Notable Quotes

“Say What?!”

The existence of evil in our world is not a reason to disarm law-abiding citizens — the existence of evil is one of the very best reasons to arm lawabiding citizens.

- Donald Trump at the National Rifle Association conference in Houston

I discussed it with Hillary, “Hey, you know, we have this, and we want to share it with a reporter.” She agreed to that.

- Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager, testifying at a trial last week that she approved of sharing a bogus story about Trump and Russia with the media

Twitter has a policy against misinformation… It includes a prohibition against “misleading” media that is “likely to result in widespread confusion on public issues.” I’m not a fan of throwing people off Twitter, but how can knowingly launching thousands of bogus news stories across a period of years, leading millions of people to believe lies and expect news that never arrived, not qualify as causing “widespread confusion on public issues”?

– Matt Taibbi, Substack This is actually a good thing. It has been raining money on fools for too long. Some bankruptcies need to happen. Also, all the Covid stay-athome stuff has tricked people into thinking that you don’t actually need to work hard. Rude awakening inbound!

– Elon Musk talking about forecasts of a recession

You have the wrong holiday @GeorgeGascon. Veterans Day is in November. This weekend we honor those who didn’t make it home. It’s not hard. Neither is recognizing the difference between felonies and misdemeanors.

- Congressman Mike Garcia (R-CA) responding to liberal LA District Attorney George Gascon who sent out a tweet on Memorial Day thanking all those who served the country

Over the years, I complained to my kids a number of times about how $4.80 kept me from having my diploma.

- Ted Sams, 78, of California, who was not granted his high school diploma in 1962 because he owed money to the library for a lost book, upon finally being granted his diploma this week along with the 2022 San Gabriel High School graduating class

I try to be a support for Joe, because I don’t know how many people are saying to him, “That was great. That was brilliant.” I try to be that person for him.

- First Lady Jill Biden in a recent interview

I think I was wrong then about the path that inflation would take.

- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on CNN acknowledging that she was wrong to downplay inflation concerns last year

We will never be able to change what happened to victims like Elizabeth but at the very least can set the record straight.

- Massachusetts state Sen. Diana DiZogli after the state pardoned Elizabeth Johnson Jr., who was killed in 1683 for allegedly engaging in witchcraft

Think of the Earth; people are destroying the Earth. Think about it, artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this.

- A French man who tried to smash the glass protecting the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, before smearing cake across its glass covering

I don’t think it should have been prosecuted. There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI.

- One of the jurors to the media, after a Washington, D.C., found Hillary Clinton’s lawyer not guilty of lying to the FBI

Many say that Putin and I are both killers. I’ve long told you Filipinos that I really kill. But I kill criminals; I don’t kill children and the elderly. We’re in two different worlds.

- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte criticizing Putin in a televised weekly meeting with key cabinet officials

As we grieve the children of Uvalde today, we should take time to recognize that two years have passed since the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer. His killing stays with us all to this day, especially those who loved him.

– Tweet by former President Barack Obama, urging people not to forget about George Floyd on the very day that 19 children and their two teachers were slaughtered in the Uvalde Elementary School

No amount of bloodshed seems to be enough for MAGA Republicans.

- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer not even waiting one day before politicizing the Uvalde massacre and impugning tens of millions of Americans To put out a good newspaper, they have to do what I do, and that is, do everything myself with only a handful of [freelancers], and work seven days a week and never take time off.

- Lee Zion, owner of the Lafayette Nicollet Ledger in Nicollet County, Minnesota, who is giving away his weekly newspaper so he can go to Ukraine to serve in the struggle against Russia, talking about what the person taking over will need to do