'Our nation is breaking apart. Americans spend their time hating their neighbors. The politicians focus on election instead of policy.'

'When asked about the men falling from the sky trying to escape the Taliban, Biden claimed it was four days earlier.'

'Everyone prides themselves on their individual thought when really their thoughts are not individual but based on tribal consent.'

'What we have is theater, increasingly of the absurd, by the federal government in a vain effort to distract us from its incompetence.'

'The media is desperate to turn our athletes into real-life heroes with hagiographic profiles amplified by NBC's programming decisions.'

'Between media monomania and government irresponsibility and hubris, a lot of people don't know what to think.'

'Democracy's last stand is not actually about accountability for Jan. 6, a commission and a need to push back against Trump voters.'

'Key watched the British bombard Fort McHenry and, as the sun rose, he saw the American flag still flying over the fort.'

'It's better to have another Kamala Harris-fueled PR disaster than have people focus on the impotence of the Biden presidency.'

'Observing some of the commentary online and engaged with a number of friends, one might think the communists just took over the Baptists.'