The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Insight

“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.” —Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)

Credit Where It’s Due

“The XL pipeline is something we should’ve never abandoned. … Pipelines will carry [oil] a lot safer, cleaner, and more efficiently than the rail or by trucks. The cleanest way to transport it is by pipe, and that’s what we should do.” —Democrat Senator Joe Manchin

“Where are all those who stated ‘Black Lives Matter’? … The lives of these black children that are dying every night matter. We can’t be hypocrites.” —New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams

For the Record

“Conservatives were taught from a very young age to support big business because big business was a bulwark against government overreach and that made sense and it was true for quite a while, but very few imagine what it would look like if big business harnessed monopoly power and then joined that power with government power to strip us of our constitutional rights.” —Tucker Carlson

“Twitter matters, whether you want it to or not. Twitter is hardly the largest social media platform, but Twitter sets the tone for all news coverage, for all information. Twitter is where a professional class goes to learn which opinions are acceptable and which are forbidden and the effect is obvious to everybody. If our public conversation suddenly seems stilted and one-sided, it is because in part Twitter itself is so stilted and so one-sided. Anyone who dares express a heterodox opinion, even if it’s true, gets banned. … Restoring free speech to Twitter is the greatest possible threat to the people in charge. They have to control the information. If they don’t, they fall. So, you’re going to be hearing a lot about Elon Musk in coming days, and all of it will be negative.” —Tucker Carlson

“Lots of people at a newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos are really concerned about a billionaire buying Twitter.” —Joe Cunningham

“If Elon Musk buys Twitter, he will be the first African American to own a major social media platform. This is a great day for diversity. Another glass ceiling shattered!” —Matt Walsh

Non Compos Mentis Awards

“I am frightened by the impact on society and politics if Elon Musk acquires Twitter. He seems to believe that on social media anything goes. For democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less.” —Council on Foreign Relations fellow Max Boot

“If Elon Musk successfully purchases Twitter, it could result in World War 3 and the destruction of our planet.” —multimedia journalist David Leavitt

The BIG Lies

“For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania.” —Joe Biden

“What people don’t know is that 70% of the increase in inflation was the consequence of Putin’s Price Hike.” —Joe Biden

Braying Jenny

“[Fox News’s Peter Doocy] works for a network that provides people with questions that — nothing personal to any individual, including Peter Doocy — but might make anyone sound like a stupid son of a b****.” —White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki

And Last…

“The subway suspect is a black supremacist. The Waukesha killer is a black supremacist. The guy who tried to assassinate a mayoral candidate is a black supremacist. The man who murdered a capitol police officer was a black supremacist. In summary, white supremacy is the problem.” —Matt Walsh