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State of the Union 2018: From DACA's fate to Opioids

Last posted Jan 31, 2018 at 06:16AM EST. Added Jan 30, 2018 at 07:50AM EST
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Members of KYM from the way up of Toronto, CA-ON and down to Miami, FL, Tonight is the State of the Uniom…er, Union. President Trump will give his first year in office a pat on the back and preview 2018.
It will begin 21:00 ET on any news channel you tuned in unless if you're a cord-cutter, it's also on the White House channel

Tuesday, January 30: 18:00 (Vancouver, CA-BC) • 19:00 (Calgary, CA-AB) • 21:00 (Toronto, CA-ON + Washington, D.C.)
Wednesday, January 31: 03:00 (Hamburg, DE + Vienna, AT) • 04:00 (Helsinki, FI) • 10:00 (Perth, AU-WA) • 12:30 (Adelaide, AU-SA) • 13:00 (Melbourne, AU-VIC) • 15:00 (Auckland, NZ)

Who's…
Going: Both houses of Congress, SCOTUS, Cabinet, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Some people get special invites to sit with FLOTUS. And you'll see some lawmakers wearing black in support of #MeToo.
Not Going: Kiefer Sutherland. Some Dem lawmakers. RBG.

Unity: He’ll stress bipartisanship in ‘important’ State of the Union address (NBC). Week ahead: Trump to share infrastructure plans in State of the Union (The Hill)
Immigration: His radical push to scale back legal immigration is becoming a key flashpoint in Congress (Business Insider Australia)
Economy: As Trump Prepares For Big Speech, State Of The Economy Is Strong (NPR)
Foreign Policy: As in laying out the game plan with countries like North Korea and Iran. Trump may also mention his decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, which made waves (Politico)
Opioid Crisis: as in the epidemic that's been blamed for bringing down life expectancy in the US. TBD on how much airtime the issue gets, but people are hoping it gets addressed. (CNN Again)

Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA) will deliver the Dem rebuttal. He's Bobby Kennedy's grandson and a rising star on the left. Pro tip: drink water first.

•State of the ‘Uniom’? Tickets being re-printed after misspelling (NBC)
•Amid turmoil, Trump seeking a reset with State of the Union (Associated Press
•YouTube Livestream via the White House
•White House announces special guests for State of Union address (Axios)
•Female Democrats Will Wear Black to Trump's First State of the Union (Fortune)
•Everything you need to know about the State of the Union address (The one that attempts to blacklist someone who made a .gif of Trump body-slamming)
•At least 8 Democrats boycotting State of the Union over 'racist,' 'divisive' remarks (ABC)
•Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Skipping President Trump's State of the Union Address (Time)

Last edited Jan 30, 2018 at 08:12AM EST

Here's the livestream from the White House YouTube channel unless Comcast Verizon (For god's sake, Mr. Pai!) FiOS prevents you from watching it anyway. Good luck to the customers of Shaw, Hotwire, NetCologne, Kabelplus, DNA, TeliaSonera and Trustpower streaming in the nick of time.



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I'm just going to take a wild guess as to what will happen tonight:

The President is going to lie his ass off, pander to his base, and undeservedly pat himself on the back.

And then when he starts getting called out, he's going to take to Twitter with impotent cries of "FAKE NEWS! SAD! #MAGA!"

How do I know that's what's going to happen? Because it has been the case EVERY time the man has given a speech.

err, Bernie…Bernie…Maybe you ought to look at Bureau of Labor Statistics report on the matter?

You know where it shows the incredible job growth in raw goods

you know raw goods right, Bernie, right?

You know where jobs in construction, manufacturing, mining, drilling, etc…all grew right, this is the "working class" Bernie. This is who your party threw under the bus. Who switched to Republican because of it?

Vavian "Strongbrush" Free wrote:

I'm just going to take a wild guess as to what will happen tonight:

The President is going to lie his ass off, pander to his base, and undeservedly pat himself on the back.

And then when he starts getting called out, he's going to take to Twitter with impotent cries of "FAKE NEWS! SAD! #MAGA!"

How do I know that's what's going to happen? Because it has been the case EVERY time the man has given a speech.

Luke Skywalker said it perfectly in response to your post.

Skeletor-sm

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