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11:30 AM ET, March 8, 2024

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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:

Disaster for Trump as Truth Social Crashes at Critical SOTU Moment — The former president heavily promoted his live reactions prior to President Joe Biden's SOTU speech. But when it came time, Trump's promises crashed and burned. — Donald Trump may have rage-posted …

Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, RedState, Forbes, HuffPost, Mediaite and Boston Herald

Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:

The Smart Political Strategy Behind Biden's Big Speech — Last night was a very good night for Joe Biden. The President delivered a vigorous, pugilistic speech with the highest possible stakes for his presidency. He was strong and in command. Most importantly, he made his best case yet for reelection.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Outside the Beltway, Newsbusters, New York Post, KTVX-TV, New Republic, Fox News, DNyuz, The Hill, The Atlantic and KVIA-TV

Brian Beutler / Off Message:

The First Part Of Joe Biden's Speech Was SO Important — The theme of the week here has been the importance of looking backward. — Not that Democrats need to give themselves over to slagging Donald Trump and the GOP 100 percent of the time. Democrats without a policy agenda would be doomed.

Discussion: Newsmax, NBC News, DNyuz, Mark It Down!, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, Breitbart, Fox News and WUSA

Christina Wilkie / CNBC:

Biden electrifies Democrats, spars with Republicans in fiery State of the Union address — President Joe Biden delivered a fiery, partisan State of the Union address fit for an election year. — When Republicans booed a bipartisan immigration security bill, “Oh, you don't think so?

Adela Suliman / Washington Post:

Biden chatted for so long after State of the Union, the lights went down — President Biden didn't seem to want State of the Union night to end. — Biden took about 35 minutes between finishing his speech and exiting the House chamber — shaking hands, chatting with members of Congress …

Discussion: Raw Story, NPR and Washington Examiner

The White House:

Remarks of President Joe Biden — State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery — Good evening. — Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Members of Congress. My Fellow Americans. — In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt came to this chamber to speak to the nation.

Discussion: Townhall, Slate, Crooks and Liars, The Daily Caller, New York Times, Power Line, Breitbart, DCReport.org, DNyuz, The Federalist, Reason, The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider

Matt Novak / Gizmodo:

Truth Social Suffers Outage in Middle of Trump's Furious Live-Tweeting About Biden Speech — “THE DRUGS ARE WEARING OFF!” Trump wrote without any further context, making it's unclear if he was talking about Biden or himself. — Truth Social, the social media platform launched by Donald Trump in 2022 …

Discussion: Vanity Fair, Mock Paper Scissors and Washington Examiner

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Democrat demands apology from Van Orden after SOTU outburst

Discussion: Raw Story

Washington Post:
As House Republicans heckle, Biden serves it back

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Nation, Digby's Hullabaloo, American Greatness, Axios, USA Today and The Texas Tribune

Daniel Greenfield / Frontpage Mag:
Biden Uses State of the Union to Threaten Civil War

Discussion: The Wrap, ABC News, Fox News and NBC News

Washington Post:
Biden delivers State of the Union with fiery political tone

Discussion: HotAir, Semafor, The Hill, Mediaite, DNyuz, Washington Examiner, Advocate and NBC News

Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
The biggest moments from Biden's 2024 State of the Union address

Erin Doherty / Axios:
“Outrageous”: Biden makes repeated jabs at Trump during State of the Union

Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Breaks House Rules to Wear MAGA Hat at State of the Union

Washington Post:
Biden hits the campaign trail after State of the Union address

Discussion: Raw Story, Axios, MeidasTouch and The Hill

Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:

Official GOP Response to SOTU Has Republicans ‘Losing It’ — Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama gave the GOP response to President Biden's annual address—which got panned by some in her own party. — As President Joe Biden mingled on the House floor following his State of the Union address Thursday night …

Discussion: Business Insider, New York Times, Fox News, The Bulwark, RADAR, Raw Story, The Wrap, PolitiFact, National Review, HuffPost, DNyuz, al.com, CBS News, ABC News, One America News Network and Associated Press

Rolling Stone:

‘What the Hell Am I Watching’: Republicans Torch Their Own SOTU Rebuttal — Alabama Sen. Katie Britt was panned after delivering the most bizarre State of the Union rebuttal in recent memory — THE RITUAL SURROUNDING the annual State of the Union is never complete until the president's opposition …

Discussion: New York Post, MeidasTouch, El País, Crooks and Liars, PoliticusUSA, New Jersey Online, Alabama Political Reporter, CNN, RedState, The Daily Caller, The Hill, NPR and Washington Post

Newsweek:

Republican Katie Britt Ruthlessly Mocked for SOTU Response — Alabama Senator Katie Britt on Thursday faced widespread backlash after delivering the Republican Party's response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. — Many users on X, formerly Twitter …

Discussion: The Guardian, IJR, Axios, al.com and Washington Examiner

Riley Beggin / USA Today:
Who is Katie Britt? What to know about the GOP senator delivering the State of the Union rebuttal

Discussion: New York Times, DNyuz, HuffPost, ABC7, The Verge, Balloon Juice, Wide World of News, al.com and Semafor

Zach Everson / Forbes:

Why Trump Will Need A Lot More Than $540 Million — Even if the ex-president figures out how to pay his mounting legal fees, he's still going to be scrambling for cash for years to come. — The $540 million-and counting-that Donald Trump owes as a result of recent lawsuits in New York …

Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump posts $91M bond as he appeals E. Jean Carroll defamation verdict

Discussion: NBC News, New York Times, Bloomberg, MeidasTouch, CBS News, The Daily Caller, Salon, The Guardian, Reuters and Political Wire

CNBC:
Trump loses bid to delay $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation judgment

Discussion: CNN, Axios, ABC News, New York Daily News, Law & Crime, New York Times, NBC News, Mock Paper Scissors, UPI, Fox News, New York Post, Associated Press, Raw Story, USA Today, MeidasTouch and RedState

Brian Melley / ABC News:
Trump is ordered to pay legal fees after failed lawsuit over the Steele dossier

Discussion: New Jersey Online, The Hill, Forbes, BizPac Review, DNyuz, RedState, New York Post, Law & Crime, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and CNBC

David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump's Money Problems Are Very Real and Very Bad

Discussion: Raw Story

Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Rules Trump Has to Come Up With $91 Million for E. Jean Carroll Appeal

Discussion: Civil Discourse …, Raw Story, Law & Crime, Axios, The Hill and PoliticusUSA

New York Times:
The Case Trump Really Hates

Discussion: Raw Story, Fox News, DNyuz and Bloomberg

Steve Benen / MSNBC:

Hot streak for American jobs continues in early months of 2024 — The unemployment rate has now been below 4% for 25 consecutive months — a streak unseen in the United States since the 1960s. — Expectations heading into this morning showed projections of about 198,000 new jobs having been added in the United States in February.

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Daily Caller News Foundation and UPI

Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
US gained 275K jobs in February, beating expectations

Discussion: MeidasTouch, USA Today, Washington Examiner, Maryland Daily Record, Daily Caller News Foundation, CBS News and Associated Press

David Uberti / Wall Street Journal:
Hiring Boom Continues With 275,000 Jobs Added

Discussion: DNyuz, Fox Business, New York Post and CoinDesk

Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:

US embassy warns of imminent attack in Moscow by ‘extremists’ — The U.S. embassy in Russia warned that “extremists” had imminent plans for an attack in Moscow, hours after Russian security services said they had foiled a planned shooting at a synagogue by a cell from the Afghan arm of Islamic State.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Axios, The Hill, The Daily Beast, TASS, New York Post, UPI, DNyuz, Algemeiner.com, The Sun, Political Wire, Gizmodo and Radio Free Europe/Radio …

Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:

Expelled congressman George Santos plans another House bid — Santos looks to unseat one of the Republicans who led a bipartisan effort to oust him in December — Expelled New York Republican congressman George Santos said he will again run for office, this time against one of the Republicans …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, LGBTQ Nation, Associated Press, Breitbart, New York Times, UPI, NBC News, DNyuz, The Hill, Bloomberg, USA Today, New York Post and CBS News

Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Indicted Serial Liar George Santos Announces New Run for Congress During State of the Union

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:

Father of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Is Arrested During Biden's Address — Steve Nikoui yelled “Abbey Gate, Abbey Gate” during the speech, a reference to where his son, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, and 12 other troops were killed during the chaotic final days of the U.S. presence in Kabul.

Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:

Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up — But the new report suggests that the public's belief that the government is hiding what it knows will probably continue. — In the 1960s, secret test flights of advanced government spy planes generated U.F.O. sightings.

Discussion: Task & Purpose

Brian Frosh / The Hill:

Big oil's big deception: That plastics are recyclable — Plastic pollution is everywhere. We eat it. We drink it. We breathe it. It is on the summit of Mount Everest and at the bottom of the oceans. Not only is it in human breast milk, but, according to one study …