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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Oct. 6, 2025

Greetings! Naked, nude and angry: Plans are underway in Oregon for a naked bike ride through the streets of Portland featuring angry cyclists protesting the Trump administration’s planned deployment of the National Guard in liberal city.  Nude bike riding in Portland has been used as a protest tool previously but primarily against forms of transportation that consume fossil fuels. No date has been set, but there will be no shortage of photographers to document the made-for-social-media event. (MyNorthwest.com)…Democrats to keep an eye on: James Talarico, a 36-year-old Texas Democrat running for Senate. Michelle Goldberg of the NY Times suggests that he may be the savior his party has been waiting for because he’s young, talented and openly religious.  Also worth watching, per my scouts in the Bay State: Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) who is a  Harvard grad, Fox News contributor, progressive on many issues and author of a popular Substack (49,000 subscribers) Simple But Not Easy…Sec. of War Pete “Hairgel” Hegseth just got slammed by NY longtime columnist Cindy Adams.  She advises the bumbling macho man to show more respect to women serving in the military.  She called the former Fox News weekend anchor a “Douglas MacArthur-lite TV talker.”…I’ve just posted my analysis of the links in September from the White House Wire, the Drudge-Report-like mini-aggregation newsletter featuring good news about the Trump administration. Breitbart received more than a dozen links which shows it’s an important part of the White House news diet.  That’s a scary thought. But Fox News and the NY Post generated more links than any other news outlets as I’ve reported in previous months.  One surprise: Newsmax only got one link….If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard