memeorandum: Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Points for ‘Scaring’ Joe Biden at SOTU (Allison Quinn/The Daily Beast)

3:00 AM ET, March 10, 2024

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Points for ‘Scaring’ Joe Biden at SOTU — LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! — “You know, you guys saw that video of Joe Biden when he saw me this week at the State of the Union. This is the hat I had on.” — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) …

Discussion: MeidasTouch, CBS News, The Hill, Raw Story, CLAYTOONZ, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Washington Examiner, DNyuz, Crooks and Liars, RTÉ, NPR, WAGA-TV, Atlanta Black Star, BBC, Deadline, Mother Jones, The Dispatch and Business Insider

Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:

Biden says he regrets referring to ‘an illegal’ during his State of the Union address — The president used the term to describe Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan who crossed the border into the U.S. and has been charged with the murder of Laken Riley. — President Joe Biden on Saturday told MSNBC …

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Biden Expresses Regret for Calling an Undocumented Immigrant ‘an Illegal’ — The president had used the word in an unscripted exchange with Republicans during his State of the Union address on Thursday. — President Biden expressed regret on Saturday for using the word “illegal” …

Discussion: New York Post, The Wrap, Daily Caller News Foundation, DNyuz, Political Wire, NBC News, Associated Press, The Guardian and IJR, more at Mediagazer »

Tara Suter / The Hill:
UAW president doubles down on support for Biden after State of the Union shoutout

Discussion: MSNBC, Twitchy and MLive.com

MSNBC:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden says he regrets calling migrant an ‘illegal’ during State of the Union speech

Discussion: Israpundit, Power Line, Newsbusters, Fox News, HuffPost, MeidasTouch, Breitbart and PBS NewsHour

Mike Allen / Axios:
“Smokin' Joe Biden”: Campaign builds on SOTU buzz

Discussion: Nielsen, The Hill, RedState, New York Post, USA Today, The Guardian, Twitchy, HotAir, Associated Press, Blue Virginia, NBC News, HuffPost, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, Fox News and DNyuz

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Early polling of Biden's State of the Union doesn't quite match the hype

Discussion: Twitchy, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, DOWNWITHTYRANNY!, The Hill and Mock Paper Scissors

Filip Timotija / The Hill:
RFK Jr. slams Biden's State of the Union address as ‘hyper-partisan’

Discussion: RedState and Daily Kos

The Hill:
Gingrich: Biden's most inspirational State of the Union moment was ‘when he left’

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Fox News

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:

Katie Britt's false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden — The Fact Checker … — Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.), in the Republican response to the State of the Union address, March 7 — If you were watching Britt's speech on Thursday night, you likely would have thought …

Discussion: Raw Story, Forbes, al.com, The Wrap, The Moderate Voice, Associated Press, HuffPost, DNyuz, Digby's Hullabaloo, Political Wire and Roll Call

John Archibald / al.com:

How Katie Britt, Alabama's so-called ‘reasonable’ senator, lost herself and much more — This is an opinion column. — Katie Britt's kitchen was empty. Her table was bare. — There was nothing to see but her. And she was - they told us - ready for her closeup. — Come on in, America.

Discussion: Raw Story and Outside the Beltway

Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:

Biden rebutter Sen. Britt blasted for recycling 20-year-old sex traffic story to attack border policy — In her rebuttal to Biden's State of the Union, Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama used what appears to be a sex trafficking victim's experience from the early 2000s to condemn President Joe Biden's current border policy.

Discussion: Raw Story, The Guardian, New York Magazine, DNyuz and Digby's Hullabaloo

Ken Bensinger / New York Times:

Questions Arise About Britt's State of the Union Response — The Alabama senator used a story about sex trafficking to criticize the Biden administration's border policies. But it wasn't fully accurate. — In her rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union speech Thursday night …

Discussion: The Hollywood Reporter, MeidasTouch, DNyuz, KVIA-TV and Mediaite

Kevin Manahan / New Jersey Online:
Was Trump supporter Katie Britt caught in whopping lie about graphic sex trafficking story?

Discussion: Raw Story, DNyuz and The Hill

Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Biden said Republicans oppose women's rights — Katie Britt's “tradwife” response proved him right

Discussion: Slate

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:

Trump backtracks on statement that Georgia polls are rigged because now he is ‘winning by so much’ — At a rally in Rome, Ga., on Saturday, former President Trump backtracked on his previous statements that polls in the state are rigged since he now is “winning by so much.”

Discussion: RTÉ, Georgia Recorder, Raw Story, Bloomberg, NBC News, Fox News, CBS News and Breitbart

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:

Florida Democrat: Marginalized communities won't ‘survive’ a second Trump term — Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) argued that communities of color are “incredibly critical” in helping reelect President Biden in November and said he thinks marginalized communities “won't survive” another term with former President Trump.

New York Times:

The Biden-Trump Rerun: A Nation Craving Change Gets More of the Same — Americans love a candidate who promises something new. But when a sitting president runs against a former one, can either claim the mantle of change? — The promise of change has been a powerful force in presidential campaigns …

Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller

Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
How Trump Fumbled his Attack on Biden's Age

Discussion: DOWNWITHTYRANNY!, New York Times, The Hill and Mediaite

Sophia Cai / Axios:
Inside Trump's TikTok flip-flop

Ross Douthat / New York Times: Why It's Hard to Explain Joe Biden's Unpopularity

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 …

Teri Kanefield:

Invented Narratives and the Outrage Industry — The Outrage Industry — Even if you are not caught up in the Outrage Industry, it affects you because it affects us all. — The Outrage Industry influences how we talk about politics with our friends and family—and why some people avoid talking about politics.

Philip Pullella / Reuters:

Pope says Ukraine should have ‘courage of the white flag’ of negotiations — Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the “white flag” and negotiate an end to the war with Russia that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and that has killed tens of thousands.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, DNyuz, The Daily Beast, Forbes and vaticannews.va

Bloomberg.com:
Pope Francis Says Ukraine Should Negotiate End of War With Russia

Discussion: The Guardian and Associated Press

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Robert De Niro Goes Off on ‘Total Monster’ Trump and His Fans In Epic Rant on Bill Maher — Calls Him Every Name In The Book — Acting legend Robert De Niro went on a blistering rant about former President Donald Trump and his supporters, sounding the alarm on a new Trump term and calling him a string of derogatory names.

Discussion: Twitchy, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, al.com, The Daily Caller, RedState, RADAR, DNyuz, Fox News, Raw Story and Deadline

MSNBC:

Maryland Gov. Moore: Black community will mobilize behind Biden — Maryland Governor Wes Moore joins MSNBC's the Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss the path forward for the Biden campaign after the president's State of the Union speech.

Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill