The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

“I was told that you could only be a democratic socialist in northwest Queens. Then I became the mayor. Now the next question is the state. Then the next question will be the country. I think that this is a politics that can flourish anywhere.” —NYC Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani

A Trip Down Memory Lane

“Justin Fairfax is the leader Virginia needs now.” —Joe Biden, February 2019 (Fairfax murdered his wife and then himself this week.)

Fearmongering

“I worry, in [Donald Trump’s] mind, he also wants to be one of the most famous people in history. … So my concern was he thought maybe one way to get there would be to be the president that actually dropped a nuclear bomb.” —Kentucky Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear

Olive Branch?

“The pope can say what he wants, and I want him to say what he wants. But I can disagree. I think that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. If they do, the whole world would be in jeopardy. … The pope has to understand Iran has killed more than 42,000 people over the last few months.” —Donald Trump

Silver Lining

“If Trump quickly clears and secures control of the Strait, and if allowable traffic reaches, say, 60-70 percent of prewar levels and if the U.S. avoids a full-scale war, instead responding disproportionately to any renewed Iranian attempts to close it — then, within one to two months, oil prices will begin to taper off.” —Victor Davis Hanson

FAFO

“Do not attempt to breach the blockade. Vessels will be boarded for interdiction and seizure transiting to or from Iranian ports. Turn around or prepare to be boarded. If you don’t comply with this blockade, we will use force.” —U.S. Navy broadcast warning on blockade of Iranian ports

Weaponization of Government

“Biden’s Department of Justice relied on intelligence gathered from radical pro-abortion groups to monitor peaceful pro-life activists — people who had not yet been charged with any federal crime — and then build cases that ended with FBI arrests.” —Ben Shapiro

Restoring the Trust

“This Department will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice. No Department should conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs. The weaponization that happened under the Biden Administration will not happen again, as we restore integrity to our prosecutorial system.” —Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche

Upright

“I think if we don’t stand up and take ownership of our country, and take responsibility for it, we are slowly letting others control how we think and what we think. … If you think it’s losing confidence, then you get up and you participate. You don’t sit on the sidelines.” —Justice Clarence Thomas

Judicial Futures

“Of the three Republican appointed justices in their seventies, there’s so much focus on Alito and Thomas. Maybe people in the pressuring business should pressure John Roberts to retire instead.” —Mollie Hemingway

Re: The Left

“The sad reality is that if you’re wearing a uniform of the United States today, you’re an enemy of the Democrat Party. If you’re a cop on the streets, you’re the enemy. If you’re a TSA agent, you’re the enemy. If you’re a Border Patrol agent or federal immigration police officer, you’re the enemy. If you’re in the military, you’re the enemy.” —Gary Bauer

“Gavin Newsom has made housing, gas, food, and electricity more expensive for California residents, but at least the sex-change surgeries for trans migrants are now free. I guess that’s ‘progress.’” —Christopher Rufo

For the Record

“America is our homeland, not a dumping ground for third world foreigners who broke the law and evaded detection for some specified amount of time. … Immigration is not complicated. If you are here illegally, no amnesty.” —Brianna Lyman

“There’s no such thing as free. There’s just stuff paid for by someone else.” —Ben Shapiro

And Last…

“Here is some advice for (mostly younger) women: 1.) Don’t hang out with powerful men just because you’re flattered or you think they’ll help your career.” —Laura Hollis