The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Political Futures

“Running for mayor is not fun — let’s be clear. I have to have 24-hour security with the amount of death threats. My kid now has to have … security next to him when he goes in the ocean because psychos come to the beach.” —Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt

“James Talarico has decided that God isn’t nonbinary after all. Anyone who has relied on the Texas senatorial candidate for theological guidance might be experiencing whiplash. Talarico is trying to clean up a series of idiotic statements, including about God’s supposed nonconforming gender… In his new flexibility on such questions as the nature of God and the number of sexes, Talarico has demonstrated that as a political figure, he’s proudly nonbinary.” —Rich Lowry

“One cannot blame Christians for deciding to vote for Republicans who do not hate their country. … Nonetheless, at some point, Christians will stop voting. One cannot keep asking Christians to choose morally corrupt alternatives to insane Democrats if the country does not improve morally.” —Erick Erickson

Praetorian Guard

“Biden’s own wife thought he was having a stroke. Two NY Times columnists insisted he’d fought Trump to a draw.” —Dan McLaughlin referring to Jill Biden’s new claims about Joe’s 2024 debate performance

Leftist Profligacy

“Even though we have millions of more people than New York State now, New York State’s budget is more than twice the size of Florida’s budget. And people can ask, ‘Where is all that money going?’” —Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)

“Empty reservoirs and acres of homeless tents — that’s what California’s once-proud public sector has been producing.” —Michael Barone

Caveat Emptor

“The anti-weaponization fund policy initiative sounds good, maybe a populist idea. However, when one considers that the enemy has a vote, what would they do with such a policy? … Let’s try to get the federal government back into its prescribed constitutional box, one that is restrictive.” —Allen West

Upright

“Maybe a year ago, [President Trump] heard the call of Nigerian Christians who were being targeted and killed by ISIS in Nigeria, and he said, ‘Pete, I want the War Department to focus on ensuring that we do everything we can to protect those Christians.’ Partnerships like that can take time behind the scenes, but he never wavered on it. … Over the last month — and there hasn’t been much coverage of this — we killed ISIS’s number two in Nigeria, who is most responsible for killing Christians … and have since, because of the intel we gathered, killed hundreds of ISIS members who were targeting and killing Christians in Nigeria, creating a whole new opportunity there.” —Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

And Last…

“Most unfortunate. Rockets are hard.” —Elon Musk commiserating with Jeff Bezos after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad