The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Insight: “Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.” —Mark Twain

Dezinformatsiya: “Liberal cable news outlets evidently had their own fairy tale ending in mind when former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations: impeachment. On Wednesday, CNN and MSNBC reporters, anchors, and paid contributors used the word an absurd 222 times in 18 hours.” —Newsbusters

Belly laugh of the week: “I have a following in the country that’s unsurpassed by anybody, unless they’re running for president.” —Nancy Pelosi

Non Compos Mentis: “If you start arming teachers — there are black and brown students … who are being disciplined more than their white counterparts — you could then start seeing statistics where potentially black students are getting shot or in accidents when their teachers are trying to shoot or do gun safety measures.” —MSNBC contributor Yamiche Alcindor

The end is nigh: “Our children’s lives are on the line. Not a single elected official, Democrat OR Republican, should accept money from fossil fuel corporations. Americans are dying because of a government too cowardly to save the planet. It’s wrong. And we will need a Green New Deal to survive.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The BIG Lie: “#AbolishICE means not having an agency that incarcerates children and sexually assaults women with impunity. It does not mean abolish deportation.” —Ocasio-Cortez

Alpha Jackass: “[Mollie Tibbetts’ illegal immigrant killer] was just a part of the community. An all-American boy working really hard.” —attorney Allan Richards

And last… “‘Don’t blame all illegal immigrants for the heinous crimes of one,’ said the folks who blame everyone in the NRA for acts committed by people not in it.” —Twitter satirist @hale_razor