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1Oct 10, '25Ron DeSantis on property taxes: "If I go to Best Buy and buy a TV, I pay a sales tax—but I don’t keep paying taxes on it year after year!"41.2×8M121k14k4.3k
2Feb 28, '25The internet never forgets.31.8×6.2M67k14k6k
3Sep 26, '25Jim Carrey on Trump: "We have a president who started out when the country was together and we had a wonderful leader, and he is tearing us limb from limb. Destroying every institu29.7×5.8M91k8.8k5.2k
4Feb 26, '25Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: "Elon Musk is not a scientist, he is not an engineer. He is a billionaire con man with a lot of money."28.1×5.5M39k5.5k1.8k
5Mar 22, '25Rosie O'Donnell: "I question why the first time in American history a President has won every swing state…and his largest donor is a man who owns and runs the internet."27.2×5.3M75k10k3.8k
6Mar 15, '25Bill Maher gets caught off guard by Batya Ungar-Sargon's answer about the Trump tariffs.26.6×5.2M41k7.2k8.9k
7Oct 13, '25Chicago resident: "If you're here illegally, you gotta go! Plain and simple." Don Lemon: "So do you want the president to go?" Resident: "He's not here illegal! … He's the best pre25.5×5M86k11k2.5k
8Nov 11, '25Watters: "You weren't ever on Jeffrey Epstein's jet, were you?" RFK Jr.: "I was on Jeffrey Epstein's jet two times… in 1993... with my family... but otherwise I was never on his je23.7×4.6M58k3.3k2.1k
9Mar 13, '25Hollywood actor Anthony Mackie: "For the past 20 years, we’ve been living through the death of the American male, they’ve killed masculinity in our communities…"18.4×3.6M74k8.9k9k
10Oct 12, '25Matt Walsh: "It’s a greater crime in the US to say the N word to a black person than to k*ll a white person."17.2×3.4M55k5.9k2.1k
11Mar 2, '25View post on X16.3×3.2M45k8.7k4.9k
12Aug 15, '25Jennings: "The man has solved 6 or 7 conflicts this year." Sellers: "Which 6 or 7?" Jennings: "We just did the Azerbaijan we did Rwanda, we did Israel-Iran." Sellers: "Israel-Iran?15.3×3M39k4.1k1.6k
13May 18, '25Howie Mandel: “They never said you won't get COVID” RFK Jr: “I saw a tape yesterday of them all saying it...Can I play it for you?”15×2.9M62k7.4k2.9k
14Mar 15, '25Bill Maher tries to get his guest to admit she regrets supporting Trump. Doesn't go as planned.12.4×2.4M51k6k6k
15Jul 10, '25Watters: "You weren't ever on Jeffrey Epstein's jet, were you?" RFK Jr.: "I was on Jeffrey Epstein's jet two times… in 1993... with my family... but otherwise I was never on his je12×2.3M51k7.6k1.2k
16Jun 16, '25Prime Minister of Italy: “From now on, if you enter Italy illegally, you will be immediately deported"11.1×2.2M174k26k2.8k
17Jun 2, '25Tom Homan on why the Biden administration housed illegal immigrants in hotels instead of ICE detention facilities: "No one ever talks about it, I'll talk about it."10.9×2.1M82k23k8.9k
18Oct 13, '25Jillian Michaels: "You've got scumbag, I'm sorry, like Gavin Newsom acting like he is some sort of hero doing this to these [ICE agents], putting their lives at risk… despite the f10.2×2M72k8.3k944
19Sep 29, '25Adam Carolla on LeBron James: "If you had a daughter, and she's about to have a steak knife plunged into her gut… would you be happy if the cop shot the person? If the answer is ye9.7×1.9M41k3.9k1.5k
20Sep 22, '25Prime Minister of Italy: "From now on, if you enter Italy illegally, you will be immediately deported!"8.9×1.7M159k21k2.3k
21Mar 7, '25That pretty much sums up today's generation.8.7×1.7M68k7.9k9.6k
22Sep 17, '25Sen. John Fetterman: "People seem to have forgotten that the president took a sh*t to the head. Can you imagine if that sh*t would have gone the way Charlie Kirk's went? And what k8.3×1.6M56k5.7k1.2k
23Sep 18, '25Charles Barkley: "I do not under any circumstances, zero, think that men should play sports against women. I’m done. I don’t wanna hear you try to explain it to me."8.0×1.6M132k14k2.7k
24Mar 22, '2520 years in prison for vandalizing a Tesla. At 24-years-old.7.6×1.5M50k9.7k943
25May 14, '25No further comment.7.5×1.5M49k15k3.1k
26Mar 14, '25CNN Panelist: "So you're gonna go ahead and support a billionaire, but not support the American worker?" Scott Jennings: "Who do you think makes Teslas? American workers!"7.5×1.5M62k8.8k1.2k
27Nov 11, '25Ana Navarro: "I know a lot of Republicans. I know a lot of Democrats. They're cut from different cloths. Democrats simply don't have the cold-heartedness necessary to see people su7.2×1.4M40k4.1k1.1k
28Apr 15, '25Alan Dershowitz says the quiet part out loud regarding the Karmelo Anthony case: "If the racial factors were reversed, if a white man had killed an unarmed black man, everybody wou6.9×1.4M46k8.5k850
29Mar 22, '25"I just found out I'm being oppressed. I saw it on CNN, a white lady said it... Nobody knows blacks struggle like white women. And I thought I was having a good life until I got ba6.8×1.3M39k5.8k2.5k
30Jun 5, '25Ronald Reagan: "When Mr. Carter became president, inflation was 4.8%. It is now running at 12.7% — We don't have inflation because the people are living too well. We have inflation6.5×1.3M53k10k1.3k
31Mar 20, '25Scott Jennings snaps at anti-Elon Democrat: "Let me educate you. I'm sorry you're a condescending person who hasn't been paying attention."6.4×1.3M53k8.8k2.2k
32Oct 27, '25"I just found out I'm being oppressed. I saw it on CNN, a white lady said it... Nobody knows blacks struggle like white women. And I thought I was having a good life until I got ba6.3×1.2M52k6.3k3.6k
33Mar 28, '25Linda McMahon: "Student loans used to be in the private sector. It was President Obama that brought it in and put it into the Department of Education, which is not a bank."6.3×1.2M42k9.8k1.5k
34May 26, '25Elon Musk: "They basically want to kill me because I'm stopping their fraud. And they want to hurt Tesla because we're stopping this terrible waste and corruption in the government5.7×1.1M53k11k1.2k
35Jun 3, '25Peter Doocy raises questions why Biden's signature only appears on one pardon paperwork, which is his son's, Hunter.5.5×1.1M61k12k3k
36Oct 18, '25Jessica Tarlov: "Donald Trump says, 'I’m not a king.' We get it, you’re not a king. You wish you were a king and you’re running this administration..." Jesse Watters: "I celebrate 5.5×1.1M38k3k469
37Apr 16, '25El Salvador President Bukele: They are worried about the human rights of the k*llers. What about the human rights of the women who don't want to be r*ped? Or the kids who want to s5.3×1M69k15k1.3k
38Aug 8, '25Brad Todd: "In fact, we know the 2020 census, the errors were almost always to the detriment of red states." CNN host: "Do we know that?" Todd: "We do know that. The Census Bureau'5.2×1M42k9.9k2.1k
39Oct 30, '25Ron DeSantis: "As governor of Florida, I get this great cheat code. All I gotta do is look to New York, Illinois, California, and then do the opposite."5.2×1M64k5.8k1.1k
40Sep 1, '25Ronald Reagan: "When Mr. Carter became president, inflation was 4.8%. It is now running at 12.7% — We don't have inflation because the people are living too well. We have inflation5.0×969k47k8.7k1k
41Jul 9, '25Karoline Leavitt went off on Stacey Abrams: "I can't believe I heard stupid Stacey Abrams say that deportations k*ll democracy. Newsflash Stacey, wide open borders k*lls democracy.4.9×964k40k6.4k429
42Jun 30, '25Honoring 95 years of wisdom. Happy Birthday Mr. Sowell.4.9×964k42k6.7k387
43Feb 21, '25"Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook." — Harry Truman4.8×942k66k17k1.5k
44Jun 7, '25Chuck Schumer in 1996: "The number one reason people come to the US illegally is to defraud systems like social security and I want to stop it"4.5×876k50k19k5.9k
45Mar 20, '25Hugh Hewitt takes off the gloves against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: "If you're a sanctuary city and you're not cooperating with the law of the United States, we're not sending you f4.2×827k49k9.4k442
46Sep 1, '25Dan Bongino: "If you are a corrupt politician... we're going to find you. I don't have any friends, I don't want any friends. I didn't come here for money."4.1×799k66k12k980
47Dec 29, '24“One of the reasons it has taken so long for some people to finally see through Barack Obama is that people do not like to admit, even to themselves, that they have been played for4.0×790k39k9.8k993
48Jun 11, '20Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible f3.7×0105k36k1.5k
49Nov 4, '24One of the reasons it has taken so long for some people to finally see through Barack Obama is that people do not like to admit, even to themselves, that they have been played for 3.2×618k40k9.2k1.1k
50Nov 9, '25Jon Voight: "I'm here to tell you about Elon Musk. A man of dignity, a man of truth, a man of honor, who has done a lot for this country and the people of this USA. He's a kind sou2.8×542k47k7.1k787
51Dec 27, '24Accurate.2.6×512k39k7k602
52Aug 30, '25Stephen Miller: "You won't get an ounce of sympathy from this administration."2.4×464k50k13k2.6k
53Oct 15, '25RFK Jr: "I don't think we'd have free speech in this country if it wasn't for Elon Musk."2.3×446k62k6.1k865
54Dec 28, '20Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible f2.2×073k18k764
55Jan 13, '21It is amazing how many people seem to have discovered last Wednesday that riots are wrong — when many of those same people apparently had not noticed that when riots went on, for w2.2×071k19k394
56Mar 28, '21We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.1.9×065k15k607
57Jul 24, '25Scott Jennings on Columbia University: "You don't pay $200 million to just 'make something go away.' You pay $200 million because, you know, you got caught red-handed."1.9×365k41k7.3k584
58Mar 18, '22Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has if you count the tail as a leg. When they answered “five,” Lincoln told them that the answer was four. The fact that 1.8×061k13k1k
59May 23, '22Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible f1.7×057k13k491
60Jun 3, '20Racism is not dead. But it is on life-support, kept alive mainly by the people who use it for an excuse or to keep minority communities fearful or resentful enough to turn out as a1.7×051k16k604
61May 1, '22Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, "social justice."1.6×056k12k618
62Sep 24, '21I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.1.6×055k12k573
63Jul 7, '20Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has if you count the tail as a leg. When they answered “five,” Lincoln told them that the answer was four. The fact that 1.5×049k14k696
64May 7, '22I cannot understand people who say that minorities should be represented everywhere and yet are upset when there are blacks represented in the conservative movement.1.5×059k8.6k243
65Jul 5, '20Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, “social justice."1.5×046k14k556
66Jan 15, '21How can anyone read history and still trust politicians?1.5×054k10k196
67Aug 31, '21One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.1.5×048k13k812
68Jan 14, '21One of the most dangerous trends of our times is making the truth socially unacceptable, or even illegal, with "hate speech" laws.1.5×047k13k320
69Apr 19, '25President Bukele: "In El Salvador we have prioritized the security of our honest citizens, over the comfort of criminals."1.5×285k38k7.4k568
70Aug 8, '19Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has if you count the tail as a leg. When they answered “five,” Lincoln told them that the answer was four. The fact that 1.4×044k13k543
71May 22, '22No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems—of which getting ele1.4×044k11k480
72May 4, '22Planned Parenthood was founded not simply as an organization for limiting the size of families in general but more particularly to reduce the reproduction of the black population i1.4×042k12k484
73Aug 27, '19I have never understood why it is “greed” to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.1.4×041k13k273
74May 6, '22One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest rea1.3×048k9.3k332
75Sep 3, '20We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.1.3×041k12k411
76Jul 1, '20We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.1.3×040k12k485
77Mar 10, '21I am so old that I can remember when other people's achievements were considered to be an inspiration, rather than a grievance.1.3×048k8.4k240
78Aug 20, '20Barack Obama's political genius is his ability to say things that will sound good to people who have not followed the issues in any detail — regardless of how obviously fraudulent 1.3×038k12k459
79Jul 17, '20Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. I1.2×036k13k415
80Jun 22, '20Historians of the future will have a hard time figuring out how so many organized groups of strident jackasses succeeded in leading us around by the nose and morally intimidating t1.2×038k11k337
81Feb 18, '22Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, "social justice."1.2×041k10k513
82Jul 7, '21No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems—of which getting ele1.2×037k11k496
83Jul 17, '20Too many people in the media cannot seem to tell the difference between reporting the news and creating propaganda.1.2×039k9.9k151
84Mar 30, '22Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. I1.1×037k9.8k347
85Jun 29, '20It is self-destructive for any society to create a situation where a baby who is born into the world today automatically has pre-existing grievances against another baby born at th1.1×036k10k533
86Sep 14, '20Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabr1.1×034k10k709
87Nov 27, '21Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible f1.1×036k9.7k593
88Oct 10, '20How can anyone read history and still trust politicians?1.1×040k8.3k169
89Nov 12, '22Since blacks and whites both have to show photo I.D. for everything from cashing checks to getting on a plane, why has requiring a photo I.D. for voting caused such shrill outcries1.1×041k6.6k207
90Jul 18, '20Sometimes it seems as if I have spent the first half of my life refusing to let white people define me and the second half refusing to let black people define me.1.1×039k8.1k206
91Jan 6, '21Some Americans will never appreciate America, until after they have helped destroy it, and have then begun to suffer the consequences.1.1×034k9.3k308
92May 8, '22Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabr1.1×036k7.8k638
93Nov 8, '22One of the bittersweet things about growing old is realizing how mistaken you were when you were young. As a young political leftist, I saw the left as the voice of the common man.1.1×038k7.4k272
94Feb 3, '22How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on, and stop getting swept away by rhetoric?1.1×037k8k204
95Dec 13, '21People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.1.1×042k5.4k291
96May 3, '22Why is it that so many people who are "pro-choice" when it comes to abortion are against choice when it comes to letting parents choose where their children go to school?1.0×038k6.3k138
97Nov 5, '21Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial.1.0×037k7.2k162
98Apr 29, '22If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 301.0×036k7.4k392
99Nov 16, '20There is no question that Barack Obama is a clever and glib fellow. There is also no question that some of the most foolish, dangerous and horrific things done around the world in 1.0×034k6.9k244
100Oct 5, '20People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.0.9×034k5.7k199
101Oct 4“Nobody is equal to anybody. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.” — Thomas Sowell0.3×54k1.5k21079

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