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)

Editorial Exegesis

“President Joe Biden just set another record: The worst inflation since 1981, as consumer prices climbed a staggering 8.5% over the 12 months ending in March. That’s our sixth straight month of inflation above 6%, and our 11th straight month above 5%. The White House response? A waiver to allow usually banned sales of high-ethanol gasoline over the summer, which impacts only the gas sold at 2,300 gas stations nationwide, out of around 150,000 total. Pathetic.” —New York Post editorial board

Friendly Fire

“People say to me, ‘Don’t you think you’ve gotten more conservative?’ No, I haven’t. The Left has gotten goofier. So, I seem more conservative, maybe. But like, it’s not me who changed. I feel I’m the same guy, but five years ago we hadn’t spent $6 trillion to stay home. … Five years ago, no one was talking about abolishing the police. There was no talk about pregnant men. I mean, looting was still illegal. … [Democrats are] going to get their a** kicked in November.” —Bill Maher

“It does not make sense to end this until there is a real plan and the capacity in place to handle those and address those that come over. I have yet to hear a plan from the Biden administration to address the dynamic we will have on the border once Title 42 ends.” —Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke

Race Bait

“[My legal team] said to me when I got attacked last year, they said they had never seen that level of attack towards anyone except for a presidential candidate. And that, clearly, the Right was polling me and trying to see, ‘Okay, what’s going to be the pressure point for this movement?’ And that was very hard for me to understand. I’m literally just thinking — I’m still like, a young, you know, organizer from the valley, with a target on my chest. I’m like, ‘Why do you care about me?’” —Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors

“This nonprofit system structure, this is, like, deeply unsafe. Like, this is being literally weaponized against us, against the people we work with.” —Patrisse Cullors

Sexism Bait

“The carer/earner nuclear family model we think of as ‘traditional’ is a historical anomaly that is tremendously isolating and often financially devastating for the carer (almost always a woman). It also reinforces the gendered division of labor, which ripples out to all women. … More mothers at home makes for worse, more sexist men who see women as mommies and helpmeets. Men with stay-at-home wives are more sexist than men with working wives; they don’t assess women’s workplace contributions fairy; and they are less likely to hire and promote women. Stay-at-home mothers are psychologically and emotionally worse off than working mothers by just about every measure, from depression to anxiety to anger; they are much more likely than working mothers to say that they are struggling, and less likely to say that they are thriving.” —author Jill Filipovic

Bidenomic Swampthink

“Governor Abbott’s unnecessary and redundant inspections of trucks transiting ports of entry between Texas and Mexico are causing significant disruptions to the food and automobile supply chains, delaying manufacturing, impacting jobs, and raising prices for families in Texas and across the country. … Governor Abbott's actions are impacting people’s jobs, and the livelihoods of hardworking American families.” —White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki

“We must redouble our efforts to decarbonize our economies.” —Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (“They want gas prices even HIGHER.” —Senator Ted Cruz)

And Last…

“At a time when the world is facing a greater risk of severe famine, President Biden wants to put more corn into our automobiles. This is a stupid policy announced by a stupid man who is surrounded by stupid advisers.” —Jim Geraghty