The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Insight: “From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position, and that the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently. Equality before the law and material equality are therefore not only different but are in conflict with each other; and we can achieve either one or the other, but not both at the same time.” —Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992)

Federalism for the win: “While the Obama administration attempted to rewrite law to impose a federal ‘gender identity’ policy on the entire nation, the Trump administration is respecting federalism, local decision-making, and parental authority in education. For most Americans, concerns related to transgender students are a new reality. Rather than follow the Obama administration’s rush to impose a top-down solution on the entire country, the Trump administration is allowing the American people to have these conversations, consider all the relevant concerns, and make policies that will best serve all Americans. Good for them.” —Ryan T. Anderson

Braying Jenny: “I just think the American people had better understand what’s going on. [Team Trump] is a bunch of scumbags. That’s what they are. Who are all organized around making money.” —Rep. Maxine Waters

Dangerously inept: “I think that the dangerous, you know, edges here are that [Trump] is trying to undermine the media and trying to make up his own facts. And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think. And that, that is our job.” —MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski (No, the media’s job is to be impartial, not partisan.)

Non Compos Mentis: “When Meryl [Streep] spoke [at the Golden Globes], everyone on that one side was [like], ‘Well, that’s elitist Hollywood speaking.’ Donald Trump has 22 acting credits in television… He collects $120,000 a year in his Screen Actors Guild pension fund. Uhh? He is a Hollywood elitist.” —George Clooney

And last… “Obama calls GOP ‘our enemies’ — meh. Hillary calls GOP my ‘enemies’ — meh. Trump calls MSM ‘enemy’ — UNPRECEDENTED ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICANS!” —Twitter satirist @hale_razor