Political Futures

“Word to the wise: Republican primary voters will not look kindly on Republican senators who supported Lloyd Austin but won’t support Pete Hegseth.” —Michael Knowles

“Thankfully, Donald Trump didn’t fall for the left’s smear tactics. He stood with Brett Kavanaugh in the middle of that firestorm. And he’s standing with Pete Hegseth now.” —Gary Bauer

“Democrats and other pestilential nudnicks are still trying to solve the impenetrable mystery of how their presidential candidate lost to someone as horrible as they pretended Donald Trump was.” —Andrew Klavan

Belly Laugh of the Day

“Since Trump’s victory half the country is excited and the other half is still at home in the fetal position.” —Lewis Black

Leftmedia Lob

“Joe Biden has played by all the rules that people told him you need to play by.” —MSBNC’s Symone Sanders-Townsend

“Flawless”

“[Harris] was the best position of all the possible people on our side. She had been sitting vice president for 3 ½ years and was also part of the campaign and was ready to jump in. … I would posit she ran a pretty flawless campaign, and she did all the steps that [were] required to be successful. And I think — obviously, we did not win, but I do think we hit all the marks.” —Harris Chief of Staff Sheila Nix

Village Idiot

“[Hunter Biden is] one of the finest people I know.” —actor Sean Penn, who must be hanging with entry-level lowlifes

For the Record

“I have stopped wars with tariffs by saying, ‘You guys want to fight, it’s great. But both of you are going to pay tariffs to the United States at 100%.’” Donald Trump

“Weapons of war do in fact belong in the hands of civilians.” —Joel Berry

“It doesn’t require a Ph.D. in biology or embryology to grasp that human beings (and any number of species of animals) have precisely two possible chromosomal structures: XX for ‘female,’ and XY for ‘male.’” —Josh Hammer

“Vetting the records of cabinet nominees is a legitimate journalistic function. It is not a legitimate journalistic function to kill a nomination based on hit pieces stuffed with anonymous sources.” —Tim Graham

“The current crew, not their proposed Trump replacements, prompted the sick and tired American people to demand different people. Voters want novel approaches to reform a government that they not only no longer trust but also now deeply fear.” —Victor Davis Hanson

“Journalists should be allowed to do journalism, which sometimes includes reporting that reveals inconvenient truths for propagandists.” —Ana Kasparian

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

“President Biden is pledging our billions to rebuild Syria. What about Hawaii, North Carolina and Tennessee?” —Congressman Tim Burchett

Shot/Chaser

“As we all turn to the question of what comes next, the United States will work with our partners and the stakeholders in Syria to help them seize an opportunity to manage the risk.” —Joe Biden

“Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, and THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!” —Donald Trump

And Last…

“Somehow I can’t imagine Whoopi Goldberg and the other bitter ladies on ‘The View’ or Joy Reid looking forward to doing their show every day.” —Michael Reagan