#stateoftheunion — Public Fediverse posts

Trump could have persuaded Americans about the need for an #IranWar during his recent #StateOfTheUnion speech, or during his even more recent 19 minute speech to the American people. He failed to do so.

Polls show that the #IranWar is an unpopular war. Susan Glasser, an American journalist, said Trump's 19 minute speech was a lot like a Truth Social post. Truth Social, despite its name, is a place where truth is hard to find. It is partially owned by often dishonest Donald Trump..

Senior Trump officials seem to have no idea what ICE agents are supposed to be doing at airports

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-confusion-ice-tsa-airports

Last night during our banned book club meeting I learned that I.C.E. kidnapped some people from the parking lot of our local grocery store with the help of our police department last week and our state penitentiary subcontracts prison labor to corporations.

Great. Now I have two local issues to be depressed about this morning.

Maybe I'll just go back to bed.

#Sigh
#StateOfTheUnion
#StupidestTimeline

Senator Padilla to Deliver Spanish Response to State of the Union Address

Senator Alex Padilla will give the Democratic Party's Spanish response to the State of the Union address. This is the first time.

#PadillaResponse, #StateOfTheUnion, #DemocraticParty, #SpanishLanguage, #USPolitics

https://newsletter.tf/senator-padilla-spanish-response-state-of-union/

For the first time, a Democratic Senator will give the response to the State of the Union in Spanish. Senator Alex Padilla will speak.

#PadillaResponse, #StateOfTheUnion, #DemocraticParty, #SpanishLanguage, #USPolitics

https://newsletter.tf/senator-padilla-spanish-response-state-of-union/

"Boasted about low gasoline prices, which he said were below 230 a gallon in most states. None of that was true. I don't think there was a single actually true number in the speech. But the general position was, you know, things are doing great.

Doesn't look that way this morning."

#Trump #GoldenAge #StateoftheUnion #economy #gasoline #prices #affordability #inflation #food #jobs #JobLoss #employment #unemployment
/12

"It's 17 days since the State of the Union address in which Donald Trump basically tried to allay concerns about affordability and all of that by insisting that everything is great. Talked about a golden age, about fantastic job growth like nothing you've ever seen."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #GoldenAge #StateoftheUnion #economy #gasoline #prices #affordability #inflation #food #jobs #JobLoss #employment #unemployment
/11

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/wheres-my-golden-age

A picture is worth a thousand words of (political) analysis.

#USPol #politics #StateOfTheUnion #Iran

Weekly output: teens + AI chatbots, Android updates, Trump on data-center energy use, Archer + Starlink, balcony solar, customer feedback, CDA 230 + AI, Bluetooth updates

BARCELONA–It’s a treat to be able to start off a post with this dateline. This is the 13th trip that’s afforded me that opportunity and the 12th involving MWC. But this trip isn’t like the ones before it in one way; on my way across the Atlantic, my country started a war of choice because the president felt like it. The world is better without Iran’s worthless, murdering theocrat Ali Khameni, but I have little confidence in the Trump administration’s ability to do the right things for that long-suffering country.

In addition to the links you see below, Patreon readers got a bonus post from me in which I shared lessons learned from more than 10 years of booking Airbnbs.

2/24/2026: Most Teens Use AI for Homework Help. 10% Let It Do Everything, PCMag

Getting an advance copy of this new study from the Pew Research Center gave me a chance to note a new student-understudy chatbot called Einstein and quiz the CEO behind that app.

2/25/2026: Android Update Puts Gemini AI In the Driver’s Seat for Ride-Hail, Food Orders, PCMag

I have somehow become PCMag’s Android-updates guy. This report included a little testimony about Google’s call-scam-detection feature misfiring for me, an important bit of context to include in a post telling readers about Google bringing that tool to Samsung’s new Galaxy S26 series of phones.

2/25/2026: As Energy Costs Soar, Trump Pushes AI Giants to ‘Produce Their Own Electricity’, PCMag

I didn’t watch the entire State of the Union address because self-care is an important thing, but after reading about President Trump’s call for data-center operators to pay for their electricity and power infrastructure, I knew I’d have to write about that initiative.

2/27/2028: Archer Aviation Taps Starlink for Air Taxi Connectivity, PCMag

I still don’t quite get the point of adding Starlink connectivity to aircraft that won’t fly longer than 15 minutes or higher than 4,000 feet above major cities, but this was an easy post to crank out Friday morning before heading to Dulles that afternoon to start my journey to Spain.

2/28/2026: After Years of Shining in Europe, Balcony Solar Comes Out of the Dark in the US, PCMag

This story had been in the works for literally months–I took the photo you see at the top of the piece on the afternoon that I arrived in Berlin for IFA in September–but the policy picture has also changed dramatically, and for the better, over the intervening months.

2/28/2026: What’s the Best Way to Get Customer Feedback in 2026? Hint: It’s Not Email, PCMag

Two weeks after the customer-experience firm Medallia had me at its annual conference in Vegas (with my hotel covered upfront and my airfare to be reimbursed), PCMag ran my recap of what I learned there.

3/1/2026: Online Platforms Are Not Liable for What Users Post. Should That Include Gen AI?, PCMag

I spent Thursday at the Cato Institute for this enlightening conference marking the 30th anniversary of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the 1996 act that bars you from suing an online platform for something that one of its users posted.

3/1/2026: Bluetooth Is Getting an Upgrade. Here’s What It Means for Your Devices, PCMag

I took almost all of the notes for this at CES in January, but I needed more time to confirm some details and then write the post, after which its lack of a news peg left it easy to set aside for a bit.

Weekly output: teens + AI chatbots, Android updates, Trump on data-center energy use, Archer + Starlink, balcony solar, customer feedback, CDA 230 + AI, Bluetooth updates

BARCELONA–It’s a treat to be able to start off a post with this dateline. This is the 13th trip that’s afforded me that opportunity and the 12th involving MWC. But this trip isn’t like the ones before it in one way; on my way across the Atlantic, my country started a war of choice because the president felt like it. The world is better without Iran’s worthless, murdering theocrat Ali Khameni, but I have little confidence in the Trump administration’s ability to do the right things for that long-suffering country.

In addition to the links you see below, Patreon readers got a bonus post from me in which I shared lessons learned from more than 10 years of booking Airbnbs.

2/24/2026: Most Teens Use AI for Homework Help. 10% Let It Do Everything, PCMag

Getting an advance copy of this new study from the Pew Research Center gave me a chance to note a new student-understudy chatbot called Einstein and quiz the CEO behind that app.

2/25/2026: Android Update Puts Gemini AI In the Driver’s Seat for Ride-Hail, Food Orders, PCMag

I have somehow become PCMag’s Android-updates guy. This report included a little testimony about Google’s call-scam-detection feature misfiring for me, an important bit of context to include in a post telling readers about Google bringing that tool to Samsung’s new Galaxy S26 series of phones.

2/25/2026: As Energy Costs Soar, Trump Pushes AI Giants to ‘Produce Their Own Electricity’, PCMag

I didn’t watch the entire State of the Union address because self-care is an important thing, but after reading about President Trump’s call for data-center operators to pay for their electricity and power infrastructure, I knew I’d have to write about that initiative.

2/27/2028: Archer Aviation Taps Starlink for Air Taxi Connectivity, PCMag

I still don’t quite get the point of adding Starlink connectivity to aircraft that won’t fly longer than 15 minutes or higher than 4,000 feet above major cities, but this was an easy post to crank out Friday morning before heading to Dulles that afternoon to start my journey to Spain.

2/28/2026: After Years of Shining in Europe, Balcony Solar Comes Out of the Dark in the US, PCMag

This story had been in the works for literally months–I took the photo you see at the top of the piece on the afternoon that I arrived in Berlin for IFA in September–but the policy picture has also changed dramatically, and for the better, over the intervening months.

2/28/2026: What’s the Best Way to Get Customer Feedback in 2026? Hint: It’s Not Email, PCMag

Two weeks after the customer-experience firm Medallia had me at its annual conference in Vegas (with my hotel covered upfront and my airfare to be reimbursed), PCMag ran my recap of what I learned there.

3/1/2026: Online Platforms Are Not Liable for What Users Post. Should That Include Gen AI?, PCMag

I spent Thursday at the Cato Institute for this enlightening conference marking the 30th anniversary of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the 1996 act that bars you from suing an online platform for something that one of its users posted.

3/1/2026: Bluetooth Is Getting an Upgrade. Here’s What It Means for Your Devices, PCMag

I took almost all of the notes for this at CES in January, but I needed more time to confirm some details and then write the post, after which its lack of a news peg left it easy to set aside for a bit.

Weekly output: teens + AI chatbots, Android updates, Trump on data-center energy use, Archer + Starlink, balcony solar, customer feedback, CDA 230 + AI, Bluetooth updates

BARCELONA–It’s a treat to be able to start off a post with this dateline. This is the 13th trip that’s afforded me that opportunity and the 12th involving MWC. But this trip isn’t like the ones before it in one way; on my way across the Atlantic, my country started a war of choice because the president felt like it. The world is better without Iran’s worthless, murdering theocrat Ali Khameni, but I have little confidence in the Trump administration’s ability to do the right things for that long-suffering country.

In addition to the links you see below, Patreon readers got a bonus post from me in which I shared lessons learned from more than 10 years of booking Airbnbs.

2/24/2026: Most Teens Use AI for Homework Help. 10% Let It Do Everything, PCMag

Getting an advance copy of this new study from the Pew Research Center gave me a chance to note a new student-understudy chatbot called Einstein and quiz the CEO behind that app.

2/25/2026: Android Update Puts Gemini AI In the Driver’s Seat for Ride-Hail, Food Orders, PCMag

I have somehow become PCMag’s Android-updates guy. This report included a little testimony about Google’s call-scam-detection feature misfiring for me, an important bit of context to include in a post telling readers about Google bringing that tool to Samsung’s new Galaxy S26 series of phones.

2/25/2026: As Energy Costs Soar, Trump Pushes AI Giants to ‘Produce Their Own Electricity’, PCMag

I didn’t watch the entire State of the Union address because self-care is an important thing, but after reading about President Trump’s call for data-center operators to pay for their electricity and power infrastructure, I knew I’d have to write about that initiative.

2/27/2028: Archer Aviation Taps Starlink for Air Taxi Connectivity, PCMag

I still don’t quite get the point of adding Starlink connectivity to aircraft that won’t fly longer than 15 minutes or higher than 4,000 feet above major cities, but this was an easy post to crank out Friday morning before heading to Dulles that afternoon to start my journey to Spain.

2/28/2026: After Years of Shining in Europe, Balcony Solar Comes Out of the Dark in the US, PCMag

This story had been in the works for literally months–I took the photo you see at the top of the piece on the afternoon that I arrived in Berlin for IFA in September–but the policy picture has also changed dramatically, and for the better, over the intervening months.

2/28/2026: What’s the Best Way to Get Customer Feedback in 2026? Hint: It’s Not Email, PCMag

Two weeks after the customer-experience firm Medallia had me at its annual conference in Vegas (with my hotel covered upfront and my airfare to be reimbursed), PCMag ran my recap of what I learned there.

3/1/2026: Online Platforms Are Not Liable for What Users Post. Should That Include Gen AI?, PCMag

I spent Thursday at the Cato Institute for this enlightening conference marking the 30th anniversary of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the 1996 act that bars you from suing an online platform for something that one of its users posted.

3/1/2026: Bluetooth Is Getting an Upgrade. Here’s What It Means for Your Devices, PCMag

I took almost all of the notes for this at CES in January, but I needed more time to confirm some details and then write the post, after which its lack of a news peg left it easy to set aside for a bit.

Weekly output: teens + AI chatbots, Android updates, Trump on data-center energy use, Archer + Starlink, balcony solar, customer feedback, CDA 230 + AI, Bluetooth updates

BARCELONA–It’s a treat to be able to start off a post with this dateline. This is the 13th trip that’s afforded me that opportunity and the 12th involving MWC. But this trip isn’t like the ones before it in one way; on my way across the Atlantic, my country started a war of choice because the president felt like it. The world is better without Iran’s worthless, murdering theocrat Ali Khameni, but I have little confidence in the Trump administration’s ability to do the right things for that long-suffering country.

In addition to the links you see below, Patreon readers got a bonus post from me in which I shared lessons learned from more than 10 years of booking Airbnbs.

2/24/2026: Most Teens Use AI for Homework Help. 10% Let It Do Everything, PCMag

Getting an advance copy of this new study from the Pew Research Center gave me a chance to note a new student-understudy chatbot called Einstein and quiz the CEO behind that app.

2/25/2026: Android Update Puts Gemini AI In the Driver’s Seat for Ride-Hail, Food Orders, PCMag

I have somehow become PCMag’s Android-updates guy. This report included a little testimony about Google’s call-scam-detection feature misfiring for me, an important bit of context to include in a post telling readers about Google bringing that tool to Samsung’s new Galaxy S26 series of phones.

2/25/2026: As Energy Costs Soar, Trump Pushes AI Giants to ‘Produce Their Own Electricity’, PCMag

I didn’t watch the entire State of the Union address because self-care is an important thing, but after reading about President Trump’s call for data-center operators to pay for their electricity and power infrastructure, I knew I’d have to write about that initiative.

2/27/2028: Archer Aviation Taps Starlink for Air Taxi Connectivity, PCMag

I still don’t quite get the point of adding Starlink connectivity to aircraft that won’t fly longer than 15 minutes or higher than 4,000 feet above major cities, but this was an easy post to crank out Friday morning before heading to Dulles that afternoon to start my journey to Spain.

2/28/2026: After Years of Shining in Europe, Balcony Solar Comes Out of the Dark in the US, PCMag

This story had been in the works for literally months–I took the photo you see at the top of the piece on the afternoon that I arrived in Berlin for IFA in September–but the policy picture has also changed dramatically, and for the better, over the intervening months.

2/28/2026: What’s the Best Way to Get Customer Feedback in 2026? Hint: It’s Not Email, PCMag

Two weeks after the customer-experience firm Medallia had me at its annual conference in Vegas (with my hotel covered upfront and my airfare to be reimbursed), PCMag ran my recap of what I learned there.

3/1/2026: Online Platforms Are Not Liable for What Users Post. Should That Include Gen AI?, PCMag

I spent Thursday at the Cato Institute for this enlightening conference marking the 30th anniversary of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the 1996 act that bars you from suing an online platform for something that one of its users posted.

3/1/2026: Bluetooth Is Getting an Upgrade. Here’s What It Means for Your Devices, PCMag

I took almost all of the notes for this at CES in January, but I needed more time to confirm some details and then write the post, after which its lack of a news peg left it easy to set aside for a bit.

Weekly output: teens + AI chatbots, Android updates, Trump on data-center energy use, Archer + Starlink, balcony solar, customer feedback, CDA 230 + AI, Bluetooth updates

BARCELONA–It’s a treat to be able to start off a post with this dateline. This is the 13th trip that’s afforded me that opportunity and the 12th involving MWC. But this trip isn’t like the ones before it in one way; on my way across the Atlantic, my country started a war of choice because the president felt like it. The world is better without Iran’s worthless, murdering theocrat Ali Khameni, but I have little confidence in the Trump administration’s ability to do the right things for that long-suffering country.

In addition to the links you see below, Patreon readers got a bonus post from me in which I shared lessons learned from more than 10 years of booking Airbnbs.

2/24/2026: Most Teens Use AI for Homework Help. 10% Let It Do Everything, PCMag

Getting an advance copy of this new study from the Pew Research Center gave me a chance to note a new student-understudy chatbot called Einstein and quiz the CEO behind that app.

2/25/2026: Android Update Puts Gemini AI In the Driver’s Seat for Ride-Hail, Food Orders, PCMag

I have somehow become PCMag’s Android-updates guy. This report included a little testimony about Google’s call-scam-detection feature misfiring for me, an important bit of context to include in a post telling readers about Google bringing that tool to Samsung’s new Galaxy S26 series of phones.

2/25/2026: As Energy Costs Soar, Trump Pushes AI Giants to ‘Produce Their Own Electricity’, PCMag

I didn’t watch the entire State of the Union address because self-care is an important thing, but after reading about President Trump’s call for data-center operators to pay for their electricity and power infrastructure, I knew I’d have to write about that initiative.

2/27/2028: Archer Aviation Taps Starlink for Air Taxi Connectivity, PCMag

I still don’t quite get the point of adding Starlink connectivity to aircraft that won’t fly longer than 15 minutes or higher than 4,000 feet above major cities, but this was an easy post to crank out Friday morning before heading to Dulles that afternoon to start my journey to Spain.

2/28/2026: After Years of Shining in Europe, Balcony Solar Comes Out of the Dark in the US, PCMag

This story had been in the works for literally months–I took the photo you see at the top of the piece on the afternoon that I arrived in Berlin for IFA in September–but the policy picture has also changed dramatically, and for the better, over the intervening months.

2/28/2026: What’s the Best Way to Get Customer Feedback in 2026? Hint: It’s Not Email, PCMag

Two weeks after the customer-experience firm Medallia had me at its annual conference in Vegas (with my hotel covered upfront and my airfare to be reimbursed), PCMag ran my recap of what I learned there.

3/1/2026: Online Platforms Are Not Liable for What Users Post. Should That Include Gen AI?, PCMag

I spent Thursday at the Cato Institute for this enlightening conference marking the 30th anniversary of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the 1996 act that bars you from suing an online platform for something that one of its users posted.

3/1/2026: Bluetooth Is Getting an Upgrade. Here’s What It Means for Your Devices, PCMag

I took almost all of the notes for this at CES in January, but I needed more time to confirm some details and then write the post, after which its lack of a news peg left it easy to set aside for a bit.

@synapsenkitzler @kaoliva Original Bernie bei YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2qpYkLZxeY

oder lieber via Invidious: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=W2qpYkLZxeY

#BernieSanders #StateOfTheUnion #StopTrump

Trump emphasizes achievements and policy priorities in State of the Union address

📰 Original title: Trump issues patriotic rallying cry as he faces tough political headwinds

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/posts/post/82d05cfa-df98-481a-9304-cb6ffc76f90e

#politics #donaldtrump #stateoftheunion #uspolitics

"On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump puffed up his chest, thrust out his chin, presented his aged jowls to the TV cameras, and from the rostrum of the House Chamber gave his best Mussolini impression. …

Hannah Arendt wrote about the banality of evil. There was, in this speech, enough banality to fill an oil tanker."

~ Sasha Abramsky

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #fascism #authoritarianism #lies #strongman
/2

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-sotu-mussolini/

"Every president emphasizes good news and downplays bad news. But Trump’s (State of the Union] speech was different. It was an object lesson in how a strongman manufactures a story so colossal and positive that it blurs the very idea of limits."

~ Mark Mansour

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #fascism #authoritarianism #lies #strongman
/1

https://mmansour.substack.com/p/the-delusion-of-the-golden-age-how

"The State of the Union is that we have a president who is prepared to go to war with Iran to prevent files leaking out that show that he’s a rapist of children.

That’s not even a lie. That’s the state of the union. That’s where we are right now."

~ Greg Olear

#Epstein #Trump #PamBondi #EpsteinClass #coverup #Iran #war #StateoftheUnion
/1

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/ramble-on-the-files-v-defilers

#StateOfTheUnion #NielsenRatings down 11% from last year's numbers. #StevenColbert and #TheLateShow ratings up 7%

If Pres. Donald Trump plans to send our military into battle in Greenland or in Iran, in his #StateOfTheUnion speech he should have said why he thinks this is needed. Instead he spent much of his time talking about the men's Olympic hockey team:

Interior Secretary Doug "Burgum reups Trump’s push to take Greenland":
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5749416-greenland-us-mineral-rights/
copy: @renewedresistance #UnnecessaryWars

Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address Pulls 32.6 Million Viewers, Down From Last Year
#Variety #News #DonaldTrump #StateoftheUnion

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-ratings-down-from-last-year-1236674098/

Donald Trump’s State Of The Union Address Drew 32.64 Million Viewers, Falling From Last Year & First Term
#News #Politics #Ratings #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #StateoftheUnion

https://deadline.com/2026/02/trump-state-of-the-union-ratings-fall-1236737945/

"In SOTUs presidents rarely call out their predecessors by name. Four separate times Trump said that the country’s remaining problems all traced back to Joe Biden."

~ James Fallows

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #authoritarianism #fascism #violence #threats #scapegoating #Biden #Democrats #retaliation
/7

https://fallows.substack.com/p/nasty-brutish-and-long

CHART OF THE WEEK

At the #StateOfTheUnion, President Trump backed a bill to ban lawmakers and their families from buying stocks. Another bill would bar them from owning stocks at all.

Some members reported tens of millions in trade value in 2025.

Chart:

"Two more minutes of that and I'd be wearing a MAGA hat" - Jimmy Kimmel on the People's State of the Union.

He's not wrong, the Democrats are begging to lose if that's the best they can do as their alternative. @MeidasTouch fucked up there big time; it felt like a high school protest without any of the energy and inspiration.

#StateOfTheUnion #USPol #Trump #Epstein #meidasTouch #Politics #Protest #DNC #Democrats #Useless #JimmyKimmel #PeoplesStateOfTheUnion

Stephen Lillie's cartoon commentary on Trump's State of the Union address with its misrepresentation of what his tariffs have done to the economy and voters' concerns about affordability.

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/7

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/feb/25/stephen-lillie-donald-trump-state-of-the-union-cartoon

"It was a deliberate division of the country into 'us' and 'them,' a classic authoritarian move, that he followed up by calling the Democrats 'crazy' and claiming that 'Democrats are destroying our country.'”

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #authoritarianism #fascism #violence #threats #scapegoating #immigrants #Democrats #retaliation
/3

(continued from /1)

"setting them up to force them to back off their insistence on reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol by demanding that they stand to show their support for the statement: 'The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.'”

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #authoritarianism #fascism #violence #threats #scapegoating #immigrants #Democrats #retaliation
/2

"Trump’s tax cuts primarily benefited the wealthy and corporations, and pinning their effects on immigrants illustrates how Trump’s strongest calls were to his base. Not only did he portray immigrants as violent criminals, in a moment scripted for television, he then turned on Democrats in the chamber," (continued in /2)

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #authoritarianism #fascism #violence #threats #scapegoating #immigrants #Democrats #retaliation
/1

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-25-2026

"The most self-destructive of the president’s obsessions was his single-minded devotion to tariffs, which promised to undermine the economy and raise the cost of everyday life for millions of Americans. In fact, according to a recent report from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, the president’s tariffs cost the average household $1,000 over the course of last year."

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/6

Let’s talk about that pathetic pander #stateoftheunion #trump #crashout #immigration #YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIn5jnaxy24

I didn't watch the #Dumpster — yes, I think of him that way — tell #lies at the #StateOfTheUnion address. Great quote from @TheGuardian: Rep. Raul Ruiz of California ... said, "Trump wants desperately a Nobel prize—with all his lies, he should try to get one for fiction." https://tinyurl.com/3acur2pm

DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address

https://murica.website/2026/02/dhs-assault-victim-aliya-rahman-arrested-at-state-of-the-union-address/

Trump’s State of the Union Speech Failed to Mention Violence by DHS Agencies

https://murica.website/2026/02/trumps-state-of-the-union-speech-failed-to-mention-violence-by-dhs-agencies/

Trump’s State of the Union Speech Failed to Mention Violence by DHS Agencies

https://murica.website/2026/02/trumps-state-of-the-union-speech-failed-to-mention-violence-by-dhs-agencies/

State of the Union Bombshell: Tariffs as a Backdoor Income Tax Replacement

A State of the Union address admission reveals a plan to replace progressive income taxes with tariffs—a regressive shift that would raise prices and burden working families.

State of the Union Bombshell: Tariffs as a Backdoor Income Tax Replacement

A State of the Union address admission reveals a plan to replace progressive income taxes with tariffs—a regressive shift that would raise prices and burden working families.

At yesterday's #StateOfTheUnion address (a Constitutionally mandated annual report which has become largely political theater):

> The president noted his continued interest in receiving the Medal of Honor himself.

https://www.live5news.com/2026/02/25/here-is-everyone-trump-awarded-medal-during-state-union/

> "I've always wanted the Congressional Medal of Honor, but I was informed I'm not allowed to give it myself... If they ever open up that law, I'll be there with you someday," he told 100-year-old Medal of Honor recipient Capt. E. Royce Williams.

https://www.insidernj.com/trumps-self-invocation-desecrates-the-medal-of-honor/

There are four different #MedalOfHonor statutes:

• Air Force + Space Force (10 U.S. Code § 9271)

• Army (10 U.S. Code § 7271)

• Coast Guard (14 U.S. Code § 2732)

• Naval Force (10 U.S. Code § 8291)

Each statute has the same structure require distinguished service in a legitimate adversarial military engagement by a member of the named armed services. So, sounds like #Trump has quite the di-dilemma (tetralemma?) as to which #CongressionalMedalOfHonor to award himself and give even low-information voters an easy hook on which to hang impeachment charges.

> The President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a medal of honor of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to a person who, while a member of [PICK ONE], distinguishes himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty—

> (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States;

> (2) while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or

> (3) while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.

I think the State of the Union, as performed now, is only useful in that it might provide some entertainment if the speaker shits his pants live on TV. Otherwise, I struggle to see the point.

#uspol #stateOfTheUnion #trump #turd

I think the State of the Union, as performed now, is only useful in that it might provide some entertainment if the speaker shits his pants live on TV. Otherwise, I struggle to see the point.

#uspol #stateOfTheUnion #trump #turd

I think the State of the Union, as performed now, is only useful in that it might provide some entertainment if the speaker shits his pants live on TV. Otherwise, I struggle to see the point.

#uspol #stateOfTheUnion #trump #turd

Poor speech! Terrible lying! Better go home! Uncle Donald!

Ihr könnt die Rede des U.S.Präsidenten am 24.02.2026 vor dem U.S.-Congress unter dem Link im Video des Congress sehen. Sie beginnt ungefähr bei 11:16:00 !

#USA #DonaldTrump #Speech #StateOfTheUnion #Venzuela #Inflation #Lying
@derpostillon

Thin-slice of brief response to the deluge of #disinformation and #lies, from Sir.

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to the President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address.

Source: CSPAN (emphasis mine)

https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/democratic-response-to-state-of-the-union-address/673905

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Trump criticizes Supreme Court justices who struck down his tariffs

'Very unfortunate ruling': Trump criticized the Supreme Court justices who ruled against his tariffs. #uspresident #stateoftheunion #donaldtrump #tariffs #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Follow our #StateOfTheUnionAddress full coverage here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on Twitter: Follow Reuters on Instagram:

https://fllics.com/en/video/trump-criticizes-supreme-court-justices-who-struck-down-his-tariffs/

AP hasn't updated in 20 minutes. Which means he has literally not said anything in 20 minutes. #stateoftheunion #peoplesstateoftheunion #peoplessotu

Fact checking President Trump’s State of the Union address

President Donald Trump is delivering his first State of the Union address of his second term.Trump is expected…
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And over at the standard #stateoftheunion , Trump is channeling Charlie Sheen. I think we're doing much better over here. #peoplesstateoftheunion #peoplessotu

What will Donald Trump say in his State of the Union? Key focus areas include the midterms, immigration, the economy, DHS shutdown and foreign policy tensions. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/what-to-expect-trump-state-of-the-union-address-midterms-si5b5hx7?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #StateOfTheUnion #TrumpSpeech #USMidterms #USPolitics