The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

AOC Apologist

“Rather than the substance of her arguments [in Munich], it was [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s] on-camera stumbles when answering questions about specific world affairs that rocketed around conservative social media and drove plenty of the discussion about her visit.” —The New York Times’s Kellen Browning circling the wagons

Spin Doctor

“Republicans have decided that they would rather shut down FEMA, shut down TSA, and shut down the Coast Guard than get ICE under control.” —House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

Non Compos Mentis

“The AGs in many states are … almost jubilant about being able to use these laws to ban young people from accessing content that could be educational if they are queer.” —"transgender" Minnesota State Rep. “Leigh” Finke arguing against an age verification law that aims to protect children from porn

Village Idiots

“The [Charlie Kirk] memorial service was one of the most potent examples of the shift we’re seeing in our culture right now. Where a large segment of American Christians are being activated by these ideas, radicalized by these ideas. That say they are the persecuted ones and that they need to stand up for Christian’s rights.” — Georgetown University visiting scholar Matthew Taylor

“Free speech is a [sic] pure bulls**t if nobody knows how you are guided through this so-called free speech, especially when it is to be guided from one hated speech to another hated speech.” —French President Emmanuel Macron

Doomsday for Tariffs?

“The Court’s decision is likely to generate other serious practical consequences in the near term. One issue will be refunds. Refunds of billions of dollars would have significant consequences for the U. S. Treasury. The Court says nothing today about whether, and if so how, the Government should go about returning the billions of dollars that it has collected from importers.” —Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s dissent in the 6-3 decision on Donald Trump’s tariffs

“I’m a simple man: when [Samuel] Alito and [Clarence] Thomas agree on a legal matter, I assume they’re right.” —Michael Knowles

“The administration has other tools in its toolbox. It can actually impose tariffs under other statutes.” —constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley

“During the next short number of months, the Trump Administration will determine and issue the new and legally permissible Tariffs, which will continue our extraordinarily successful process of Making America Great Again.” —President Donald Trump

For the Record

“We should not forget that in the 2024 presidential election, Kamala Harris won all 12 states that did not have voter ID. Things that make you go hmm…no wonder why Marxist leftists do not want ICE out and about in their unconstitutional and unlawful self-declared ‘sanctuary’ states and cities.” —Allen West

Upright

“Pride in one’s nation and one’s civilization, properly understood, is not a warrant for self-satisfaction but a summons to duty, a reminder that for us to whom much has been given, much is asked. In Munich, [Marco] Rubio was not just Trump’s good cop but a mature American leader towering above the crowd.” —Michael Barone