In their words · Updated August 5, 2026
10 verified quotes on the record, July 24, 2026 to August 5, 2026. Every one is a character-for-character copy from its source; the lens colors mark the outlets and channels that carried the words, never the person.
Posted it themselves Jul 24
“Prices are rising at the grocery store because of post-pandemic general inflation worsened by the loose fiscal policies of the Biden and Trump administrations. The solution is not nationalizing grocery stores - or harassing the food industry with false accusations of”
on inflation causes and rejecting proposed policy solutions
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Posted it themselves Aug 2
“Big Pharma and the medical establishment saved lives during COVID. The anti-vaxers and quack remedy touts sacrificed the lives of those fool enough to trust their nonsense. Latest in @TheAtlantic”
on Big Pharma saving lives during COVID versus anti-vaccine claims
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Posted it themselves Aug 5
“It's a party-line question whether Trump should have to pay his taxes same as anybody else. Democrats say Yes; Republicans say No.”
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Posted it themselves Aug 4
“Republican Party 1866: "No slavery." Republican Party 1986: "No Berlin Wall." Republican Party 2026: "No taxes for Mr. Trump."”
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Posted it themselves Aug 1
“Trump lied to cover up incompetence and (likely) corruption. The lawyers who brought the prosecution at Trump's order knew he was lying. The officials who defended the prosecution knew he was lying.”
on lawyers allegedly pursuing a Trump-ordered prosecution they knew was based on lies
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Posted it themselves Aug 1
“Every lawyer involved in this outrage should be disbarred”
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Posted it themselves Jul 24
“Trump recoils from discovery like a vampire from holy water. Drives home that the Trump settlements with CBS and ABC were surrenders by favor-seeking corporate owners. Fight and win.”
on Trump settling media lawsuits without facing discovery
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Posted it themselves Jul 29
“Added feature: the Canadian park pass is not illustrated with an image of the head of government glowering like a mob boss about to order an execution.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 24
“One of the differences between the new antisemitism and the old is that the old antisemites knew enough Bible to know that Jews and Jewishness existed hundreds of years earlier than the oldest plausible date of the redaction of the Odyssey.”
on historical knowledge differences in antisemitic rhetoric
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Posted it themselves Jul 27
“Stop saying: "Antisemitic hate has no place in our community." Start saying: "Antisemitic hate has tragically gained a large, persistent, and potential deadly place in our community - and we all need to do some deep introspection on how and why it happened."”
on communities acknowledging persistent antisemitic hate authentically
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