The BIG Lie

“It shouldn’t be easier to buy an assault weapon than concert tickets.” —Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

Who Wants to Tell ‘Em?

“J. Edgar Hoover made the F.B.I. into a powerful but nonpartisan colossus. Kash Patel’s chief goal, by contrast, is to weaponize the Bureau to protect Donald Trump and wreak vengeance on his Administration’s enemies.” —The New Yorker

Delusions of Grandeur

“I’m confident that a century from now, future Americans will look back on the work we’ve done — much as we look at the Hoover Dam — and see how the Biden-Harris Administration’s 'Big Deal’ for infrastructure made big things possible.” —Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

For the Record

“The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack. Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards. Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken.” —Elon Musk on the Las Vegas explosion

Political Futures

“Most federal spending has strong public backing, and so a $6.8 trillion budget that looks like a juicy target is very hard to bring under control.” —Rich Lowry

“If the budget is ever to be put on a more rational basis, there is no substitute for making a public case for a serious reform agenda that includes entitlements like Social Security and Medicare. This is a politically perilous project, which is why the Republican Party abandoned it.” —Rich Lowry

“It is Biden who has repeatedly and specifically condemned the Court in ways no modern president has. It is the Democrats who demand that the Court adhere to their political agendas and threaten the Court with destroying its independence, packing it with leftwing ideologues, and outright political attacks and smear campaigns on individual conservative justices.” —Mark Levin

“It is extremely unhealthy for our republic to allow a potentially highly effective and popular reform such as term limits for Congress to be held back by members’ refusal to surrender power. With more evidence emerging each day that our current leaders have instituted a gerontocracy, it is time to put country first and pass term limits now.” —John Fund

And Last

“Happy New Year to all, including my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don’t know what to do. Love!” —Donald Trump