Greetings. Word of the Week: “Pardon”…Given what’s already a disturbing news week, I thought a little humor was in order, courtesy of satirist Andy Borowitz. On his website the bestselling humorist reports that President-elect Donald Trump just named incarcerated-for-life drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as U.S. ambassador to Mexico. At least I think Borowitz is joking.… Bad Joke of the Day: Trump quipped that he would consider running for president again in 2028, according to the Daily Caller. Again, I hope it’s just a joke…In more serious news, Jane Mayer dropped a major truth bomb on The Donald’s embattled Secretary of Defense nominee Peter Hegseth. Mayer’s brutal investigative article in this week’s New Yorker reveals chilling details about Hegseth, painting him as an alcohol-fueled sexual predator, prone to racist rants about Muslims, as well as having a history of financial mismanagement. Whether or not Hegseth ends up overseeing the Defense Department’s $842 billion budget and its nearly three million employees, these damning charges will follow him for the rest of his life…In other news of tattered reputations, Dinesh D’Souza, the writer and director of the vile 2022 election conspiracy doc 2000 Mules has finally admitted that there were false claims in that film and has issued an apology on his website….In her first article for TheRighting, Kim Rhodes takes a hard look at five MAGA billionaire women who “bankrolled hate and betrayed their own.” Among the women Rhodes targets are Miriam Adelson and Kelly Loeffler…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard
Dec. 3, 2024
