Lack of Self-Awareness Award
“There’s so much mis- and disinformation out there. There’s so much noise.” —California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a consummate purveyor of mis- and disinformation now promoting himself as a fact-checker
Yellow Journalism
“Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a setback for transgender rights.” —Associated Press headline (If by “gender-affirming” they mean “gender mutilation,” then yes.)
“Killings in Arizona and Minnesota shine light on the crisis of Christian extremist violence.” —headline of MSNBC opinion blogger Ja’han Jones
Weird Flex
“Democrats are very orderly. They’re almost too orderly for fascism.” —former MSNBC host Joy Reid
Non Compos Mentis
“I’m not happy that the Iranian government would treat women differently or disrespectfully. I’m also not happy about the disrespectful nature of how American women are treated here. … We don’t have moral high ground.” —former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner
A Broken Clock Is Right Twice a Day
“We should ban cellphones in every K-12 classroom in America.” —Democrat Sen. Elissa Slotkin
Upright
“When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too.” —Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the SCOTUS decision on universal injunctions
“We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself. We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary.” —Amy Coney Barrett
Bad Day to Be a Mullah
“As postbellum realities now simmer in Iran, the theocracy is left explaining the inexplicable to its humiliated military and shocked but soon-to-be-furious populace. All the regime’s blood-curdling rhetoric, apocalyptic threats against Israel, goose-stepping thugs, and shiny new missiles ended in less than nothing.” —Victor Davis Hanson
Peace Through Strength
“Trump understands that a superpower doesn’t act terrified when threatened. Others should be terrified of us.” —David Harsanyi
Belly Laugh of the Day
“The strikes were a stunning success, not only from a military perspective but also in the context of Trump’s unyielding commitment to female empowerment and inclusive equity. Despite the fact that women are notoriously inept behind the wheel of an automobile, Trump didn’t think twice about trusting a female B-2 pilot to carry out the daring strike and deliver a crippling blow to one of the most toxically masculine regimes on Earth.” —Washington Free Beacon humorist Andrew Stiles
For the Record
“We’ve had 46 years of the Iranians destabilizing the region, killing Americans. We’ve had 46 years of their proxies holding terror against Israel, against Iraq, against the people of the Middle East. So, no, they don’t want peace.” —former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
“After decades of debate … the United States has devastated the illicit nuclear weapons program of a terrorist regime that chants ‘death to America’ on a daily basis — without a single American casualty … and with a quick post-strike ceasefire to boot.” —Josh Hammer
“Leftists enjoy a simpatico relationship with Islamic jihadists, so killing them angers those who are part of the unholy Red-Green alliance…just look at who is supporting Hamas on our streets.” —Allen West
Political Futures
“Net-zero carbon emissions are a pipe dream that politicians have used to exert greater social and economic controls. It is simply a ruse to deceive people into believing that eschewing fossil fuels in the name of saving the planet is a moral good.” —Thomas Gallatin
“One thing has become clear: The young revolutionaries of the Democratic Party are ready to take control of their party’s future. And there’s hardly anyone left to stop them.” —Ben Shapiro
