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

Greetings! Here’s the 411 on 86:  Restaurant workers say that the term “86”  is “everyday lingo,” according to NBC News. "Any time you're out of anything, it's 86-ed," says a hospitality consultant in the piece. Donald Trump doesn’t agree, per a Truth Social post today. The portly POTUS claims  it’s a mob-speak for murdering someone “eight miles out, six feet down.” Ex- FBI Director James Comey is under indictment for posting an image on Instagram of sea shells arranged in the number “86 47,”  which the DOJ claims is a  death threat aimed at  the nation’s 47^th president....Kicking into high gear: Last week, the  popular Fox Corp-owned right-leaning sports outlet Outkick got a facelift. Its website sports a cleaner design with more images and a look more akin to its big cousin Foxnews.com.  As part of the revamp, Outkick stories will get more prominent home page play on Foxnews.com.  Essentially, Outkick’s connection with Fox will be more akin to the Athletic’s relationship with the NY Times. Worth noting:  Part of the Fox empire since 2021, Outkick is the 7^th most-visited right-wing website according to TheRighting’s latest research...The King’s Speech: The pundit class is applauding King Charles’ address to Congress yesterday. The collective takeaway is the British Monarch helped smooth rocky relations between the United States and the United Kingdom via his understated humor and grace. UK’s Guardian noted wryly, “If Charles spots signs saying ‘No kings’ on his travels, he shouldn’t take it personally.” Here’s the transcript of the full speech...Kudos to AP media journo Dave Bauder who retires today after a remarkable 40-year run  with the news agency. Dave was always a friend to TheRighting and early on got why we do what we do daily.  He profiled us four years ago, which helped put TheRighting on the map...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting.