Friday Short Cuts
Notable quotables from Zoe Saldaña, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bob Costas, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Stephen Miller, Ann Coulter, Mike Pompeo, and more.
Trump Deals With Our Ultimate Frenemy
Two days of high-level trade negotiations in London revealed not only China’s dependence on the U.S. for trade but also our nation’s dangerous dependence on China for the raw materials that make our modern world.
Thursday: Below the Fold
Elon Musk retreats, David Hogg has been booted, Democrat leadership downplays violence and calls for resistance, GM’s $4 billion investment, and more.
New York Embraces the Culture of Death
The Democrat-led state legislature has passed a very permissive assisted-suicide law that’s a slippery slope to greater moral degradation and inhumanity.
Yosemite Bans Giant Leftist Flags
El Capitan has been dealing with leftist protests, which finally led to a ban on large flag displays — a win for those who want an escape from the madness that is American politics.
The ‘Trans Woman’ Everyone Wants to Cancel
Members of the “transgender” tribe built their house on the shifting sands of subterfuge and shaming — it will not last against the rock of reality and truth.
Newsom’s Nonsense
The first part of Governor Newsom’s Tuesday night speech had no audio. The second part had an echo, and most of it had no truth. It was lie after lie.
The Scavenger Mentality
Scavengers have taken hold of large swaths of the West — from London to Los Angeles. And they show no signs of stopping or even slowing.
Let California Collapse — and Let the Rest of America Learn
The coming fiscal and humanitarian disaster will be not only a reckoning for California but a cautionary tale for every state flirting with the same disastrous policies.
Touching: Reconciled Trump and Musk Recreate ‘Rocky III’ Beach Scene
Neon-clad and muscles gleaming, the pair agreed to let bygones be bygones and get back to working together. “It feels so right,” said Musk.
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Josh Hammer Is This the End of Transgender Hysteria?
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Victor Davis Hanson Midterm Palpitations
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Erick Erickson The Middle Finger Majority
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David Harsanyi Don’t Cry for The Washington Post. It Helped Destroy Media.
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Tim Graham Pollsters Don’t Ask if Anti-ICE Activists Have ‘Gone Too Far’
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Gary Bauer Democrats Demand Amnesty
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Allen West Stop Calling Them Democrats
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Michael Barone Will Falling Birth Rates Mean a More Conservative World?
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Mark Alexander Profiles of Valor: The Immortal Chaplains
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The Washington Stand Always Ready: Speaker Johnson Gives Biblical Defense of Borders
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The Babylon Bee Suspicious: Voter ID Bill Defeated in Senate by Vote of 7 Million to 53
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