time that a NBA championship team has visited a Trump-occupied White House according to USA Today.  Some Knick players like Josh Hart are vocal anti-Trumpers. Other prominent anti-Trump basketball stars since 2017 include Steph Curry and LeBron James. All eyes will be on finals MVP Jalen Brunson to see if he decides to attend....Thursday Watch: Today at noon EDT marks the grand opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center.  It will be a live streamed event which you can watch here. Cool factor: the Center has a basketball court...Generous: Right-wing comedian Rob Schneider has offered to pay the fines for any Major League Baseball player penalized for writing Bible verses over their Pride Night hats. NewsBusters has the details...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Kristi Noem has a new gig: The disgraced ex-Homeland Security boss is “special advisor” – whatever that means – to NovaRed Mining, a Canadian company involved in gold and copper excavation projects, according to The Hill.  Not sure what expertise Noem, a.k.a ICE Barbie, brings to the job other than as former MAGA insider and Trump administration cast member....Dept. of Sticks & Stones.  In an early morning Truth Social post, Donald Trump dubbed Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), who has been bandied about as a potential candidate for a 2028 White House run,  as Os(jerk@)off.  What 12-year-old boy gave Trump that line?....Is this news? The Washington Free Beacon reported that state representative James Talarico (D-TX), who is 37 and single, shares a checking account with his mother.  Attacking Talarico’s masculinity has been a frequent right-wing talking point, employed to damage his run for the Senate. The Hill thinks that slime strategy might  tarnish Talarico enough to derail his campaign...The Reflecting Pool Blues:  So much for Trump’s much hyped efforts to spiff up iconic landmarks in the nation’s capital. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which was overhauled this spring by Trump in a  highly publicized initiative, just turned green from algae this week.  It’s now a sea of green after costing a pile of green bucks – reportedly north of $13 million. Trump must be turning red in anger over the humiliation of articles like this one in Politico....Try again! Apologies to anyone who was unable to access TheRighting’s donation page yesterday.  The server for my web hosting platform was down for about an hour just after I made my semi-annual fundraising appeal...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard