Tag Archives: SOTU

Maxine Waters To Boycott Trump’s State Of The Union Address: He Does Not Deserve My Attention [VIDEO]

How many Dems will join her? Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said Friday she will not attend President Trump’s first State of the Union address following his vulgar remarks aimed at Haiti, El Salvador and African nations. “Why would I take my time to go and sit and listen to a liar?” Waters said on MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes.” …

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Dems Invite Sexual Assault Victims To Trump’s SOTU

NBC News reports: Some Democratic House members are planning to invite victims of sexual assault to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address later this month to highlight the issue, according to an aide to a lawmaker who has been a prominent voice on sexual misconduct. “Some members will be bringing survivors of sexual assault and advocates as their …

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Kim Davis: Obama’s SOTU Ignored The Christians Being “Literally Mashed Down” By His Gay Agenda [VIDEO]

Miranda Blue has the quote at Right Wing Watch: “He had made the statement that everybody was free to marry who they love, and, of course, that’s the stand that I stood against. And it’s not, for me, it never was a gay or a lesbian issue. It’s about standing up for the word of the God and as God …

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Matt Baume: The State Of The Union Is Gay [VIDEO]

Our scrufftastic friend Matt Baume is back with a look at last night’s SOTU. Clip recap: “There’s been a lot of LGBT change in the last 8 years, thanks in large part to the Obama administration. Now the House GOP wants to take over — but their bizarre animated GIF of Louis Virtel snapping just proved that they don’t understand …

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Obama Takes Last Look At US House [VIDEO]

After President Obama finished his final State Of The Union address, he lingered at the exit to the US House chamber, saying, “Let me look at this thing one last time.” The president’s last look was brief as moments later he was swarmed by well-wishers. Watch below.

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Ted Cruz: Iran Seized Those US Boats Because They Know Obama Is An Incredible Weakling [VIDEO]

Last night Ted Cruz went off in his usual fashion in reaction to President Obama’s final State Of The Union address. Via Fox News: President Obama’s final State of the Union address was more like “a state of denial,” Ted Cruz said on “The Kelly File” tonight. The Republican presidential contender told Megyn Kelly that he’s not surprised that the …

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LIVE VIDEO: President Obama’s Final SOTU

President Obama’s final State Of The Union address begins at 9PM Eastern. Embedded below is the official White House video stream, which at this writing is broadcasting prerecorded messages from the president and vice president. All eyes tonight will be on Jim Obergefell and Kim Davis, the hero and villain of same-sex marriage. Watch along with us.

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Republican Rep. Jim Jordan: I Had No Idea Kim Davis Was Getting Her SOTU Seat Through My Office

The Huffington Post reports: It’s been a mystery all day on Capitol Hill: Which member of Congress invited controversial Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to the State of the Union address? Well, we finally have an answer. It was House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). There’s a reason the secret was kept so well. Jordan did not know he …

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Gay Jeopardy “Snap” Champion Slams House GOP: Don’t Use My Image, You Homophobic Scary-Ass Losers

Last May, Jeopardy! contestant Louis Virtel earned social media fame when he gaily snapped after providing the right question during the Daily Double. Today Virtel is furious because House Republicans are using a GIF of his snap to promote their “exclusive behind-the-scenes look at President Obama’s final State of the Union address” via Snapchat. Virtel: “Hey, GOP! Your candidates are …

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Mat Staver: Kim Davis Will Be At The SOTU To Remind America Of Obama’s Attack On Religious Liberty

“Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk jailed for her faith, and her attorney, Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, will be present for President Obama’s final State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, January 12, 2016. While the President will be extolling his ‘accomplishments’ of the last seven years, Kim Davis and Mat Staver will be a …

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FRC Arranges For Kim Davis & Mat Staver To Attend President Obama’s State Of The Union Address

The wingnut Washington Times reports today that the Family Research Council has arranged for Kim Davis and Mat Staver to attend President Obama’s State Of The Union address, presumably as guests of a GOP member of Congress. Over the weekend the White House announced that Jim Obergefell will be seated with the First Lady. We can only imagine the dueling …

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Jim Obergefell To Sit With First Lady During SOTU

This morning the White House announced that Jim Obergefell will be among the guests seated with the First Lady during President Obama’s final State Of The Union address. From their bio on Obergefell: Jim Obergefell was the named plaintiff in the landmark marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled same-sex couples nationwide have the Constitutional right to marry. In …

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Teabagistan REALLY Hates This Photo

President Obama’s Twitter team has sent out the above image with this caption: “Suit up—it’s President Obama’s final State of the Union. Say you’ll tune in.” The reaction across Teabagistan has been quite amusing. Iowa Hawk blogger David Burge: “This picture says more about the state of the nation than his mouth ever could.” Admittedly, the photo is kind of trolltastic …

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President Obama’s Final SOTU Set For January 12th

President Obama’s final State Of The Union address has been scheduled for January 12th. TIME reports: The timing was announced by newly installed Speaker Paul Ryan, who will host the president’s speech. It will be the 10th time Obama has addressed a joint session of Congress and his seventh State of the Union. (His first, 2009 address is not considered …

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I Wasn’t 100% Sober At The State Of The Union Address

Via Talking Points Memo: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rabid Internet following is sure to go nuts over the admission that she dozed off at the President’s State of the Union address after drinking a fine wine. Ginsburg was asked about her SOTU catnap Thursday at George Washington University, where she and her colleague Justice Antonin Scalia were interviewed …

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ANALYSIS: Obama’s State Of The Union Address Was Written At 10th Grade Level

An interesting analysis from Vocativ: President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address was written for a tenth-grader, which makes it the most high-minded of all his SOTU speeches, a data analysis by Vocativ reveals. Generally, in order for Obama to make himself understood to the broadest possible swath of the population, he tailors his speeches to the intellect of …

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LBT’s Get First SOTU Mention

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Here Is The Tea Party’s SOTU Response

Via The Hill: Rep. Curt Clawson (R-Fla.) offered a sunny take on conservative values during the Tea Party State of the Union response, focusing more on the positives than some of his predecessors while taking fewer shots at President Obama. Clawson, a businessman and former college basketball star who won a special election last year, framed the Tea Party as …

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Here Is Rand Paul’s SOTU Response

Via USA Today: Sen. Rand Paul, a likely GOP presidential candidate, took on the duties of a one-man rapid-response team and pounced on President Obama’s State of the Union Address on multiple platforms. The Kentucky senator posted his own response to Obama’s speech on his YouTube channel — offering a separate view from the official Republican rebuttal being delivered by …

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