Insight

“Life, faculties, production — in other words, individuality, liberty, property — this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God precede all human legislation and are superior to it.” —Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)

Blind Squirrels Find a Nut

“Kids are fluid about everything. If kids knew what they wanted to be at age eight, the world would be filled with cowboys and princesses. I wanted to be a pirate. Thank God nobody took me seriously and scheduled me for eye removal and peg-leg surgery.” —Bill Maher

“I think that Democrats, if the election … is a referendum on the president, they will lose. And they know that.” —former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki

Projection

“There is a MAGA Republican agenda that gives no consideration to the Rule of Law, that has no respect for a woman’s right to choose, that wants to defund the FBI. … What we see again with this MAGA Republican agenda is an effort to disrupt our democracy. So whether it be through November and beyond November, I think it will always be important to call out any effort there is to destroy, essentially destroy the United States of America. … When you have a MAGA Republican agenda that has no respect for the Constitution, that has no respect for free and fair elections, then it is important for all of us, not just the president … to call it out for what it is: It is a danger to our democracy. It is a danger to our way of life.” —White House senior advisor Keisha Lance Bottoms (“This is the former mayor of Atlanta who allowed violent mobs to burn her city and responded by defunding the police. Now she accuses ‘MAGA Republicans’ of opposing the rule of law and wanting to defund law enforcement. These people are just utterly shameless.” —Matt Walsh)

Non Compos Mentis Award

“We just did something about climate change for the first time in decades. That’s why we’ve gotta win this as that hurricane bears down on Florida. We gotta win in the midterms.” —Senator Amy Klobuchar

The BIG Lies

“When they’re saying [inflation reduction is] ‘negligible,’ they gonna see it in the next 30 days? No. Will they see it? Absolutely they will see it.” —Senator Joe Manchin regarding the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act

“In 41 states plus the District of Columbia, the average gasoline price is less than $2.99.” —President Joe Biden (“That’s completely made up. There are ZERO states with an average price under $2.99/gal — and gas prices remain $1.31/gal higher than when Biden took office.” —RNC)

Demagogues

“You don’t have to change your faith or abandon your faith or you deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling a woman what to do with her body.” —Vice President Kamala Harris

“We aren’t interested in the policies of the 19th century. We want to dominate the 21st and 22nd century. … I’m done with gas prices. Why the hell should we worry about what petro-dictators are doing or what OPEC is doing? … I couldn’t be more proud of our state and our legislature. They get it.” —California Governor Gavin Newsom

And Last…

“The FBI raided a pro-life activist but there has been zero arrests for the violent attacks on 27 pregnancy centers by radical abortionists.” —Ashley St. Clair