The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Hot Air

“We’re on the brink of needing to declare a climate emergency, which is what we really have. And we need to get people to behave as if this really is a major transitional challenge to the whole planet, to everybody.” —John Kerry

Upright

“While debates over women’s sports and bathroom access are often framed as issues of safety and fairness — and those concerns are valid — we must recognize that these are symptoms of a much deeper problem. … True resolution will not come from policies alone but from a transformation of hearts and minds.” —Tony Perkins

For the Record

“Israel sees this ceasefire [with Hezbollah] as just that: a ceasefire until Joe Biden is gone. It is a 60 day ceasefire. Joe Biden leaves office in 54 days. That is not a coincidence.” —Ben Shapiro

“The people who drove America’s institutions into the ground are upset that Donald Trump isn’t leaving the ‘experts’ in charge. … The sky — or in this case, the institutions — have already fallen, destroyed by the very elites who now scaremonger about the damage outsiders will cause.” —Victor Joecks

“Abortion is when a baby gets the death penalty for the behavior of someone else.” —Anna Lulis

“You can’t outsource loving your neighbor to the government.” —Seth Dillon

“If you can’t find waste in Washington, there can only be one reason: you didn’t look.” —Senator Joni Ernst

“Me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing: He’s willing to go to jail. I’m willing to put him in jail.” —incoming border czar Tom Homan

Observations

“It is a symptom of how perverse the immigration debate has become that it is treated as the norm to allow millions of people to defy our laws, but it’s a five-alarm fire if an incoming U.S. president vows to get serious about enforcing those same laws.” —Rich Lowry

“Prediction: Democrat officials will get arrested for violating federal law as they block attempts to deport illegal aliens and the press will claim it as an example of Trump rounding up his political enemies so they can further inflame tensions in the country.” —Erick Erickson

“The various investigations of Robert Mueller, John Durham, and Jack Smith have cost taxpayers a cumulative $90 million. For all that, Democrats are left with nothing but destroyed credibility and the bitter, self-therapeutic lie that this all means Trump ‘gets away with it.’” —Nate Jackson

Food for Thought

“I think at least half of Trump’s base are actual populists and they will challenge him if he goes awry. No one on the left will believe me, they think everyone in MAGA is in a cult and will follow Trump no matter what.” —The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur

Belly Laugh of the Day

“Kamala is considering a run for California Governor. Apparently Doug wants it to be an even bigger Nanny State.” —Jimmy Failla

And Last…

“As we gather together this Thanksgiving to ask the Lord’s blessings … let us thank Him for our peace, prosperity, and freedom.” —President Ronald Reagan, 1988