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May 22, 2025

Thursday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Ilhan Omar, Jim Geraghty, Jon Stewart, Byron York, Riley Gaines, Donald Trump, Star Parker, and more.

The BIG Lie

“In the GOP budget plan, 18.3 million kids could lose access to free school meals to give tax cuts to billionaires.” —Rep. Ilhan Omar

For the Record

“Biden stopped getting PSA tests at age 72. Yes, ‘Regular PSAs are not recommended for the average man in his 70s or 80s,’ but the average man in his 70s or 80s is not the president of the United States. We, the general public, all just sort of assumed that any president would get the best care and best health surveillance possible, and particularly a president in his late 70s and early 80s.” —Jim Geraghty

“If [Biden] had cancer and didn’t tell the public, that’s a catastrophic breach of trust. If his team missed it, that raises enormous questions about the competency and transparency of the people tasked with overseeing the health of the most powerful man in the world.” —Ian Haworth

Re: The Left

“Don’t news people have to tell you what they know when they find it out? Isn’t that the difference between news and a secret? … The news is selling you a book about news they should’ve told you was news a year ago for free.” —Jon Stewart on Jake Tapper’s Biden book

“You can always tell when a leftist media outlet doesn’t like a story angle. They’ll cry ‘no evidence,’ and you want to ask them if they actually spent any time searching for evidence.” —Tim Graham

“In the context of last summer’s assassination attempts, one could also say that ‘8647’ has a new, and even darker, meaning. One can’t casually call to ‘get rid’ of Trump without the knowledge that there are some out there — resistance sympathizers — who would like to accomplish that with a gun.” —Byron York

“Liberal women are the biggest obstacle women face.” —Riley Gaines

Straight Shooter

“You’re taking people’s land away from them and those people in many cases are being executed. They happen to be white and most of them happen to be farmers. … I don’t know how you explain that.” —Donald Trump challenging South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during their meeting at the White House

The Bottom Line

“[Vladimir] Putin has every reason to think he can persevere when the world’s superpower has little sympathy for the victim of his unprovoked aggression.” —Rich Lowry

Nanny State

“The tax code has become a massive nightmare of complexity because it’s now a tool for social engineering and political favors rather than the vehicle through which we finance the legitimate functions of government.” —Star Parker

Oracular Vision

“If you thought there were tip jars everywhere now, just wait until tips become untaxable income.” —Jim Geraghty

Actions Have Consequences

“The Trump Justice Department is pressing charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) for impeding and assaulting a law enforcement officer during her attempt to push her way into an immigration detention facility. … A red line was definitely crossed by McIver. No one can shove a police officer without getting arrested. In fact, many people who entered the Capitol Building on January 6th did no more than that and did jail time.” —Gary Bauer

And Last…

“You cannot have a country where the American people keep on electing immigration enforcement and the courts tell the American people they’re not allowed to have what they voted for — and that’s where we are right now.” —JD Vance

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