Here's a second thread of commentary about Trump's State of the Union address this evening.
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Here's a second thread of commentary about Trump's State of the Union address this evening. The previous one was lengthy and I also inadvertently tacked a second threat onto it — so a new thread:
"Democrats from the House and Senate are bringing survivors of Epstein’s abuse and their families as official guests to the State of the Union tonight."
~ Scott Dworkin
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #Epstein #Democrats
/1https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/this-great-news-is-terrible-for-trumps
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Here's a second thread of commentary about Trump's State of the Union address this evening. The previous one was lengthy and I also inadvertently tacked a second threat onto it — so a new thread:
"Democrats from the House and Senate are bringing survivors of Epstein’s abuse and their families as official guests to the State of the Union tonight."
~ Scott Dworkin
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #Epstein #Democrats
/1https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/this-great-news-is-terrible-for-trumps
"One of those survivors is Haley Robson—who voted for Trump. When the DOJ redacted the names of co-conspirators in the Epstein files, Robson responded: 'I redact any support I’ve ever given to him, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel … I am so disgusted … I want to see Trump, and I want to look him in his eyes.'”
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"One of those survivors is Haley Robson—who voted for Trump. When the DOJ redacted the names of co-conspirators in the Epstein files, Robson responded: 'I redact any support I’ve ever given to him, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel … I am so disgusted … I want to see Trump, and I want to look him in his eyes.'”
"[Sarah McBride] thinks a boycott would take attention away from Trump. I think it would do the opposite, because within such a choice is the question of why. Why would the Democrats refuse to give the president an audience? Answer: Because he’s stealing the American people’s money. Because he’s stealing the American people’s rights. Because he’s leading a massive cover-up of the serial crimes of the Epstein class."
~ John Stoehr
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #Democrats
/3https://www.editorialboard.com/boycotting-the-sotu-would-make-trump-the-story/
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"[Sarah McBride] thinks a boycott would take attention away from Trump. I think it would do the opposite, because within such a choice is the question of why. Why would the Democrats refuse to give the president an audience? Answer: Because he’s stealing the American people’s money. Because he’s stealing the American people’s rights. Because he’s leading a massive cover-up of the serial crimes of the Epstein class."
~ John Stoehr
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #Democrats
/3https://www.editorialboard.com/boycotting-the-sotu-would-make-trump-the-story/
"Journalists will act as if he delivered a speech about policy, not a list of unhinged grievances. They will treat it like it was normal, and try to glean some meaning from it. ...
My point is that tonight offers our top news organizations a unique moment in which to pivot away from the distortions required to normalize the abnormal, and instead turn to something more honest."
~ Dan Froomkin
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #media #normalization
/4https://criticalread.substack.com/p/trumps-state-of-the-union-is-the
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"Journalists will act as if he delivered a speech about policy, not a list of unhinged grievances. They will treat it like it was normal, and try to glean some meaning from it. ...
My point is that tonight offers our top news organizations a unique moment in which to pivot away from the distortions required to normalize the abnormal, and instead turn to something more honest."
~ Dan Froomkin
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #media #normalization
/4https://criticalread.substack.com/p/trumps-state-of-the-union-is-the
"So many people will be watching, why not validate what they saw and heard with their own eyes and ears?"
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"So many people will be watching, why not validate what they saw and heard with their own eyes and ears?"
"What may distinguish this year’s address is the desperation Trump feels about how dramatically his approval ratings have tanked. A new American Research Group survey finds 62 percent of voters disapprove of how he is handling his job. A new CNN/SSRS poll puts the disapproval number at 63 percent."
~ John Nichols
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #ApprovalRating
/6https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/summer-lee-state-of-the-union-response/
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"What may distinguish this year’s address is the desperation Trump feels about how dramatically his approval ratings have tanked. A new American Research Group survey finds 62 percent of voters disapprove of how he is handling his job. A new CNN/SSRS poll puts the disapproval number at 63 percent."
~ John Nichols
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #ApprovalRating
/6https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/summer-lee-state-of-the-union-response/
"If that weren’t enough, results from special elections across the country suggest that independent voters are swinging toward Democratic candidates. Stock markets are in turmoil. Americans are in open revolt against the data centers that are the most easily targeted face of the tech-bro AI grift that the White House has so enthusiastically endorsed."
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"If that weren’t enough, results from special elections across the country suggest that independent voters are swinging toward Democratic candidates. Stock markets are in turmoil. Americans are in open revolt against the data centers that are the most easily targeted face of the tech-bro AI grift that the White House has so enthusiastically endorsed."
"International relations are in crisis, and wars that the people absolutely do not want appear to be looming on Trump’s horizon. And then there’s the devastating blow that the normally Trump-friendly Supreme Court dealt to the tariffs at the heart of the president’s miserable excuse for an economic plan."
Nichols recommends tuning into Summer Lee's response to the State of the Union (link below).
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #ApprovalRating
/8https://workingfamilies.org/2026/02/watch-2026-wfp-response-to-the-state-of-the-union/
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"International relations are in crisis, and wars that the people absolutely do not want appear to be looming on Trump’s horizon. And then there’s the devastating blow that the normally Trump-friendly Supreme Court dealt to the tariffs at the heart of the president’s miserable excuse for an economic plan."
Nichols recommends tuning into Summer Lee's response to the State of the Union (link below).
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #ApprovalRating
/8https://workingfamilies.org/2026/02/watch-2026-wfp-response-to-the-state-of-the-union/
More real-time online commentary as the SOTU takes place will be offered by Cliff Schecter and Blue Amp and by Zeteo and Mehdi Hasan. Links to join both real-time discussions are included in the material linked below.
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More real-time online commentary as the SOTU takes place will be offered by Cliff Schecter and Blue Amp and by Zeteo and Mehdi Hasan. Links to join both real-time discussions are included in the material linked below.
"Most US adults think Donald Trump is moving the country in the wrong direction during his second presidency, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll released the day before his State of the Union speech.
Fifty-five percent of adults feel that Trump is changing the country for the worse, a 13-point increase from around the same time of his first presidency, the survey conducted from 27-30 January found."
~ Eric Berger
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #ApprovalRating
/10https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/23/trump-poll-state-of-the-union
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"Most US adults think Donald Trump is moving the country in the wrong direction during his second presidency, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll released the day before his State of the Union speech.
Fifty-five percent of adults feel that Trump is changing the country for the worse, a 13-point increase from around the same time of his first presidency, the survey conducted from 27-30 January found."
~ Eric Berger
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #ApprovalRating
/10https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/23/trump-poll-state-of-the-union
"CBS’s Scott Macfarlane this morning: 'At least 40 Congressional Democrats are skipping Trump’s SOTU tonight. The number is rising.' …
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN): 'I would rather stick forks in my eyes than be here tonight to listen to Trump.'"
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) ...: “I'm not going to the SOTU. Trump has made a mockery of this tradition and I'm not going to show up and pretend everything's normal.”
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #Democrats
/11https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-315-22426
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"CBS’s Scott Macfarlane this morning: 'At least 40 Congressional Democrats are skipping Trump’s SOTU tonight. The number is rising.' …
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN): 'I would rather stick forks in my eyes than be here tonight to listen to Trump.'"
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) ...: “I'm not going to the SOTU. Trump has made a mockery of this tradition and I'm not going to show up and pretend everything's normal.”
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #Democrats
/11https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-315-22426
"A President who lies cannot tell us the State of the Union."
~ William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/we-must-remember-who-we-are
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"A President who lies cannot tell us the State of the Union."
~ William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/we-must-remember-who-we-are
I bought groceries today.
The state of the Union is deplorable.
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"CBS’s Scott Macfarlane this morning: 'At least 40 Congressional Democrats are skipping Trump’s SOTU tonight. The number is rising.' …
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN): 'I would rather stick forks in my eyes than be here tonight to listen to Trump.'"
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) ...: “I'm not going to the SOTU. Trump has made a mockery of this tradition and I'm not going to show up and pretend everything's normal.”
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #Democrats
/11https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-315-22426
WATCH LIVE:
Democratic lawmakers join the
'People's State of the Union' rally
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I bought groceries today.
The state of the Union is deplorable.
Recipe for an SOTU cocktail:
Or do I mean an STFU cocktail?
Equal parts mint-infused whiskey and gin, drop of thyme liqueur, three drops dry sack, juice of quarter lemon with its peel.
Shake with ice. Pour into martini glass, top with prosecco.
Then sip the wonderful cocktail and refuse to turn the t.v. on.
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Recipe for an SOTU cocktail:
Or do I mean an STFU cocktail?
Equal parts mint-infused whiskey and gin, drop of thyme liqueur, three drops dry sack, juice of quarter lemon with its peel.
Shake with ice. Pour into martini glass, top with prosecco.
Then sip the wonderful cocktail and refuse to turn the t.v. on.
@wdlindsy SOTU cocktail.
Smash the martini glass directly into your eyeballs. Pour gin and vermouth into bloody eye sockets. Now you’re ready for the SOTU.
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Recipe for an SOTU cocktail:
Or do I mean an STFU cocktail?
Equal parts mint-infused whiskey and gin, drop of thyme liqueur, three drops dry sack, juice of quarter lemon with its peel.
Shake with ice. Pour into martini glass, top with prosecco.
Then sip the wonderful cocktail and refuse to turn the t.v. on.
@wdlindsy power off is less likely to leave me needing a new tv tomorrow.
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Recipe for an SOTU cocktail:
Or do I mean an STFU cocktail?
Equal parts mint-infused whiskey and gin, drop of thyme liqueur, three drops dry sack, juice of quarter lemon with its peel.
Shake with ice. Pour into martini glass, top with prosecco.
Then sip the wonderful cocktail and refuse to turn the t.v. on.
@wdlindsy Thyme liqueur? Sounds lovely. Do you have a recipe?
