From the Loony Left
“Our country was its most prosperous when we were willing to tax folks who had won at the game of capitalism.” —Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed

“Too often, when government says that you cannot have reproductive care, you are creating a circumstance in which a[n] adult, or sometimes even a juvenile human, is being reduced into simply a carrying vehicle for a fetus that has not ever breathed air in the world.” —Abdul El-Sayed

“I’m not concerned about DSA candidates. ... I don’t think the Democratic Party should try to shun anybody.” —Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen

“‘Free Palestine’ cannot be antisemitism. It’s just asking for human beings to not be oppressed, to not be colonized, to not be apartheid.” —Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

“What happened in the Biden administration was we fixed all the stuff that Trump broke.” —Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth

“Donald Trump inherited a really good economy — a much better economy than Joe Biden did by any stretch of the imagination.” —James Carville

“Zohran Mamdani has not proven to be a radical left lunatic.” —Philip Bump

From the Reasonable Right
“A recent poll found that nearly half of Michigan residents said they would not vote for a Muslim candidate. ... Being concerned about Islamist candidates is just common sense. ... By the way, someone should poll Michigan’s Muslim residents and ask them if they would vote for a Jewish candidate. I won’t hold my breath waiting for that poll.” —Gary Bauer

“They were the bully of the Middle East, but they are the bully no more.” —President Donald Trump regarding Iran

“There’s no human right to illegal immigration, but there is a right to remain a sovereign nation.” —Donald Trump

“For 16 months straight, we have released precisely zero illegal aliens at the American southern border. We’ve delivered the largest drop in violent crime in the history of the United States of America.” —Vice President JD Vance

“Unlike the last administration ... 100% of the new job growth over the past 18 months has gone to American citizens for a change.” —JD Vance

“Another issue of common sense is that we want to have girls’ sports for girls and boys’ sports for boys.” —JD Vance

“The legacy media that was just kicked out of the White House would have you believe the people who spray paint ‘Kill Donald Trump’ are the loving, tolerant ones.” —Andrew Kolvet

“A progressive woman will argue until she’s blue in the face — or the hair — that a man in a dress and makeup must be embraced as a valid expression of womanhood, then turn around and tell Sydney Sweeney she’s doing womanhood wrong.” —Samantha Koch

“Social media has created a culture in which strangers treat human tragedy as entertainment. People assemble fragments, invent motives and destroy reputations without evidence. They forget that real people must live beneath the weight of their speculation.” —Armstrong Williams

“I actually think algorithms right now are a major reason why everybody in America seems to be living in different universes. It’s hard to have a shared national purpose when you don’t have a shared national reality.” —Scott Jennings

“The culture of America created a high trust society. Generations of patriots fought and died to build it. Now, it’s our duty to preserve it for the next generation.” —Texas Congressman Brandon Gill

Belly Laugh of the Day
“In the latest wave of legal turmoil enveloping the nation’s capital, cable network CNN sued the Trump administration for allegedly violating its First Amendment rights to fabricate the news.” —The Babylon Bee