Greetings! Welcome to the early bird edition of TheRighting. I’ve got a fishing boat to catch at 8 a.m. today so I’m up extra early. Wish me luck!…He’s got a point: Trump is moaning justifiably about the awful Time magazine cover image of him.  The unflattering angle was shot from below his face directly at his jowly neck.  Because of the angle and lighting, his hairline looks pathetically anemic. The cover feels like a deliberate attempt to portray Trump in the worst possible way. However, Trump’s public complaints only help to drive more eyeballs to the uncomplimentary picture. American Thinker created a much more positive image of Trump – generated with an AI tool – featuring him standing in front of a pyramid with nary a golden hair of his thinning thatch out of place… Book critic-in-chief: President Trump is urging his followers on Truth Social to buy Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s new book I Am Giorgia: My Roots, My Principles. “She is an inspiration to all,” he gushed. “Buy your copy today.” Not only did Trump provide the cover blurb, Don Jr. wrote the foreword. The book was published in June.  It’s curious why he’s pushing it now…The gerontocracy rolls on.  Maine’s Democratic Governor Janet Mill has thrown her cane – excuse me, I mean hat – into the race to displace the state’s GOP stalwart Senator Susan Collins.  Mills turns 78 December 30. I’m all for vigorously challenging Collins so that Democrats can try to reclaim the majority in the Senate, but the optics of this seem all wrong. Political novice, 41-year-old oyster farmer Graham Platner, seems a more exciting choice for the Dems…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard