Lack of Self-Awareness Awards
“There are lots of limits on what judges can do, and I try to be very, very mindful and scrupulous with respect to that because, as you say, our obligation is to be unbiased in our approach. And so, you have to then navigate all the sources that could make for an appearance of partiality, which you want to avoid.” —Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Michelle Obama’s podcast

“We all have to believe that there is a judicial system that is going to be fair, that is going to be neutral — that when you bring your dispute to the court, that judge doesn’t have any preexisting stake in the particular issue, that they are listening to both sides and fairly reviewing the evidence and coming up with a decision that is a just one.” —Ketanji Brown Jackson

Say That Again — Slowly
“I am not in the habit of turning over private, identifying information of the citizens of New Jersey.” —Governor Mikie Sherrill regarding New Jersey’s 6,600 noncitizen registered voters

Praetorian Guard
“You’re talking about the lab-leak theory as if that is proven, which it is not.” —CNN’s Abby Phillip

Theater of the Absurd
“We have a government not of, by, and for the people, but of, by, and for the billionaires.” —Texas Senate candidate James Talarico

Braying Jenny
“It makes me think of all the young democracies that I lived and worked in that rose after the fall of communism, because they had some things that were all in common among one another. One is not a free press. Two is a justice system that isn’t independent, that’s used to go after perceived enemies. And three is security services that were about fighting internal threats — so-called enemies inside — rather than external adversaries. … This is exactly what is happening right here at home.” —Michigan congressional candidate Bridget Brink

Godwin’s Law
“We are behaving like Nazi Germany in the ‘30s while Bibi Netanyahu says it’s actually Nazi Germany to be against his genocide.” —political pundit Joy Reid

“ICE is a rogue agency and an enforcer of fascism.” —Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong

Spin Doctor
“[Illegal] immigration is a civil violation, not a criminal violation, so we need to stop treating the equivalent of a parking ticket like people are breaking the law.” —Florida congressional candidate Oliver Larkin

Non Compos Mentis
“If we’re gonna talk about children being raped then we need to hold this pedophile president Donald Trump accountable.” —Oliver Larkin

“After decades of ignoring grooming gangs and covering for Jeffrey Epstein, the British and American governments seemed to have lost interest in prosecuting sex crimes. Then the Tate brothers criticized Israel, and I was reminded that under certain circumstances they’re willing to act.” —political pundit Tucker Carlson

World’s Smallest Violin
“I hope for the rest of time … that [the Trump family’s] names will live ignominy. … They have done the most awful things to my family and to me personally.” —Hunter Biden

Race Bait
“When they decided to go after 'DEI,’ black women — the most educated demographic in this country — somehow ended up the most unemployed out of everyone.” —Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett

Hot Air
“Heat, drought, a moisture-starved atmosphere — all increase wildfire risk, and each of these factors can be connected back to climate change.” —Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper

For the Record
“Just since the beginning of the fraud task force … we have identified $230 billion of fraud that’s being perpetrated against the American people, and we have halted already $56 billion of that.” —Vice President JD Vance

And Last…
“Ceuta is what the U.S. southern border will look like under the next Dem president. Those are the stakes.” —Josh Hammer