For the Record

“There’s a real problem with younger reporters because they don’t believe as much as their older colleagues do in objectivity. They believe in subjectivity, and they believe their job in journalism is to move the needle, and to move it in a leftist direction, certainly not a free-market or conservative or pro-life direction. And that’s what journalism has become.” —former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer

A Blind Squirrel Finds a Nut

“In my view, at the local, state, and federal level, these governments across the country and leaders, mayors, and governors and city councils have abdicated their responsibility in fighting crime and addressing mental illness. And we are going to have to refine and transform and modernize many of the things we do to meet the needs of our customers in a very changing operating environment in which customer behavior is changing.” —Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

Intraparty Squabbles

“If the Democratic Party had any capacity to discipline its lawmakers or hold them accountable (if pigs could fly), it would at least revoke [Joe] Manchin’s chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. To continue to allow this key position to be occupied by the man who has single-handedly blocked one of the last opportunities to save the Earth is an insult to the universe. … In November’s midterm elections, Democrats will have to go back to voters and say ‘we promised a lot but we delivered squat, so please vote for us again.’ This does not strike me as a compelling message. By kicking Manchin out of the party, Democrats could at least go into the midterms with a more realistic pitch: ‘It looked like we had control of the Senate, but we didn’t. Now that you know who the real Democrats are, give us the power and we will get it done.’” —former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich

Hot Air

“The challenge for all of us now is that no one country can solve this problem by itself. We all have to be able to reduce the emissions. We have to accelerate the transition. We’re behind. We’re not yet fulfilling the promises that we made … so we have our work cut out for us.” —Climate Czar John Kerry

“We’re living through a pandemic that continues to ravage communities in every corner of the globe. Climate change wreaking havoc on our planet, with the most vulnerable suffering most of all. The few weaponizing lies and disinformation at the expense of the many. And from the horrific war in Ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States, we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom.” —Prince Harry

Cleanup on Aisle 46

“We’ll always honor the bravery and selfishness — selflessness — of the and [sic] sacrifices of the Americans who served.” —Joe Biden

And Last…

“One of the wilder aspects of the all the LGBTQ insanity is how ready and willing this country is to declare something a ‘mental health’ problem and toss a bottle of pills at it. Or ‘therapy.’ But if a teenage boy thinks he’s a woman, that’s just science.” —Jesse Kelly