From the Loony Left
“You think about the 13 states that still have yet to expand Medicaid. ... It tells the story of the way that racism interferes with our capacity to invest in global collective public goods.” —Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed
“It just cost too much money just to be alive. ... We are witnessing people — parents — turning the gun on their children, then turning the gun on themselves because they’re losing their jobs.” —Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon
“I think that the Middle East would be more stable.” —Hasan Piker when asked if a nuclear-armed Iran would produce stability
“I think that Israel’s totality, its entire output, its entire existence is still built on the principles of ethnic cleansing.” —Hasan Piker
“I believe Zionism is fascism.” —Hasan Piker
“They knew [October 7] was coming, and they allowed it to happen.” —Hunter Biden regarding Israel and Hamas’s pogrom
“The extent of the corruption now that we see in this Trump administration, it’s on the scale of Vladimir Putin.” —former CIA Director John Brennan
“We’re in a very dangerous time right now when it comes to free speech. ... When people say we’re sliding into fascism — no, we have careened into fascism.” —Don Lemon
From the Reasonable Right
“The issue is Abdul el Sayed’s judgment and selfishness. He wanted Piker’s presence when he needed to win a primary. He attached himself to someone who said horrific things because it helped him with the base of the D party. Now he says Piker is just a streamer from CA. Piker is the reason Abdul won the primary.” —Ari Fleischer
“If Republicans’ weakness is the self-indulgence of a second-term president, Democrats’ weakness is their propensity to embrace the wildest and least popular impulses of their political left.” —Michael Barone
“Many moral panics aren’t based in reality. The Salem witch trials weren’t based in sound reason. Nor, in more recent memory, were the lockdowns, school closures and mask mandates of COVID-19. For that matter, what is the current AI doomsaying if not a form of digital COVID? The way out of a baseless moral panic is not to pander to the mob. It is to demonstrate leadership.” —Josh Hammer
“The data center backlash is silly and misplaced. Taken to its logical conclusion, shutting down all data centers would end the internet itself. Would that really be a step forward for humanity?” —Josh Hammer
“I am a woman who has been an attorney for 40 years. And yet I now find myself wondering whether women are cut out for decision-making roles in the legal profession — serving as judges or on juries — because distressingly large numbers appear to be unable (or unwilling) to put their personal feelings aside and decide the case according to what the law is — not ‘to send a message,’ to ‘show compassion’ or ‘to make things better for all women.’” —Laura Hollis
“The solution to murdering children isn’t more healthcare. It’s punishment.” —Riley Gaines
Belly Laugh of the Day
“The United States House of Representatives canceled all scheduled votes and went on break to recuperate from a long, tough stretch of not doing anything. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson confirmed that weeks of constant thumb-twiddling had left representatives exhausted and in dire need of a vacation.” —The Babylon Bee
