The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Insight: “It is an injustice, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies.” —Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903)

“Every day, more people think living in the land of the free is a curse, not a blessing. You hear it on the news. You read it on social media and in school curricula. You see it in rage and riots on our streets. … This problem runs deeper than being ‘woke.’ It’s bigger than Critical Race Theory. Those things are dangerous, but the greater danger is that anger toward America is now the bedrock belief of the American Left." —Nikki Haley

"There’s no reason why a #BLM-supporting, Greenpeace-donating mom in San Francisco should be losing sleep over how readily abortion is available in Alabama — but that’s become our modern reality. The Founders knew the only way a country as large as the United States could work was if power was concentrated on the local level. But owing to progressives successfully dismantling constitutional bulwarks against nationalization, we now have a system designed to divide, rather than unite. As every issue these days ends up in Washington, the prospect for average Americans to affect issues that matter in their lives is only ever becoming more impossible. The dismay that entails is stress-inducing. … As the quantity of issues being debated is forever growing, Americans are forever fighting, with the country consolidating around two halves. … On the bright side, if we do divorce … the very worst that could possibly happen is that we end up getting back together again.” —Tom Elliott

Democrat buzzkill: “I’ve been very, very clear where I stand on the filibuster. I don’t have to repeat that. I think I’ve been very clear — nothing changes.” —Senator Joe Manchin

Numerical gymnastics: “Two people do not have the right to sabotage what 48 want and what the president of the United States wants.” —Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders

Grand delusions: “What we’re seeing across the states today is nothing short of Jim Crow in the 21st century.” —Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

Lack of self-awareness: “Republican obstruction on the debt ceiling over the last few weeks has been reckless. It’s been irresponsible.” —Chuck Schumer

The BIG Lie I: “These bills are not about left versus right or moderate versus progressive or anything that pits Americans against one another. These bills are about competitiveness versus complacency. They’re about opportunity versus decay. They’re about leading the world or continuing to let the world pass us by, which is literally happening. To support these investments is to create a rising America, America that’s moving. And to oppose these investments is to be complicit in America’s decline.” —Joe Biden

The BIG Lie II: “Best of all, the cost of these bills in terms of adding to the deficit is zero.” —Joe Biden

Gaslighting: “I’m a capitalist. I think you should be able to go out and make a million dollars or a billion, but just pay your fair share. Join the crowd, man. They know that this is about dignity and respect. It’s about changing the paradigm.” —Joe Biden

Fact-check: False: “Yes, it’s possible for men to become pregnant and give birth to children of their own. In fact, it’s probably a lot more common than you might think.” —Healthline.com

And last… “The political party that drones on endlessly about the need to police ‘misinformation’ online is the same one that absolutely insists men can get pregnant.” —Buck Sexton

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