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12:25 PM ET, March 9, 2024

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why It's Hard to Explain Joe Biden's Unpopularity  —  Joe Biden is one of the most unpopular presidents in modern American history.  In Gallup polling, his approval ratings are lower than those of any president embarking on a re-election campaign, from Dwight Eisenhower to Donald Trump.
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
How Trump Fumbled his Attack on Biden's Age  —  Donald Trump and the Republicans smelled blood.  President Biden had recently been on the defensive about his age.  A series of polls released over the weekend heightened Democratic concerns.  The Republicans knew the press would treat …
Discussion: Mediaite
Dan Rather / Steady:
President Biden Upends the GOP Narrative  —  It's difficult to tell who was more surprised by President Biden's State of the Union performance Thursday night: Democrats in the chamber, whose emotions ranged from relieved to almost giddy.  Or Republicans, who have been selling the president as doddering …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Biden said Republicans oppose women's rights — Katie Britt's “tradwife” response proved him right  —  The “pro-life” lie gives way to GOP leaders denouncing women's suffrage and attacking birth control  —  Politicians love to talk about their families, but in her Thursday night response …
Discussion: Axios and HuffPost
The Hill:
Gingrich: Biden's most inspirational State of the Union moment was ‘when he left’  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said President Biden's most inspirational moment of his State of the Union address was “when he left” Friday.  “I think at the end when he left,” …
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
New Biden Ad Pokes Fun at His Age: 'I'm Not a Young Guy.  That's No Secret.'  —  The ad, which will target a youthful demographic, represents a shift in tone, trying to turn one of the president's greatest perceived liabilities into an asset.  —  In a new advertisement for his re-election campaign …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Joe Biden Delivered a Knockout State of the Union Address
Discussion: The Register
Bloomberg:
Biden Shrugs Off ‘Illegal’ Remark That Drew Democrats' Ire
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
SOTU: Let Biden be Biden  —  Joe Biden defied all expectations Thursday night.  We'll get to that in a minute.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Jeffries to Republicans calling Biden speech too political: 'Get lost; you're a joke'
New York Post:
Laken Riley's mother slams Biden for fumbling murdered nursing student's name at State of the Union: ‘Pathetic’
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Inside Trump's TikTok flip-flop … I don't want Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better.  They are a true Enemy of the People!"  Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday.  — Hours earlier, a key House committee voted unanimously to advance a bill — backed by Biden …
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Ron Filipkowski / MeidasTouch:
Trump Getting DESTROYED on Truth Social Over His Vaccine Post
NBC News:
Trump hosts hard-line Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago
Reuters:
Biden says he would sign TikTok crackdown, Trump raises concerns
Kevin Manahan / New Jersey Online:
Was Trump supporter Katie Britt caught in whopping lie about graphic sex trafficking story?  —  During her widely panned Republican response to the State of the Union Address on Thursday night, Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama told a graphic sex-trafficking story about a woman who was sexually abused …
Discussion: CNBC, Raw Story, DNyuz and New York Magazine
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Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Is Katie Britt for real?  —  This is an opinion column.  —  Don't adjust your television.  What we saw wasn't an AI deepfake.  That was Katie Britt.  That speech happened.  —  But don't call it real.  —  The junior Senator from Alabama gave up being genuine a while back …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Republicans baffled by Katie Britt's State of the Union response: ‘One of our biggest disasters’
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Tommy Tuberville Says ‘Housewife’ Katie Britt Gave A Good State Of The Union Speech
Jasmine Garsd / NPR:
Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find  —  The murder of Laken Riley took center stage during Thursday night's State of The Union.  Riley was a 22-year-old student who was killed last month at the University of Georgia.
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Inside A Secret Society Of Prominent Right-Wing Christian Men Prepping For A ‘National Divorce’  —  A trove of documents obtained by TPM reveal the society's inner workings.  —  A secret, men-only right-wing society with members in influential positions around the country is on a crusade …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Tradwives” offer an alluring vision of right-wing Christianity — online warriors are fighting back  —  The #FundieSnark movement battles to “deconstruct” those picture-perfect images of Christian social media  —  As social media stunts go, it's hard to top this one: Give birth to your eighth child at age 33.
Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Exclusive: US prepared ‘rigorously’ for potential Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine in late 2022, officials say  —  In late 2022, the US began “preparing rigorously” for Russia potentially striking Ukraine with a nuclear weapon, in what would have been the first nuclear attack in war since …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
FBI informant accused of smearing Bidens had past credibility issues  —  Alexander Smirnov revealed his FBI role as he chased financial deals that caused him legal trouble, at one point listing what appeared to be a traffic median as his home address  —  When a Los Angeles internet entrepreneur decided …
Discussion: Raw Story and masslive.com
Juan A. Lozano / Associated Press:
Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US each month upheld by judge  —  The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds after a federal judge on Friday dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states.
 
 
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
538 drops Rasmussen Reports from its analysis
Discussion: Political Wire
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Don't go in the kitchen. I'm delivering a State of the Union response.
Discussion: The Bulwark and Raw Story
New York Times:
Full Transcript of Biden's State of the Union Speech
New York Times:
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