Non Compos Mentis

“This is also the party that supposedly is about Christianity, and I just imagine what they would have done to a little baby Jesus.” —Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) on the GOP

Village Idiot

“[Donald Trump’s] our dictator. … It’s like 18 times the worst behavior one has witnessed ever anywhere. It’s worse. Think of the worst thing that you’ve ever seen humans accomplish. This is so much worse.” —former late-night host David Letterman

Behind the Mask

“The mistake that you made is you let us in in the first place. The best thing about brown people, and I’m going to say this as a brown person: There’s a lot of us. Like, a lot. … I want [Americans] to realize this: You have lost. … Your story is a s****y story filled with misery.” —Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali, a child of Pakistani immigrants

Stranger Than Fiction

“Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for ‘prey’ as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone. The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both.” —President Donald Trump

Re: The Leftmedia

“The Washington Compost provided NO FACTS and NO SUBSTANTIATION. They literally just printed what some unnamed random person said and reported it as fact. This is the same playbook they used during the first term. The difference is that nobody trusts outlets like WaPo anymore.” —White House Director of Communications Stephen Cheung

Observations

“In the contention over the U.S. peace plan for Ukraine, the Europeans are in their accustomed role — carping from the sidelines. … It’s gotten so bad that some European analysts speak of a potential ‘scramble for Europe,’ or attempts by richer, more powerful outside countries to influence the course of Europe.” —Rich Lowry

“Kids growing up without married parents — which in contemporary society most often means being raised by a single mother — lose much more than the presence of a father. They lose the father’s family network as an active force in their lives, with all the gifts of love and memory, protection and sustenance, the network might have provided.” —Jeff Jacoby

Good News

“US gas prices drop below $3 a gallon for the first time since May 2021, according to AAA. The milestone marks a bright spot in America’s affordability crisis and represents major improvement from the spike to $5 a gallon in 2022.” —CNN’s Matt Egan

And Last…

“Gratitude is more than a fleeting feeling. It’s more than a simple day on the calendar. It’s a choice to see life through the lens of God’s grace.” —Tony Perkins