OK it’s all over. That was a very formidable speech from Abrams, who must be almost certain to run for Senate now. As for Trump...whatever. One of the joys of a divided Congress is you can take him less seriously than ever before! Read more
“I still don’t want him to fail.” Real clanger there from Abrams—we should definitely want Trump to fail!!! Read more
Sigh at the obligatory “we want border security too” framing from Abrams but as Paul said she is by far the most impressive SOTU responder I can remember Read more
Stacey Abrams an immediate improvement on the cardboard white men the Dems have trotted out the past two years Read more
Peggy Noonan loved it! So you know it was bad. Read more
it felt so much longer Read more
I can’t believe Trump spoke for so long—not in an “he was presidential” way but in a “wow who knew he could stand for so long without having heart failure” way Read more
Oh my god it’s over Read more
“We must never ignore the vile poison of anti-Semitism, or those who spread its venomous creed,” says the president whose most fervent supporters are Nazis Read more
Finally Trump says a correct thing: endless wars are bad!!! Will he ever actually end our wars? Uh probably not Read more
BOO SOCIALISM BOOO lol they’re so scared Read more
Trump cannot pronounce Maduro’s name correctly Read more
I don’t know which section I hated more, the super-racist immigration section or the fundamentalist fanatic anti-abortion section Read more
Trump saying he wants to defeat AIDS with Mike Pence—who is an avowed enemy of LGBTQ people and who helped caused an HIV outbreak in Indiana—sitting behind him is so offensive Read more
I just checked the text of the speech and...oh my god there’s so much more to go. Read more
Well, a nice enough moment—everyone all cheering the record number of women in Congress—turns creepy as fuck with a prolonged “USA!” chant Read more
Also notable: “I pledge to you tonight that we will never abolish our heroes from ICE.”
Nobody was talking about abolishing the people??? Read more
“I will get it built” — Trump on the wall. Hmm we’ll see I guess. Read more
One of these things is not like the other Read more
There’s really nothing you need to know about this section, it’s just Trump’s usual racist demagoguery Read more