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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Sep. 23, 2024

Greetings!  We’re a day past the autumnal equinox, where each 24-hours is filled with more darkness than light.  Here’s hoping that’s not a metaphor for Election Day.…Just what we don’t need: Sometime in the next two weeks The Donald  has vowed to take his presidential  campaign circus to Springfield, Ohio, where the  ex-POTUS has caused mayhem with his lies about Haitian immigrants feasting on dogs, cats and geese. With any luck, he’ll wind up in Springfield, Illinois (NY Times)…Craziest headline from the right for the week of Sept. 16: Washington Free Beacon’s Horny Dads for Kamala….Do Jews need protection from Donald Trump and his MAGA minions? The Jewish Telegraphic Agency says there are serious reasons for concern.….Flame-throwing NY Post columnist Miranda Devine claims she has the real dope on what really happened in Ukraine with Hunter and Joe Biden.  (Spoiler alert: she asserts they were up to no good.)   All the alleged sordid details are in her new tome  The Big Guy: How a President and His Son Sold Out AmericaThe NY Post published an excerpt  yesterday.  Devine has to be  unhappy that “Big Guy” Biden dropped out of the White House race, making her book seem like old news…Dept. Of Disbelief: Trump told conservative commentator Sharyl Attkisson that he won’t run in 2028 if he loses his current presidential bid. Here’s the full transcript of the interview. Who believes him?…The Springfield Sun published an editorial over the weekend denouncing JD Vance’s lies about Haitian immigrants eating their neighbors pets..  My question:  what took the Springfield, Ohio, daily so long to stand up to the lying Veep wannabee?…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard