The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

The BIG Lie

“We are ready and willing to find a bipartisan path forward and reach a spending agreement that keeps the government open but meets the needs of the American people. What we will not do is support a partisan Republican spending bill.” —House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries calling a clean spending bill partisan

Straight From the Horse’s Mouth

“We will subpoena the Department of Justice, but also private actors who have done these drug deals with the administration. … Accountability is coming. … I hope that deters people from doing more of these deals … with the president.” —Rep. Eric Swalwell announcing plans to weaponize the government

Braying Jenny

“Using [Charlie] Kirk’s knack for vigorous argument to excuse the re-emergence of unabashed bigotry in mainstream politics feels both frightening and perilous.” —The New York Times’s Nikole Hannah-Jones

A Broken Clock Is Right Twice a Day

“Unchecked extreme rhetoric, like labels as Hitler or fascist, will foment more extreme outcomes.” —Sen. John Fetterman

Re: The Left

“The conclusion is unavoidable: SPLC’s fingerprints are all over the culture of targeting that fuels political violence. If the Trump administration is serious about dismantling Antifa, it must also expose and confront the SPLC’s role.” —Tony Perkins

“My favorite genre of [social media] post is where a lib tries to prove that some sh*t-hole city isn’t a sh*t-hole by taking a picture of a random .05-acre space of land where someone isn’t currently being raped or murdered.” —Matt Walsh

Then and Now

“Funny to think that Bill Clinton’s policies when he was President were essentially MAGA.” —Elon Musk

“And then they changed the electorate with immigration from the third world, so now Democrats don’t have to lie anymore.” —Ann Coulter

Political Futures

“The best that can be said about [Kamala] Harris’s step back into the spotlight is that it’s happening now. Democrats have a real shot at victory in 2028, but they won’t have time to waste on someone like the former vice president.” —The Washington Post editorial board

“Remember, [Zohran Mamdani] needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises. He won’t be getting any of it, so what’s the point of voting for him? This ideology has failed, always, for thousands of years.” —Donald Trump

Insight

“Terrorism is the cynical, remorseless enemy of peace, and it strikes most viciously whenever real progress seems possible.” —Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)