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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Mar. 25, 2025

Greetings! Oopsie! Seems Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his fellow security leaders don’t understand the term “top secret.”  On March 15, they had group chats on the messaging app Signal about plans to bomb Yemen.  For reasons not fully understood, Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, was included in the conversation  (Here’s the bombshell article from Goldberg himself.) This represents an extraordinary security breach. Let’s be thankful that Hegseth and his full clown car of cohorts weren’t running the show when President Obama greenlit the clandestine plot to assassinate Osama bin Laden.  Worth noting: the National Review was the only right wing outlet I read today that criticized this epic blunder. “Sometimes a story comes along that is such an authentic, undeniable disgrace that no possible defense of it can be mustered,” wrote Jeffrey Blehar….Speaking of Yemen, here’s an original right wing take on the Yemen strikes from  The American Conservative arguing that the bombing  could ruin Donald Trump’s legacy because they might derail diplomacy with Iran and lead to a destructive war…In a nod to NCAA tournament fever, The Federalist has come up with a list the outlet calls “Leftist March Madness” featuring Dem “lunatics.”  The list includes Judge James Boasberg, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and “Tampon” Tim Walz…Dept. of Sticks & Stones: In a gag-inducing Truth Social post yesterday, Trump referred to NY Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman as “Maggot” Haberman. In the same post, he called chief NY Times White House correspondent “Liddle” Peter Baker.  Keeping it classy, Mr. President!…If  you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard