Join us for the first State of the Union address to be delivered by the current occupier of the Oval Office. It is being streamed live on C-SPAN and on Twitter, and aired on network and cable television across the country.
As we slide from Democratic republic to autocracy we must stay informed and engaged so that we can effectively fight back.
RESIST.
The last time someone was sent to Guantanamo was March 2008. The last time a detainee was transferred from Guantanamo was the end of the Obama administration on January 19, 2017. While 780 people have been held there since Jan 2002, now only 41 detainees left. -@ckubeNBCâ Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 31, 2018
The last time someone was sent to Guantanamo was March 2008. The last time a detainee was transferred from Guantanamo was the end of the Obama administration on January 19, 2017. While 780 people have been held there since Jan 2002, now only 41 detainees left. -@ckubeNBC
This using of real, grieving people and families is so revolting, so manipulative. As if the man had an ounce of compassion in that bloated body and as if he weren’t only using them to incite hatred and fear. HRC called it. Deplorable.
Stay tuned for coverage of the Democratic responses from Rep. Joe Kennedy and Virginia Delegate Elizabeth Guzman. This part of the program is finally, thankfully, over.
Any speech that includes multiple amputations without anesthetic, being run over by a train, and eating dirt is always going to be uplifting.
Trump is giving us a history lesson now, talking about the 13 colonies and the founding fathers. The part he’s conveniently leaving out is how we’re a nation of immigrants. How those founding fathers were immigrants.
White supremacist Richard Spencer is loving Trump’s speech.
âÂÂAmericans are dreamers, too.â ~Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/nZmUFBWMCEâ Richard ð Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) January 31, 2018
âÂÂAmericans are dreamers, too.â ~Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/nZmUFBWMCE
But the good news is that the history lesson is probably him wrapping up.
He sounds like he could faceplant on the podium and start snoring at any moment.
I’m sure the Republicans would continue to applaud just as much.
Trump’s been fear-mongering and dividing for an hour and now he tries to end on a note of uplift and hope? Add one more type of dishonesty to the long list he’s racked up tonight.
He loves his border agents. Hates the FBI, loves the border agents. If you had that in your drinking game, take a couple of aspirin and a big glass of water right now.
Betting there are a lot of FBI Agents throwing shit at their TVs during Trump's selective adulation for law enforcement tonight.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 31, 2018
Betting there are a lot of FBI Agents throwing shit at their TVs during Trump's selective adulation for law enforcement tonight.
Did I miss a policy statement in that long passage on North Korea or was that just the use of tragedies and human interest stories for applause? #SOTU— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 31, 2018
Did I miss a policy statement in that long passage on North Korea or was that just the use of tragedies and human interest stories for applause? #SOTU
And we’re out. Trying to drown out the chants of USA.
Since he didn't call anyone by a demeaning nickname, are pundits now going to say he was presidential? #SOTU— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) January 31, 2018
Since he didn't call anyone by a demeaning nickname, are pundits now going to say he was presidential? #SOTU