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President Biden did not receive a game-changing approval bounce after the State of the Union address (SOTU), as his approval rating remains underwater by double digits, a Wall Street Journal survey released Friday found. The survey, conducted by Impact Research and Fabrizio, Lee & Associates after Biden’s SOTU address, found 57 percent disapproving of Biden’s job performance, compared to 42 percent who approved — a net negative of -15 percent. WSJ said these figures come “despite favorable marks for the president’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a recent State of the Union speech, which provided him an...

Did the mainstream media watch the same State of the Union address everybody else saw the other night? For instance, why were there no mentions in any Democrat party organs (which is all of them) of what was perhaps Dementia Joe Biden’s finest rhetorical flourish, a panegyric to the brave warriors of the land where Hunter used to get his $83,333 a month wired from. “A pound of Ukrainian people proud proud people pound for pound ready to fight with every inch of earnegy that they have.” Move over, Winston Churchill! Forget blood sweat and tears. From now on, students...

President Joe Biden had the lowest viewership for his State of the Union than any of his four predecessors first addresses with less than 40 million tuning in, according to Nielsen ratings. In a tracking of the 16 networks that aired live coverage of the address on Tuesday evening, 38,197,000 individuals were watching from 27,408,000 different households in the U.S. The figures from Biden's speech come amid an ongoing war in Ukraine and increasingly dire approval rating numbers for the president and Democratic lawmakers going into the 2022 midterm elections. Donald Trump's first State of the Union address in 2018...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Joe Biden is in hot water following his annual State of the Union address because of his mysterious sign-off in which he exclaimed, "Go get him!" Now progressives are in an uproar after he appeared to assume the gender of the person we're all supposed to "go get." "I'm sorry, but him? HIM??" said Director Christopher Wray of the FBI. "Whoever this person is that we're supposed to get could be any number of genders! The President should know better. Also, who are we getting and what are we supposed to do when we get him? D'oh!" Director...

Looks like two daycare women telling a little kid how precious and good he is. God help me....

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Addressing lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, President Joe Biden began his State of the Union speech by announcing a bold plan to increase spending on Smergberd, Rustamufferns, and Blabtrussels. “Not only will we fight inflation by increasing government spending on these invaluable potumpalumps,” said the President, passionately teetering to one side, “but we will also make sure every man, woman, and chargafar receives quality, affordable sploogle.” Senator Chuck Schumer applauded Biden’s spending plan, giving it a standing ovation. Later, when asked to comment on any particulars regarding the speech, the Democrat senator said he was confident there...

President Joe Biden ended his State of the Union address with the exclamation, “Go get ’em!” A lot of people wondered if Biden was talking about Vladimir Putin, but Luke Russert says everyone’s got it all wrong. So it’s a Scranton thing? The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway and a lot of others arent’ buying that explanation and are still wondering who it is we’re supposed to go get. The consensus seems to be: Corn Pop. Cornpop. Final answer. — Matt Mehan (@MTMehan) March 2, 2022 He had to get in one last cone before giving them up for Lent. We’re pretty...

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton said Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that her reaction to President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union Address was to thank God for his pride in America. Co-host Sunny Hostin said, “You were talking about the State of the Union recently. What did you think about the speech? I think something that most people don’t talk about because I mentioned it to my producers, you studied at Oxford, international relations. What did you think about the speech?” Clinton said, “For the president, my main feeling and this is really what I felt watching, you...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is signaling an election-year shift to the center, embracing a strategy he hopes will protect fragile Democratic majorities in Congress. But he’s risking a revolt from key voices across his party’s sprawling coalition. In his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, the Democratic president embraced Republican calls to strengthen the nation’s southern border and barely mentioned climate change. He glossed over concerns about voting rights and spent little time heralding his historic decision to nominate the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. On domestic issues, he was perhaps most...

As they say, timing is everything in life. And the timing of a graphic artist’s blunder at WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, couldn’t possibly have been worse. An anchor was reporting on a 71-year-old man who was “accused of inappropriately touching a twelve-year-old girl at the Walmart in West Mifflin Sunday afternoon.” At the very moment she began speaking, a photograph of President Joe Biden appeared in the upper left portion of the screen. Given Biden’s history of inappropriate touching, this in and of itself, was amusing. Stop the censors, sign up to get today's top stories delivered right to your...

Does Joe Biden have any idea what trouble his presidency is in? Does he know how catastrophic his approval ratings are? Does he get it that Americans are not buying his "agenda," that they are fed up with huge spending bills that have pumped too much money into the economy, sidelined workers and driven up prices? That they are really worried about soaring crime and the 2 million people that entered the country illegally last year? That only 29% of Americans think we’re heading in the right direction? It sure didn’t see that way. Anyone hoping that Joe Biden would...

“Tonight, you heard a speech by someone who doesn’t know what’s going on in the union,” Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday night. “Or at least he is hoping you don’t know.” “What’s the state of the union? Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the worst crisis in Europe since World War II. Massive inflation is everywhere, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the malaise of Jimmy Carter,” Paul said. “Parents are frustrated from almost two years of bureaucrats messing with their kids’ schooling. Everyday Americans seeing their freedom, jobs, and livelihoods stolen from them by petty...

Rep. Lauren Boebert showed up to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night wearing a dress adorned with three words that are critical of his energy policies. Boebert’s black outfit featured three words in gold lettering: “Drill baby, drill” — a slap at Biden’s reversals of Trump-era policies aimed at harvesting more U.S.-based fossil fuels, which led to the country becoming energy independent for the first time in decades. Also, the stunt came as gas prices hit a seven-year high this week; “notably, Biden has canceled the construction of the Keystone...

President Joe Biden went after Russian President Vladimir Putin hard during his State of the Union address on Wednesday, but withheld harsh words for Chinese President Xi Jinping — whose goal is for China to supplant the United States as the world’s superpower and whose government was responsible for not controlling the coronavirus outbreak within its borders. ...

An awkward and apparently accidental showing of a photo of President Joe Biden with a report about an accused child molester went viral ahead of the president's first State of the Union speech. The report from WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh showed a news anchor transitioning from a report of a robbery to that of serious accusations against an elderly man. "A 71-year-old man was accused of inappropriately touching a 12-year-old girl at the Walmart in West Mifflin Sunday afternoon," she said. But the photograph showed instead a smiling Biden with a reference to the State of the Union speech scheduled for...

Biden’s address was a disaster but the corrupt corporate media predictably gushed over it and tried to spin his terrible track record.resident Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was nothing short of a disaster but the corrupt corporate media predictably gushed over it and tried to spin his terrible track record. Pundits gladly harped on Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene shouting during Biden’s speech but when it came to fact-checking the lies pouring out of the president’s mouth, most of the corrupt press fell short. The same corporate media outlets that eagerly fact-checked every minute of...

Joe Biden’s first state of the Union address should be his last. His sanctimonies, blame shifting, misstatements, false accusations, and adherence to failed policies only reinforced what an increasing number of people know: this man is a walking disaster—America’s worst modern president. Biden began with a justification of his policies that failed to prevent Russia from invading Ukraine—in fact, which effectively encouraged Russia to invade. Ukraine was supposed to be Biden’s Cuban Missile Crisis. Talk tough and then take credit when the Russians back down. But Biden is no John F. Kennedy. Russian President Vladimir Putin knows a bluffing fool...

Until Democrats are willing to drop truly radical policies like the Equality Act, it’s all smoke and mirrors meant to distract voters.Joe Biden’s ”State of the Union” address clearly marked an attempt by his White House to make their culture war seem like an afterthought. It’s not, of course, as evidenced by the president’s description of abortion as “health care” and his demand that Congress pass the radical Equality Act. But the bulk of Biden’s speech focused on “meat and potatoes,” as Chris Hayes repeatedly claimed during MSNBC’s coverage. It’s true, Biden dedicated much of his address to Ukraine, infrastructure,...

President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled his four-point plan to continue to “move forward safely” with the Chinese coronavirus, despite proclaiming that “we will never just accept living with COVID-19.” “Thanks to the progress we have made this past year, COVID-19 need no longer control our lives,” Biden proclaimed, despite the fact that blue state leaders continued to implement mandates and restrictions during the first year of his presidency, and the science has remained unchanged.

Democrats know they're on the ropes with the midterm elections in eight months away. They hope to reverse their projected fortunes by highlighting one thing while ignoring two others. The State of the Union speech delivered embarrassingly at times by Joe Biden on Tuesday was as milquetoast as possible. This was by design. He made a few waves with some controversial statements, such as calling to “fund the police,” but for the most part he stuck with standard issues without turning too many heads. He lied a lot, but that’s to be expected. He’s a seasoned politician with decades of...