Greetings! Who’s the country’s most extreme GOP candidate? Mother Jones says it’s Colorado gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx who claims to have killed someone when he was seven. And he also happens to hunt demons...The last Pentagon press briefing about the war with Iran was two-and-a-half months ago, according to CNN’s Brian Stelter. He observed that Pentagon press briefings were once held regularly but “it feels like vestiges of a bygone era now”... Just askin’: When (or if) Trump leaves office, will he write a memoir of his White House years?  Will it be a two-volume effort? Who will be his ghostwriter?...Mazel Tov, JD: Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha welcomed their fourth child to the world on Sunday. Alec Neel Vance was born at DC’s Walter Reed Hospital (Fox News). Worth noting: the Vances reportedly just leased a weekend retreat on a nearly 500-acre estate in Middleburg, VA, an upscale enclave in rural Loudon County (NBC News)...Bill Maher received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor June 28 at the Trump Kennedy Center. The program will be shown tonight on Netflix. Worth noting: Maher, a famously contrarian liberal, admitted to Jon Karl on ABC’s “This Week” that he would be open to voting for JD Vance if he decided to run for president (The Hill). Seriously Bill? Time to lay off the weed...Dept. of Corrections: My ignorance of soccer showed yesterday.  I incorrectly identified Spain’s Borja Iglesias as a goalkeeper. He plays as a striker...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! On Saturday, Spanish goalkeeper and political progressive Borja Iglesias told Spanish media he feared going to prison if he didn’t shake the president’s hand assuming he came to congratulate the team.  I haven’t read any news outlet stories if Iglesias shook Trump’s hand after Spain won the game, but ChatGBT says he did. (Breitbart)...Worth noting: Trump has expressed harsh criticism of Spain recently primarily because  he feels the country should contribute more to NATO. (CNBC)...Of course he did! After the game, during the post-match ceremony, Trump slithered onto the stage to try to grab the spotlight as Spain’s players lifted the trophy. But the images did the Portly POTUS no favors as he came across as a stooped and lumbering octogenarian often standing aimlessly on the stage with a scowl on his sagging mug. (Yahoo Sports)...Trump is really grasping at straws to justify his flailing war with Iran.  Yesterday, in a Truth Social post, he linked to a June 16 (!) op-ed in the Washington Times praising the “grand strategy behind the Trump-Vance Iran deal.” The article was scanned from a hard copy, probably because it was behind a paywall and Trump wanted readers to access it easily.  Pathetic...Attention DOGE: So Trump’s new presidential aircraft, a gift from Qatar, will be sidelined for a few months as it gets outfitted with defensive capabilities, according to NBC News.  All, I would assume, at taxpayer expense.  But in less than three years, the plane is intended to be parked at the Trump Presidential Library foundation.  Seems like an obvious case of government waste and inefficiency...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard