The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Delusions of Grandeur

“He is embarrassingly handsome, his hair seasoned with silver, at ease with his own eminence… It has seemed at times, this past year, that the only thing standing athwart Donald Trump’s will to power is Gavin Newsom.” —Vogue contributing editor Maya Singer

Braying Jennies

“ICE is beyond reform. The people are demanding an end to the killings and abductions. My Melt ICE Act will prohibit detention and monitoring, disrupt DHS immigration enforcement, and redirect funding to our communities. We must MELT ICE NOW!” —Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL)

“It is time for Democrats to show … courage and fight against fascism.” —Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)

Q&A

“Should you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?” —reporter

“For what?” —Vice President JD Vance

For the Record

“We have to stop the term of ‘radical Islam/Islamist.’ It is mainstream Islam. We have gotten this wrong. The radicals are the ones who don’t want to kill us. It is the mainstream that does.” —Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL)

“If it’s true, as [Billie] Eilish said, that no one is illegal on stolen land, then basically no countries around the world — almost all of which were ‘stolen’ at some point — can have borders.” —Rich Lowry

“I’ve worked for six presidents and ten administrations. When it comes to public safety, border security, immigration enforcement, no one has done it better than President Trump. His success is unprecedented.” —Border Czar Tom Homan

“Sovereign borders are biblical and good and right and they’re just. It’s not because we hate the people on the outside. It’s because we love the people on the inside.” —House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)

Re: The Leftmedia

“The Washington Post made its business contingent on far left wing subscribers who hated Trump & when Bezos became embarrassed by the far left wing product that created, he tried to fix it by moving closer to the center. But the Post’s subscribers revolted, crushing the business. The business lesson here is newspaper subscribers at the WaPo and New York Times don’t want centrist, fair journalism, they want to be told their political opponents are evil Nazis and they are the heroic good guys. That narrative must dominate all coverage.” —Clay Travis

Re: The Gender Cult

“This will go down in history as one of the worst medical scandals of all time. … As more and more detransitioners arrive in court, the public will learn the full extent of the harm done to kids in the name of an ideology. Clinicians performing these ‘treatments’ will go down in history as barbarous activists who betrayed a sacred oath: to do no harm. But we should never forget how many people outside the medical profession urged these young people on, gleefully assuring them that anyone advising caution was an evil bigot.” —author J.K. Rowling

Upright

“I definitely would advise them to eventually get married. It’s one of the best things in life. It’s one of the best things I’ve experienced in my life. There’s no better feeling than coming home to a wife that loves you and cares for you and [is] just worried about your best interests. … I chose to get married young, and I don’t regret it one bit.” —New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye on advice for his teammates