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You are here: Home / 2024 Elections / Livestreams : State of the Union

Livestreams : State of the Union

by Anne Laurie|  March 7, 20249:24 pm| 355 Comments

This post is in: 2024 Elections, President Biden, Proud To Be A Democrat!

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Can’t figure out a direct embed, but here’s the official YouTube version:

 
Gift link to the Washington Post livestream:

Planning to watch the State of the Union?

Follow along with @JAWillick, @alexi, @crampell, @PorterEduardo, @JimGeraghty, @AsymmetricInfo, @PetriDishes, @EJDionne and @shadihamid as they offer real-time commentary starting at 8:45 p.m. ET: https://t.co/WY0fJakvip

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) March 7, 2024


 
NYTimes gift link:

President Biden is expected to make his case for a second term. Watch the State of the Union address live with analysis from New York Times reporters. https://t.co/XRat7Ib7K3

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 8, 2024

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355Comments

  1. 1.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 7, 2024 at 9:28 pm

    Damn, he is coming out punching.

  2. 2.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 9:29 pm

    Didn’t realize we had a new thread, but I’ll say again that Joe leading off with 1941 and Hitler and drawing a comparison to where we are in history now is a pretty powerful start.

    It’s also absolutely telling that Fascist Moscow Mike won’t stand up for that. I wonder why.

  3. 3.

    BretH

    March 7, 2024 at 9:29 pm

    Sounds strong!

  4. 4.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 9:29 pm

    One joke then right to it. Go Mr. President.

  5. 5.

    Suzanne

    March 7, 2024 at 9:30 pm

    He needs to stop squinting. When he opens his eyes wide, he looks so much more alert and sharp.

  6. 6.

    brantl

    March 7, 2024 at 9:30 pm

    Maybe he can smack the shit out of Mike Johnson and Bitch Mitch.

  7. 7.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 9:31 pm

    That fucker won’t stand up for not enabling Putin!

  8. 8.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 7, 2024 at 9:32 pm

    “Jan. 6 lies! But they failed!”

    Tell the fucking traitors, Joe.

  9. 9.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 9:32 pm

    Boy, he’s really pissed! Good!

  10. 10.

    Mike in NC

    March 7, 2024 at 9:33 pm

    Pissing off the Republican traitors. Good!

  11. 11.

    TheronWare

    March 7, 2024 at 9:33 pm

    All those fascist republican traitors!

  12. 12.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 9:33 pm

    “You can’t love your country only if you win.”

  13. 13.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 9:33 pm

    Mike looks so uncomfortable.

  14. 14.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 7, 2024 at 9:33 pm

    Joe is rolling!

  15. 15.

    Sister Golden Bear

    March 7, 2024 at 9:34 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m loving it.

  16. 16.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 9:35 pm

    I love all the Democratic women dressed in white.

  17. 17.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 9:35 pm

    On WhiteHouse.gov YouTube, nearly 118,000 watching.

  18. 18.

    kalakal

    March 7, 2024 at 9:35 pm

    This is no feeble, confused old man. This is a masterly display. Power and passion

  19. 19.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 9:36 pm

    Feeble, demented, weak, cowardly.
    No, I’m not talking about Biden. We know who I’m talking about.

    If he keeps this up throughout the speech it’ll be one of the best he’s ever made.

  20. 20.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 9:36 pm

    Hitting Trump and company where they hurt. And praising the VP. He is ready for this.

  21. 21.

    Miki

    March 7, 2024 at 9:36 pm

    “You can’t love your country only when you win.”

    Yup. Yup, yup, yup.

    Why is this so hard to understand?

  22. 22.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 9:36 pm

    I hope the 6 Supreme Court Justices squirm in those front row seats.

  23. 23.

    zhena gogolia

    March 7, 2024 at 9:36 pm

    I guess Cole’s not watching the speech.

  24. 24.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 9:37 pm

    Holy shit he legitimately just told the Supremes off directly.

    Who is this Joe Biden and where has he been all of my life?

  25. 25.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 9:37 pm

    Women Power! Go Joe!

  26. 26.

    TheronWare

    March 7, 2024 at 9:37 pm

    The SCOTUS just got slapped yeah!

  27. 27.

    mvr

    March 7, 2024 at 9:37 pm

    I just love Speaker Johnson looking sick while Biden makes points he has to nod and clap to.

  28. 28.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 7, 2024 at 9:37 pm

    Mike Johnson looks uncomfortable.  Good.

  29. 29.

    kalakal

    March 7, 2024 at 9:38 pm

    He’s calling the GOP out again and again. And now a huge FU to the supremes

    This is a great speech

  30. 30.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 9:38 pm

    The Supreme Court looked uncomfortable too. They should.

  31. 31.

    Juju

    March 7, 2024 at 9:39 pm

    Who’s the guy who looks like the ghost of John C. Calhoun?

    Biden!!!!!!

  32. 32.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 9:39 pm

    @zhena gogolia: And it’s the longest he’s done.

  33. 33.

    Narya

    March 7, 2024 at 9:39 pm

    Joe’s bringing it and I’m loving it.

  34. 34.

    Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony

    March 7, 2024 at 9:40 pm

    Mike is super uncomfortable. I expect some of his colleagues are fuming. They are going to smack him for requesting decorum.

  35. 35.

    Juju

    March 7, 2024 at 9:40 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I wonder how long it will take him to chew a hole through his cheek?

  36. 36.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 9:40 pm

    Johnson can’t control his Resting Fascist Face. Fucker.

  37. 37.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    March 7, 2024 at 9:41 pm

    @Narya: He is pulling no punches

  38. 38.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 9:41 pm

    @Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony: I think they’re yelling anyway, but it’s isolated.

  39. 39.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 9:41 pm

    Johnson keeps shaking his head no over everything. Fuck you, you smug fuck.

  40. 40.

    EarthWindFire

    March 7, 2024 at 9:41 pm

    Joe’s come out swinging. And I am so here for it! Fired up, ready to go!

  41. 41.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 9:41 pm

    Watching the difference between MVP and the weasel next to her.  Enjoying it.

  42. 42.

    JWR

    March 7, 2024 at 9:42 pm

    Wow. This ain’t yer daddy’s SOTU! Go Joe!

  43. 43.

    Sister Golden Bear

    March 7, 2024 at 9:42 pm

    @Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony: Mike looks like he’s laying back and thinking of England Russian.

  44. 44.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 9:42 pm

    @Soprano2: yeah, someone shouted “you lie” or at least it sounded like that. Joe just kept going.

  45. 45.

    Sister Golden Bear

    March 7, 2024 at 9:43 pm

    @kalakal: <Kylo Ren gif> MOAR!!!

  46. 46.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 9:43 pm

    They can’t even clap for American jobs. Sad….

  47. 47.

    zeecube

    March 7, 2024 at 9:43 pm

    @zhena gogolia: That made me laugh.  Thanks.

  48. 48.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 7, 2024 at 9:43 pm

    If you need more money in your districts, let me know!

    Hahahahaha

  49. 49.

    hells littlest angel

    March 7, 2024 at 9:43 pm

    I hope to some day be as feeble and out of it as this guy.

  50. 50.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 9:43 pm

    @Leto: I think I heard stuff like that 2 or 3 times. He’s not acknowledging it.

  51. 51.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 9:44 pm

    Glad the camera cut to Secy Pete just now. He’s been hammering at this!

  52. 52.

    Suzanne

    March 7, 2024 at 9:44 pm

    OHHHHH I love this shiv. Secretary Pete is grinning.

  53. 53.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 9:44 pm

    “If anyone doesn’t want that money in your districts, just let me know”… loooool

  54. 54.

    cmorenc

    March 7, 2024 at 9:44 pm

    Biden is killing it far better than we even could have hoped – as well as totally disproving the biden is old and senile meme

    This is the Biden version of morning in america

  55. 55.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 9:46 pm

    @kalakal:

    Dark Brandon! I’m loving it!!

  56. 56.

    stinger

    March 7, 2024 at 9:46 pm

    I really want him to point out some infrastructure project in Mike Johnson’s district. Johnson has been nodding along to a surprising amount of Biden’s remarks; that would be another one he couldn’t hold out against.

  57. 57.

    Jackie

    March 7, 2024 at 9:46 pm

    @Suzanne: I think hue eyes are light sensitive, and those are bright lights. He needs his dark Brandon glasses.

  58. 58.

    SpaceUnit

    March 7, 2024 at 9:47 pm

    Go Joe!

    This is a speech!  Christ, compare this to TFG’s incoherent babbling.  That asshole is gonna go down in flames and hopefully he’ll take his whole party with him.  Let’s roll!!!

  59. 59.

    Misterpuff

    March 7, 2024 at 9:47 pm

    Preacher Johnson is a little troll. I’m loving his discomfort. I’m sure he was in the peanut gallery when he was a backbencher.

  60. 60.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 9:47 pm

    Applause from Mike at last.

  61. 61.

    clay

    March 7, 2024 at 9:47 pm

    @hrprogressive:

    Holy shit he legitimately just told the Supremes off directly.

    Who is this Joe Biden and where has he been all of my life?

    Everyone knows that Biden is old, but no one ever talks about the advantages that this brings.  For one, Joe has absolutely zero fucks left to give.

  62. 62.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 9:47 pm

    I’m loving this Dark Brandon #SOTU

  63. 63.

    debit

    March 7, 2024 at 9:47 pm

    I can’t remember ever just smiling through an entire SOTU before.  Joe is on fire.

  64. 64.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 9:47 pm

    So many great moments. I’m going to have to watch the whole thing all over again later.

    “FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!!!”

  65. 65.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 9:48 pm

    He’s hitting all the right notes.

  66. 66.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 9:48 pm

    This is the most fired up and energetic I think I’ve ever heard Joe as President.

    Maybe he gets it.

    Hope the American People are listening, closely.

  67. 67.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 9:48 pm

    Mediocre Moses looks constipated.  He is hating his life right now.

  68. 68.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 9:48 pm

    He’s not letting up at all. Way beyond my expectations, and they were high to begin with.

  69. 69.

    MDC

    March 7, 2024 at 9:49 pm

    Dark Brandon is extra spicy tonight.  I’m here for it.

  70. 70.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 7, 2024 at 9:50 pm

    @Jackie: Maybe he’ll finish by whipping out and putting on his aviators.

  71. 71.

    debit

    March 7, 2024 at 9:50 pm

    I think when the networks try to condense this speech into a single kernel it’s going to be “POTUS was strong, combative and confident.”

  72. 72.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 7, 2024 at 9:51 pm

    “If you, the American people, send me a Congress that supports the right to choose, I promise you I’ll restore Roe v Wade as the law of the land.”

  73. 73.

    Sister Golden Bear

    March 7, 2024 at 9:51 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Please, please, please!

  74. 74.

    Mike in NC

    March 7, 2024 at 9:51 pm

    I can remember catching a brief clip of one of Fat Bastard’s SOTU speeches where he called anybody who wouldn’t give him standing ovation a traitor. Fucking piece of shit.

  75. 75.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 7, 2024 at 9:51 pm

    He just missed a word.  “A big deal?”

  76. 76.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 9:51 pm

    Hitting Big Pharma hard. Where’s Kyrsten?

  77. 77.

    Suzanne

    March 7, 2024 at 9:51 pm

    “It’s still a very big deal.”

    LMMFAOOOOO.

  78. 78.

    kalakal

    March 7, 2024 at 9:52 pm

    And now putting the boot into pharma drug pricing

    This man is on fire! And he’s brought reciepts

    The Moscow joke!

  79. 79.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 9:52 pm

    “Obamacare. Still a very big deal.”

    LOL!! 😁😂🤣

  80. 80.

    Misterpuff

    March 7, 2024 at 9:52 pm

    Obamacare is still a big [Fucking] deal!

     

    Made me laugh.

  81. 81.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 9:53 pm

    @Betty: Looking up Dolores Umbridge fanfic and fanart for policy and wardrobe ideas.

  82. 82.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 9:53 pm

    @debit: ​
      “and here’s why this is bad news for Biden”.

  83. 83.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 9:53 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Oh man. Plz plz plz.

  84. 84.

    Miki

    March 7, 2024 at 9:53 pm

    Squirmy Mikey J.

  85. 85.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 9:53 pm

    Women’s health research. Good. It’s needed.

    Now pivoting to housing.

  86. 86.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 9:53 pm

    I loved the way he leaned in and flashed a mischevious smile when he said “I’m not going to let that happen” about repealing the ACA

  87. 87.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 9:54 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: when he finishes his second term he’s putting Jill in the Vette, poppin’ on his aviators, and driving off into the sunset.

  88. 88.

    debit

    March 7, 2024 at 9:54 pm

    @japa21:  LOL, probably.

  89. 89.

    TS

    March 7, 2024 at 9:54 pm

    @debit:

    I think when the networks try to condense this speech into a single kernel it’s going to be “POTUS was strong, combative and confident.”

    I have zero faith that the networks or any other media will make such a statement.  Would be nice to be proven wrong.

  90. 90.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 9:54 pm

    @japa21: ​
     

    “He didn’t do enough to reach across the aisle, it wasn’t very bipartisan”

  91. 91.

    Narya

    March 7, 2024 at 9:55 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I just explained the joke to my (non-cursing) mom and the overnight caregiver.

  92. 92.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 9:55 pm

    To all the people rightly pointing out that Biden wasn’t talking enough about the lack of affordability in housing

    Looks like he heard you.

    Make sure he gets a chance to help you, and save the Republic as well.

  93. 93.

    Mick McDick

    March 7, 2024 at 9:55 pm

    Reading the Wash Post columnist’s comments before i came here, and those people are incredibly out of touch. Like from another planet.

  94. 94.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 9:56 pm

    @MomSense:

    He looks like he wishes he could be scrolling porn sites right now if it weren’t for that pesky app he shares with his son.

  95. 95.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 9:56 pm

    Let’s hear it for pre-school!

  96. 96.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 7, 2024 at 9:56 pm

    @hrprogressive: That’s the one.

  97. 97.

    WaterGirl

    March 7, 2024 at 9:57 pm

    Johnson looks like a small, weak little Elf sitting in his big chair.

  98. 98.

    jimmiraybob

    March 7, 2024 at 9:57 pm

    Johnson keeps nodding in the affirmative.  I think he’s ready to switch parties.

  99. 99.

    Fleeting Expletive

    March 7, 2024 at 9:57 pm

    Excellent speech. Mike Johnson looks so very constipated.  He’s constrained from applauding Biden’s lines, little mousy eyes darting and the smile flickers, but he pushes it down, faithfully.

  100. 100.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 9:57 pm

    Investment in education! Yeah!

  101. 101.

    TS

    March 7, 2024 at 9:57 pm

    @TS:

    And WaPo is reporting every comment made by trump on his social media while the SOTU is ongoing – refuting Biden’s remarks.

  102. 102.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 9:59 pm

    @WaterGirl: listen, there’s only so much height two phone books can give!

  103. 103.

    Jackie

    March 7, 2024 at 9:59 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Maybe he’ll finish by whipping out and putting on his aviators.

    Oh please please!🤞🏻🤞🏻

  104. 104.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 9:59 pm

    Tax the rich! Yes!

  105. 105.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:00 pm

    “…and a raise for public school teachers.”

    Honestly, are there no limits to this pinko’s radical lefty agenda??

  106. 106.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 7, 2024 at 10:00 pm

    @hrprogressive:

    it wasn’t very bipartisan”

    It’s already being said in Twitter.

  107. 107.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:00 pm

    Here’s the Trumpov tax cut.

    Edit: lol, nice call and response!

  108. 108.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:00 pm

    Give public school teachers a raise! Really supporting labor.

    Now onto taxes…

  109. 109.

    kalakal

    March 7, 2024 at 10:01 pm

    Love the way he’s controlling his voice, from low, confiding tones to proud roars. This speech is not only great in content, he’s giving a master class in oratorical style. Fantastic stuff

  110. 110.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 10:01 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: ​
     

    Good, I don’t want bipartisanship with Fascists.

  111. 111.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 10:01 pm

    Those poor Republicans look so unhappy!

  112. 112.

    Trivia Man

    March 7, 2024 at 10:01 pm

    @TS: big media addicted to orange man clicks

  113. 113.

    SpaceUnit

    March 7, 2024 at 10:02 pm

    Goddamn he’s giving the GOP a wedgie right now.  I’m practically giddy.

    Go, Mr. President!

  114. 114.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 10:02 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: ​
      And all the responses say Good

  115. 115.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:02 pm

    Shitheel Marge still hasn’t taken her hat off.

  116. 116.

    Mike in NC

    March 7, 2024 at 10:02 pm

    Just about every Republican in this audience is wearing their Trump uniform of a blue suit, white shirt, and shiny red necktie. Sick cult.

  117. 117.

    bbleh

    March 7, 2024 at 10:03 pm

    My my Joe is really warming up now.  I’m guessing he’s not a morning person ..

    Jayzus NOW he’s bringin’ it …

  118. 118.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 10:03 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    HAHAHAHAHA!!!

  119. 119.

    jonas

    March 7, 2024 at 10:03 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Of course The Onion was there first. Sort of.

  120. 120.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 10:04 pm

    “Imagine”. Great way to phrase it.

  121. 121.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 10:04 pm

    @bbleh: ​
      Definitely not sundowning

  122. 122.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:04 pm

    “I will stop you” LOL!

  123. 123.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 10:04 pm

    Did someone, anyone, tell Joe Biden in private “Mr. President this might be the last free SOTU ever, so we need you to go leave it all on the field in the hopes that that won’t be true”

    And Joe, with a smile, a tip of the aviators said “Let’s fucking do it”

    Because seriously.

    I don’t know where this Joe Biden has been.

    I’m legitimately pleased to see it.

  124. 124.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 10:04 pm

    “I will stop you”

    God I loved his delivery of that line.

  125. 125.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:04 pm

    @SpaceUnit:

    While he’s at it, he might as well give them a swirly, too.

    ETA: LOL I think he just did.

  126. 126.

    MazeDancer

    March 7, 2024 at 10:04 pm

    Fiery Joe is the best!

  127. 127.

    Fake Irishman

    March 7, 2024 at 10:05 pm

    @hrprogressive:

    He’s always been under there for our entire lives. Remember, this is the guy who reduced Rudy Giuliani to “a noun, verb and 911” before the 2008 primary.

  128. 128.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 10:05 pm

    Poor Mikey now shaking his head on protecting Medicare and Social Security.

  129. 129.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:05 pm

    Price gouging and shrink-flation. Fucking preach.

  130. 130.

    SpaceUnit

    March 7, 2024 at 10:05 pm

    Fuck.  He’s throwing some hands tonight.

  131. 131.

    Sister Golden Bear

    March 7, 2024 at 10:06 pm

    Johnson is praying he gets raptured right about now.

  132. 132.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 7, 2024 at 10:06 pm

    And now he engages the assholes.  Perfect.  Like when he got them to agree that cutting Social Security was bad.  It’s almost like he’s been doing this for years.

  133. 133.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:07 pm

    THIS ENTIRE THING IS AWE-INSPIRING. Bring on the broken glass for me to crawl over.

    Anyone have a cigarette?

  134. 134.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 10:07 pm

    @Fake Irishman: ​
     

    That was literally a lifetime ago though.

    I need this Joe Biden every day from now until he’s sworn in a second time.

  135. 135.

    Caphilldcne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:07 pm

    Spicy Biden is the best Biden

  136. 136.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 10:07 pm

    Ouch. Border bill truthing!

  137. 137.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:08 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: now doing the same with border security.

  138. 138.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 10:08 pm

    “oh you didn’t like that immigration bill? the one conservative groups said was good? I’ll be darned!”

    10/10 no notes.

  139. 139.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:08 pm

    OMG. Now we have “Sarcastic Brandon.” Where the fuck have you been all my life? This is incredible.

  140. 140.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 10:08 pm

    Biden handling the Republicans like an expert comic handles drunk hecklers.

  141. 141.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:08 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I think it’s all vape now.

  142. 142.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:09 pm

    Hitting it on immigration and bashing the other side of the aisle. “Look at the facts. I know you know how to read.”

  143. 143.

    CaseyL

    March 7, 2024 at 10:09 pm

    “I know you know how to read.”

    Hah! Assumes facts in evidence.

  144. 144.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 7, 2024 at 10:09 pm

    This guy is on top of his game.

  145. 145.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 10:09 pm

    And now for Marge’s big mouth.

  146. 146.

    SpaceUnit

    March 7, 2024 at 10:09 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    A gasoline swirly.  And he’s lighting it on fire.

  147. 147.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:09 pm

    And here’s Greene opening her trash can.

     

    just absolute fucking trash.

  148. 148.

    Ksmiami

    March 7, 2024 at 10:10 pm

    I’d crawl through a pit of vipers, across a bed of hot coals, douse myself with shards of glass and put pins in my fingernails to vote for this man, but as the NYT says, just not enthusiasticALLy…

  149. 149.

    Misterpuff

    March 7, 2024 at 10:11 pm

    Dark Brandon Rises.

    C’mon POTUS whip out the sunglasses.

  150. 150.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:11 pm

    I know Constipated Mike won’t do it, but he needs to get his shitheels under control.

  151. 151.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:11 pm

    I’ve never said this about anyone, but I truly wish MTG would FOADIAF.

  152. 152.

    Redshift

    March 7, 2024 at 10:11 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Johnson looks like a small, weak little Elf sitting in his big chair.

    And that’s probably even with using the shorter chair Patrick McHenry got so he didn’t look like a toddler up there.

  153. 153.

    opiejeanne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:12 pm

    @Leto: That bitch. I wanted to slap the taste out of her mouth.

  154. 154.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 7, 2024 at 10:12 pm

    Joe Biden is going to hold Big Girl Scout accountable and require them to make their cookies available YEAR ROUND!!!

  155. 155.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:13 pm

    Always “my predecessor.” Never named. That is going to get under TFG’s skin.

  156. 156.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 10:13 pm

    When was the last time a Democratic POTUS sounded that strong on immigration or the border?

  157. 157.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:13 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: bake that cookie! Bake that cookie! Bake that cookie!

  158. 158.

    Miki

    March 7, 2024 at 10:15 pm

    “We can fight about fixing the border or we can fix it.”

  159. 159.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:15 pm

    Pass the Freedom to Vote Act.

    DEI, baby!

  160. 160.

    SpaceUnit

    March 7, 2024 at 10:16 pm

    This is a fucking American party, and Republicans aren’t getting laid.

  161. 161.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 10:16 pm

    Voting rights. Failure to pass that ought to embarrass any decent person.

  162. 162.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 10:17 pm

    He’s done a lot of ad libbing tonight without missing a beat.

  163. 163.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:17 pm

    BTW, there’s something incredibly beautiful and inspiring about that sea of white pants suits. Such a lively tradition. I think Madam Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi gets the credit for starting it.

  164. 164.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 10:17 pm

    When was the last time AOC looked that pleased with something Joe said?

  165. 165.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:17 pm

    Jesus Christ shut that guy up. Ok, he’s being escorted out.

  166. 166.

    Sister Golden Bear

    March 7, 2024 at 10:18 pm

    Appreciate the shout out to trans people, but I wish it been coupled to actually taking concrete steps to protect us

    A reminder to everyone watching: The far right wants to have a government shutdown over trans people, may do so in the HHS-Ed bill that is currently under negotiation.

  167. 167.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:18 pm

    Christ, who was that? Did anyone catch what he said? Glad he was swiftly escorted out.

  168. 168.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 10:18 pm

    @Leto: What was he yelling?

  169. 169.

    randy khan

    March 7, 2024 at 10:18 pm

    @TS:

    And WaPo is reporting every comment made by trump on his social media while the SOTU is ongoing – refuting Biden’s remarks.

    Somehow I doubt Trump actually is refuting anything.  Probably more like howling.

  170. 170.

    opiejeanne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:18 pm

    Who’s the idiot shouting at him incoherently?

  171. 171.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 10:19 pm

    Reschedule weed, yes!

    Also, serious question.  Given the howling I just heard, what are the odds that a number of the Republicans present are drunk, high, or both?  Especially given what we know about TiFG’s White House drug dispensary.

    Seriously, WTF with the howling?

  172. 172.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:19 pm

    @Soprano2: idk. Sounded like “Marines!” But I have no clue.

  173. 173.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:19 pm

    Gun violence. Hope he calls out Congress.

  174. 174.

    Doc Sardonic

    March 7, 2024 at 10:19 pm

    Sounds like Uncle Joe is all out of bubble gum

  175. 175.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 10:20 pm

    The assclown who yelled was yelling something about police, but that was the only word I understood.

  176. 176.

    TheronWare

    March 7, 2024 at 10:20 pm

    I heard tiny tRump is planning on fact checking the SOTU…Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!

  177. 177.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:20 pm

    @opiejeanne: he was somebody in the upper deck, so idk. I’m sure the networks will give us the answer later, as well as who it is.

  178. 178.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:20 pm

    Joe is just going from strength to strength tonight.

  179. 179.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 7, 2024 at 10:20 pm

    @Leto: “Thirteen dead marines!”

  180. 180.

    Fake Irishman

    March 7, 2024 at 10:20 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Somewhere, Paul Ryan is having flashbacks to getting stuffed in a trash can during the 2012 VP debate.

  181. 181.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 10:21 pm

    YES!! Dark Brandon is going after the NRA.

  182. 182.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:21 pm

    @TheronWare:

    Seriously? Did he say that? Ooh, that’s rich.

  183. 183.

    moonbat

    March 7, 2024 at 10:22 pm

    Trump is too busy looking for 83 million dollars in his couch cushions. He ain’t fact-checking squat.

  184. 184.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 10:22 pm

    So Mikey cares about Israeli hostages.

  185. 185.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:22 pm

    On to Gaza. He has to thread a needle on this one.

  186. 186.

    opiejeanne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:22 pm

    @Leto: Who was he?

  187. 187.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:23 pm

    @opiejeanne: not sure, but I’m sure in the next day or two we’ll find out.

  188. 188.

    opiejeanne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:23 pm

    @Leto: Thanks.

  189. 189.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 10:23 pm

    Hope Kay is watching.

  190. 190.

    Matt McIrvin

    March 7, 2024 at 10:24 pm

    @randy khan: I’m assured by GlobeEarthIsLies1488 that a laugh emoji constitutes logical refutation.

  191. 191.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 10:25 pm

    He’s threading the needle.

  192. 192.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:28 pm

    @japa21: Yes and he devoted more time to the Palestinian side of the issue.

  193. 193.

    Bill Arnold

    March 7, 2024 at 10:29 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    That would be a reference to the Afghanistan withdrawal.
    Some 65 American service members died in combat while serving Trump during his time in the White House office from January 2017 to January 2021. There were fatalities every year of his presidency, according to the “hostile action” records compiled by the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS), which is maintained by a government defense agency.
    (Of those 65 deaths, there were 45 combat deaths reported in Afghanistan alone, according to the Associated Press.)

  194. 194.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 7, 2024 at 10:29 pm

    Age joke.

  195. 195.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 10:29 pm

    He is having so much fun trolling the Republicans.

  196. 196.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 7, 2024 at 10:29 pm

    @hrprogressive: that “reggatta de blanc” was their best album?

  197. 197.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:29 pm

    If you’re playing along with the SOTU Bingo from above, he’s soooooo close…

  198. 198.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 10:29 pm

    He’s had a few minor, inconsequential stumbles, but the media will highlight them.

  199. 199.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 10:29 pm

    “You don’t want to do that?” 😂😂 He anticipated their clown show. Too many Republicans are performance artists now.

  200. 200.

    Misterpuff

    March 7, 2024 at 10:29 pm

    Hey guess what Gaza is on the ocean. We can build a temporary pier. Suck on it Bibi!

  201. 201.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 10:29 pm

    His speech clears straight up when he is talking shit. It’s amazing.

    From Tressie on Bluesky

  202. 202.

    Spanky

    March 7, 2024 at 10:30 pm

    “When you get to be my age …”

  203. 203.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:30 pm

    “To give hate no safe harbor”

  204. 204.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 10:31 pm

    @japa21: Unfortunately you’re probably right about that.

  205. 205.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:31 pm

    Susan Collins looks as though someone just forced her to suck all the juice out of an extremely sour pickled lime.

  206. 206.

    JWR

    March 7, 2024 at 10:31 pm

    Here’s the age issue, and he’s handling it quite nicely.

    PS. I bet Bibi ain’t gonna like this speech. Good!

    /Fixed

  207. 207.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 7, 2024 at 10:31 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Outlandos D’Amour.  Come on, man.

  208. 208.

    opiejeanne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:31 pm

    @Leto:

    Eric Michael Garcia

    @EricMGarcia

    Someone was removed after yelling “Remember Abbey Gate. United States Marines”

  209. 209.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 10:31 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear:

    The way the Republicans are villifying trans people is one of the scariest things about a possible tRump return to the presidency.

  210. 210.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 10:32 pm

    Sometimes I think MVP has a crush on Joe

  211. 211.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:32 pm

    The Bingo card is  a l m o s t   f u l l.

  212. 212.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 10:32 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: ​
     

    Hahaha.

    I was proven wrong apparently, I thought it was about police but it’s apparently not.

  213. 213.

    TriassicSands

    March 7, 2024 at 10:32 pm

    This is appalling. Why can’t Biden acknowledge how much help Republicans have been?

    Oh, right, they haven’t been any help at all. Their net effect is hugely negative.

    Dispeptic Mike Johnson looks ill as he tries desperately to fulfill his role as a mindless bobblehead. Even that is too much. YesYesYesNONONOYesYesYesNONONOYesYesYesNONONODemocracy?NOOOOONOOOOONOOOOOO!  MOMMY!!!

  214. 214.

    Betty

    March 7, 2024 at 10:32 pm

    Finishing strong!

  215. 215.

    stinger

    March 7, 2024 at 10:34 pm

    WELL, DAYUM!

  216. 216.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 10:34 pm

    Biden just went full Otter!

  217. 217.

    Miki

    March 7, 2024 at 10:34 pm

    I see a future ….

  218. 218.

    JWR

    March 7, 2024 at 10:34 pm

    And it’s over. That was awesome!

  219. 219.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:34 pm

    @Leto:

    Are there extra points for all the times MVP stood and Pastor Mike didn’t? ‘Cause I might be a wealthy woman by now.

     

  220. 220.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:34 pm

    @opiejeanne: ah. I’ll simply say a lot of us haven’t, but I’d never heckle/shout at him about it.

  221. 221.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 10:34 pm

    @japa21:

    I think she recognizes a truly great and good human being and she is learning so much from working with him.

  222. 222.

    Misterpuff

    March 7, 2024 at 10:35 pm

    USA! USA! USA!

    F*ck Yeah!

     

    A Dem gets away with that closing! Ah mazing!

  223. 223.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 10:35 pm

    Damn, that was amazing.  Dark Brandon FTW

  224. 224.

    japa21

    March 7, 2024 at 10:35 pm

    That was one hell of a speech.

  225. 225.

    SpaceUnit

    March 7, 2024 at 10:35 pm

    That dude ought to run for president.

  226. 226.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 7, 2024 at 10:35 pm

    You were a Baptist preacher tonight!

    Not sure who said it, but spot on.

  227. 227.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:36 pm

    Strong all the way to the end.

    134.6 thousand watched on the White House channel. Will be curious to know what the total is across all platforms.

  228. 228.

    kalakal

    March 7, 2024 at 10:36 pm

    That was tremendous!

  229. 229.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 10:36 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Can you imagine if we had taken a drink every time mini moses stayed on his behind while MVP stood up?

  230. 230.

    mvr

    March 7, 2024 at 10:36 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: ​Warnock

  231. 231.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 10:36 pm

    Let’s be completely honest – Madge got a few moments of interruption, and so did that guy who shouted from the balcony.

    But the GOP was pretty fucking silent tonight, and the Democrats seem pretty damn excited to return this man to the White House.

    Maybe, just maybe, the American people will see this and do the right thing.

    Nobody ever gives a “perfect” speech, but in terms of a “barn-burner where lots of things that needed to be said were said, including some things you didn’t think he’d actually say”.

    Yeah. That’s gotta be up there as one of his best, if not the best of his presidency, if not his career.

    I’m sure the corprofascist media will find ways to downplay it, but those who deal in objective realities aren’t going to have anything but good things to say about this.

    Moment of hope, when there haven’t been many of those the last few years, for me personally anyway.

  232. 232.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:36 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I wish! Same, I’d be very wealthy as well! :)

     

    Biden: “Don’t worry about closing up folks. I know where the light switch is and Jill says I can stay out late tonight. Who wants some ice cream?” ;)

  233. 233.

    opiejeanne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:36 pm

    @MomSense: I need a cigarette.

     

    And I don’t smoke.

  234. 234.

    CaseyL

    March 7, 2024 at 10:37 pm

    THAT was one HELLUVA SPEECH.

    Taking names and kicking ass.

    That is my President!

  235. 235.

    EarthWindFire

    March 7, 2024 at 10:37 pm

    Four more years! The media will inevitably cry their tears that the SOTU shouldn’t be this partisan. As a wise man once said, fuck em.

  236. 236.

    Sister Golden Bear

    March 7, 2024 at 10:38 pm

    @MomSense: If Trump wins the presidency, and worse yet, take Congress, I’m expecting to have to flee the country.

  237. 237.

    Mr. Bemused Senior

    March 7, 2024 at 10:39 pm

    It’s so clear he enjoys what he’s doing. Such a contrast.

  238. 238.

    Jackie

    March 7, 2024 at 10:41 pm

    Am I the only one noticing Johnson’s chair is shorter in the back than Kamala’s? That, combined with his booster seat makes him appear taller than he is.

  239. 239.

    Lyrebird

    March 7, 2024 at 10:41 pm

    @Ksmiami: I know we don’t always see things the same way, but tonight, ABSOLUTELY 100%!!!

    Those NYT writers were going off on lack of enthusiasm – pathetic.

    I’ve never thought of any candidate as perfect, they are all human, and I am very enthusiastically ridin’ with Biden through the storm and hopping over that broken glass with Harris.

  240. 240.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    March 7, 2024 at 10:42 pm

    80 yo Britt Hume Mewling on fox that Biden just came across as an angry old man.  Click.

  241. 241.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 7, 2024 at 10:42 pm

    Biden: My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about January 6th. I will not do that. This is a moment to speak the truth and to bury the lies. Here’s the simple truth. You can’t love your country only when you win.

  242. 242.

    JWR

    March 7, 2024 at 10:42 pm

    CBS seems to have been duly impressed.

    NBC I didn’t watch.

    Now waiting for the reaction from PBS.

  243. 243.

    RandomMonster

    March 7, 2024 at 10:42 pm

    Haven’t read anything up to present in this thread, but joining here now to say I just saw Biden at his best. Dark Fucking Brandon for the win!

  244. 244.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:43 pm

    “CONCERNED DEMS WORRY BIDEN PEAKED TOO EARLY” — NYT Pitchbot tomorrow, probably.

  245. 245.

    Ksmiami

    March 7, 2024 at 10:43 pm

    @Captain C: what we need now is a completely futile and stupid gesture…

  246. 246.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    March 7, 2024 at 10:43 pm

    @Captain C: He slept with Dean Wormer’s wife?

  247. 247.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 10:44 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear:

    It’s terrifying.  It wouldn’t be safe in the U.S. and I don’t trust enough people to step in the gap and keep trans people safe.  We are trying to pass some laws here in Maine to try and protect trans people and it’s not said explicitly but we are working on it in case tRump is elected.  I hope it would be enough but I don’t know.

  248. 248.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:44 pm

    WaPo headline: Fiery Biden takes on GOP, makes case for second term

  249. 249.

    kalakal

    March 7, 2024 at 10:44 pm

    We are so lucky to have that man

  250. 250.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:45 pm

    @MomSense:

    Whutchumean “IF”, MomSense?

  251. 251.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 10:45 pm

    @opiejeanne: Me too!

  252. 252.

    Ksmiami

    March 7, 2024 at 10:46 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: So another day ending in Y then…

  253. 253.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 10:47 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I’m cutting her some slack tonight but only because she just lost her mom.

  254. 254.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 10:49 pm

    @opiejeanne:

    Word.

  255. 255.

    mvr

    March 7, 2024 at 10:51 pm

    Kind of have to love Kamala Harris doing a great job of supporting the president and looking genuinely proud of the guy.

  256. 256.

    Lyrebird

    March 7, 2024 at 10:52 pm

    @Jackie: yeah, light sensitivity is real, and hey this website agrees with our family’s experience, those Irish eyes get it worse… (they just report that lighter pigmentation is associated with more light sensitivity)

  257. 257.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 10:54 pm

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: Way back when he was single.

  258. 258.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:55 pm

    Britt’s response takes place in the kitchen. Appropriate setting I guess. And this whispy voice thing…

  259. 259.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    March 7, 2024 at 10:55 pm

    Every GOP response seems like an SNL skit.

  260. 260.

    debit

    March 7, 2024 at 10:55 pm

    Oh god, the GOP person’s voice.

  261. 261.

    tam1MI

    March 7, 2024 at 10:56 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Outlandos D’Amour.  Come on, man.

     

    Ghost in the Machine for the win!

  262. 262.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:56 pm

    Katie Britt’s been on for <30 seconds, and I’m already getting deep Stepford Handmaid vibes.

  263. 263.

    Jimmiraybob

    March 7, 2024 at 10:56 pm

    Wowser. Anybody watching the Britt response?

  264. 264.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 10:57 pm

    @Lyrebird: I have blue eyes and light sensitivity, it’s a bitch.

  265. 265.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 10:57 pm

    The reply Senator is on now.  She sounds like she’s part Valley Girl, and like she’s giving a high school speech.  Also, her voice sounds like Trump-bait, with weirdly-placed giggles.  I’m in the other room, so I’m listening to her speech without seeing her face/bearing.

    It’s like mirrorverse Elle from Legally Blonde, where she’s a mean girl who’s not that great at faking emotions.

  266. 266.

    Jimmiraybob

    March 7, 2024 at 10:57 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: that was my first impression 5 seconds in.

  267. 267.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 10:57 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: oh, she might cry!

  268. 268.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 10:57 pm

    @Jimmiraybob: She’s a wanker.

  269. 269.

    Martin

    March 7, 2024 at 10:58 pm

    She’d be really good at talking about starving dogs and why I should send just $1 a day.

    I think part of why the response always fails is that the President is, well, the president and is speaking before Congress. Even trivial things like the shrinking size of Snickers has a lot of inertia behind it, and you can’t compete against that by being hyperbolic from your kitchen.

    I mean, she’s trying to tell us what a hellscape things are in this country with a carefully arranged fruit bowl behind her.

  270. 270.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 10:58 pm

    @Leto: Oh God I hate that kind of voice so much. It’s an affectation.

  271. 271.

    debit

    March 7, 2024 at 10:58 pm

    @Jimmiraybob: Listening. And fully expect a plea of just 69 cents a day to save either orphans or animals.

  272. 272.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 10:58 pm

    @Jimmiraybob:  Don’t want to spoil the glow from Fiery Biden.

    Anyone watching the response, pretty please hit us with the main points, assuming she has anything of merit to say. Thanks!

  273. 273.

    Misterpuff

    March 7, 2024 at 10:59 pm

    The GOP SOTU Rebuttal Curse strikes again, oops bad acting does not equal gravitas.

  274. 274.

    hrprogressive

    March 7, 2024 at 10:59 pm

    I ain’t watching a nanosecond of the GOP’ers response, because ain’t nothing they gonna say that is either true, or meaningful.

  275. 275.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 10:59 pm

    @Leto:

    Pretty sure she was voted “Class Actress” in her high school yearbook. She’s got that trembly, wobbly, teary-catch-in-the-throat utterly nailed. It’s like she’s OD’d on those 3-minute animal rescue commercials on late-night cable.

  276. 276.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 7, 2024 at 11:00 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I heard, or thought I heard “my daughter Bennet and my son Ripley” and had enough time to whisper “WTF” before clicking her off.

  277. 277.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 11:00 pm

    @Martin:

    She’d be really good at talking about starving dogs and why I should send just $1 a day.

    You’re not wrong.  Just needs an imitation Sarah McLachlan soundtrack in that case.

  278. 278.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 11:00 pm

    What was the point of that story? Doesn’t she want to deport that woman?

  279. 279.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 11:00 pm

    @debit:

    HAHAHAHA!  FTW

    In the arms of an angel far awaaaaay from here

  280. 280.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 11:01 pm

    Ok, so entire thing is “border wall”.  And for just $1 dollar a day, you too can help a…

    Again, the shaky almost crying voice thing. They’re just so bad at this response thing. Soooo bad.

  281. 281.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 11:01 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann:

    Every GOP response seems like an SNL skit.

    If this doesn’t become a rotating tag, I’m going to drink a quart of Lysol.

  282. 282.

    Jimmiraybob

    March 7, 2024 at 11:02 pm

    @tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat): Summary: delusion and fear!!!!

  283. 283.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 11:02 pm

    There’s really a trying-too-hard-to-win-a-high-school-speech-contest vibe to this speech.

    ETA:   Mixed with Straight-to-DVD-level bad acting.

  284. 284.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 11:03 pm

    OH.

    MY.

    GOD.

    She just said “Bless his heart” about POTUS. Fuck this bitch.

  285. 285.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 11:03 pm

    Literally everything she’s talking about here Biden addressed and has a plan for. An actual fucking plan. Where’s your plan, Bama Bozo?

  286. 286.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 11:04 pm

    Does she think TFG ever pumped gas or pushed a grocery cart? 🤣🤣🤡🤡

  287. 287.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 11:04 pm

    @Captain C: I would love to see the vintage MST3K gang get ahold of this speech.

  288. 288.

    debit

    March 7, 2024 at 11:04 pm

    Honey, you’ve gone from Save the Animals to I Demand to Speak to A Manager.

  289. 289.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 11:04 pm

    She is mesmerising.

    I don’t necessarily mean that in a good way.

  290. 290.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 11:04 pm

    @Captain C: you mean straight to VHS… this isn’t up to DVD standards.

  291. 291.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 11:05 pm

    @Captain C:

    LOL, would pay good cash money.

  292. 292.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 7, 2024 at 11:05 pm

    What’s with the trembling lower lip? Is she a toddler?

  293. 293.

    Misterpuff

    March 7, 2024 at 11:05 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

     I heard, or thought I heard “my daughter Bennet and my son Ripley” and had enough time to whisper “WTF” before clicking her off.

     

    I heard Ridgway which is exponentially worse.

  294. 294.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 11:05 pm

    @Leto: Yes, definitely VHS.

  295. 295.

    Sister Golden Bear

    March 7, 2024 at 11:05 pm

    @Captain C:

    She sounds like she’s part Valley Girl, and like she’s giving a high school speech.  Also, her voice sounds like Trump-bait, with weirdly-placed giggles.

    It’s Christian Fundie Woman little girl voice. Once you recognize it, you’ll hear it all the time among Republican women.

  296. 296.

    JWR

    March 7, 2024 at 11:05 pm

    Katie Britt (R-AL): I joined congress, ~sigh~ for my kids. /breathy pause. But Joe Biden doesn’t get it. (tee hee.) The American dream has turned into a nightmare. /breathy pause. The Southern Border ~sigh~ is a disaster. President. Biden’s. Border. Policies. ~ sigh ~ are a disaster. /breathy pause with a hint of tears.

    And I’ll stop there, except to say to Ms. Britt, stop with the stupid crying, lady! Oh, and the America in Decline that you see was brought to you by Joe’s predecessor, dumbass. And just STOP with the crying!

  297. 297.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 11:06 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: it’s the slow motion lawnmower crash we all can’t look away from.

    CCP MIND CONQUERING POWERS!

  298. 298.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 11:06 pm

    Putin’s on the march over Europe, and she wants the US to do nothing about that.  Huh?

  299. 299.

    Chacal Charles Calthrop

    March 7, 2024 at 11:06 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: not just you!

    In NYC when Trump won everyone looked into where they could go.  Canada was the most likely destination (certainly mine) but I knew someone who was a grandkid of an immigrant from Liechenstein who looked into being a citizen of Liechenstein.

    It was entertaining to compare the process:   Liechenstein really wanted to know if you had friends there, visited there, how often you attended which church, etc., while Canada just needed you to prove your relative was born there and how many assets you could bring in, and also could you first pay $500 for the application fee?

    anyhow before the whole thing got too far everyone I know in NYC had pretty much decided the entire east coast would secede to Canada, and then everyone I know in Seattle, Portland, California etc. said the entire West Coast would secede to Canada, and we all decided that the future election of Trump will just bring the Canadian border to San Diego in the West and D.C. in the east, with the free states of Austin, Colorado, and New Mexico somewhere in the middle, so….let’s just beat the Republicans like a rug that needs cleaning.

  300. 300.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 11:07 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    This woman is crazy – it’s now like a mean girl planning revenge on a rival mean girl.

  301. 301.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 11:07 pm

    I mean, I’ve seen better acting in MST3K-done movies.  We’re approaching Manos, the Hands of Fate level performance.

    (ETA: which I saw via MST3K)

  302. 302.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 11:07 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: exactly. What I thought of immediately. Combine that with middle school acting lessons and you have an Alabama Senator. Avalune is over here laughing at her. Haha

  303. 303.

    Lyrebird

    March 7, 2024 at 11:07 pm

    @Soprano2: Yes, a literal pain!  Mine is probably less acute than yours, but in our fam. it gets funny, bc half of us have spare sunglasses stashed everywhere, hat in the car, hats in the front hall, hat in the office, while the other half are like, what?

  304. 304.

    Martin

    March 7, 2024 at 11:07 pm

    We’ve really dipped into precious bodily fluid territory there. Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?

  305. 305.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 11:07 pm

    @Jimmiraybob: Thanks! So, what the GOP is based at.

    I don’t think I’ll ever understand people who focus on the past and fear. Life marches forward. You have to be looking towards tomorrow and if you can do it with optimism, hope, and a plan, that future will be worth living for.

  306. 306.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 11:07 pm

    @debit:

    Really a shame I have so many IRL friends named Karen. Otherwise, the jokes would whip out the Bics and write themselves.

  307. 307.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 11:07 pm

    They can’t remember Covid, can they?

  308. 308.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 11:08 pm

    @Captain C: OMG! The all time best MST movie! Just absolute gold standard.

  309. 309.

    Martin

    March 7, 2024 at 11:08 pm

    She’s very proud she got to that punchline.

  310. 310.

    debit

    March 7, 2024 at 11:09 pm

    OMG, please let it be over.

  311. 311.

    Martin

    March 7, 2024 at 11:09 pm

    They stand with that $7.25 minimum wage as well.

  312. 312.

    JWR

    March 7, 2024 at 11:09 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear:

    It’s Christian Fundie Woman voice.

    Damn, you got that right. Jeebus!

  313. 313.

    Ramona

    March 7, 2024 at 11:09 pm

    That SOTU was bracing!

  314. 314.

    the eradicator

    March 7, 2024 at 11:10 pm

    This the other Alabama US senator? Damn between her and the football idiot senator Alabama should be demoted to a territory.​
    ​
    ​

  315. 315.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 11:10 pm

    “Moral arc of the universe”

  316. 316.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 11:10 pm

    Is she really talking about the moral arc of the universe? Fuck the fuck off.

    SNL is going to have a field day with this. 

  317. 317.

    debit

    March 7, 2024 at 11:11 pm

    They got knocked down.  But they stood up again.  You’re never going to keep them down.

  318. 318.

    Martin

    March 7, 2024 at 11:11 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: MLKs life was a cakewalk compared to hers.

  319. 319.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    March 7, 2024 at 11:11 pm

    Kitchen tables!  Moms and dads!  Whispering!  God!  Rape!  USA!

  320. 320.

    SiubhanDuinne

    March 7, 2024 at 11:11 pm

    I hate to tell y’all this, but I’m pretty damn sure she’s going to run for president in four years.

  321. 321.

    Johnnybuck

    March 7, 2024 at 11:11 pm

    She is fucking horrible. Where do they find these fucking people?

  322. 322.

    Sister Golden Bear

    March 7, 2024 at 11:11 pm

    @Chacal Charles Calthrop: The difference is that in the years since Trump got elected, Republicans have taken many, many actual steps to eradicate us trans people. More than half the states are now no longer safe for me to visit, let alone live there.

    I’d like to think I’d be safe in California, but we’re only one SCOTUS decision away from our existence from being outlawed.

    And yes, we absolutely need to crush these MFers in next election.

  323. 323.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 11:11 pm

    Ok it’s really creepy to hear her say blood of patriots in that bizarre whisper voice with that weird smile on her face.  Seriously disturbing that her voice and expressions do not match what she is saying at all.  It’s like a Carrie, Election, Mean Girls movie mash up.

  324. 324.

    Misterpuff

    March 7, 2024 at 11:11 pm

    This probably works in Alabama……or she is really cynical about her audience.

    OH I forgot it’s for Trump. Pick me, pick me….

  325. 325.

    debit

    March 7, 2024 at 11:12 pm

    Now go make me a sammich.

  326. 326.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 11:12 pm

    @debit: looool, we made the same joke; jeebus, it’s finally over.

  327. 327.

    Ramona

    March 7, 2024 at 11:12 pm

    I’m getting a kick out of eavesdropping on the conversations Biden is having with people as he gradually sends his way out of the House.

  328. 328.

    3Sice

    March 7, 2024 at 11:14 pm

    Their internals with southern suburban women must be God awful to roll with this dreck.

  329. 329.

    Lyrebird

    March 7, 2024 at 11:14 pm

    @debit: I’m just replaying tidbits from Joey O’Biden’s on fire performance, I am glad some of y’all can stand to watch smarmy fake rebuttals, I am just gonna revel in that glorious speech some more.

    The White House released a transcript, but it doesn’t have the little jabs in it, alas.  That’s okay, I understand why they left them out.  His speech was glorious and he meant every bit of it!

  330. 330.

    debit

    March 7, 2024 at 11:14 pm

    @Leto: Good god, that was worse than Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio combined.

  331. 331.

    Misterpuff

    March 7, 2024 at 11:14 pm

    Sarah Palin with brains and some taste but still creepy!

  332. 332.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 11:14 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: Yep, they sound like children.  Most people will be turned off by that.

  333. 333.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)

    March 7, 2024 at 11:14 pm

    @MomSense:

    It’s like a Carrie, Election, Mean Girls movie mash up.

    Nominated!

  334. 334.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 11:14 pm

    @debit: and don’t forget to pack Rifle and Buckshot’s lunch as well!

  335. 335.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 11:15 pm

    @Leto: Agreed, though The Brain That Wouldn’t Die gives it a, um, run for its money.

  336. 336.

    Captain C

    March 7, 2024 at 11:16 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Maybe she’s hoping to be Veep candidate this year.

  337. 337.

    Leto

    March 7, 2024 at 11:17 pm

    @debit: how do they just keep getting worse? We’ve discovered their super power. Avalune is reminding me of the crazy women in her family, saying she’s giving off all the same vibes

    @SiubhanDuinne: I mean, sure? Good luck with that.

  338. 338.

    Chacal Charles Calthrop

    March 7, 2024 at 11:17 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear: I know, right?  But what can we all do, except keep fighting

  339. 339.

    Soprano2

    March 7, 2024 at 11:18 pm

    I think they should do away with the rebuttals, they’re pointless and dumb. Even the Democratic ones aren’t that great.

  340. 340.

    Ksmiami

    March 7, 2024 at 11:23 pm

    @the eradicator: completely agree… move Huntsville federal assets to Colorado and demote that state

  341. 341.

    piratedan

    March 7, 2024 at 11:23 pm

    @Captain C: I dunno, I think Pod People is especially relevant now with the Trump Dumpy call outs….

  342. 342.

    JWR

    March 7, 2024 at 11:26 pm

    New Katie Britt thread upstairs. Go ahead, point and laugh, mock her all you want, cuz that’s what I’m gonna be doing. ;)

  343. 343.

    Another Scott

    March 7, 2024 at 11:31 pm

    Great speech.  Very, very well done.

    Yeah, some computer could have read all the words perfectly.  But he gave it real passion and showed who he is and laid it all out there.

    Go Joe!

    I hope he gets a nice moneybomb as a result.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  344. 344.

    MomSense

    March 7, 2024 at 11:31 pm

    Andrew Weissman just posted “I don’t think Katie Britt is going to get the lead in the school play this year”

  345. 345.

    Quaker in a Basement

    March 7, 2024 at 11:35 pm

    Republicans: “No fair. The lowdown cheating bastard fought back!”

  346. 346.

    Another Scott

    March 7, 2024 at 11:50 pm

    Old Man Yells at Nation

    Rebecca of Wonkette’s liveblog.

    :-)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  347. 347.

    Captain C

    March 8, 2024 at 12:09 am

    @piratedan: That’s up there as well among the best.  A Lassie movie and a couple shorts and we’ve got a marathon!

  348. 348.

    like a metaphor

    March 8, 2024 at 2:41 am

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    If this doesn’t become a rotating tag, I’m going to drink a quart of Lysol.

    nominated!

  349. 349.

    Manyakitty

    March 8, 2024 at 5:32 am

    @Captain C: ‘full Otter’

    😂😂😂😂😂

  350. 350.

    Manyakitty

    March 8, 2024 at 5:34 am

    @Sister Golden Bear: I’ll be right there with you.

  351. 351.

    lowtechcyclist

    March 8, 2024 at 6:13 am

    @randy khan: ​
     

    Somehow I doubt Trump actually is refuting anything. Probably more like howling.

    Trump wouldn’t be able to refute Baby Sally in a Dick and Jane book.

    /showing my age

  352. 352.

    Paul in KY

    March 8, 2024 at 12:13 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Ghost in the Machine was The Police’s best album, IMO.

    So stoked about POTUS whupping ass and taking names!

  353. 353.

    Paul in KY

    March 8, 2024 at 12:21 pm

    @tam1MI: No doubt!

  354. 354.

    The Lodger

    March 8, 2024 at 5:12 pm

     

    @HumboldtBlue: Speaking of Baptist preachers, that would be the Rev. Raphael Warnock.

  355. 355.

    The Lodger

    March 8, 2024 at 5:15 pm

    @MomSense: In the Episcopal church, that’s called pew aerobics.

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