OF THE MOMENT
A collection of voices, tweets and posts from the week.
TWEETS OF THE WEEK
Brian Stelter
@brianstelter (CNN)
“Think about what we just witnessed. That spacecraft traveled 300 million miles. It hit the top of the atmosphere of the Martian atmosphere at 12,000 miles per hour, went through that seven minutes of terror, and it did that all automatically...”
Doug Ducey
@dougducey
A little piece of Arizona is landing on Mars! Congrats to @GDMS and @ASU for their work on this mission.
Neil G Giuliano
@NeilGGiuliano
Cancun Cruz; past time for TX to Quit Cruz. Then Cancun Cruz will have a lot of time to Cruise Cancun. For real. #cancuncruz2cruisecancun
Jason Rose PR
@jasonrosepr
HEARD FROM A TOP #ARIZONA DEMOCRAT INSIDER: No way Greg Stanton can beat @katiehobbs in a 2022 primary for Governor. May be true and prophetic but important to note that @gregstantonaz has yet to lose in his diverse set of races
THEY SAID IT
“It’s lies all the way down. Trump won the election; Antifa attacked the Capitol; environmentalists somehow caused the Texas power grid disaster. Oh, and Trump Jr. is now blaming the “Democrat governor” (of Texas), who happens to be a very right-wing Republican”
— Paul Krugman
New York Times
“This country is so generous, and they are so welcoming. I do not see the racism in white people. I hang out with rednecks. I feel like liberal media has been pushing a strong image about America. I am more welcome here in the U.S. than in my own country.”
— Binh Vo
VIetnamese immigrant, to City Journal
“Biden is insisting that schools must reopen soon—and also that the only way for them to reopen is to authorize more than $120 billion in spending, most of which wouldn’t roll out for years. It doesn’t make much sense.”
— Matt Welch
Reason Magazine