Donald Trump will deliver the 2026 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress tonight at 9 p.m. ET. The theme will reportedly be “America at 250: Strong, Prosperous and Respected.” Of course, before it even starts, the administration is delivering a regurgitated lie while the president's poll numbers tank.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt gave us a glimpse of what to expect for Trump's big speech, and it won't surprise you.
"And of everyday Americans who are directly benefiting from his policies and making a few new policy announcements as well to continue tackling the affordability crisis that Joe Biden created one year ago," she said of Trump's predecessor, who was not in office one year ago.
"And the president will be talking about the positive metrics we have seen and moving forward towards making life again more affordable and prosperous for all Americans," she falsely added.
A growing number of Democrats will not be attending Trump's State of the Union address. NOTUS reports that instead of attending, Democrats will be boycotting the speech by going to counterprograms, launching their own responses outside the chamber, or staying home.
MS NOW reports, "Polling has indicated that Americans aren’t happy about the state of the economy, but Trump will almost certainly repeat his claim, which was stated 493 times in his first term, that he’s presided over the best economy in American history. (Not so, by any measure.)" Sigh.
Things that are more interesting to do than watch Trump blame Joe Biden for the current president's failures:
Count how many times your dog blinks in an hour.
Reorganize your sock drawer by color, then by mood.
Slide down a 50-foot razor into a pile of salt.
Call a relative you can't stand.
Write a strongly worded letter to a food you dislike. Fennel. I hate fennel.
Fold your fitted sheets. That's always fun.
Shampoo your neighbor's lawn.
Answer that email from that 'Nigerian Prince' just for funsies.
Count individual grains in a bag of rice, one by one, while reciting the alphabet backward.
Gouge your eyes with a pencil. Don't really do that one, OK?
Listen to Nickelback on loop.
Get a root canal.
Anything. Anything would be better.
From the managing editor: We will be running a live stream from the Meidas Touch network of the People's SOTU tonight starting at 5PM Pacific time.
