Greetings! Donald Trump and his right-wing media minions have a shiny new target to rage against for the foreseeable future: NYC progressive mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Prepare for an ugly non-stop assault on Mamdani that may make MAGA media attacks on such relatively mainstream Dems as Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris seem tame in comparison….More good election night news: JD Vance’s half-brother, Cory Bowman, lost big in his bid to become the first Republican mayor of Cincinnati since 1971. Blaze Media called the Bowman defeat a “bloodbath”…Dept. of No Surprises: Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the disgraced ex-chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, has a glowing tribute to his late boss in the Wall Street Journal. “Dick Cheney was the most consequential vice president in American history,” Libby opined. “He was also one of our most successful defense secretaries, a respected congressional leader, the youngest-ever White House chief of staff, a corporate leader and a champion of conservative principles.” Worth noting:NewsBusters has a compilation of damning descriptions of Cheney’s time in power when he was routinely dubbed a war criminal…The Victory Girls blog is surprisingly (but justifiably) appalled that far-right extremist Laura Loomer landed press credentials for Pete “Hairgel” Hegseth’s Department of War.  “I hope Trump and Hegseth distance themselves from her soon. Many of us have contempt for her,” wrote Victory Girls’ Toni Williams, who also called Loomer “fruit loop city”…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard