Demagogues

“It would be one thing if we had some disinterested, impartial, objective business person, highly successful, looking at ways to make our government more efficient and save money. That’s not what’s happening here. Elon Musk is doing a power grab and an information heist — the biggest in American history and probably the most detrimentally financially to American taxpayers.” —Senator Richard Blumenthal

“I just think there’s a tipping point at which you can’t get your democracy back. And I see all of these very purposeful lines of effort that the Trump administration, Elon Musk, are taking, and I think we just have to be, right now at this moment, on red-alert mode.” —Senator Chris Murphy

“Fight!” “Shut down the city! We are at war!” “Blow this place up!” “We will bring the fire!” “We gonna be on your a**!” “Resist!” —various “anti-insurrection” congressional Democrats

Shot/Chaser

“Teaching critical race theory isn’t happening in classrooms, teachers say in survey.” —NBC News, 2021

“Trump’s order on critical race theory thrusts White House into the classroom.” —The Boston Globe, 2025

Braying Jennies

“Without that wokeness, you might not have that job.” —"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg claiming White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wouldn’t have a job if not for “woke”

“I think that it would’ve been important for the children to not have Donald Trump be president of the United States.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, weirdly invoking “the children” when asked about her rift with Jill Biden (Clearly, Pelosi must not have seen all “the children” surrounding Trump when he signed that “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order.)

Non Compos Mentis

“Just under two weeks ago, I underwent surgery to ensure that I would never have to navigate a pregnancy in Donald Trump’s America. I refuse to let my body be treated as currency by an administration that only sees value in my ability to procreate. If you know people who are questioning how serious this is, I’m going to repeat myself: A sitting government official opted for voluntary sterilization because she was uncertain she would be able to access contraception in the future.” —Michigan State Representative Laurie Pohutsky

The BIG Lie

“Let’s be clear: POLITICO has no financial dependence on the government and no hidden agenda.” —Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Editor-in-Chief John F. Harris (“This from Politico is a lie. Every entity dependent on subscription fees for survival is dependent on that revenue. When the federal government gives you millions, you depend on those millions.” —Erick Erickson)

World’s Smallest Violin

“Traumatized USAID worker who survived DOGE bloodbath describes horror of watching everyone get fired.” —Daily Mail headline

Friendly Fire

“I just don’t even know what to say anymore when I see this kind of stuff. Is it Saturday Night Live or real life? Does anyone really think this is the future of the country? This is the only alternative to Trump’s America? It’s just so depressing.” —Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan responding to the childish antics of his fellow Democrats

For the Record

“The striking thing about the revolution that is happening in America is that 20 years ago, everyone agreed that men can’t become women, countries need borders and America must put Americans first. The shocking thing is not what is being done, it’s that it has to be done at all.” —Konstantin Kisin

“The oldest Trump cabinet pick is Linda McMahon, born in 1948. Her mission? Put herself out of a job by closing the Department of Education.” —Matthew Continetti

“Consider the various Trump ‘tariffs’ leveled by an exasperated, and now $36 trillion-indebted, America. Almost none of them meet the traditional definitions of an industry-protecting tariff. Instead, they are the last-gasp tools of American leverage used only when decades of bipartisan diplomacy, summits, entreaties, and empty threats have all failed.” —Victor Davis Hanson

“Looking for outside-the-box solutions sometimes works. It had been gospel among Middle East specialists that Israel couldn’t achieve diplomatic relations with Arab nations without sanctioning the establishment of a Palestinian state first. But the Abraham Accords that Trump negotiated between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and with Bahrain in 2020 did exactly that.” —Michael Barone

“It turns out that when you allocate a huge pot of money to do-gooders, some of them become con artists, hucksters, and thieves who use that money as a slush fund for their pet causes.” —Nate Jackson

“Until the LEFTIST DEMOCRATS ADMIT that THIS STUFF that THEY WERE SECRETLY SPENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS ON was TRULY INSANE and CORRUPT… The American People will continue to SEE DEMOCRATS as LYING GRIFTERS and VOTE accordingly!” —Rob Schneider

And Last…

“USAID is driving the radical left crazy, and there is nothing they can do about it because the way in which the money has been spent, so much of it fraudulently, is totally unexplainable. The corruption is at levels rarely seen before. Close it down!” —Donald Trump