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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Dec. 11, 2025

Greetings! Christmas came early for big bucks foreigners looking for an expedited path to the U.S. residency. Yesterday, The Donald announced the Trump Gold Card, which affords a relatively quick way  to live in the USA.  There’s a nonrefundable $15,000 processing fee, and then a $1 million “gift” requirement after the applicant is vetted…The Washington Free Beacon has Maryland Governor Wes Moore, a rising star in the Democratic party, in its crosshairs. “As he positions himself as a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, the governor…is likely to face mounting scrutiny for repeated exaggerations and falsehoods regarding his athletic, academic, and military achievements,” posits today’s lead story on the Beacon’s website…Assuming Donald Trump doesn’t blow past all constitutional guardrails and stays put in the White House, the Wall Street Journal predicts that “2028 is MAGA’s expiration date.” (That sound you hear is me clapping.) “The first and most obvious thing to be said about Mr. Trump’s Make America Great Again ‘movement’ is that it isn’t a movement,” writes the WSJ’s  Barton Swain. “MAGA, as I am not the first to observe, is Mr. Trump and nothing else. When he changes his mind or reverses course, as he often does, his enthusiasts do the same. That isn’t a movement”…Trump’s Truth Social platform was the only right-wing news outlet to post a rise in November traffic. All other news outlets on the right, left and center cratered, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard