Race Bait

“If they could, [Republicans] would throw me back in chains.” —Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Scaremongering

“Donald Trump is just lying about the [One Big Beautiful Bill Act]. … Well, here’s the ‘We Are All Going to Die Act.’” —Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer

The BIG Lie

“Inflation is going up.” —House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries

Yellow Journalism

“Correction: We’ve deleted the post below because it and early versions of the article didn’t meet Post fairness standards. The background: Early versions of the article on Sunday stated that Israeli troops had killed more than 30 people near a U.S. aid site in Gaza, with the headline attributing the action to ‘health officials.’ The article failed to make clear if attributing the deaths to Israel was the position of the Gaza health ministry or a fact verified by The Post.” —The Washington Post

Friendly Fire

“Now to the core question: Why do Democrats have a problem? Because we’re punks, and we not only talk like punks, we talk down to people. We get caught up in a set of issues that aren’t relevant. Think about … transgender[ism] in sports, etc. … This is crazy. As I said in education, we have the worst reading scores and math scores in 30 years, and we’re arguing about bathrooms and locker rooms and not the classroom?” —former Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel

Re: Musk vs. Trump

“Yes, yes, the richest man in the world is upset about subsidies being taken away from one of his companies that he has repeatedly said should be taken away. It’s definitely not politicians who repeatedly promised to stop overspending massively overspending. Definitely.” —Konstantin Kisin

“The widely predicted breakup between Elon Musk and Donald Trump is making the Sunni and Shia divide look like a minor scuffle. The Hatfields and McCoys think this thing is getting a little out of hand. Kendrick Lamar and Drake are offering to host peace talks.” —Jim Geraghty

“The most surprising thing to me about [Thursday’s] events is that many people seem to be surprised. Did anyone really think the bill could be any better? Did anyone really think two boisterous billionaires were just going to get along forever? Seriously?” —Michael Knowles

Belly Laughs of the Day

“A district court judge just ruled that Trump can’t insult Elon anymore. Next meme depends on SCOTUS appeal.” —comedian Jimmy Failla

“I wish Biden were alive to see this [Elon/Trump feud].” —comedian Gianmarco Soresi

Re: the Anniversary of D-Day

“Eighty-one years ago, Hitler thought his Atlantic wall was impenetrable. He clearly had not met enough Americans.” —Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

“It is our solemn obligation to remember their heroic stories, honor their sacrifices, and ensure that the freedom for which they died may never again be in peril.” —Donald Trump