I want to see the hockey players.

Anarchistbear said:

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I want to see the hockey players.

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I want to see the hockey players knock the stupid little signs out of the hands whatever Democrats show up for their little pointless stunts they have planned for tonight

It would be cool if somebody put the lumber on Schumer

This Cal Bear won't be watching:

Why I'm not watching the State of the Union and you shouldn't either | Robert Reich | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/24/trump-state-of-the-union-boycott

"But there are plenty of reasons for not watching other than driving Trump crazy.

First, he doesn't deserve our attention. He's abused and defiled the American presidency, even worse than he did in his first term.

He's blatantly usurped the powers of Congress. He has overtly used the justice department to seek to punish people he considers his enemies and pardon people loyal to him. He has willfully rejected the rule of law, broken treaties, literally destroyed part of the White House, thumbed his nose at our allies (including our closest and heretofore loyal neighbors), and utterly failed his constitutional duty to take care that the laws are faithfully executed.

He lies like most people breathe. He's a fraud and a traitor.

Second, we already know what he's going to say, because he's already stated and restated his lies every chance he gets.

He says the economy is in wonderful shape, that he's settled six (or eight?) wars, that the US has brought peace to the Middle East, that he's made the country safer and more secure, that the 2020 election was stolen from him, ad nauseam.

He assumes that if he repeats these lies enough, some gullible people will believe him. Maybe so, but why should we give him more of an audience for his lies?

Third, he refuses to be president of the United States instead, he behaves as though he's just president of the people who voted for him in 2024. He talks in glowing terms about "my" people while denigrating "them" those of us who didn't vote for him, who still disapprove of him, or who refuse to give him whatever he wants. So far this year he's cut more than $1.5bn in blue-state grants.

If he doesn't believe he's my president, why should I treat him as my president and watch his State of the Union?

Fourth and finally, I already know the real state of the union. It sucks.

The economy has been good for big business and wealthy Americans but sh@itty for small businesses and average working Americans.

Although Trump repeatedly promised that his tariffs would shrink the trade deficit and lead to a revival in US manufacturing, the opposite has happened. US imports hit a record high last year, as did the trade deficit in goods. And US manufacturers cut more than 80,000 jobs."

It's theater, has been for decades

I haven't watched a State of the Union address in at least 30 years and see no reason to do so now. I'd rather have a root canal without anesthesia.

It read like there was unanimous consent that this would be the official SOTU thread so I went ahead and deleted Bearister's thread. Enjoy!

tequila4kapp said:

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It read like there was unanimous consent that this would be the official SOTU thread so I went ahead and deleted Bearister's thread. Enjoy!

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I'm thinking you might have enjoyed that just a little too much. Are you honing your skills for future use against me?

Anarchistbear said:

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I want to see the hockey players.

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You should. You paid for it.

On February 24, 2026, the gold-medal-winning U.S. men's Olympic hockey team traveled from Miami to Washington D.C. on a U.S. Air Force 757 military plane, arranged by President Donald Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2026/02/24/usa-mens-hockey-team-trump-2026-state-of-union-address/88840551007/

Erika Kirk to serve as SOTU mascot while Trump makes the case for political violence against Iran, which Charlie Kirk vehemently opposed https://t.co/g1tA3ORFkm

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) February 24, 2026

the men did not turn it down. they've been touring the White House and hanging with Trump today

can't wait to see the dens fail to give them a standing ovation and show how childish they really are

brobear said:

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the men did not turn it down. they've been touring the White House and hanging with Trump today

can't wait to see the dens fail to give them a standing ovation and show how childish they really are

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Oh, the men. Cool. I'd rather see the women.

Originally I was going to follow the Robert Reich school of thought and take a hard pass on watching tonight

……but than I started thinking, what if he goes Full Bat Guano and I wasn't there to see it live. I would never forgive myself.

I'll give him 30 minutes to lose his sh@it, if he holds it together that long, I'll catch the highlight reel.




"Ah, but the tariffs! That's..that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond a shadow of a doubt and with geometric logic that the tariffs work!

The NYT just did a hit piece on the US men's hockey team for not rejecting Trump's call pic.twitter.com/NEl46YQ9So

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 24, 2026

If Trump hangs anything on Justice ACB, she will put the curse of the Stink Eye on him.

skipped SOU spin, leaving today's (Bagley) SLC op-ed instead

honest question, what do libs even like???

they hate Jews

they hate black people

they hate hockey players

— Gene Parmesan (@dsonoiki) February 25, 2026

bearister out.

bearister said:

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bearister out.

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His hair looked way more f@ucked up than that.

I think frequently about how Trump's 2020 SOTU was so good -- he'd just beaten the first impeachment, had defeated the Russia collusion hoax, had a great economy, foreign policy success, was on track to be re-elected, etc. etc., and then COVID hit weeks later.

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) February 25, 2026

Democrats: Trump is in cognitive decline. He won't be able to get through the SOTU.

Also Democrats: Please make him stop. He's going to talk all night.

— MAZE (@mazemoore) February 25, 2026

PAC-10-BEAR said:

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Democrats: Trump is in cognitive decline. He won't be able to get through the SOTU.

Also Democrats: Please make him stop. He's going to talk all night.

— MAZE (@mazemoore) February 25, 2026

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It's got to be tough to carry the shi+posting load tonight all by yourself without movielover, oski003 and BarelySane88.

i'd say he's doing a great job considering you have nothing to say besides insulting people. seems like Diablo and SBG have been off tonight too. much calmer without them

https://bsky.app/profile/thedailyshow.com/post/3mfnsaujgqk25

"Holy ****, did WE ever make the right decision" - The US Women's Hockey Team