Braying Jennies

“What bribery scheme? It’s so different every day. I mean, you know, they’re either freakin’ out about ‘Barbie’ or they’re upset about, you know, [Bud Light]. … What is really happening here? I mean, how much punishment does Biden need ‘cause he won and they lost?” —"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg

“When you don’t have a real program as to how you’re gonna help the American people, you want everyone to look in a different direction except at you. And I think that’s what’s happening. … They’re weaponizing Joe Biden’s son against him.” —"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin

“It seems they go after Biden’s kid, but Biden’s kid was not in the administration. Trump’s children were part of the administration. That’s a huge difference.” —"The View" co-host Joy Behar

“They are gonna try to indict a father for loving his son, who has been addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and without evidence of the father doing anything other than loving that son.” —former Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)

Non Compos Mentis

“The facts do not justify the fears that Republicans and their political allies gin up over … trans girls participating in girls’ athletic teams.” —Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY)

“Access to gender-affirming care is essential to the mental health and well-being of trans youth.” —Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)

“Gender-affirming care is safe and effective.” —Mary Gay Scanlon

Hot Air

“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” —UN Secretary-General António Guterres

“How do we move forward as climate change … is taking over every part of our lives almost?” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

“Not a single Republican voted for the Inflation Reduction Act … which provides funding to combat climate change.” —Joe Biden (“True — every Republican opposed raising taxes, hiring 87K new IRS agents, and doing nothing to curb inflation.” —RNC)

The BIG Lie

“Bidenomics is growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up, not the top down. Unemployment remains below 4%. Inflation has fallen by two-thirds. Wages are higher than before the pandemic. And businesses have invested more than half a trillion dollars in clean energy and manufacturing. In short, the president’s economic plan is indeed working.” —Karine Jean-Pierre

Belly Laugh of the Week

“Let me applaud you, Adam Schiff, whose name is synonymous with courage, with patriotism, with restoring the faith of the American people in our government.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Political Futures

“Think of that professional athlete who plays one too many seasons because he just can’t hang up the cleats. Knowing when to call it a career is a really hard decision to make. None of us should want to get to the point when others have to make that decision for us. That may be doubly true for the people who are supposed to represent us and make hugely consequential decisions affecting future generations.” —Nate Jackson

Insight

“The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.” —Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975)

And Last…

“My four-year-old and my two-year-old daughters will not change in front of biological men. This is ridiculous! I don’t care what party you are a part of; if you think that we are all equally the same biologically, you’ve literally lost your mind!” —Congressman Wesley Hunt (R-TX)