Didn’t watch the State of the Union address? Here’s everything you need to know about it. And you’ll definitely want to know. Here’s your response to anyone who says he was presidential last night:
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A very low energy performance by Trump. His basic message for the 2026 midterm elections is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat.

In State of Union, Trump lies about contents of most restrictive voting bill in U.S. history If it became law, the bill would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.

President Donald Trump demanded that Congress pass the most restrictive anti-voting bill in US history, the SAVE America Act. But he also exaggerated the bill’s provisions, saying it would impose even more severe restrictions on voting than it actually would. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Democracy Docket laid down a marker on the big take away from Trump's SOTU. Let's see what legacy media produces.

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Trump’s ‘war on fraud’ announcement recalls plan for assistant attorney general who answers to Vance The proposed position would further subordinate the Justice Department and the rule of law to the White House.

In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Donald Trump announced a “war on fraud,” a term that the administration has used in increasingly broad and deceptive ways. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

That was exhausting for all of us.

Great reporting here from @gregsargent.bsky.social on the escalating danger of what ICE has become. 1/

Stock market dramatically underperforming the rest of the world. 9/

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A thread with lots of data showing the state of our union is not good.

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Clown show, shit show, freak show. Your call.

The Greenlandic Bricklayer Behind Trump’s Plan to Send a Hospital Ship Jørgen Boassen says he was the one who inspired the governor of Louisiana to propose the idea to President Trump.

As usual, everything Trump says about Greenland turns out to be untrue: “Greenland has more than three times as many hospital beds per capita as Louisiana, with 14 beds per 1,000 inhabitants, according to the World Bank.” www.wsj.com/world/the-gr...

Update on ICE facility speculation

Helpful AP roundup on the state of play with Trump's effort to build himself huge new black-site prison camps all over the country...

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Points to another one apparently blocked in the town of Merrillville, Indiana:

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Ahead of his State of the Union address, Trump’s woeful approval rating ‘amazes’ him At a White House event, the president, expressing a sentiment he rarely shares, said, “It just amazes me that there’s not more support out there.”

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Trump reportedly isn’t sending a hospital ship to Greenland after all Too often, there is no meaningful connection between what the president says he’s going to do and what he actually does.

"The larger significance here is that yet again, there is no meaningful connection between what Trump says he’s going to do and what he actually does..."

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Why DHS suddenly reversed course on suspending TSA PreCheck The Department of Homeland Security has said Global Entry, a program run by Customs and Border Protection, will remain paused.

LOL what a surprise

"The Department of Homeland Security’s plans to temporarily suspend TSA PreCheck were conceived by DHS Secretary Kristi L. Noem and her top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, but then pulled back after the White House intervened..."

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Labor secretary’s spouse not charged but remains banned from agency The agency’s inspector general recommended that the Labor Department ban Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband from the building’s Washington headquarters, after three female political staffers comp...

"Three Labor Department staffers, all political appointees, accused the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer of touching them inappropriately...

"He remains banned from department headquarters amid an inquiry by the department’s inspector general

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Kash Patel’s use of jet delayed FBI team’s mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator Sen. Richard Durbin says FBI director’s “misplaced priorities” led to the delayed response to the Brown University shooting in December.

oh dear

Kash Patel was using the FBI's private jet to visit his mom...

"The evidence response team instead had to drive through the night amid a snowstorm..."

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Opinion | I fact-checked Trump's speeches for years. Here's what to expect from his State of the Union address. Glenn Kessler on what he learned about debunking this president from his years running The Washington Post Fact Checker.

If you have time to read only one news article about tonight's state of the union before the speech, I think this piece by Glenn Kessler should be it:

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when the justice department reveals itself to be untrustworthy, then surprise! the courts no longer trust the justice department:

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Incredible shot of Rep. Al Green holding up a "BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T APES!" sign with Trump in the foreground from photographer Kenny Holston (Getty)

Warnock: "We heard tonight the rumblings of a desperate man who's trying to present case he can for the midterms. It was half lies, half grievances. He knows he is quickly losing power."

Consumer confidence in the UMichigan survey has reached it's lowest level in 65 years. 8/

SOTU Epstein survivor attendees include:

- Dani Bensky, guest of Chuck Schumer.
- Marina Lacerda, guest of Hakeem Jeffries.
- Annie Farmer, guest of Robert Garcia.
- Haley Robson, guest of Ro Khanna.
- Sky & Amanda Roberts, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre, guests of Jamie Raskin.

Trump's economic program has failed. Let's review some data in a thread.

First, his job growth record in BOTH his first and second terms is the worst of any President since Hoover. 1/

New Polls Show People Ain't Buying What Trump Is Selling, Loss Of Tariff Revenue = Big Problem For GOP, DHS Whistleblower:"They Lied" Honoring Ukraine's extraordinary courage, sacrifice, and success

I wrote today about why Trump is so obsessed with tariff revenue:

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Yep.

Hegseth to appeal court order that shredded his attempt to demote Sen. Mark Kelly over video to U.S. troops The order blasted Hegseth for threatening the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees.

🚨BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a federal court Tuesday that he will appeal a blistering court order against his effort to demote Sen. Mark Kelly for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Can he just skip to the part where he lies about the 2020 election, threatens his political opponents with prosecution, and says he will rig the midterm elections? I want to turn this off and go to sleep.

Insanity, desperation, fanaticism.