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Dec

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Sign of the times: CBS just named Tony Dokoupil the anchor of its ratings-challenged Evening News broadcast.  That means that three middle-age white men are now the face of their respective news divisions.  But no one’s clutching their pearls over this development for two reasons: In the age of Trump 2.0, gender balance is so yesterday’s concern; Plus, does anybody beyond the readership of the AARP membership really care who’s anchoring the network nightly newscasts in 2025?...Influential  right-wing podcaster and  public intellectual Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is battling a “devastating health condition,” according to an article in the Daily Caller.  The report says he is suffering from chronic inflammatory response syndrome and was just released from the hospital.  Since August, Peterson has posted only two podcasts, according to Castbox postings...Cameras will be allowed in court for the trial of Tyler Robinson, the accused assassin of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, according to the Daily Wire. For right-wing news organizations like Newsmax, OAN and RSBN, this is their OJ Simpson trial moment. Careers and reputations will rise and fall on the coverage...Weekend Watch: Check out the engrossing After the Hunt (lousy title BTW). The Amazon Prime Video film stars Julia Roberts in a surefire Oscar-bait role as a popular Yale University professor caught up in a he said/she said scandal involving one of her students and a handsome faculty colleague. Despite the pretentious tone and uneven script, the movie hooked me. Worth noting: Tomorrow night, newly anointed CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss interviews Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika in a prime time special. Saturday night is hardly choice real estate for serious fare, but the one-hour length of A Town Hall with Erika Kirk and  its 8 p.m. time slot reveals much about the political direction of CBS News...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Yes, Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother

source: Washington Free Beacon

Elmi. Trump may have garbled the specifics, but he got the upshot of the story right. Omar’s family brought her brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi over from London in 2009 to try to extract him from a gay lifestyle, and that is the context in which the congresswoman tied the knot with him.

Minnesota’s Somali Fraud Scandal Exposes the Hidden Costs of Immigration

source: Fox News

State officials cut Housing Stabilization Services after costs exploded from $3 million to $100 million.

White Guilt, Apathy Fuel Massive Corruption in Minnesota

source: Fox News

Widespread indifference to Feeding our Future case despite taxpayer losses topping $1B

Give Trump Time to Fix the Economy Biden Broke

source: Daily Caller

From the moment Biden took office, he pushed trillions in new spending, shut down American energy, and piled on regulations that made it harder for businesses to grow and for workers to get ahead.

Trump Has Venezuela’s Maduro Over a Barrel

source: American Thinker

Maduro's days as the hemisphere's dirtiest dictator are numbered.

Trump Delivers Historic Border Victory as 2.5 Million Illegal Immigrants Leave U.S. in One Year

source: Big League Politics

Mass deportations, self-deportation incentives, and zero releases shatter the Left’s open-borders agenda.

Trump’s National Security Strategy Declares War on Globalism

source: WND

Even Pope Leo XIV seems brainwashed by the atheist left-wing agenda.

Foul, Potty-Mouthed, Woke Women

source: American Spectator

"I’m not f—ing apologizing for that,” screeched angry actress Amanda Seyfried, who had referred to Charlie Kirk as “hateful” after his assassination. “I mean, for f–k’s sake, I commented on one thing…. What I said was pretty damn factual, and I’m free to have an opinion.”

How Feminism Became the Biggest Pagan Megachurch in the World

source: The Federalist

It has an object of worship, which is female autonomy, its own commandments, theological virtues, a sacrament, and even its own form of evangelization.

Newborn Vaccine Pressure

source: Blaze Media

The Blaze's Liz Wheeler recounts the unscientific, fear-based pitch from a specialist after refusing the vaccine.

Canada’s Euthanasia Kills 96% White People

source: FrontPage

Free health care for Muslim migrants. Free death for Canadian taxpayers.

Taiwan Indeed Needs a Gun Culture

source: Washington Examiner

Taiwan faces the growing threat of an invasion by China. Beijing dwarfs Taipei in nearly every respect. But a very American solution can help Taiwan better deter a Chinese invasion. Taiwan, a former U.S. national security adviser has observed, should develop a “gun culture.”

Meet Sarah Stalker, the Kentucky Democrat Who Wants Your Kids to Feel Bad About About Their Skin Color

source: Townhall

Stalker, a Kentucky state representative,  is a white woman, and she feels bad about her race. Because misery loves company, she wants white kids in Kentucky schools to grow up feeling bad about their skin color, too.

BLM Official in Oklahoma City Charged with Wire Fraud and Money Laundering

source: Breitbart

A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City has charged Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson with wire fraud and money laundering. Dickerson, 52, has served as the executive director of Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City. The press release announcing the indictment notes that she had access to BLMOKC’s bank, PayPal, and CashApp accounts.

Rise of the Mamdani Clones

source: Wall Street Journal

What could get in the way of a coming 2026 Democratic wave, given history and the current public mood? Nothing but the Democratic Party itself, which is sitting placidly by as the progressives who lost them last year’s election mobilize to take over even more of the party.

California’s Corruption Crisis Infests Newsom’s Sacramento

source: NY Post

The so-called ethics watchdogs in California are not only looking the other way; they are circling the wagons.

Europe’s War on Democracy

source: European Conservative

This has been a bad year for European democracy. In the space of just 18 months, elections have been annulled, opposition leaders banned, and governments financially punished for carrying out the policies their voters chose.