Greetings! Over the weekend, Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer, was confirmed as the U.S. attorney general. Worth noting: In 1961, JFK appointed his younger brother Robert Kennedy as his Attorney General. Critics charged nepotism and questioned his lack of legal experience because he never practiced law. (Politico).  However, RFK was ultimately viewed as a consequential Attorney General, especially effective in fighting organized crime and civil rights enforcement  (JFK Library and Museum) ...Dept. of No Surprises: The Daily Beast has conducted a thorough investigation of Melania Trump’s workload during her husband’s second term as president and concluded it’s “shockingly light.” Among the details revealed: FLOTUS has appeared in public only 38 times this year.  But that’s probably better than her 2025 record, per the Beast, when she appeared in public only 47 times after the January 20 inauguration....World’s Dumbest Socialist: That’s what the Daily Signal’s national correspondent Tony Kinnett calls Francesca Hong, the socialist running for governor of Wisconsin...Another thing to worry about: Artificial intelligence is now able to create viruses not found in nature. Cue the doomsday music. (NY Times)... Rolling Stone magazine published a profile of controversial far-left political activist Hasan Piker, who once said that America deserved 9/11.  The article questions why everyone is so afraid of the progressive streamer.  The National Review characterizes the article as a swoon...Jill Biden’s former  press secretary, Michael LaRosa, triggered the left by tweeting his preference for Michigan Republican senate candidate Mike Rogers over far-left Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed.  (Daily Wire)...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Victory in the Middle East! The right-leaning defense industry website 19FortyFive concludes Donald Trump won the Iran war. Naturally, Trump reposted the link to the article on Truth Social and called it a “must read”... Townhall’s far-right columnist Kurt Schlichter would disagree with 19Fortyfive's assessment. He is officially fed up with Trump’s war with Iran.  In Schlichter's most recent column, he implored the see-sawing POTUS to “just win the war.” He says the on-again, off-again strategy is getting tiresome and he urges action. “(H)it them everywhere at once. Seize Kharg Island. Strike from the sea, from the air, and through the wires. Target anything tied to the regime, especially the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” he writes. “Whether it’s a construction company, a gas refinery, or a massage parlor, put a bomb on it.”...The Trump-controlled Truth Social posted steep traffic declines for the second month in a row, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis.  My take: audiences are starting to tune out his constant hyperbolic messaging on Truth Social which he uses as his personal megaphone to pulverize his enemies. His tanking approval numbers and diminished traffic both seem to be on a similar downward trajectory...Weekend Watch: The Bombing of Pan Am 103 quietly snuck into my Netflix queue last week and I’ve been hooked ever since.  The fascinating six-part docudrama recreates the December 1988 tragedy of the Pan Am 747 that was blown apart by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, resulting in the deaths of nearly 300 people.  It’s mainly a police procedural of how a dogged international task force managed to crack the case. It bogs down toward the conclusion, but it’s still a worthwhile watch for a hot August evening...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard