The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Insight: “Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.” —Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)

Friendly fire: “I think the press jumps the gun a lot because we have so much circumstantial evidence against [Trump] that we’re basically hoping that [Michael] Cohen has the goods, and what have you. It’s wishful thinking.” —Joy Behar on the Covington Catholic High School debacle

Braying Jenny: “When I see the ‘Make America Great Again’ hat now … I am triggered. I’m so triggered. … This Make America Great Again hat is just as maddening and frustrating and triggering for me to look at as a KKK hood.” —CNN commentator Angela Rye

Non Compos Mentis: “No one makes a billion dollars. You TAKE a billion dollars. You take it from your workers… You plunder it from the environment… You strip it using patents/protections.” —Stony Brook University economics professor Stephanie Kelton

Hot air: “I wish there was a lawsuit capacity that could hold people liable for such a[n] insane decision as he has made, which is gonna cost lives. People will die because of the president’s [Paris climate accord] decision.” —John Kerry

D'oh! “Let’s talk about the balance of power. There are two coequal branches of government, the president of the United States and the Congress.” —Elizabeth Warren, who omitted the judicial branch

Hypocrite: “The death penalty is morally indefensible and has no place in the 21st century. Today, in solidarity with [Pope Francis] and in honor of my father, I will be advancing legislation to remove the death penalty from State law once and for all.” —Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Aug. 2, 2018 (“But gleeful abortion until birth is fine, because morals or something.” —Katie Pavlich)

And last… “This is your daily reminder that Planned Parenthood was caught on tape multiple times harvesting and selling baby body parts for cash and they still receive $500 million a year in taxpayer funding.” —Charlie Kirk