United States

Mitch McConnell should be on the short bus, not the Senate floor. His family should be ashamed of themselves. Americans deserve better.

— Gunther Eagleman, MAGA influencer, posting on X about Mitch McConnell's return to the Senate

Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed.

— Finneas O’Connell – said that artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed (in the context of supporting Palestine amid the tour controversy).

If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place.

— Donald Trump, on Truth Social

In all of this, Secretary Hegseth has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as Secretary of Defense,

— Thomas Massie, on the House floor

Our family is the crown jewel of my life!

— Tom Pelphrey; during his Emmy acceptance speech, thanking his wife Kaley Cuoco and acknowledging his family.

The secretive, close relationship between the son of a sitting U.S. President and a member of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s inner circle raises serious national security and public corruption concerns.

— Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., on his investigation into Donald Trump Jr.'s relationship with Umar Kremlev.

I've never heard of her.

— Stephen Colbert, responding to a question about Bari Weiss, CBS's MAGA-coded boss

"It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself, and makes cheating by the Radical Left 'Dumocrats,' on Mail-In Ballots, a much easier thing to do," Trump said.— Trump said in a Truth Social post reacting to the Supreme Court's ruling blocking a USPS mail-in ballot rule.

"We did not want to punish victims of bestiality, victims who were trafficked," Patel told Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin during an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. "We did not want to make it an automatic disqualification for the FBI to consider you if you are a victim of these awful, heinous acts. They still have to go through the same rigorous standards and application process," Patel added.— Kash Patel, FBI Director, during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing

The overall numbers beat the NFL.

— Trump posted on Truth Social after the first night of the GOP convention, claiming the numbers beat the NFL.

When the future of humanity is at stake, we need binding international safety rules, not voluntary industry standards from the industry.

— Bernie Sanders speaking at an AI leaders event in Washington, urging binding international safety rules rather than voluntary industry standards.

Very strange story. Could not be true.

— Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who questioned the airman's account of the Iran rescue operation.

I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.

— Bo French, in a post on X reacting to criticism of his racist tweet about South Asian students at the University of Texas at Austin.

“stop listening to a relative few who tell us that that is for suckers and who get their power from dividing us.”— Vince Gilligan, Writing for a Drama Series winner, during the Emmys telecast; urged Americans to show each other respect and stop listening to a relative few who tell us that that is for suckers and who get their power from dividing us.

We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity.

— Ossoff, told MS NOW that night

"We learned yesterday, to the astonishment and shock of many Americans, that a Russian oligarch bankrolled the wedding of the president’s son with perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars," Blumenthal said.— Sen. Richard Blumenthal during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on FBI operations

I think it would be a great feather in everybody’s cap if that happened. It’s going to happen eventually.

— Donald Trump, during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin, claiming that a united Ireland was inevitable and that he would love to see it.

So the first family has a financial stake in this industry. And as a result, the President of the United States is compromised.

— Jon Ossoff, in an appearance on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, discussing Trump’s ties to the AI industry.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence.

— Macklemore (Benjamin Haggerty), during a MetLife Stadium concert in New Jersey, addressing Gaza

I pray every day that he will change his mind.

— Mohamed Hyali, owner of Tazza Cafe near the Kennedy Center, told the Washington Post.

How do we live in a world where monetising a woman’s body and sexualising women’s sport is still a thing?

— Ariarne Titmus, Australian swimmer, in an Instagram post reacting to the Novig ad.