Flotsam and Jetsam - The SOTU Upon Further Review

Reviews of Preznit Biden's Campaign Rally SOTU continue to trickle in. At Am Think Selwyn Duke thinks Biden’s SOTU: 'Old Ideas' Talk Back to an Old Man and James Spencer, And in This Corner: A Reflection on the State of the Union. By  I&I, Smokin’ Joe’s Grate Of The Union: Was That Fire – Or Gaslight? Joe Klein at Front Page calls it Biden’s State of Disunion "The angriest, most partisan State of the Union address in modern history." Shmuel Katzkin at Am Spec, Biden’s State of the Union: A Druggie Living in an Alternate Reality. "This person, who was touted as a reasonable man, was trolling half his audience." Rick Moran at PJM wonders What's With Biden Calling Out the Supreme Court for Decisions He Disagreed With?

Dan Chaitin at Da Wire looks at the numbers and finds Beneath The Hype For Biden’s SOTU Address, Red Flags Emerge In CNN Poll. Nick Arama at RedState sees Biden Crash After SOTU: Struggle to Read Teleprompter Is Concerning and Jill's Face Is Something Else.   Hat Hair, And the Reviews Are In for POTATUS' 'Sure I'm Old, Man' Ad Jorge Bonilla@BonillaJL "@ScottJenningsKY on the new Biden ad addressing his age: "I think this ad's putting mayonnaise on a crap sandwich. I mean, I like mayonnaise, but it's not going to change the sandwich."" Susan Crabtree at Am Great thinks Britt Dramatically Rips Biden Over Age, Border, Inflation "Britt agrees with Biden that the nation is at a crossroads but blames him, not his predecessor, for leading us down a dark path " but at HR Nicole Russel says The GOP response to Biden's SOTU was embarrassing. PJMs Athena Thorne finds You Know, This Guy Actually Scares the Heck Out of Me. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw hears Biden Fesses Up About 'Come to Jesus' Moment With Netanyahu "yesterday, apparently feeling the pressure to clear the air, he attempted to justify his comments during an interview with Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC. He didn't deny saying it, but he claimed that it was "just a Delaware expression" and that Netanyahu wasn't put off by it. That makes about as much sense as most of the things Biden says these days, meaning practically none at all. (NY Post)" Hat Hair's KT demonstrates Joe Biden is Lying About the Size of Your Snickers Bar. Why should Snickers Bars be exempt from his lying? Da Caller thinks Biden’s ‘Junk Fees’ Crackdown Is A Distraction From The Real Problems. The Free Bacon reports Biden's National Science Foundation Spent Millions in Emergency COVID Funds Last Year. The Spending Had Nothing To Do With COVID. mrcTV notes Unemployment Rate Jumps in February, Recent Employment Gains Revised Down 167K Jobs following the now usual pattern. 

Da Caller hears the GOP Demands Dismissal Of Charges Against Man Arrested For Disrupting Biden’s SOTU. Jim McGee at Am Spec says Hold Him Accountable: "‘Abbey Gate’ Arrest at State of the Union Exposes Biden’s Disastrous Foreign Policy "Incompetence masked by dishonesty."" Nice phrase, I may have to steal it. I&I, calls Joe Biden, An American Autocrat (According To The New York Times).

At the Free Bacon, Joe Biden Often Brags About 'Good Sex' With Dr. Jill. That Could Be a Sign of Dementia. From Da Wire, Bill Maher Pushes Joe Biden To Drop Kamala Harris And Pick Nikki Haley. PJM's Stephen Kruiser worries Kamala Harris Is Dumber and Closer to the Presidency Than Ever. Mike Miller at RedState wants you to WATCH: Rogan and Rufo Team Up to Wreck 'Diversity Hire' Karine Jean-Pierre, and It's a Beautiful Thing. 

Still concerned with serious things Jonathan Turley covers how the Special Counsel Files Blistering Reply to Hunter Biden Motion to Dismiss: “Patently False”.

At NYPo the Divine Ms. Devine thinks Joe Biden’s as callous as it gets when it comes to Laken Riley. Insty, THIS IS CNN: "‘They Won’t Even #SayHerName’: CNN Refuses to Air State of the Union Ad Blaming Biden for Murder of Laken Riley. CNN refused to air a conservative group’s State of the Union ad that blamed President Joe Biden for the murder of 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who was killed by an illegal immigrant." From Da Wire, Trump Hammers Biden For ‘Apologizing’ For Referring To Laken Riley Murder Suspect As ‘An Illegal’. TNP tells the story of another Migrant on Terror Watchlist Attempted Border Crossing Prior to Biden, Trump Visits and a Migrant Arrested After Beating Man with Rock. Rock control now! Breitbart reports on Measles Detected in Same Chicago Migrant Shelter Where Child Died and Dick Durbin Thwarts Bill to Automatically Detain Illegals Charged with Violent Crimes. At Hat Hair, CA Considering Bill to Pay for Illegals' Legal Aid to Avoid Deportation AFTER Violent Felony Conviction. They can't be counted in the census if they're not here, can they?

At Am Great, Thad McCotter asks is Trump 2024 a Presidential Campaign or Revenge Tour? "Mr. Trump's promise to be his primary voters’ instrument of revenge, retribution, and justice is counterproductive to winning the 2024 presidential election." We'll he has plenty reason to want revenge, retribution and justice for. Althouse notices "It can’t be. It can not be! If he is, he wins the election. You won’t be on this show anymore. He’ll come looking for me. You know, there’ll be things that happen that none of us can imagine...." "Said Robert De Niro, quoted in "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" (Mediaite). Ironically, De Niro's rhetoric is quite similar to Trump's — predicting a decline that no one can imagine. We won't have a country anymore!" Also, "Snippets of speeches, impersonations, and other organic content involving Trump routinely rack up tens of millions of views on TikTok." ""Prominent MAGA figures, conservative comedians and other cultural commentators with large followings are highly active on TikTok, which has become one of the top sources of news for Gen Z." It's bad, but is it Facebook level bad? Tom Raabe at Am Spec observes Trump Is Leading Among Working-Class Americans. "For cultural and economic reasons the blue-collar vote is lining up with Trump." Fuzzy Slipper at LI not especially happy when  Lara Trump, New Co-Chair of the RNC, Declares That Anyone Who Doesn’t Support Trump “Is Welcome To Leave””  Matt Margolis is LOL! CNN Is Too Afraid to Update Its Election Projection Map

CNN’s ‘Road to 270’ shows "Trump in a position to win the White House.”

Trump: 272 (winner)
Biden: 225

That’s without toss-up states assigned to either candidate. pic.twitter.com/NZGv8sekxD

— Matt Margolis (@mattmargolis) January 8, 2024

TNP claims Kochs, Outside Groups Blew $85 MILLION Backing Nikki Haley. Flogging a dead horse. From Behind the Black A No Labels third party 2024 presidential ticket will give Americans a chance to replace the failed Democratic Party. So far, no labels hasn't found a candidate who hurts Trump more than Biden, which is why they have no one. At Slate Alex Sammon fears California’s Red Wave "Super Tuesday showed Democrats a blaring siren for November." "Turnout was low, but in nearly every race national Democrats are hoping to flip or protect come November, California Republicans put on performances that, if reproduced, would augur catastrophe."  I ain't exactly impressed.

At Da Fed MD Kittle sees Conservatives Fed Up With Democrats’ Get-Out-The-Vote Machine Build Their Own In Battleground States and Mike Thielen worries that Democrats Deployed Their Top Election Riggers To Tip The Scales In 2024. 

Mia Cathell at TownHall, Key Witness Spills the Beans on Fani Willis Corruption Scandal. TNP, Fani Willis Met With Kamala Harris In 2023 Despite Testifying She Had Not Met With Any White House Officials. Viral News NYC@ViralNewsNYC "I was made aware by some FDNY members that after FDNY members booed Attorney General Letitia James that an investigation has opened up and FDNY bosses are now visiting different firehouses asking people to come Forward. I attached some documents below." NewsMax, Turley: Judge Chutkan, Smith Rush Trump Case for Trial "Special counsel Jack Smith and Washington, D.C., Judge Tanya Chutkan are taking former President Donald Trump's constitutional right to a speedy trial as the government's own in an "extraordinary" push against the president's chief political rival, legal expert Jonathan Turley warned in an op-ed. "At every juncture, Smith has tried to expedite and spur the case along," Turley wrote in a Sunday op-ed. "This has included an attempt to cut off standard appellate options for Trump. It seems as if the entire point is to try Trump before the election."" It seems so, because it is. 

From Twitchy, Oh Honey, NO! Liz Cheney Tries Picking a Fight With Mark Levin and HOLY HELL Was THAT Ever a Stupid Idea. BPR notes Secret files suggest FBI effort to ‘encourage political violence’ ahead of 2020 election. John Green at Am Think thinks It’s Not Wise to Corner a Bear. The Great Victor Davis Hanson goes off on The Anti-Democratic Democratic Left "The defense of those destroying democracy is that they are doing it to prevent others from doing what they would do, should they have been on the receiving end of exactly what they are now doing." Breitbart cites Schiff: I Hope Intelligence Community Will ‘Dumb Down’ Trump’s Briefings. More likely, they'll leave out anything that might help him. Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal has a SMOKING GUN: Biden DOJ Took Advice From Group Demonizing Concerned Parents, Docs Show, SPLC. 

At Breitbart, a Fact Check: George Stephanopoulos Lies About Trump and ‘Rape’ Just one of many. 

Jake Denton at Compact worries about Big Tech’s A.I. Power Grab.

Campus Reform reports the House education committee requests documents from MIT on campus anti-semitism. From the College Fix, Brown U. student tour guides picket in defense of peer who supported tour ‘disruptions’.  The Hollywood Reporter hears a  Free Palestine March Set for Los Angeles Ahead of Oscars: “No Awards During a Genocide”. "The protest is a result of collaboration with Writers Against the War on Gaza LA (WAWOG), Film Workers For Palestine, SAG-AFTRA Members for Ceasefire and more organizations." From Althouse, "In theory, the recent push for racial representation in elite America should have made the establishment more attuned to the concerns of nonwhite voters " " . . .Ross Douthat is having a hard time explaining "Why It’s Hard to Explain Joe Biden’s Unpopularity" (NYT)," and "People want to regain their agency, their sense of control, and do something to match their fears to their actions." "Said Chris Ellis, a U.S. Army colonel who researches the prepper movement, quoted in "US 'prepper' culture diversifies amid fear of disaster and political unrest" (Reuters)."

From Fox, Daniel Penny attorney reacts to Gov. sending National Guard to NYC subway after violent attacks: 'About time'. "U.S. Marine veteran Daniel Penny was charged in the chokehold death of a homeless man making threats on a subway last year."

mrcTV notes Huntington Beach Votes to Limit Display of Pride Flags. You can't do that in California!

PJM's Kevin Downey concludes Democrats Suck and Make Everything Ugly "Having Democrats in our society is less fun than a battalion of Jehovah's Witnesses at a Halloween party. You know how your green, man-bunned neph-neice likes to mope around the family Christmas gathering, trying to ruin everything? We have that on a national scale."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Play Ball! ready as usual at The one and only Other McCain.