What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

“Perhaps for our most tricky disagreements, seeking the truth and seeking to convince others of the truth might not be the right place to start. In fact, our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that’s getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done.” —new NPR CEO Katherine Maher in June 2022

“The number one challenge here that we see is of course the First Amendment in the United States.” —Katherine Maher in June 2021

Dumb & Dumber

“For me, there is something wonderfully poetic about the fact that … the first person to actually criminally prosecute Donald Trump is a black Harvard grad. … And a black woman is doing that same exact thing in Georgia. And a black woman forced you to pay a $175 million fine. … Donald Trump is being held to account by the very multicultural, multiracial democracy that he’s trying to dismantle. … Go DEI. My DEIs are bringing it home.” —MSNBC’s Joy Reid

“Anti-intellectualism … is what is driving many of these anti-establishment [people], which are Trump voters.” —journalist Katie Couric

The BIG Lies

“[My uncle] became an Army Air Corps. … He got shot down in New Guinea and they never found the body because … there were a lot of cannibals.” —Joe Biden (“Ambrose Finnegan was a passenger on a plane that was ditched due to engine failure and he drowned in the ocean.” —Greg Price)

“It’s awful hard to poll these days. … But guess what? Even in the polls that are being used now, we’re ahead in 35 polls.” —Joe Biden

Shot/Chaser

“Right now we’re seeing that even if you’re the best, women are not paid their fair share. It’s time that we give our daughters the same opportunities as our sons and ensure women are paid what they deserve.” —Joe Biden

“Wouldn’t the WNBA need to generate more revenue to pay women more, or is the plan to have taxpayers subsidize their salaries? Also, what is a woman, and why do you think it’s fair for men to receive women’s awards and dominate their sports?” —Seth Dillon

“The [WNBA] has been in existence for 30 years and has never once turned a profit. … The league is a charity case, kept afloat by the NBA which generates well over 100 times the revenue and gives some of it to the WNBA so that we can all feel good about the fact that a women’s basketball league exist.” —Matt Walsh

Deterrence

“In less than four years, Trump changed the face of the Middle East — the most challenging diplomatic terrain in the world — for the better. All without violence or aggression. … It seems clear that Trump is totally justified in his claim that we would not have today’s turmoil if he still held office.” —Star Parker

“Yes, it was bizarre to watch the sitting president of the United States threaten other world leaders with his ‘nuclear button,’ which Trump assured those leaders was ‘much bigger and more powerful.’ … But Joe Biden doesn’t understand deterrence. In fact, he is deterred. … The image of the United States under Joe Biden is one of unending cowardice.” —Ben Shapiro

“The Taliban called Biden’s bluff; Russia has called Biden’s bluff; Iran has called Biden’s bluff; how long will it be until China does? Deterrence requires, above all else, willpower. And that is in short supply from a White House that sees strength as a weakness.” —Ben Shapiro

Credit Where It’s Due

“I don’t know who needs to hear this, but blocking a bridge or berating folks in Starbucks isn’t righteous, it just makes you an a—hole. Demand Hamas to send every hostage back home and surrender.” —Senator John Fetterman (D-PA)

For the Record

“Ambition and desire to be First Lady are all that matter to [Jill Biden]. Woe be unto anyone who tries to get in her way, even the higher-ups at the Democratic National Committee. I’m not saying that Jill Biden is willing to go full ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ to cling to power, but there’s not much short of that she wouldn’t do.” —Stephen Kruiser

“If Alvin Bragg could figure out a way to charge all 75 million people who voted for Trump in 2020 as co-conspirators, he would do it.” —Gary Bauer

And Last…

“Instead of bickering amongst themselves and handing Democrats control of the House, Republicans should do their damn job and vote on the important issues facing our nation. Enough is enough.” —Georgia Governor Brian Kemp