The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

The BIG Lie

“ICE is acting like a terrorist force. People across the country of all legal statuses — including U.S. citizens — are being kidnapped and disappeared off the street by masked men. No oversight, no accountability. Completely lawless.” —Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Foiled Again

“Since, y'know, March and before, there were predictions that the tariffs … would lead to job losses. Predictions of doom — that doom just hasn’t happened yet.” —CNN’s John Berman after seeing the positive June jobs report

“This jobs market is like the Energizer Bunny. Every single time we expect it to run out of steam, it just keeps going and going.” —CNN’s Matt Egan

Old Man Yells at Cloud

“Many of the things I worked so d*mn hard [for], that I thought I changed in the country, are changing so rapidly.” —Joe Biden, as if that’s a bad thing

“I’m getting calls … from a number of European leaders asking me to get engaged. I’m not, but I’m giving advice. Because things are different. … I’m also dealing with a lot of Democrats and Republican colleagues calling me, wanting to talk.” —Joe Biden

Weird Flex

“I have many thoughts on how the Democratic Party might start to win back young men who have abandoned the party for fascism. … One of my suggestions is that the Democrats should embrace pornography and other examples of sexiness and smut under the umbrella of free speech.” —The Nation justice correspondent Elie Mystal

Political Futures

Shot across the bow: “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it! When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.” —Elon Musk

Returning fire: “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks. He even wants to start a Third Political Party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States — The System seems not designed for them.” —Donald Trump

Re: The Left

“Only a deeply patriotic love of country can cause a person to sign up [to join the military] that could potentially cost them their lives. By and large, Democrats demonstrably do not possess this quality. In fact, they spend most of their time and energy degrading, undermining, and criticizing our nation.” —Nate Jackson

For the Record

“You got to celebrate Independence Day because American citizens had military-grade weapons!” —Mark Alexander

And Last…

“It takes a lot longer to build a lie than to tell the simple truth.” —House Speaker Mike Johnson