Good Wednesday morning.
Here is what’s on the President’s agenda today:
- The President meets with the Vice President, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense
- Later, President Trump has a Tax reform meeting with American workers
- In the afternoon, the President meets with Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin
I have a condensed version of the Briefing for you this morning. I stayed up later than I wanted for the SOTU festivities and slept through my alarm.
My hot take: I thought the speech was very positive and “pro-America.” The President’s guests at the speech were a great way to tell the story he wanted to tell. The Democrats looked like sour pusses and bitchy babies but that’s no surprise since their political position is to sell misery and discord. Naturally, they revile the positive messages about America coming from the President. Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA) delivered the official response and was inexplicably put in front of a car which is a bad look for a Kennedy. Putting a rich white liberal from New England to respond to the SOTU is a funny way to win back the working class Americans that ditched the Dems in 2016, but whatever. The audience noticed he was slobbering or had abused his chapstick to the point of distraction. His response was dark and morose.
SOTU/SOTU after party reviews and hot takes
Read the full text of President Trump’s first State of the Union address
5 Things Democrats Refused To Applaud During SOTU
Democrats make political statement wearing black, while FLOTUS makes fashion statement wearing white
CNN poll: 48 percent had ‘very positive’ reaction to Trump speech
Viewers approve of Trump’s first State of the Union address – CBS News poll
Protesters take to the streets, project anti-Trump messages onto his DC hotel over SOTU
Trump protesters chant ‘lock him up’ outside Capitol ahead of State of the Union
Trump’s State of the Union didn’t unify Capitol Hill
Tapper: Trump opened one hand, fist with other
Van Jones: Trump’s stories were poisoned candy
Trump’s State of the Union: A diatribe against immigrants
Joe Kennedy’s glistening lips outshine his rebuttal to Trump’s State of the Union
Joe Kennedy’s ‘drool-mouth’ outshines his State of the Union response
Trump honors North Korea defector during State of the Union
RUSSIA/Mueller investigation
So much for speech: Trump on hot mic says he’ll release memo
Trump’s lawyers argue Mueller has not met threshold for presidential interview
FBI, intelligence agencies are vetting Nunes memo: report
Atlantic: It’s pure ‘fantasy’ to think Mueller will indict President Trump
Dems direct outrage over Nunes memo at Speaker Paul Ryan, rule out leaking Schiff memo
Other morsels:
CIA director Pompeo met top Russian spies
A woman tried to board a plane with her emotional-support peacock. United wouldn’t let it fly
CIA director expects Russia will try to target U.S. mid-term elections
Drug distributors shipped 20M pain pills to town of 3,000 people in West Virginia
Two Obama amnesty ‘Dreamers’ were arrested at the border – here’s what they did
SJWs Threaten Conservative DC Comics Artist With Violence
Trump needles ‘monster’ Chuck Todd at off-the-record anchors’ lunch
Senate passes bill in response to gymnastics sex-abuse case
Female Employees Allege Culture of Sexual Harassment at Humane Society
Hispanic members unload on Dem leaders at ‘tense’ meeting
Chicago Sun-Times suspends film critic Richard Roeper for reportedly buying Twitter followers
Hawaii emergency chief resigns, officer fired over false missile alert
Military-bashing California teacher pulled from classroom, city council duties pending investigation
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour arrested with gun at airport
Todd Ricketts will be the next RNC finance chair
Facebook is banning all ads for bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and ICOs
Facebook asked to end Messenger Kids app by child advocates
And that’s all I’ve got, now go beat back the angry mob!
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