Trump’s speech was a tsunami of lies and hate wrapped in jingoism and cheered on by fascist goons. But it was worse than that. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

This absolutely horrible duo is an existential threat to the concept of democracy

Appalling: ICE and CBP contracted for $144 million in weaponry and accessories in Trump's first year, per data obtained by Sen Adam Schiff. For ICE it's a fourfold increase, much of it for military-style weapons. A heavily armed secret police force. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2069...

President Donald Trump’s droning State of the Union address reeked of “raging dementia,” according to MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell.

Even the FBI’s own informants are demanding to know what is happening inside the bureau as Kash Patel’s chaotic tenure lurches from one embarrassment to the next.

MS NOW's Rachel Maddow did her best to wrap her head around President Donald Trump's record-shattering State of the Union Address on Tuesday night — and try to counter all of the lies he told just on the economy alone.

In short, Trump's Forever War is already contributing to his undoing. The full argument is in the link below. END newrepublic.com/article/2069...

As @simonwdc.bsky.social notes in this thread, all this spending on Trump's ICE terror state is a choice. If the American people knew about these demented priorities they'd be even more opposed to all this than they are already:

The women's team was exactly right...and they are now headed to Las Vegas to party with Flava Flav. All of these jerks on the men's team are MAGAs...backward twits who support Trump and his rapist pals. The Canadian men's team was so cool compared to these low life thugs.

Got to stand up for something, or fall for anything. Don't like a bully.

A compelling watch: John Oliver discusses how an already flawed ‘Twitter’ got worse under Elon Musk and how it continues to impact us all. Oliver argues that “a massive media platform has been shaped in the image of its poisonous owner.” #PINKS youtu.be/p7ZG_xWYLzI?...

"Holy shit, did WE ever make the right decision" - The US Women's Hockey Team

That about covers it...

For all those who didn't watch tonight, allow me to summarize: The liar lied again.

Our current SOTU is that our president raped, trafficked, conspired with others to traffic, rape, and possibly murdered kids and witnesses of the rape of children. He is a pedophile. Additionally, those in positions of power, that could do something about this, refuse to. Our SOTU is FUBAR!

The setting was different, but the content was pretty much the same as in his "economic" speech in Detroit, prayer breakfast in DC and rally in Fort Bragg

Five U.S. Men’s Olympic hockey players skipped the State of the Union address: Jake Guentzel (Tampa Bay Lightning), Brock Nelson (Colorado Avalanche), Kyle Connor (Winnipeg Jets), Jake Oettinger (Dallas Stars), and Jackson LaCombe (Anaheim Ducks). #ThankYou

'There's gonna be more': Expert shares where more Trump dirt may be found in Epstein files

Choose your fighter

Low energy.

Lying for 2 hours straight won't solve any of the issues he's been underwater on for months. Everything is more expensive, corruption is rampant, and the Epstein Class gets richer while you get screwed. The lies you heard tonight won’t matter in November.

State of the Union Fact Check: Nope, none so far

Trump referred to voting as a "privilege" rather than a right. It's generally "voting rights," not "voting privileges."

This is the SAVE Act that Trump is discussing tonight.

Criminal Trump continues his Big Lie about not losing to Biden and claiming massive cheating to justify making it harder for working people to vote and the Republican sheep in Congress know he’s lying but stood and cheered anyway. Despicable. #SOTU

The SAVE Act is a voter suppression bill - full stop.

The SAVE Act has nothing to do with voter ID and everything to do with making it harder for women, Black people, and young people to register to vote. It won’t pass.

We'd just hit the extremely racist part of the speech so I assumed there'd be no cause for me to laugh but then he said that there was no money for DHS to help with snow removal just days after we learned adulterers Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski have a $70 million fuck plane

Trump is on an extended riff based on the premise that the Homeland Security Department is responsible for shoveling snow.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom has been devalued almost as much as cabinet positions.

FACT CHECK: Trump is lying about TrumpRx. ❌ Nearly HALF the drugs have discounts already available elsewhere ❌ At least 15 drugs have cheaper generics—which TrumpRx hides from you ❌ 7 drugs are cheaper on GoodRx RIGHT NOW ❌ Insured patients often pay LESS using their insurance than using TrumpRx

Trump is bragging about working to eliminate fraud. Most of his presidential pardons have been for people convicted of money laundering and fraud to the tune of over $1 billion.

Democrats refused to fund DHS because federal agents were shooting U.S. citizens. No accountability? No check.

Lee: We live in a country where we have one reality for everyday people and another for the rich and the well-connected and the well-protected. We have to change that. That’s why earlier today I announced that I'll be introducing articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi.

Garcia: The single most powerful moment tonight is going to be when Donald Trump has to look up at the gallery of the U.S. House and see the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein looking straight back at him — demanding justice, demanding truth, and demanding accountability

Well the NHL just lost a lot of potential new fans

Casar: He steals from working Americans to give to the rich. Donald Trump doesn't owe us a two-hour rambling speech. He owes the American people their money back.

Mike Johnson is a weak bitch, pass it on

After the latest revelations in the Epstein files about Trump possibly abusing a 13 year old girl, every PR flack for the NHL clubs of each US Men’s Hockey Team member must be apoplectic about their players going to Trump’s State of the Union address The league just got over a sex abuse trial

The New York Rangers expect me, a woman, to come back and watch the rest of the season after I watched the people who run the organization and two of its players laugh at female athletes. I think I’m good on hockey for the rest of the season. It’s been, like, really ruined.

Why would anyone tune in to watch a liar lie?

Leilani Munter, y'all.

And a lot of ppl won't be there to hold hearings or rend garments. Bc, if Kasparov is right, those camps are not just for immigrants. bsky.app/profile/uroc...

The FBI was delayed in responding to the Brown University mass shooting last December in large part due to a confusing order from FBI Director Kash Patel, a whistleblower and three inside sources recently told Congress, MS NOW reported on Tuesday.

U.S. men's hockey with Curt-Schilling-in-Boston levels of good will squandering. A 25-mile lead in the good will marathon and they tripped on their dicks right at the finish line.

The hockey stuff is a nice preview of how Trump will ruin the World Cup.

BREAKING: THE SHARE OF US LOANS IN DELINQUENCY HAVE HIT THE HIGHEST SINCE 2017, PER BLOOMBERG. ...