Greetings! The Dozing Don: During a fiery hearing before Congress yesterday, Marco Rubio failed to successfully refute video evidence of Trump falling asleep in meetings with staff. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) lambasted the Secretary of State during Rubio’s blustery claim that he’d never witnessed Trump nodding off on the job.  Lieu then produced the damning video. Case closed....The Treasury Department is still holding on to a POTUS proposal for a $250 bill with The Donald’s smug mug plastered on it, just in time for our nation’s 250^th anniversary.  As much as I hate to admit it, aside from the legalities of having an image of a living person on U.S. currency,  it’s a clever concept.  And here are my clever ideas. Trump should resign as president and become the country’s first chief marketing officer, which is more aligned with his skills and interest.  Second, let’s put his Tang-tanned face on a two-dollar bill in honor of the number of times he’s been impeached...Dept. of Understatement: Trump’s jaw-dropping choice of ridiculously unqualified Bill Pulte as the Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), drew bipartisan fire. Nonetheless, the American Spectator dropped this anodyne headline: “Pulte Draws Mixed Reaction.” Pulte, who has zero national intelligence experience, will now have two high-ranking roles, one at the DNI and the other as head of federal housing.  Pulte's absurd titles remind me of the hit NBC comedy “30 Rock” where Jack Donaghy, the obnoxious boss played to perfection by Alec Baldwin, was GE’s VP of East Coast TV and Microwave Programming...The “60 Minutes” Watch: NewsBusters has assembled a roundup of what it considers to be the “worst outbursts” of Scott Pelley’s career at CBS News....If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! The “60 Minutes” Watch: To no one’s surprise, correspondent Scott Pelley got fired last night after his dramatic public takedown of the program’s new honcho Nick Bilton. Pelley showed what it takes to stand up to the media arm of an autocratic administration. Now all eyes rest on correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim. What will they do?....Best science fiction in the last week. White House physician Dr. Sean Barbabella gave the nearly 80-year-old Trump a clean bill of health over the weekend, according to various reports. Such creative writing! Here’s my takeaway from the report. At 238 pounds, he’s on the verge of obesity.  In fact, he’s the heaviest president in more than 100 years. Overall, he’s the third heaviest president in history trailing William Howard Taft (300+ pounds) and Grover Cleveland (260 pounds). Keep eating those Big Macs, Mr. President...Save the Date: The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) dinner, which was interrupted by a gunman in April, has been rescheduled to July 24. Yawn.  Naturally, Trump intends to show up and he’s already yapping on Truth Social about how he might spew some “rather nasty statements, at least as it concerns certain people.” Why does the WHCA want to platform Trump again and give him a chance to kick journalists in the teeth?...So weird: Trump posted a picture of himself on Truth Social from about 20 years ago in a dark suit in front of a mirror under the following 72-point boldface headline: Trump 007. He’s obviously trying to emulate British agent James Bond, 007, who is licensed to kill. So just what message is he trying to send? Beats me...NBA finals start tonight. Go Knicks! (But I won't hold it against you if you root for the amazing Victor Wembanyama and his Spurs)...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard.