QOTD -- Choice Cuts

“I think Donald Trump has finally gotten his comeuppance.  Right now, he is a grounded vessel, trapped by covid-19, by the social justice movement, by the Supreme Court saying he circumvented the law, and by Bolton saying that he’s an idiot — and maybe a treasonous one. It’s a plague of locusts around Trump.  They’re piling up and starting to break his spine.”  -- Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, on the developments of the past week.

“Moments of upheaval can change you, shift the trajectory of your life, and mold your character. The President’s comments and actions surrounding racial injustice and Black Americans cut sharply against my core values and convictions.  I must follow the dictates of my conscience and resign as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs.” -- Mary Elizabeth Taylor, one of the highest ranking African-Americans in the Trump regime, in resigning on Thursday. (What blinded you up until this point, Ms. Taylor?)

"John Bolton is a weasel for not telling the truth about President Trump when it might have mattered — at least, theoretically. In practice, however, Bolton’s coming clean wouldn’t have mattered at all, since Bolton’s fellow weasels — Republican senators — were never going to remove the Head Weasel from office. That was always going to be our job." -- Eugene Robinson, in today's Washington Post.