The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts
Non Compos Mentis
“For a company to hire a trans person and then not publicly stand by them is worse in my opinion than not hiring a trans person at all, because it gives customers permission to be as transphobic and hateful as they want.” —Dylan Mulvaney
“Let’s always take a moment to also see what we have achieved thus far while we clearly see the moment that we are presently in. So we have achieved a lot.” —Kamala Harris
The BIG Lies
“No!” —Joe Biden responding to the questions: “How involved were you in your son’s Chinese shakedown text message? Were you sitting there? Were you involved?”
“The U.S. has the highest economic growth rate, leading the world economy since the pandemic.” —Joe Biden
Leftmedia Lobs
“The complicated relationship between a presidential father and a struggling son” —Washington Post headline
Non Sequitur
“If SCOTUS was serious about their ludicrous ‘colorblindness’ claims, they would have abolished legacy admissions, aka affirmative action for the privileged. 70% of Harvard’s legacy applicants are white. SCOTUS didn’t touch that — which would have impacted them and their patrons.” —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Double Standards
“An extremist Supreme Court has once again reversed decades of settled law, rolled back the march toward racial justice, and narrowed educational opportunity for all. I won’t stop fighting for young people with big dreams who deserve an equal chance to pursue their future.” —Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (“Warren, a former Harvard professor sometimes referred to as ‘Pocahontas,’ repeatedly claimed to be of Native American ancestry throughout her career in academia. She is roughly 0.1 percent Native American, according to the results of a DNA test the senator released in 2018 ahead of her failed presidential run.” —The Washington Free Beacon)
For the Record
“In head-spinning logic, [Justice Ketanji Brown] Jackson asserts that ending discrimination in admissions ‘will delay the day that every American has an equal opportunity to thrive, regardless of race,’ and ‘ignoring race makes it matter more.’ Discrimination is anti-discrimination. Bias is fairness. 2+2=5.” —Rich Lowry
“Ultimately, America can either have ‘equity,’ as modern wokesters use the term, or it can have equality — real moral and legal equality under the rule of law. This is a zero-sum game — only one vision of the American regime can prevail in our roiling, cold civil war.” —Josh Hammer
Upright
“What you have is the justice who was chosen because she’s black and because she’s a woman. … The slaves did not die in the fields so we could be saying, in this century, that we are victims… They would say to us, ‘Is that what we died for? No. We died for you to have an opportunity. Take it! You have that!’ … Don’t let anyone tell you you’re a victim, because if you are a victim, that means you need a political savior. You don’t need them. Stay in school. Study. Burn the midnight oil.” —Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears responding to Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent after the Supreme Court’s 6-3 affirmation of the 14th Amendment by striking down the last vestige of “systemic racism” in academia and “affirmative discrimination” at Harvard
“Justice Sotomayor apparently believes that race-conscious admission programs can somehow increase the chances that members of certain races (blacks and Hispanics) are admitted without decreasing the chances of admission for members of other races (Asians). This simply defies mathematics.” —Justice Clarence Thomas
“While I am painfully aware of the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race and all who suffer discrimination, I hold out enduring hope that this country will live up to its principles so clearly enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States: that all men are created equal, are equal citizens, and must be treated equally before the law.” —Clarence Thomas
“While the dissent would certainly not permit university programs that discriminated against black and Latino applicants, it is perfectly willing to let the programs here continue. In its view, this Court is supposed to tell state actors when they have picked the right races to benefit.” —Chief Justice John Roberts
“Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.” —John Roberts
“The words of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are not like mood rings; they do not change their message from one moment to the next.” —Justice Neil Gorsuch
And Last…
“I just wanna thank Michelle Obama for having the courage to to tweet from one of her three mansions that black people can’t get ahead in this day and age.” —Jimmy Failla
“The university system is the most elaborate and expensive scam of all time. Most people come out of it dumber and less qualified than they were going in. It does not teach any useful skills. You do not need it to succeed in life. It bankrupts millions of young Americans and gives them nothing in return. Maybe we should focus on that problem instead of ‘loan forgiveness.’” —Matt Walsh
“You start messing with our kids — we’ve got problems. What we’ve seen across the country in the last few years has awakened the most powerful political force in ages — mama bears.” —Florida Governor Ron DeSantis addressing Moms for Liberty regarding children being targeted by gender cult predators