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It's 2018 and the [State of the Union] is...
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Tonight will be our 45th President's State of the Union address starting at 9 PM Eastern. The background: a week of what seems like non stop news about the Russia investigation, the Trump admin refusing to enforce sanctions, a Russian spymaster meeting with our CIA director, the Nunes memo and corresponding Democrat memo, McCabe being forced out of the FBI, and a huge, big, ongoing theme of Trump seeking to obstruct, smear, and discredit anyone who is investigating him or not 100% a Trump fan. We have specific threads discussing these news stories, please don't bleed that over into this thread, which is about the speech tonight.
What will he talk about? The Wall? Russia? The DACA? Himself? Tune in to find out. If you want spoilers some excerpts were released and are in this NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union.html The article also contains excerpts from the Democratic response speech which will be given by Joe Kennedy III.
Dreamers will be in attendance. Some racist in Congress is maybe trying to get them arrested:
How to watch
It will be on TV and streaming all over. Here's a link to the WH Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse
Here's a CBS stream that will have the speech and Democratic response:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j4ay18xokg
Ground rules for thread
Talk about the speech. Don't get into long side conversations about specific policy stuff.
Don't post "wow" or "he just said what" or stuff like that. Include context for your posts so people not watching but reading the thread know what you are talking about.
No sick meme posting. No, we don't care what reddit or other places of commentary on the internet or doing.
This is not a thread in which to critique the media.
Tonight will be our 45th President's State of the Union address starting at 9 PM Eastern. The background: a week of what seems like non stop news about the Russia investigation, the Trump admin refusing to enforce sanctions, a Russian spymaster meeting with our CIA director, the Nunes memo and corresponding Democrat memo, McCabe being forced out of the FBI, and a huge, big, ongoing theme of Trump seeking to obstruct, smear, and discredit anyone who is investigating him or not 100% a Trump fan. We have specific threads discussing these news stories, please don't bleed that over into this thread, which is about the speech tonight.
What will he talk about? The Wall? Russia? The DACA? Himself? Tune in to find out. If you want spoilers some excerpts were released and are in this NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union.html The article also contains excerpts from the Democratic response speech which will be given by Joe Kennedy III.
Dreamers will be in attendance. Some racist in Congress is maybe trying to get them arrested:
Mild Confusion wrote: »In latest House GOP asshole news:Rep. Paul Gosar has asked the Capitol Police and the Department of Justice to “consider checking identification” of everyone attending President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and “arresting any illegal aliens in attendance,” the Arizona Republican announced Tuesday on Twitter.
The move is presumably aimed at so-called Dreamers who will be in attendance.
At least 27 lawmakers have invited young immigrants protected by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program that ends March 5.
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The Capitol Police has not indicated whether it will follow through on Gosar’s request.
Capitol Police officers are “under no order” to verify a visitor's immigration status, a source familiar with Tuesday night’s security protocol told Roll Call.
Rep Paul Gosar is an asshole from Arizona to the House of Representatives.
How to watch
It will be on TV and streaming all over. Here's a link to the WH Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse
Here's a CBS stream that will have the speech and Democratic response:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j4ay18xokgGround rules for thread
Talk about the speech. Don't get into long side conversations about specific policy stuff.
Don't post "wow" or "he just said what" or stuff like that. Include context for your posts so people not watching but reading the thread know what you are talking about.
No sick meme posting. No, we don't care what reddit or other places of commentary on the internet or doing.
This is not a thread in which to critique the media.
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That said I'll miss out on the conversation here. I assume this thread won't be a thing once this concludes?
I’m about to go get me some watchin’ wine for this very reason.
I know this isn't a super serious post, but friendly reminder that the no doomsaying rule still applies here.
I'm equally torn, and I think I have decided on not watching it because I don't want him to get ratings. I want this to be the lowest rated SotU in history.
сильный. The word you're looking for is сильный.
The Democrats should totally run a stream like that. Time delay it by like 5 minutes or something and then run his speech with like pop-up bubbles or something displaying the actual facts that contradict all his lies and shit like that.
It wouldn't reach anyone but the base but it would provide good information and ammunition and clips for people to use.
Though I too will be glued to this thread since I can't pull myself that far away.
I saw WaPo saying they would be doing a live fact check on Reddit, I dont know if they're doing it in a post there or on their site though. That's something I guess.
-John Stuart Mill
His own personal Vietnam, as I recall.
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This is definitely not ringing "Dune" or "Godfather" alarm bells in my head no sir.
The Republicans are drawing this out as long as possible. Whistling and the like.
*Randy Quaid in Independence Day battle cry*