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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Joe Biden, Once Again, Lucks Out with His Enemies — In his State of the Union address, the President offered a strong performance—with an assist from House Republicans. — When Joe Biden stepped onto the House floor just after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, for his first State of the Union address since …
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Biden, in State of the Union, mixes bipartisanship with defiance — Speech is marked by unusual back-and-forth between president and Republican lawmakers — By Toluse Olorunnipa and Yasmeen Abutaleb — President Biden, facing a vocal and divided Congress, used his second State …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Republicans Turn Themselves Into Props for Biden — For four decades, since Ronald Reagan re-invented the modern State of the Union address, television audiences have become accustomed — arguably to the point of tedium — to presidents putting the spotlight on ordinary Americans invited …
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The Hill:
Greene's viral SOTU outfit was meant to echo Chinese spy balloon, her office says — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she aimed to send a fashionable message to President Biden by sporting a $500 white fur trim coat to his State of the Union address. — The Georgia Republican made headlines …
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
The night the old man handed them their asses — We'll talk about Bidenism the way we talked about Reaganism. — I don't want to hear anymore bollocks you-heard-me about the president being too old to reelect. If the man can walk, he can run, and he can do a lot more than walk.
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Dark Brandon shows up at State of the Union, mops the floor with lost Republicans — Biden went off script regularly, parrying GOP lawmakers who heckled him, at one point backing the party into a corner and getting them to swear to protect Medicare and Social Security benefits. — View Comments
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Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
Deal with It: Biden's State of the Union Was an Aesthetic Win — Behold, as I rise to write a wildly unpopular Corner post: — My reaction to Biden's State of the Union address inevitably falls upon aesthetic lines. It is perhaps my cardinal flaw to analyze politics in the post-social media …
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Dems rally behind Biden — and the political press weeps — Also: All the things McCarthy wouldn't applaud at SOTU. — Aaron Rupar and Noah Berlatsky — The political press is bitter. After the Democratic National Convention met in Philadelphia for its winter meeting last week …
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Wall Street Journal:
The State of the Union Contradiction
The State of the Union Contradiction
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USA Today:
Biden is most talkative president in six decades of State of the Union addresses
Biden is most talkative president in six decades of State of the Union addresses
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Lays Down Economic Challenge to House Republicans in State of the Union Address
Biden Lays Down Economic Challenge to House Republicans in State of the Union Address
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CNN:
Fact-checking President Biden's State of the Union speech
Fact-checking President Biden's State of the Union speech
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Jeffries suggests Republicans who heckled Biden are unfit to serve in Congress
Jeffries suggests Republicans who heckled Biden are unfit to serve in Congress
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
ABC's Jon Karl Declares SOTU One Of Biden's ‘Best Speeches’ — Made Republicans Look ‘Bitter Rude Angry’
ABC's Jon Karl Declares SOTU One Of Biden's ‘Best Speeches’ — Made Republicans Look ‘Bitter Rude Angry’
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
5 takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address
5 takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address
Takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address
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Rolling Stone:
Twitter Kept Entire ‘Database’ of Republican Requests to Censor Posts — Elon Musk's “Twitter Files” focus on Democrats, but former administration officials and Twitter employees say Trump's team and other Republicans routinely demanded posts be taken down — WHEN THE WHITE House called …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Twitter Officials Confirm to Congress: Trump, Not Biden, Has Tried to Censor Tweets — After one Twitter whistleblower said Trump once tried to get a Chrissy Teigen tweet deleted, other ex-execs noted that Biden has never asked for content removal. — Spurred on by the so-called …
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Politico:
House GOP's under-the-radar Hunter Biden problem: DOJ got there first
House GOP's under-the-radar Hunter Biden problem: DOJ got there first
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Cristiano Lima / Washington Post:
Democrat accuses GOP of holding hearing to fundraise — on Twitter
Democrat accuses GOP of holding hearing to fundraise — on Twitter
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Seymour Hersh:
How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline — The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now — The U.S. Navy's Diving and Salvage Center can be found in a location as obscure as its name …
Brynn Tannehill / New Republic:
Believe It: A DeSantis Presidency Could Be Even Worse Than Trump — Many Republicans who were put off by Donald Trump's peccadillos, ignorance, and outlandish behavior have found their anointed one in Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. DeSantis offers Trumpism without Trump …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Mississippi House OKs new court system — to be appointed by white state officials — for second-Blackest U.S. city, stoking tension — The Mississippi House has approved the creation of a new court system within the capital of Jackson in which judges and prosecutors in the overwhelmingly Black city …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Appeals Court Greenlights Donation Investigation Into GOP Group — WinRed, the online donation platform for Republicans, tried to stymie a state investigation into their recurring donation practices. The court wasn't having it. — A federal appeals court said on Wednesday …
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NBC News:
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu takes a major step toward running for president — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has taken his most significant step yet in exploring a White House bid, launching a national political organization that's a popular tool for prospective presidential candidates testing the waters.
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Chicago Sun Times:
POLL: Lightfoot's losing hand? Bleak numbers in new poll spell trouble for reelection bid — With the election less than three weeks away, three out of five voters disapprove of the job the mayor has done in her first term and 71% think the city is on the wrong track …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Queen of Having It Both Ways — This article has been updated to reflect news developments. — I keep hearing and reading that many Republican leaders want to move on from Donald Trump. I can't imagine why. His role in a riot that could have gotten some of them killed?
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Estimate of misspent Covid unemployment payments leaps to $191B — The Labor Department's internal watchdog identified nearly $30 billion more in pandemic unemployment benefits that were wrongfully sent out than previously estimated, according to testimony submitted Wednesday to the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
NBC, MSNBC employees plan walkout in protest of layoffs — It's the latest major labor action to strike a national news organization in recent months as the media industry faces headwinds and cut-backs — More than 200 employees of NBC represented by the NewsGuild of New York plan to walk off …