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State Of The Union
Katie Britt Falsely Blamed Biden for Decades-Old Sex-Trafficking Crimes The senator made up false context for the lurid anecdote she told in her speech. The victim whose story Britt used is now criticizing her as well.
What Pundits Are Saying About Biden’s State of the Union (and Britt’s Response) A running review of the commentary and reactions to Joe Biden’s big-energy address and Katie Britt’s big weird response.
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Mar. 10, 2024
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Mar. 8, 2024
Trump Responds to State of the Union With Truth Social Crash, Snapchat Filters He promised a “play-by-play” response to Biden’s State of the Union. He delivered Truth Social outages and a video of Biden with a hat and pigtails.
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Mar. 8, 2024
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Mar. 8, 2024
Yes, Trump Said ‘Get Over It’ After a School Shooting Joe Biden inserted the word “just” during his speech, but the callous Trump quote he cited in the State of the Union was mostly accurate.
early and often
Mar. 8, 2024
Katie Britt’s America Sounds Scary, But Not As Scary As Katie Britt State of the Union responses are hard, but the Alabama senator’s reply to Biden was both lurid and banal in content and downright weird in delivery.
the national interest
Mar. 8, 2024
early and often
Mar. 7, 2024
Biden’s State of the Union Address: Right in Trump’s Face! In an aggressive speech that defended his record while blasting the opposition, Biden was anything other than a grandfatherly old man.
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Mar. 23, 2023
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Feb. 10, 2023
Joe Biden Is a Mediocre Liberal But he’s proved to be a successful president anyway.
early and often
Feb. 8, 2023
The GOP’s Heckles Were a Gift to Biden’s Reelection Campaign Republicans aired a primetime advertisement for their own extremity.
The Hecklers Have Won: The Polite State of the Union Is Dead Marjorie Taylor Greene and other vocal Biden detractors turned it into something like a rowdy parliamentary session. Expect that to continue.
Rubio Is Too Busy to COVID Test for State of the Union Also, he thinks being asked to take basic COVID precautions before sitting in a room with basically the entire U.S. government is “Marxist.”
the inside game
Sept. 24, 2021
This Trump-Backing Congressman Has a History With the Bidens Jill Biden brought future GOP congressman Brian Mast to the State of the Union in 2011. Things are less friendly now.
Barack Obama Haunts President Trump’s Attempts to Win Black Votes Trump wants to peel off some black voters in 2020. But a major animating force in his presidency is a rejection of his still popular predecessor.
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Feb. 5, 2020
Trump Awards Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh at State of the Union The day after the right-wing radio host announced he had stage-four lung cancer, Trump bestowed Limbaugh with the highest possible civilian honor.
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Feb. 5, 2020
President Trump Turned the State of the Union Into a Reality Show Like many aspects of his presidency, Trump turned the SOTU into a TV event — awarding medals, reuniting families, and parading around service members.
Nancy Pelosi Destroys Trump’s State of the Union Speech (Literally) Enjoy this incredibly satisfying video of her ripping it into pieces.
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Feb. 4, 2020
Highlights From Trump’s 2020 State of the Union Breakout moments from Trump’s fourth report to the nation — including some conflict between POTUS and Pelosi, and a surprise award for Rush Limbaugh.
The Democratic Congresswomen Are Wearing White As an Act of Resistance For the second year in the row, they’re making a sartorial statement at the State of the Union.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Boycotting the State of the Union Along with Ayanna Pressley, Maxine Waters, and several other lawmakers.
abortion rights
Feb. 6, 2019
Whose ‘Womb’ Is This Anyway? Donald Trump speaks about abortion as though women have nothing to do with it.
reading the signs
Feb. 6, 2019
Last Night, D.C. Got a New Power Uniform Finally, a visual shorthand for women in politics.
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Feb. 6, 2019
Stacey Abrams Was the Perfect Antidote to Trump Her State of the Union response was emotional and personal.
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Feb. 5, 2019
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Feb. 5, 2019
The Guests to Look Out for at the State of the Union Trump’s former housekeepers, migrant families who were separated at the border, and more.
AOC Will Stand With Sexual-Assault Survivors at the State of the Union She’s bringing an activist who confronted Senator Jeff Flake about Kavanaugh as her guest.
the national circus
Jan. 17, 2019
With State of the Union Disinvitation, Pelosi Outmaneuvers Trump Once Again Pelosi knows how to push the levers of government, and how to push Trump’s buttons. It’s an unbeatable combination.
state of the union
Sept. 30, 2018
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Feb. 3, 2018
Donald Trump Breaks Record for Agonizingly Slow Talking He delivered the slowest State of the Union speech in at least half a century.
Donald Trump Still Can’t Count He said this year’s State of the Union was the most-watched in history (it was not).
last night on late night
Feb. 1, 2018
Laura Benanti’s Melania Trump Drops by Late Show Post–State of the Union She’d rather talk to Stephen Colbert about her new perfume, “Ocean of Loneliness.”
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Says America Would Be Better If Nancy Pelosi Smiled More The Press Secretary was not pleased with the House Minority Leader’s sour expression during the State of the Union.
russia probe
Jan. 31, 2018
Trump Overheard Saying He’ll ‘100 Percent’ Release the Nunes Memo Cameras caught Trump reassuring a GOP lawmaker at the State of the Union, hours after the White House had denied that he’d decided to make it public.
In SOTU, Trump Tried to Have His ‘Unity’ — and His Nativism, Too Trump vowed to fight for “all Americans” — then suggested that certain Americans are an inherent threat to our “security and future.”
Joe Kennedy Pulls Off Rare Feat: A SOTU Response That’s Actually Good The congressman’s Obama-esque speech would’ve been impressive, even if expectations hadn’t been lowered by years of awkward responses.
the national interest
Jan. 30, 2018
Trump’s State of the Union Address Filled With False Boasts and Empty Promises Almost all of his “accomplishments” were either imaginary or promises he won’t keep.
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