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A compilation of quotations on a variety of issues by national, state and regional writers, well-known personalities, just plain everyday people and from various publications collected by the editors of THE ADVANCE.

Quotes for our Times:

Matt Vespa, Senior Editor at Townhall.com: How one Secret Service Agent vented following the cocainegate fiasco at the Biden White House.

We know that DNA evidence was collected and that there was a hit for a potential person of interest. That’s when this thing got smothered with a pillow. So, was there a cover-up? Who am I kidding here? One Secret Service officer was so outraged by this fiasco that he minted unauthorized coins and distributed them regarding cocainegate. It got him suspended in 2023.

Amy Curtis, purveyor of epic Twitter rants and awesome Townhall content by day, gamer, bookworm, and cinephile by night: Schumer Shutdown: John Fetterman blasts his fellow democrats for 'playing chicken' with SNAP benefits.

It appears the Democrats are hoping the optics of a court ordering the Trump administration to fund SNAP in contradiction to federal law will give them an advantage in this fight.

They have spent the past month trying, and failing, to blame Republicans for the Schumer Shutdown after all. Even CNN admitted yesterday that the Schumer Shutdown hasn't hurt Republicans and they've even made gains in their approval ratings. Democrats, on the other hand, are not — they're only up by three points this time around (compared to 11 in Trump's first term).

Byron York, chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner: How John Brennan lied to Congress.

Here's the bottom line, which Republicans have believed for a long time. In the politically supercharged atmosphere of late 2016 and early 2017, the FBI and CIA both knew the dossier was BS. They knew they had no business including it in their assessment of Russia's 2016 activities. But they included it anyway because it told them what they wanted to hear — that Trump had colluded with Russia. And then, under oath before Congress, Brennan lied about it.

Liz Peek, Fox News contributor: How the left's embrace of Mamdani could doom Democrats nationwide.

Yes, the far left will succeed in New York, or California, where Democrats far outnumber Republicans. But of the eight House seats currently held by Republicans that are considered toss-ups by the Cook Political report and that Democrats are targeting, none is in New York or the Golden State.

They are in states like Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona, where voters are probably not too keen on socialism, or antisemitism.

Trey Gowdy, host of FOX News Channel’s 'Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy' and political commentator: China is misjudging Trump on trade. It may soon be very surprised.

The fact that someone seeks peace does not mean he isn’t preparing for a world without it. China would be wise to know that while democracy limits a person’s time in office, it does nothing to deter the speed with which actions can be taken to preserve that democracy.