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May 23, 2025

Friday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Elias Rodriguez, Brandon Johnson, Whoopi Goldberg, Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro, Ann Coulter, Antonio Gracias, and more.

Race Bait

“The wealth that Amazon has brought to Seattle has not been shared with its Black residents. [Amazon’s] whitening of Seattle is structurally racist and a direct danger to all workers who live in that city.” —Washington, DC, anti-Semitic killer Elias Rodriguez in Liberation magazine

A World of Pure Imagination

“[Trump’s] a monster. Period. We have the most diverse administration in the history of Chicago and he is threatened by that. You can tell when someone is fearful is [sic] because they act out. We have a president that is screaming and having tantrums right now because we have an administration that reflects the city of Chicago, but he would much rather have administrations that reflect the country club.” —Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson

Performative Ignorance

“Why is this important to know now?!” —Whoopi Goldberg denying “The View” was part of the Biden cover-up

Sad but True

“Over on the website of the American Jewish Committee, the location of the Young Diplomats Reception is ‘shared upon registration.’ We all know why that is; if people know where a group of Israelis or a group of Jews are gathering, the best-case scenario is that some antisemitic yahoos show up and protest, and the worst-case scenario is that one or more antisemitic yahoos show up with a gun.” —Jim Geraghty

Law and Order

“Putting bullets into showrooms and burning down cars is unacceptable. Those people will go to prison, and the people that funded them and organized them will also go to prison. Don’t worry, we’re coming for you.” —Elon Musk

Re: The Left

“The job of the media is to investigate signs and symptoms of corruption or misconduct. It was perfectly obvious to everyone with a prefrontal cortex and working retinas that Joe Biden was in dire mental condition by 2022. Why weren’t the media demanding answers?” —Ben Shapiro

“All who were engaged in these shameless cover-ups should not be allowed to get away with their actions (or inactions). This isn’t about revenge. It is about sparing the country from similar episodes in the future and holding accountable those who engaged — actively or passively — in the cover-ups.” —Cal Thomas

“Maybe liberals have been doing this forever and I only recently noticed, but there’s been a rash of supposedly serious news outlets trying to discredit conservative arguments by attributing the argument to the most embarrassing right-winger they can find. … This is like ad hominem by proxy. You find someone who’s easy to attack, then designate that person as the sole purveyor of an argument you don’t like.” —Ann Coulter

For the Record

“No one cares about the debt. If they did, politicians would feel compelled to do something about it. Of course, everyone will care when we fall off the fiscal cliff. And they’ll blame capitalism or ‘neoliberalism’ or some other boogyman.” —David Harsanyi

“We have found [illegal immigrants] who actually voted. … Three have been arrested and one has been indicted. … My opinion is that this is the tip of the iceberg. How big the iceberg is I don’t know.” —DOGE’s Antonio Gracias

And Last…

“If killing a random couple is the only way to ‘free Palestine’ maybe Palestine shouldn’t be free.” —Paula Scanlan

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