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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"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
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https://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.
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
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https://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
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https://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
I bought groceries today.
The state of the Union is deplorable.
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