The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Observations: “Liberals are quick to dub anything they don’t like a conspiracy theory. But four years ago, I wouldn’t have imagined that top officials of the FBI and the CIA would collaborate with Hillary Clinton’s campaign to propagate lies in order to try to swing the election to her, or failing that, to disable the incoming administration of the candidate that they didn’t favor. That scandal has greatly expanded my, and our, understanding of what may be possible. This isn’t your grandfather’s United States of America.” —John Hinderaker

Upright: “In recent decades, the differences the right and left fight about have often been marginal. Debating a top tax rate of 35% versus 39% is not inconsequential, but it’s not existential either. That’s not the sort of thing the left is talking about these days. They are talking about structural changes to alter our system forever and a full march to the left in numerous policy areas.” —Neil Patel

For the record: “The Democrats’ heroine, Stacey Abrams, lost her race to be Georgia governor by more than 50,000 votes in 2018 (Trump is down 14,000) and she never conceded. Yet she’s widely celebrated by the MSM and the [Democrats]. The hypocrisy never ends.” —Ari Fleischer

Flashback I: “America needs to repent for its worship of whiteness.” —Georgia Senate candidate and extreme leftist Raphael Warnock back in 2016

Flashback II: “I’m so sick and tired of all of these folk talking about ‘socialistic medicine.’ And I really get upset when I hear Christians in the midst of this debate talking about socialism. They ought to go back and read Acts Chapter Two, where the Bible says that the church had all things in common.” —Warnock in 2009

Lack of Self-Awareness Award: “Is this what we’re gonna have to sit through for the next four years — Republicans just doing investigations and refusing to legislate?” —MSNBC’s Joy Reid to witch-hunt obstructionist Adam Schiff

Grand delusions: “[The election] was an overwhelming referendum by the American people. … It should move things in our direction.” —Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrats lost House seats, likely won’t gain the Senate, and Biden won by razor-thin margins. But other than that, the election was splendiferous!)

D'oh! “Of course, the loss of the House majority is just extraordinarily upsetting to all of us.” —Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a Joe Biden moment

The BIG Lie: “I sometimes find it amusing when our opponents talk about the far-left agenda. The truth is that when you talk about raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour, when you’re talking about expanding healthcare to all people as a human right, when you talk about effectively taking on climate change, when you talk about making public colleges and universities tuition free, these are not far-left ideas. These are commonsense ideas that the majority of the American people support.” —Senator Bernie Sanders

Non compos mentis: “[Our county has] that independent spirit … but now is the time to do what you’re told.” —Anthony Fauci

How the Grinch stole Christmas: “Christmas is probably not gonna be possible.” —CNN’s Jake Tapper

Look in the mirror: “People are going more and more into their own echo chambers, more into their own bubbles, especially Trump voters. There’s this new social media app, called Parler, getting a lot of attention. Because conservatives are leaving, saying they’re leaving Twitter and Facebook, going off to Parler because they believe Parler is a safer space for them. What we’re seeing is even more of a bunker mentality in right-wing media. Ultimately, that’s not good for the country.” —CNN’s Brian Stelter, who’s oblivious to the fact it’s Big Tech and Leftmedia censorship that’s forcing conservatives into “a bunker mentality”

And last… “I wish people were more concerned about offending the heart of God as they are about offending each other.” —Abby Johnson