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9
May

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Watch yer’ back Pulitzer Prizes.  You’ve got competitor on the right. On Tuesday -- the day after the Pulitzers were announced – the conservative Media Research Council (MRC) unveiled the winners of its third annual Bulldog Awards, “honoring conservatives in the media who truly deserve accolades yet will never receive them from the news media establishment.”  Among the winners: Best Podcast, Ben Shapiro (good choice but Steve Bannon and Megyn Kelly might be fuming), Outstanding Columnist (Selena Zito, solid pick but Townhall’s wicked and wickedly funny Kurt Schlichter would have received my vote), and Best Social Media Personality (The Babylon Bee’s Seth Dillon nabbed the crown leaving Donald “Truth Social” out in the cold).  Here’s why the MRC created the awards, according to its president Brent Bozell III: “Like everything else the left controls, major journalism awards are rigged to reward people who advance their most radical agenda priorities. If you want to win a Pulitzer, write about 'climate change' or 'systemic racism' or 'reproductive health' or promote ‘Russian collusion.’ If you want to win a Bulldog Award, tell the truth”… The conservative Free Press has an exclusive interview with the Columbia University custodian trapped by an angry mob who fought back against one protestor…I’m guessing Kristi Noem hasn’t had any trouble this week getting her kids to do their chores or eat their vegetables…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Stormy Brings Back That Sunny Day

source: American Thinker

Alvin Bragg looks like a fool, but that’s the way it goes when your goal is to humiliate President Trump.

The Stormy Daniels Sex Trial

source: Wall Street Journal

The salacious details of her testimony were irrelevant to the charges against Trump.

Dem Kangaroo Court Against Trump Is Only Backfiring

source: NY Post

Banal titillation barely worthy of a “Real Housewives” episode that has been elevated to the gravitas of a felony trial. We have heard it all before. Dems already wheeled out the scandal in 2016 and it didn’t work then. Why would it work eight years later, and why now, six months before the election?

Appeasing the Pro-Hamas Protestors, Puts the Universities in Legal Peril

source: National Review

The promise of scholarships, faculty positions, and resources based on national origin is a violation of civil-rights law.

Colleges Must Stop Admitting Foreign Students for Two Years

source: American Spectator

We have a country to protect, and tough times call for tough measures.

Can Frat Bros Save the Republic?

source: The Federalist

Fraternity men don’t tear down statues, they erect them. They stand in sharp contrast to the current prevailing ideologies that pervade university campuses to disparage the history of America and view it as a racist, oppressive place. Fraternity members are taught to love their country and improve it through stewardship and involvement in their communities.

The Focus of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes Isn’t Journalism

source: Townhall

The Pulitzers have taken on a bit of a tarnished appearance.  These days you are more likely to hear the name of this award used in a punchline; on social media frequently a completely mockable dose of journalism will have some announcing derisively the reporter should earn a Pulitzer nomination.

White Men Deserve Gratitude, Not Demonization

source: Daily Wire

By Matt Walsh: Their goal is to erase white men from the workforce, as punishment for doing everything so well, for so long.

Tom Brady Comedy Roast Proves Woke Is on the Run

source: Hollywood in Toto

Outrageous Netflix special draws little outrage, calls for cancelation.

Our Daughters Will Reap the Consequences of Feminists Killing Boy Scouts

source: Daily Caller

The transgender cult has thrived in the absence of strong men. If we have any hope of fixing this travesty, it simply starts with allowing men the freedom to learn how to be keepers of society.

Police Officers Stuck in BLM Nightmare

source: Ann Coulter

While you applaud the cops arresting pro-Hamas agitators, remember that a lot of brave law enforcement officers are still living the nightmare of BLM’s cop hatred. This column is about one of them.

Congratulations on the Sex Headlines

source: Washington Free Beacon

Trump's various interactions with America's flawed criminal justice system have given the media an excuse to engage in smutty tabloid coverage they would otherwise condemn. Given the opportunity to publish headlines using the words "Trump" and "sex," mainstream outlets rose firmly to the occasion.
8
May

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! The Trump marriage is doomed.  That’s the prediction on X from Bruce Barlett, a former Reagan domestic policy advisor.  “I have serious doubt that the Donald-Melania marriage will last much longer. Not because she is shocked by Stormy's testimony, but because Donald no longer needs her. She was his ‘beard,’ allowing him to pretend to be a normal husband. Now there's no longer any point,” he wrote on X…Speaking of Stormy, I sure wish she didn’t say she “hated” Trump on the witness stand yesterday.  Why didn’t the prosecutors coach her to use a less inflammatory phrase like “not a fan”…Peacock is showing a documentary about the porn star who alleged that she had a sex romp with the ex-POTUS…The Washington Free Beacon reports with apparent glee that pro-Palestinian protesters at University of Ottawa committed an unforgivable spelling error.  They spray-painted on the steps of the school’s largest building “Free Palastine.” The Beacon’s headline says it all: “Idiots Against Israel”… And finally, Bugs in the News:  The NY Times reports that Presidential candidate RFK Jr. says doctors found a dead worm in his brain. That explains a lot. The Times also spotlights the joy of eating bugs with the emergence this season of a trillion cicadas.  The Time calls them “lobsters of the trees.”  Hard pass on that for me not matter how you spin it…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

RIP Boy Scouts

source: National Review

Scouting America, like all other organizations dedicated to progressive values, offers no compelling reason to join or maintain it.

Boy Scouts Officially Change Name to Embrace Inclusivity After 114 Years

source: The Gateway Pundit

The “woke virus” continues to spread in America. It's the end of an era.

Boy Scouts Destroyed Itself by Accepting Girls

source: American Spectator

Its main attraction had been that it was a place for boys to do activities geared toward boys alongside other boys.

After Membership Plunges, Woke “Boy Scouts” Change Their Name

source: FrontPage

In the 1980s, there were over 4 million enrolled scouts. Today the woke organization “serves just over 1 million young people, including more than 176,000 girls and teens.” Since the Boy Scouts dropped the whole gender thing, they’re also dropping the ‘boy’ part of the name to become ‘Scouting America’. That sounds like a vacation organization, not a program to develop skills and leadership in boys.

No One Would Tolerate What Is Happening to College Jews If It Were Another Minority Group

source: Human Events

What if students at a college in Oklahoma occupied the school’s administration building, demanding the school expel transgender and gay students because they feel those students are an affront to God? Even worse, what if those students demanded the elimination of these minority groups?