The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Insight: “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” —Milton Berle (1908-2002)

Master troll: "Just in this room, you have dozens of people who are not following the guidelines.“ —reporter to President Trump, who retorted, "It’s a peaceful protest.”

For the record: “[Leftists] want to run people’s lives so they can design utopia for all of us. … It’s the lust for power.” —Attorney General William Barr

That’s racist! “Unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.” —Joe Biden saying again that blacks all have to think the same

Braying jenny: “We’re up against a wannabe authoritarian who has already hurt our country, our institutions, our rule of law… We just have to defeat Donald Trump.” —Hillary Clinton

Non compos mentis: “When you see entire media companies essentially exist to tear down Joe Biden, is there an equivalent of that on the Left, tearing down Trump?” —CNN’s Brian Stelter

And last… “Thoughts and prayers with the American press corps who will be struggling mightily today to spin Portland and Chicago as continually and blissfully peaceful.” —Erick Erickson