The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Race Bait

“With the life that I have now as a white woman who leads a black-led sport … I want to show a light on black women. They don’t get the media coverage that they deserve.” —WNBA’s Paige Bueckers

Non Compos Mentis

“If I get murdered by an undocumented immigrant, please tell my children I did not care that they were undocumented.” —The Nation legal correspondent Elie Mystal

Say That Again … Slowly

“From my perspective, part of the separation that the First Amendment offers is to keep government out.” —NPR CEO Katherine Maher inadvertently making the case to cut federal funding

Shot/Chaser

“Where is the evidence of the failure of FEMA?” —Rep. Rosa DeLauro

“Congresswoman, we still have claims open from Hurricane Katrina.” —DHS Secretary Kristi Noem

Clown World

“The plots of disaster movies that portray the end of civilization often begin with high-level Government Officials ignoring the warnings of Scientists. One of several lesson learned from the 2.5 hour @Netflix Documentary — Don’t Look Up (2021).” —astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson incorrectly referring to a work of fiction as a documentary

Belly Laugh of the Day

“She’s one of the most articulate, exciting people in the Democratic field.” —MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough regarding AOC

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

“Something about NPR is three times more agreeable to Democrats than Republicans. Should everyone be taxed to pay for radio and TV programming that caters primarily to Democrats?” —Daniel McCarthy

Upright

“There’s simply no good-faith interpretation of the Constitution that says taxpayers have a responsibility to fund political media.” —David Harsanyi

“If America’s elite universities want to racially discriminate, they shouldn’t receive taxpayer money.” —Victor Joecks

Re: The Left

“Millions upon millions have entered our country illegally and President Trump was elected to get them out. The left’s ‘due process’ game has one intention: to delay and prevent Trump from completing this mission.” —Scott Jennings

Make America Safe Again

“The DEA seized 11.5 kilos of fentanyl, including an astounding approximately three million fentanyl pills. The largest seizure in our nation’s history.” —Attorney General Pam Bondi

For the Record

“The Houthis have announced that … they don’t want to fight anymore. They just don’t want to fight, and we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings. They have capitulated. … They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore.” —Donald Trump

“Even [Iran’s] Muslim neighbors don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon any more than you would want a 16-year-old boy to have keys to a Lamborghini and a bottle of whiskey. You just don’t give irresponsible people things that they can’t be responsible with.” —Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee