Greetings! Since Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, right wing media has engaged in a full-frontal assault on the Veep’s character and candidacy. Just one example from today:  FrontPage charges that Harris’s “anti-Israel advisors brought on the October 7 attacks”…Dept. Of Pretzel Logic:  According to a statement released by The Donald’s campaign, he won’t debate Harris for the following reason: “There is a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party – namely Barack Hussein Obama – that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone ‘better’”…Wall Street Journal columnist and ex- George H.W. Bush speechwriter Peggy Noonan believes Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump. In today’s op-ed, Noonan implores the Trump campaign to cease showing images of the ex-POTUS  with blood dripping from his ear and face.  “Stop obsessing on the assassination attempt,” she writes. “It excites the unstable. I can do that too. The sick and the evil don’t need more inspirations”…Add one more clown to the circus:  If there’s a Trump-Harris debate ex-Major League Baseball star Jose Conseco has offered to moderate it…Happy birthday Mick Jagger, The age-defying Rolling Stones frontman turns 81 today, the same age as a certain White House denizen..  Hope that gives Joe Biden some  satisfaction…Weekend Watch:  Anything interesting happening in Paris?  In case the Olympics aren’t your cup of Beaujolais,  and you’re a fan of the great American summer pastime, check out the four-part HBO documentary Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose.  It’s a fascinating character study of an extremely talented, yet fatally flawed athlete …If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting.  Howard