Theater of the Absurd

“In this moment … our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack. And insidious fear is reaching through our schools, our businesses, our homes, and into our private thoughts.” —CBS News’s Scott Pelley

Projection

“Power can change the definition of the words we use to describe reality.” —Scott Pelley

Spin Doctor

“There is a way of pressing a man like that on the actual infirmities to bring it home to him and to the audience and you didn’t do it.” —Megyn Kelly

“That’s correct, I didn’t. And like I said, I feel humility about my coverage.” —CNN’s Jake Tapper

The BIG Lie

“After I did the research for this book and I realized how bad his acuity issues were…” —Jake Tapper pretending he had no idea about Biden’s mental decline until after he started writing his tell-all book

Touché

“One of us didn’t miss the biggest story of the century when it comes to presidential politics, and one of us did.” —Megyn Kelly letting Jake Tapper have it

Upright

“Today, even those who don’t ‘get’ Donald Trump need to start seeing the upside. … He is leading a long-overdue revival of the American spirit and allowing for the return of optimism and the pursuit of excellence.” —National Association of Scholars President Peter W. Wood

Re: The Left

“[Senator John] Fetterman does indeed suffer from a debilitating illness: sudden onset political moderation.” —Jamie Kirchick

“This is a serious problem for Democrats. Less than one in four Democrats under 30 say they’re proud to be an American. Fifty-four percent say they’re embarrassed by it.” —Bill Maher

Questions Needing Answers

“More than 1.2 million Americans died as a result of a plague that began in China. … If President Donald Trump thinks Chinese experiments are responsible for more than a million American deaths, though, just how tough is he willing to get on Beijing?” —Daniel McCarthy

“If [Biden] wasn’t really president, who or what group of individuals was exercising presidential power? The investigation about these questions should not be dropped simply because the former president is dealing with a serious health challenge.” —Gary Bauer

For the Record

“The entire civilian payroll of the US government, including wages and benefits, adds up to just $336 billion. That is less than 5 percent of federal spending. DOGE could have fired everyone, in theory, and more than 95 percent of government outlays would remain untouched. … Despite Musk’s bromance with Trump, he has plainly been unable to make the president see that as long as Social Security, Medicare, and the other so-called ‘mandatory’ spending programs are treated as untouchable, deficit spending will continue to soar. Nor has he been able to persuade Republicans in Congress to take the issue seriously.” —Jeff Jacoby

Make America American Again

“I think illegal aliens should get due process. The process is this: you capture them, you confirm that they are here illegally, you expel them from the country. That’s it. That’s the whole process. No other process is ‘due’ these people.” —Matt Walsh

And Last…

“We deported gang members. Gang members — including the one you had a margarita with. And that guy is a human trafficker and that guy is a gang banger.” —Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Sen. Chris Van Hollen