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His Fraudulency will give his State of the Union address in a political environment where polls show him losing to Donald Trump in a potential 2024 rematch. After 14 months in office, more than a year defined by every conceivable domestic and foreign policy failure, polling from NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ shows former President Trump beating His Fraudulency by four points. “And if the next election for president was held today and the major party candidates were Donald Trump and Joe Biden, for whom would you vote?” the pollsters asked. Joe Biden earned just 36.5 percent of the vote, while the...

Alice Johnson: a non-violent Great Grandmother pardoned after an outpouring of support from figures on the right, and from Kim Kardashian West.Joshua Trump: A 6th grader who got the president’s attention in response to news about him being bullied for sharing his last name.Matthew Charles: The White House says that his “life is a story of redemption.” He was incarcerated for non-violent drug charges in 1996, only to be freed by mistake in 2016, and re-incarcerated after being fully rehabilitated. Charles was then finally released at the start of this year, due to President Trump’s First Step Act.Debra Bissell, Heather Armstrong, and Madison Armstrong: Family...

RUSH: Okay, so Trump has his State of the Union — well, the quasi-State of the Union. That’s what this event is tonight. That’s what it would be. It’s actually not gonna be called that because it’s his first month in office. It’s a State of the Union kind of a bit out there. But there’s a tradition at these things and what do you bet this tradition does not survive? You know tradition I’m speaking of? (interruption) No, not that. Not that. The president is introduced, sergeant-at-arms and all these people walk the president down the aisle, and the...

State of the Union predictions. How many times will Obama implore Americans to be more "civil"? How many references to Gabriel Giffords will Obama be able to eke out? How many people related to Giffords will be in the gallery? With the cameras on Gifford's relatives, how many times will Obama then bookend a reference to Gifford's situation and the need for "some people" to be more civil? Will Obama leave out his counsel to Congressional supporters to not bring a knife to a gunfight? After the SOTU will Obama tell supporters that they need to get in people's faces?...