February 25, 2026

Did you watch the clown show, or did your self-protective instincts kick in? Here we are with a roundup of reactions:

(@pissed-off-g.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T11:23:15.130Z

Costs are ⬆️ under Trump—from harmful tariffs to a bloated bill that favors the wealthy. He’s cut subsidies that made health insurance affordable and slashed SNAP benefits, leaving families struggling, all to fund billionaire tax breaks. Dems are focused on ⬇️ costs and putting working families first.

Abbi Lichtenstein (@abbij1961.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T05:42:02.308Z

https://bsky.app/profile/booksandbows.bsky.social/post/3mfmeejd2622t

They went from Olympic heroes to zeros as soon as they partied with a pedophile protector, and laughed at misogyny.

Jane Voter (@janevoter2018.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T12:01:47.266Z

He’s not very good at this. joycevance.substack.com/p/sotu?utm_c... open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T12:08:08.550Z

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on how the MeidasTouch People’s State of the Union overshadowed and humiliated Donald Trump’s awful State of the Union...

youtu.be/TW4CeqNdErU?...

(@pissed-off-g.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T12:14:41.579Z

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Republican Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson attacking MeidasTouch over the State of the Union Boycott an then running away from the press conference and Meiselas interviews Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries on the State of the Union...

youtu.be/JfjSMRyUCMA?...

(@pissed-off-g.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T11:48:27.191Z

https://bsky.app/profile/erinbiba.bsky.social/post/3mfonhoqnfc2p

The BBC has now fact-checked Trump's false or misleading claims

Steve Peers (@stevepeers.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T12:02:15.170Z

I've been a political news junkie all my life and instead of watching the SOTU I read in bed for an hour before falling asleep and it turns out I have wasted so so much time

Gillian Branstetter (@gbbranstetter.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T12:07:33.551Z

Memphis’ @repcohen.bsky.social did not attend tonight: “I don’t need to hear the lies and predictable banality from this offensive and out-of-touch president.”

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T05:43:57.459Z

#ResistanceUnited #DV1 #ProudBlue #ONEV1
One of many cringy moments at yesterday’s SOTU: You never “lifted” but “abandoned” 2.4 million people because you couldn’t care less, and boy, you are proud of it.

Phew, now the lie fest is over—next, the Midterm.

(@marikosegawa.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T09:33:23.696Z

After pointing at Democrats and saying they are "crazy," Trump says, "We’re lucky we have a country, with people like this. Democrats are destroying our country, but we stopped it, just in the nick of time."
Just insanely destructive. Indefensible — but Republicans stood and clapped.

Philip Bump (@pbump.com) 2026-02-25T03:15:54.025Z

Imagine being such a sycophant that you rate your fascist boss as having the best presidential year ever, even though in October 1962, armageddon was prevented by YOUR UNCLE and YOUR DAD. What an ungrateful little shit.

Frank Conniff (@frankconniff.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T07:39:20.109Z

@algreen.house.gov is a GD rockstar. He knew they’d come for him but he had his mission & he delivered.
And yup, they threw him out, but not before this was seen & shared around the world.
#TrumpRegime #SOTU #RageAgainstTheGOPMachine

Christine Cooper 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@coopspeak.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T11:33:34.983Z

https://bsky.app/profile/groovyshelly.bsky.social/post/3mfodcidwys2o

Warnock: "We heard tonight the rumblings of a desperate man who's trying to present case he can for the midterms. It was half lies, half grievances. He knows he is quickly losing power."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-25T04:45:23.265Z

President Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history, touting his administration's economic policies and immigration enforcement while condemning Democrats and the previous administration.

NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2026-02-25T12:00:18Z

https://bsky.app/profile/tomtomorrow.bsky.social/post/3mfntk2pkuk2i

https://bsky.app/profile/coachfinstock.bsky.social/post/3mfnrsv3d2k2r

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