The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

For the record: “Andrew [Breitbart] saw [his] site as a weapon in the fight against what he called the ‘Democrat-Media Complex,’ destroying left-wing narratives crafted by the faux-objective media. Andrew believed that his site could play an outsized role in the culture war, and he saw culture as upstream of politics. And Andrew wanted to do so in the mold of the ‘happy warrior,’ not as the grim-faced, stubble-bearded force of darkness Bannon attempted to project. … Now, [Bannon] has nothing. He built a monument to himself, and it collapsed. … At least for today, it’s a good day for Andrew Breitbart. May they all be good days from now on.” —Ben Shapiro

Upright: “There’s no polite way to tell houseguests who’ve overstayed their welcome that it’s time to go, but perpetual amnesty for illegal aliens … will only beget more illegal immigration.” —Michelle Malkin

Non Compos Mentis: “Christopher Steele, who oversaw Russia desk for British intelligence, so loved America he ensured material he believed put her at risk made it to @SenJohnMcCain who hand carried, without judgement, to Director Comey. Patriots all. I’ll be damned to allow this to get twisted.” —John Weaver

Fear-mongering: “We have just 59 days to do our part to save our children from an endless cycle of crop-killing droughts one year, and rivers spilling their banks the next. To save salmon from dying in ever warming rivers, and our forests from being reduced to plumes of ash.” —Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee stirring fear into the legislature before it adjourns

And last… “Underlying this very rare opportunity for the public to watch our leaders hash out policy was the recent assertion in Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury, that the president repeats himself every 10 or 15 minutes and may be suffering from dementia. What we saw in the White House meeting on Monday was anything but a man suffering from any degenerative disease. Rather, it was a president taking on a room full of supporters, skeptical supporters, and outright critics and running one hell of a meeting.” —David Marcus