Insight

“The collective cannot decide what is to be the purpose of a man’s existence nor prescribe his choice of happiness.” —Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

Upright

“I encourage [my family, players, and staff], if they have a pregnancy that wasn’t planned, to go through with it. Go through with it. Let that unborn child be born, and if at that time you don’t feel like you can care for it, you don’t have the means or the wherewithal, then [my wife] Sarah and I will take that baby.” —Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh

For the Record

“Immigrants are supposed to make America more diverse, but in practice they usually head to places that are already pretty diverse. Brooklyn, for example, is only 35% White. Pretty diverse. One place they almost never go is to towns where Democratic voters live. Strangely … the party of diversity is led by people who strongly, overwhelmingly prefer all White neighborhoods for themselves and their families and that’s just weird. No diversity for the diversity promoters.” —Tucker Carlson

“Question: Out of the past 10 times the U.S. economy has experienced two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, how many times was a recession officially declared? Answer: 10.” —American Enterprise Institute’s Michael R. Strain

A Trip Down Memory Lane

“I helped pull this country out of a recession before — and, as president, I’ll do it again.” —Joe Biden, October 2020

Gaslighting

“2.7 million people hired in the first half of the year. It doesn’t make sense that the economy would be in recession.” —Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

“We’re certainly in a transition and we are seeing slowing as we all would’ve expected.” —National Economic Council Director Brian Deese

“Our economy is more resilient to the types of challenges that we face. For example, with respect to food, we’re a net exporter of agriculture commodities. And obviously the high prices are hitting Americans very hard, but in a way that is different from some places that are facing famine, for example.” —Brian Deese (“The White House’s latest response to Americans not being able to afford food with inflation is literally ‘you’re doing great because it’s not famine.’” —Tim Young)

“There’s also some positive news that we should not overlook. I mean, the price at the pump is now $4.30 a gallon.” —Biden economic advisor Jared Bernstein (“When Biden took office, it cost $2.39.” —Tommy Pigott)

Non Compos Mentis Awards

“President Biden deserves credit for building one of the strongest economies in American history and leading the world’s fight against fascism. President Biden is a decent human being who exhibits the qualities we should cherish in a President: he’s a strong leader with clear moral standards and empathizes with Americans for the challenges they face everyday. President Biden shows what American greatness looks like.” —Lincoln Project cofounder Reed Galen

“The threat right now in this country to the American people are extreme MAGA Republicans. That’s the threat. That’s the problem. That’s the crisis that we confront. Extreme MAGA Republicans.” —House Democrat Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries

Spin Doctor

“When my predecessor got COVID, he had to get helicoptered to Walter Reed Medical Center. He was severely ill. Thankfully, he recovered. When I got COVID, I worked from upstairs in the White House.” —Joe Biden

And Last…

“I’m not a ‘climate change denier.’ I don’t deny that the climate changes. All climates do. Climates are changing always and forever, sometimes for the better and sometimes the worse. What I deny are the apocalyptic predictions of environmentalists, which have always been wrong.” —Matt Walsh