Greetings! “Quiet, Piggy”: Yes, those are the two words Donald Trump used to admonish Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey. Her crime? Lucey had the temerity to ask a question to the MAGA-in-Chief  about the Epstein files while flying aboard Air Force One. The Hindustan Times has the story, including a photo of Lucey who does not fit the description the potty-mouthed POTUS slapped on her…Trump “is a man in obvious mental decline.” That’s the assessment of The Bulwark’s Jonathan Last regarding Trump’s failing cognitive capabilities in an insightful essay. In the piece, Last  deconstructs Trump’s incoherent November 17 speech to a convention of McDonald’s franchise holders and employees.  His analysis is chilling….Earlier this week, the NY Post’s legendary 95-year-old gossip columnist Cindy Adams attended a swanky affair at Mar-a-Lago – and went to bed early.  The Donald traipsed through into the ballroom looking for his old buddy Adams;  however she had already retired.  Here’s the full account of her taxing day. Earlier this month, Adams wrote about how a phone call from her “pal,” the president, had awakened her after she retired early for the night…Speaking of the Social Security set, happy 70^th birthday to the National Review, one of the granddaddies of conservative news outlets… Books Beat: Controversy-courting CNN in-house Trump mouthpiece  Scott Jennings just published A Revolution of Common Sense. Tagline: How Donald Trump stormed Washington and fought for Western civilization. (That sound you hear is me gagging.) In a Truth Social post, the President predictably touts the Jennings tome…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard