The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight: “Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.” —Justice Potter Stewart (1915-1985)

Upright: “The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court.” —National Security Advisor John Bolton on the “ineffective, unaccountable, and indeed outright dangerous” International Criminal Court

Political futures: “If Hillary Clinton had won and the Affordable Care Act was protected … I was happy to go my way. … But to have no woman at the table and to have the Affordable Care Act at risk, I said, ‘As long as [Trump’s] here, I’m here.’” —House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Collusion: “I want to talk to you about media leak strategy with DOJ before you go.” —former FBI agent Peter Strzok in a newly released text to his mistress, Lisa Page

Pot calling the kettle black: “You have a president who clearly doesn’t understand America, doesn’t understand the Constitution, doesn’t understand the role of the Justice Department, the separation of powers, and that’s dangerous.” —John Kerry

Non Compos Mentis: “I did not threaten [Trump] constituents and supporters. I do that all the time, but I didn’t do that that time.” —Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) elucidating on her “push back” remark from June

Braying Jenny: “There’s a difference in how some of our leadership talk about how we should handle all of this. They say, ‘Maxine, please don’t say impeachment anymore.’ And when they say that, I say, ‘Impeachment, impeachment, impeachment, impeachment, impeachment, impeachment, impeachment, impeachment.’” —Maxine Waters

Alpha Jackass: “Where’s John Wilkes Booth when you need him?” —actress Carole Cook

And last… “Kavanaugh’s emails would be less of an issue if they contained national secrets and were kept on an unsecured server next to a Colorado toilet.” —Twitter satirist @hale_razor