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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Dec. 4, 2025

Greetings! Pillow fight? Wacky right-wing firebrand and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has filed paperwork signaling a possible run for governor of Minnesota in 2026. That would put the outspoken election-denier on a potential collision course with MAGA world piñata Governor Tim Walz. Big League Politics breathlessly describes Lindell’s ambitions as “trigger(ing) a political earthquake”…The White House has unveiled a media bias portal designed to reveal what it considers the most biased mainstream media reporting.  Leaving aside the inflammatory content it posts, the site is a confusing and poorly designed data dump of various grudges the Trump administration has against legacy media outlets…Dept. of Sticks & Stones: Trump called Colorado’s Gov. Jared Polis a “sleazebag” in a late-night Truth Social rant. POTUS is peeved because the Dem governor wouldn’t let convicted felon Tina Peters out of jail.  The election conspiracy theorist was sentenced to nine years in prison after she “helped Trump supporters access confidential data about the 2020 presidential election,” according to Fox31 in Denver….It’s about time! The editors of the National Review are questioning the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s Caribbean boat strikes that have resulted in scores of deaths….Just in time for the skiing season: Check out this book – High Attitude. How Woke Liberals Ruined Aspen. It’s written by Glenn Beaton who publishes the conservative media outlet The Aspen Beat…Just learned a new word today: AWFL.  It stands for affluent, white, female, liberal.  Depending on your point of view, the acronym is either awfully clever or awfully divisive. Victory Girls uses the term in this article about Pete Hegseth…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting.  Howard