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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Feb. 26, 2025

Greetings! Some book news to start the day. As CNN’s Reliable Sources newsletter reported today, a major book about Biden’s mental decline is coming May 20 from authors Jake Tapper (CNN) and Alex Thompson (Axios).  Original Sin promises to take a deep dive into the alleged coverup of the mental decline of President Biden whom they describe as an “at times addled old man.” Also: A new book by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) hit retail shelves yesterday.  Seven Things You Can’t Say About China focuses on the grave threat the Asian country poses to the U.S.  I wish he had written “Seven Things You Can’t Say About Russia” and sent an autographed copy to a certain resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue…The editorial board of the NY Post advises the Trump administration to dial back the job-slashing triumphalism, in a mild shot across the bow of the DOGE grand poobah.  “Most of the federal workers clock on for the same reasons everyone else does: just to keep a roof over the family’s heads and food on the table, not to ram progressive ideology down our throats,” the editors wrote. “Letting someone go — apart from the most obnoxious of ideologues — is no cause for celebration”…Disgusting: White House press secretary and Trump mouthpiece Karoline Leavitt called Peter Baker, the highly respected chief White House correspondent for the NY Times, a “left-wing stenographer posing as a journalist” in a post on X…The Washington Free Beacon dropped a colorful photographic essay devoted to the bold fashion sense of MSNBC’s just announced weekend anchor Eugene Daniels. With a touch of snark,  the Beacon wonders if the former Politico journalist will face fashion restrictions at MSNBC… If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard