Greetings! The MAGA began exactly a decade ago today when the bloviating billionaire reality-TV star descended the escalator of Trump Towers and declared his presidential  candidacy.  Townhall remembers the day calling it the “golden escalator to the golden years.” (Gag)…The dictatorial bromance is back on: Vladimir Putin called Donald Trump Saturday to wish him happy birthday, according to Truth Social… Blood pressure alert! This American Spectator article really got my blood boiling.  It states unequivocally that the “riots in Los Angeles were more protracted and destructive than the January 6^th  riot in DC”…Oops! During Newsmax’s coverage of Trump’s poorly-attended multi-million-dollar  military parade, I noticed that Sec. of State Marco Rubio was incorrectly identified as a senator…Trump shamefully gave only the most perfunctory tick-the-box statement about the shootings of two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses in Minnesota on Saturday. The two murders and ensuing manhunt probably irked him for overshadowing his birthday…Several readers sent me images from the protests that also upstaged Trump’s autocratic military parade in DC for his 79^th birthday.  The images are posted here.  Special thanks to contributors Arthur Ahrens, Catherine Chayka, Wayno Guerrini, Sean Myers, Kitty Nicholason, Connie Sax, Joseph Stricker, David Zylber and Emily Zylber.  My favorite sign had these words next to an image of Trump: “Does this ass (arrow pointing at POTUS) make my country look small?”…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard