
Friday Short Cuts
Notable quotables from Jenna Arnold, Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth, John Kennedy, and more.
Non Compos Mentis
“I can’t wait until American women can’t get blueberries for their smoothies. I cannot wait until there is a full crackdown on all small businesses, as if that’s going to be the solution to the immigration problem.” —Democrat strategist Jenna Arnold
Shot/Chaser
“If you’re concerned about trans women playing women’s sports because they’ve been through male puberty, then have I got good news for you about puberty blockers.” —gender-confused “Jeopardy” champion Amy Schneider
“If you’re worried about men beating the [crap] out of your daughters in their sports, we can always castrate them when they’re little boys to purposefully make them weaker!” —detransitioner Chloe Cole
For the Record
“lt’s not up to me to cut Medicaid. It would be up to Congress.” —RFK Jr. responding to an idiotic question from Democrat Senator Ben Ray Lujan about whether he’d cut Medicaid if Donald Trump told him to (Lujan then whined about audience members laughing at him.)
“Who, me?” —RFK Jr. responding to a question from Elizabeth Warren about not accepting money from any drug company for at least four years after leaving office
“I was targeted with racism and threats. I was called a ‘detestable sand n**ger who had no right being in this country… You belong with your terrorist friends.’ But that’s nothing compared to what the men and women in law enforcement face everyday.” —FBI director nominee Kash Patel
Upright
“Due process must be provided without bias to all Americans, and if we cannot provide due process to the worst, then there can be no due process for anyone, and our Constitutional Republic fails.” —Kash Patel
“The only thing that will matter if confirmed is a deweaponized, depoliticized system of law enforcement, completely devoted to rigorous obedience to the Constitution and a singular standard of justice.” —Kash Patel
“One of the dumbest phrases in military history is ‘our diversity is our strength.’ Our diversity is not our strength — our unity and our shared purpose is our strength.” —Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
Observations
“Trump’s decision to end birthright citizenship via executive order, regardless of its legal fate, sends a clear message: The United States cannot continue incentivizing illegal entry.” —Armstrong Williams
“It’s not only the speed with which Trump is addressing these issues — and polls indicate a majority approve — it’s the feeling that something positive is finally being accomplished in Washington, which for too long has seemed stagnant and unable (or unwilling) to change things that don’t work in favor of what does.” —Cal Thomas
“It remains to be seen just how revolutionary DeepSeek’s development was. China has a bad habit of both stealing intellectual property and lying about its own technological development. Suffice it to say, however, that China has demonstrated once again that America exists in a competitive world.” —Ben Shapiro
Belly Laughs of the Day
“If we had discovered life on Mars, [Biden] would have sent it money.” —Senator John Kennedy
“I wouldn’t put James Comey in charge of a ham sandwich.” —John Kennedy
And Last…
“Why are you crying? It’s not your government; it’s not your country! … This is a wake-up call for you to say, ‘Okay, what are we going to do to help ourselves?’” —former president of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta in response to Trump’s freezing of foreign aid
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