The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Non Compos Mentis

“The very fact that we’re talking about the difference between biological males and cisgender males [has] been foisted upon us by a campaign of fear being driven by the Right against some women who want to participate in women’s sports.” —MS NOW senior legal reporter Lisa Rubin

North Is South

“You don’t overeat and become obese. Obesity causes you to overeat.” —Oprah Winfrey

Leftist Hysteria

“We should and we can do it all. Use everything we can to say that we want our democracy back, and we’re not going to let these fascist authoritarians take over this country.” —Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL)

The BIG Lie

“Let’s stick to the fact. The man [ICE Agent Jonathan Ross] shot the woman [Renee Good]. He had no reason to shoot her.” —"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

“ICE is beyond reform. ICE is totally out of control. And this week, I intend to introduce a bill to abolish ICE. We need to make ICE go away.” —Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI)

For the Record

“I don’t blame ICE. I don’t blame Rebecca. I don’t blame Renee. … If we’re walking in the Spirit of God, I don’t think she would have been there.” —Timmy Macklin, Renee Good’s former father-in-law

Re: The Left

“Death threats are up over 8,000%, actual assaults up 1,300%. I know because threats against me and my family have tripled in the last couple of weeks.” —Border Czar Tom Homan

“The ‘warmth of collectivism’ fails again and again. It’s failing now in Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua and Venezuela. It was tried and abandoned in the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique, Benin, the Congo, Somalia, Grenada and Cambodia.” —John Stossel

“Republicans must brand the Democratic Party as what it has become — the vehicle leading our nation to fiscal and social bankruptcy.” —Star Parker

The Bottom Line

“If you tell banks they can only charge 10%, they will stop lending to anyone who presents meaningful risk. … The result would be fewer cards issued, lower credit limits, stricter underwriting and the quiet disappearance of credit for precisely the people Trump claims to be protecting.” —Ian Haworth

Coup de Grâce

“If the regime actually falls and is replaced by an allied or non-hostile government in Iran, it would move a large piece off the strategic chessboard for our enemies, and change the geopolitical balance of the Middle East. As much as the 1979 revolution was a debacle to the West, a favorable 2026 revolution would be a boon — to the Iranians and to us and our allies.” —Rich Lowry

Belly Laugh of the Day

“Our country is under attack by a bunch of bored white lesbians. First we had anarchists, now we have AUNTarchists.” —satirist Jimmy Failla