Demagogue

“We can’t lose focus on what matters — right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.” —Barack Obama

Giving Away the Game

“If the Democrats win the presidency, the Senate, and the House in 2028 … they are just going to have to unilaterally add Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia as states. … And they may have to expand the [Supreme] Court to 13 members.” —Democrat strategist James Carville

Non Compos Mentis

“I would estimate that about a third of my own working hours — hours that professors should be using to advance science and innovation or educate and mentor students — are now consumed with combating the impacts of state terrorism on my university campus: widespread fear, self-censorship, capitulation, and silence.” —MIT professor Catherine D'Ignazio

Facepalm

“We know how the age of colonialism worked on this planet. Should we be trying to colonize [the moon]?” —CBS News’s Vladimir Duthiers

Sad, but True

“The judges … are just letting people out with a slap [on the wrist]. The man who attacked me and might’ve permanently damaged me forever should never have been on the streets. Ever. And the fact that he had just gotten out of jail previously for something he should’ve been in there for years, it’s really sad to me. … Our streets are being taken over and nobody is doing anything.” —Cincinnati beating victim Holly

“What happened to this woman is completely unacceptable. I’m proud of her for speaking out.” —JD Vance

Summer of Trade Deals

“The restructuring of the global trading system that [the president] has undertaken and successfully executed has been nothing short of historic. We’ve got trade deals … from countries that now entail about 55%-60% of global GDP.” —Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Stephen Miran