The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Insight: “Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” —Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Food for thought: “I think the only explanation for the sudden onset of cultural insanity and embrace of nonsense like gender identity is theological. See Romans 1:18-32. There are things unseen at work in the world.” —Erick Erickson

For the record: “Over 200 evangelical leaders have come out … against Christianity Today after their recent attack against Trump. Why isn’t CNN reporting on this as tirelessly as they did on the vicious hit job against our president? I guess it doesn’t fit their narrative.” —Charlie Kirk

Braying jackass: “Speaker Pelosi is doing exactly the right thing. She is focusing a spotlight on the need to have a fair trial in the United States Senate.” —Sen. Chris Van Hollen

A blind squirrel finds a nut: “As far as I’m concerned, [senators] can tell which way they’re leaning or how they feel in terms of the probability, but when it comes to saying, ‘I made up my mind [on impeachment], it’s all over,’ for goodness’ sakes, that is not what the Constitution envisioned.” —Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin

Alpha jackass I: “I’d like to see a bag of s—t right in [Trump’s] face.” —Robert De Niro

Alpha jackass II: “There’s not one thing about this person that has been redeeming. He’s a low life. He’s not a pig. Pigs have dignity. He has no dignity. He has nothing. He’s a disgrace to the human race.” —Robert De Niro

The BIG Lie: “The economy today is not substantially different from the economy before Trump took office.” —Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell on CNN

And last… “Exaggerated, doomsday climate predictions create ‘climate deniers’ in the same way that progressive, identity politics creates more racists.” —Steven Crowder