Greetings! Smells like a grift to me.  Our president-elect is now hawking an official line of fragrances for men and women called “Fight, Fight, Fight.” You gotta hand it to Mr. Trump.  Only he could take an assassination attempt and turn it into a shameless marketing opportunity.  Both men’s cologne and women’s perfume sell for a jaw-dropping $199.  I shudder to think what they smell like…Construction is underway on a huge bronze statue of Donald Trump that will be two stories high upon completion. Veteran artist Alan Cottrill calls his work the “Patriot Statue” and says it’s his largest statue of the hundreds he’s created.  According to Breitbart, which purports to have the exclusive story and images, the statue “captures his iconic defiance in the wake of the assassination attempt.” It’s expected to be completed by the end of this year…Joe Biden is the worst president in modern history, according to a poll posted on Unleash Prosperity.  He ranks just below Nixon…Matt Gaetz, TV star!  The much-disparaged ex-politician and failed Trump pick for Attorney General may be joining the far-right One America News as an anchor, CNN first reported last night.  It's a big hire for OAN, but small step into obscurity for Gaetz. No word yet on when he starts…Townhall’s Derek Hunter celebrates what he perceives is the end of Hollywood.  He was apparently triggered by the flood of Golden Globe nominations yesterday for the film musical Emilia Perez, which is about a Mexican gangster who transitions to become a woman.  “On what planet does that movie appeal to anyone?” he writes…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! The nation’s 250th anniversary isn’t until July 4, 2026.  However  Donald Trump already has plans to mark that momentous day with the biggest celebration of patriotism in American history, reports the Daily Signal.  For some reason, I dread what that celebration will look like…Olivia Troye, Mike  Pence’s national security director during the first Trump administration, has advice for those who plan to be part of The Donald White House 2.0.  Troye foresees a toxic bro culture inside the West Wing and warns women going there to proceed with extreme caution. (We Lived It)…Most overused phrase of 2024: “said the quiet part out loud”…With a huge dose of snark, the Washington Free Beacon spotlights ten other “criminals” apart from  Hunter Biden who deserve a Joe Biden pardon.  The list includes Sam Brinton, Stormy Daniels’ mouthpiece Michael Avenatti, and (natch) Hillary Clinton...Woke is not quite dead yet, according to the New York Post's John Mac Ghlionn.  His  article points to 200 million video game players in the U.S., making it  “the perfect platform for DEI tenets to flourish.” He reports that the hugely popular Call of Duty video game franchise just introduced its first nonbinary character with they/them pronouns...Here's the political book I’m most eagerly awaiting in 2025.  CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson have teamed up on a nonfiction tome about “Biden’s insistence on staying in the 2024 race,” according to scoop machine Oliver Darcy in his newsletter Status.  No word on the book’s title or pub date. But I'd say that how Biden clung to power way past his expiration date is 2024's great underreported political story and I can't wait to devour the inside dish…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard