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September 4, 2025

Thursday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Dick Durbin, Abby Philip, Jaime Raskin, Sunny Hostin, Tim Walz, Politico, JD Vance, Donald Trump, Mark Alexander, and more.

Coming Clean

Q: “Do you think it would make a difference to have some help from the National Guard in Chicago?” —CNN’s John Berman

A: “It certainly could.” —Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin

Spin Doctor

“The National Guard is not doing any of that. The people doing that are other law enforcement agencies.” —CNN’s Abby Philip on the plummeting crime rates in Washington, DC

The BIG Lie

“There is a free speech crisis in America today, but there’s no free speech crisis in Britain.” —Rep. Jaime Raskin (UK citizens are regularly arrested for posts on social media.)

Grand Delusions

“I bet you there are a lot of people that voted for Trump that wish that Kamala Harris is in the White House.” —"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin

Dumb & Dumber

“The last few days you woke up thinking there might be news [of Trump’s death]. Just saying. … There will be news sometime, just so you know.” —Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

“Trump denies he’s dead.” —Politico headline

Garbage in, Garbage Out

“If the media you consumed told you that Donald Trump was on his deathbed because he didn’t do a press conference for 3 days, imagine what else they’re lying to you about.” —JD Vance

Plain and Simple

“It was massive amounts of drugs coming into our country to kill a lot of people. … They were hit, and obviously, they won’t be doing it again. We have to protect our country.” —Donald Trump on the kinetic strike on a terrorist drug-runner speedboat

Double Standards

“It was routine for Democrats and cable-news hotheads to accuse Trump of treason, but now it’s ridiculous to throw the charge back in their face. … They were all engaged in an obvious attempt to ruin Trump with the collusion delusion.” —Tim Graham

Re: The Left

“Democrats don’t care one whit about Black, Hispanic, and Asian citizens who are ducking gangs and dodging bullets every day of the year.” —Gary Bauer

“Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger declared, ‘I may be a Democrat, but I have worked my entire life in the service of our country.’ Apparently, we should be shocked a Demo would actually be devoted to serving our country.” —Mark Alexander

“When physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia are legalized, guardrails soon collapse. Legislators may promise ‘state-of-the-art safeguards,’ but those promises are illusory.” —Jeff Jacoby

“In order to survive, an ideology that fails to reproduce itself must necessarily infect the minds of the children of those who do reproduce. That’s why they push so hard to control education. It is a vampire cult.” —Elon Musk

For the Record

The H-1B visa was sold as a way to keep America ‘competitive.’ Instead, it imported millions of foreign nationals to replace American workers — and transferred entire industries into the hands of foreign lobbies. ‘Legal’ immigration can harm Americans too.“ —Sen. Eric Schmitt

Upright

"As not-so-Great Britain continues to voluntarily circle the drain of its own self-destruction, we must remain grateful for the infinitely wise Founding Fathers who understood the sheer importance of freedom of expression, guaranteed by the First Amendment.” —Ian Haworth

“In a system where judges are not Solomons, their role is limited. They are referees, not kings, because they decide whether people have played by the rules rather than what the rules should be.” —Justice Amy Coney Barrett

And Last…

“If you look through history, it’s never the good guys who are in favor of censorship.” —Rep. Jim Jordan

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