“When the president had that out of control press conference if you could call it that, when he was rambling on and on, they were so restrained, they described it as a celebration. No, he was a raving lunatic. You need to use the words, the verbs and correct description so you give the public a feel of how dangerous this guy is. That is not being biased — that is being accurate and revealing the danger this guy poses.”
— Jennifer Rubin, Conservative drops mic on complicit press trying to maintain access to Trump: ‘He’s a raving lunatic … tell it like it is’
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“I think it pleases him to sort of paw at a wounded mouse in front of him because it asserts his sense of control and authority, and he enjoys that to no end.”
— Tim O’Brien, Trump biographer in Washington Post interview, “A Very Stable Genius; Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America (p.299)
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“Look, I’ll support whoever the Democratic nominee is, but understand this: Democrats take a huge risk if we substitute one arrogant billionaire for another.”
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Nevada Democratic debate, Elizabeth Warren Did Not Come To Play
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“The DNC doesn’t want you to know it, but Bernie won Iowa. And his campaign won by organizing immigrants, refugees, and people who work late shifts. His campaign did it by investing heavily in satellite caucuses and canvassing people in multiple languages to turn them out. His campaign did it by assigning organizers to post up outside of factory gates as workers got off shifts in the middle of the night, and by sending volunteers to their homes to confirm their participation. His campaign did it by organizing the working class.”
— Megan Day, Bernie Won Iowa
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“If he can’t handle a simple question from one of his own supporters, how can Joe Biden possibly take on Donald Trump one on one for six months?”
— Donald Trump Jr, Biden calls voter a ‘lying dog-faced pony soldier’
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“If there is one way for the Democrats to bungle this battle for democracy, Bloomberg is it.”
— Laura Flanders, Democracy vs. Dictatorship: Don’t Let Bloomberg Muddy That Choice
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“The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, ‘You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.”
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“You can serve honorably or you can serve Trump, but it is impossible to do both.”
— Mobster At Work: Vindman Escorted From White House For Telling the Sordid Truth
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“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”
— Aesop
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“The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.”
— Thomas Paine