Quotes and Links

A week in review.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) questions Attorney General Merrick Garland about his knowledge of federal law enforcement activities during Jan. 6.

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• “They’re very action-oriented. This is where mirroring is very important and listening to actions…sometimes kids between the age of 1-2 with beginning language will say ‘I, boy!’ when you say ‘girl’…that’s a gender message.” — Dr. Diana Ehrensaft, a renowned “expert” who co-authored the American Psychological Association’s guidance on the “Gender Affirmative Model.” She claims that 1-2 year olds send gender messages by doing such things as removing barrettes out of their hair and sobbing or unsnapping onesies.

• “Other than this one key fact that the rape described actually was a fabrication of this woman, the rest of the story was bulletproof.” — Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, on the fake University of Virginia rape story from 2014, “A Rape on Campus.” Both the magazine and the journalist who wrote the article were twice found guilty of defamation after an investigation revealed numerous flaws in the story—like the fact that it was based on a lie.

• “My feeling is that we should open [the border]. Let everybody pour in, but then there will be all these problems. Yes, there should be. It shouldn’t be so great here in America.” — Comedian Louis C.K. I believe it was James Burnham who once called liberalism the ideology of Western suicide.

• “Scholars warn outdated Constitution has put democracy at risk.” — A chyron from CNN.

• “Yeah, get your fifth booster, Keith.” — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers to Keith Olbermann, in response to Olbermann saying that Rodgers tore his achilles because he was unvaccinated.

• “Something really bad is going to happen. Shit’s about to hit the fan in this country.” — MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, who once again saw it fit to scare her viewers by issuing another dire warning about Donald Trump and his “MAGA extremist followers.” Gotta keep those audience numbers up somehow.

• “I didn’t say anything…my silence was very, very telling.” — Jacksonville, Florida Sheriff T.K. Waters (who is black), regarding a phone call from Joe Biden during which the president said that white supremacy is the most dangerous domestic threat in the U.S.

• “The ability to make money is not a default assumption of the free market but a privilege extended by the regime.” — The Blaze’s Auron MacIntyre, on YouTube demonetizing Russell Brand. Neither rapper Tory Lanez, who shot a woman in the feet while yelling “dance, bitch!” and was convicted in court and jailed for ten years, nor R. Kelly have had their YouTube channels demonetized.

• “Yes, I can see NO WAY in which governments taking the position that ‘you are accused of something unproven & therefore companies should no longer pay you for your speech’ could go wrong.” — The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s Greg Lukianoff.

• “We’re significantly expanding legal pathways to entry so businesses can get workers they need. I’ve also directed my team to make historic increases in the number of refugees from Latin America.” — President Biden, all but admitting that his administration is sponsoring an invasion.

• “Guys, fingerprints on a weapon is indirect evidence. So is DNA evidence at a crime scene.” — Podcaster Ben Shapiro, regarding the mainstream media’s insistence on claiming there’s “no direct evidence” tying Biden to wrongdoing.

• “Roth would have you believe that the Twitter Files was a 4chan-style harassment campaign against him personally, instead of a journalistic revelation that helped create the evidentiary basis of what may become one of the most consequential free speech cases in US history.” — Independent journalist Leighton Woodhouse. Roth, the former head of trust and safety at Twitter, had a particularly obnoxious and disingenuous New York Times op-ed published this week in which he once again cried wolf about being “targeted” by Elon Musk while completely whitewashing the fact that he engaged in government censorship.

• “Austria-Hungary in 1916 produced 18 times, tsarist Russia 80 times and imperial Germany 129 times as many artillery shells as the entire EU can produce in 2023 (650,000). Even after completing a planned 500% increase by 2028 the US will only be at 1/12th of peak Habsburg output.” — Cornell history professor Nicholas Mulder, on the scale of de-industrialization in the West.

• “Immigration restrictions are affirmative action for natives.” — The Cato Institute’s Alex Nowrasteh.

• “Russell Brand’s wonderland: the online soapbox where the star pushes his ‘free speech.’” — A headline from the Guardian. Note the scare quotes around “free speech.”

• “History is written by the victors. Well, yes, but not if your enemies are still alive and have a lot of time on their hands to edit Wikipedia.” — Elon Musk.

• “If you’re going to leave your country, go somewhere else.” — New York Governor Kathy Hochul on NYC’s migrant crisis.

• “Everyone ages 6 months and older should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine.” — The CDC.

• “Isn’t that a wonderful coincidence? On a misdemeanor! Meanwhile you’re sending grandmas to prison! You’re putting people away for 20 years for merely filming, some people weren’t even there! Yet you’ve got the guy on video who is saying go into the Capitol, he’s directing people to the Capitol before the speech ends, he’s at the site of the first breach, you’ve got all the goods on him, ten videos, and it’s an indictment for a misdemeanor?!” — Rep. Thomas Massie to Attorney General Merrick Garland, regarding Ray Epps — who is so obviously a Fed it’s comical — being charged with a single misdemeanor for disorderly conduct. Not only did Epps encourage people to go into the Capitol both the night before and on Jan. 6, he was one of the first to breach exterior lines, interfered with security, and remained on restricted grounds for more than an hour. Based on allegations, he should face multiple felony counts including obstruction of an official proceeding. Meanwhile, it was revealed Wednesday that the FBI had so many paid informants at the Capitol on Jan. 6 that it lost track of the number and had to perform a later audit.

• “Democrats need little from the front-runner beyond his corporeal presence.” — The Atlantic’s Alex Wagner, in an article titled “Stay Alive, Joe Biden.”

• “Five of America’s top law firms operate diversity programs that exclude white applicants or explicitly favor minorities.” — The Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium.

• “But we have an opportunity here to ensure these particular weapons of war do not become an established part of warfare.” — Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, regarding free speech. Ardern recently joined the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, which is one of the organizations Matt Taibbi identified as being part of the Censorship Industrial Complex.

• “Why can’t we close the borders of Chicago?” — A Chicago resident at a recent community event with alderman Ronnie Mosley on the migrant crisis in the 21st Ward.

• “My favorite thing about Biden is: anytime Biden finishes a speech, he transforms into a Roomba.” — Comedian Shane Gillis.

• A New Yorker piece on how comedian Hasan Minhaj has built a career based on lies revolving around his treatment as a minority.

• “How the Shitlibs Won,” from Compact.

• Tereza Corragio from Third Paradigm dives into the smear campaign against Russell Brand.

• A New York Times article on how the Department of Health and Human Services is funneling kids from border detention camps to sponsor families that put them to work in slaughterhouses.

• “Blowing the COVID Cover-up Wide Open,” from Tablet.

• “The Man Amazon Erased,” also from Tablet.

• A Huffington Post article about a senior couple that hacked the lottery.

• A story from Vanity Fair on the sinking of the “El Faro,” the worst U.S. maritime disaster in decades.

• “The Good News They Won’t Tell You About Race in America,” by Wilfred Reilly.