Scaremongering

“Donald Trump has made this world less safe.” —Illinois Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker on America’s string of geopolitical victories

False Equivalency

“Our regime has secret police; they have secret police. Our regime is oppressing women, taking away abortion rights. … They have the highest rate of women who are in STEM careers; we’re kicking women out of the military, out of university. We’re saying that DEI means women can’t be hired for high positions in the sciences. So, we’re marginally better, and we’re doing it for Christianity; they’re doing it for Islam.” —political pundit Joy Reid absurdly conflating the U.S. and Iran

Tone-Deaf Award

“It’s the first time since 2012 … that there are no British actors nominated for best actor or best actress. Yeah. [A] British spokesperson said, ‘Yeah, well, at least we arrest our pedophiles.’” —Oscars host Conan O'Brien apparently unaware that almost one million British girls have been raped by Pakistani rape gangs since 2000

Faith in Humanity

“I would like to dedicate this to the beautiful chaos of a mother’s heart.” —Oscar winner Jessie Buckley

Upright

“She’s an amazing person, an amazing fighter. … She had a diagnosis, you probably saw, and she’s going to take care of it immediately. … She’s going to be in great shape.” —President Donald Trump on White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’s cancer diagnosis

For the Record

“Israel is engaged in a war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. But when relatives are killed 6,300 miles away, [Michigan synagogue attacker Ayman Mohamad] Ghazali’s Islamist mindset is to go kill Jewish children. That is a perfect example of antisemitism. And it shows you how Islamists view the war — not as a war between nation states or as a nation battling a terrorist organization, but as a religious war by Muslims against Jews and other ‘infidels.’” —Gary Bauer

“Donald Trump has always been the anti-Obama. He rose in opposition to President Obama and has reversed many of his Democratic predecessor’s policies. But perhaps no Trump undertaking runs so directly counter to Obama’s approach than the Iran war. Obama sought to accommodate the Iranian regime, while Trump hopes to topple it.” —Rich Lowry

“The duty of statesmen is not to follow public opinion, but to lead it. In moments of crisis, leaders are not called to read the polls — they are called to rise above them. And that is exactly what President Donald Trump has done to this point in the war with Iran.” —Tony Perkins

Belly Laugh of the Day

“Yeah, I have spoken to [President Emmanuel Macron]. He’s been, on a scale of 0-10, I’d say he’s been an 8. Not perfect, but it’s France; we don’t expect perfect.” —Donald Trump regarding the coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz