CNN: The Economy Is Doing Pretty Well, Just as Trump Claims.
Too Bad It's a Boomcession That Is Leaving So, So Many People Behind.

—Disinformation Expert Ace

I suppose a grudging admission with lots of defensive Democrat Talking Point caveats is still an admission.

CNN Fact Check: Trump told the truth when he said the economy is solid. (But sad about the boomcession!)

President Donald Trump made a passionate defense of the US economy during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.

"Inflation is plummeting, incomes are rising fast. The roaring economy is roaring like never before."

Hyperbole aside, he's right: America's economy is strong. But Trump is missing the point.

Ah, he says the economy is strong, but he's... missing the point.

What?

Affordability, not economic strength, drives voters to the polls. Most Americans don't care a lick about GDP, CPI, PCE or any of the other acronyms or data points that show the economy is on the right track. They care about their job security and those financial fears that keep folks up at night: figuring out how to to pay for groceries, housing, health care, car payments, college and child care -- all of which keep getting more expensive.

But inflation has fallen from Biden's 10+% to 1.7% over the past three months.

As for "worrying about job security:" Americans have felt insecure about their jobs since the seventies. This is not a Trump thing. This is a secular shift in the economy that happened after the 1960s boom and continues to happen.

This hack then compares Trump to Biden -- without revealing that CNN vigorously echoed Biden's false claims of presiding over a strong economy.

"I inherited an economy that was on the brink. Now our economy is literally the envy of the world."

There's a problem with that strategy, though.

Want proof? That last quote wasn't from Tuesday's speech. That was from the 2024 State of the Union, delivered by former President Joe Biden, whose party lost the election eight months later.

Yeah but who caused the inflation? Is Trump lying that that is a hangover from Biden?

Trump's message, at least on paper, is largely correct. Jobs, wage growth, consumer spending and inflation under Trump look pretty decent or have been mostly stable. The stock market is near a record high.

"On paper," he's right. I mean, if you look at the facts.

But if you look at liberals' feeeeeeelings -- the true determinant of Truth -- then it's a different story.

The US economy grew 2.2% in 2025, very much in line with the last three years of robust economic growth. The economy slowed down more than expected at the end of the year, but the longest-ever government shutdown stymied growth that should be made back this quarter.

Last year wasn't a great year for the labor market by any stretch. But unemployment remains low, and stronger-than-expected hiring in January suggests 2026 could be a much better year for job creation.

...

Trump on Tuesday blamed Democrats for the inflation crisis that sent prices surging more than 20% during Biden's term, a shock that Americans are still adjusting to.

Oh, so Biden did cause the rampant, remorseless inflation.

But still, Trump is lying or something.

The left has another way to denigrate the strong economy, aka "the boomcession" -- it's K-shaped economy, CNN's Democrat whisperers tell them. Meaning, some are going up, like the top stroke on the K, and some are going down.

Let's ignore the fact that most see their fortunes rising -- that's what a strong economy means -- and focus on those who are remaining flat.

In fact, CNN wants you to become Junior Reporters and write to them explaining your own Tales of Boomcession Woe so that they can put those quotes together and write a downer economic story.

They're literally blegging internet randos to send them quotes they can knit together for a pre-fab story.

Where do you land in the K-shaped economy? Do you think that will change in 2026?

By Alicia Wallace
Feb 18, 2026

How do you anticipate your household financial situation will fare in 2026 and beyond? We'd like to hear from you.

There's a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots in the United States, and economists are increasingly sounding the alarm. Income inequality has expanded in a short timeframe, and various economic indicators -- including rising delinquency rates -- are flashing a warning sign.

The "K-shaped" economic recovery may be working for some Americans, but not all.

LOL.

The boomcession, don't you know.

Democrat "Counter Event" To the SOTU Is, Literally, a Zoo of Lunatics

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Hakeem Jeffries apparently told his animals that they should not heckle or scream during the SOTU, because it would make them look bad.

They did not listen. Deplorable, deportable foreign Islamofascist traitors Rashid Tlaib and Ilhan "Omar" Nur never stopped squawking and shrieking throughout the speech.

The degenerate Al Green was forcibly ejected from the Speech for his constant disruptions. He was also ejected from last year's speech.

I don't know why the two Muslim sows were permitted to stay.

But fifty Democrats boycotted the speech. Instead of attending, they staged various communist clown shows.

As WLT Report previously reported, nearly 50 Democrat lawmakers opted not to attend President Trump's State of the Union address.

Instead, many of them attended their counter State of the Union event.

Dozens of Democrats attended their own State of the Union Address, called the "People's Address," located at the National Mall.

To begin the event, Democrats welcomed on stage the Portland ant-fascist frogs to dance on stage.

Trump Directs and Films the Main Political Advetisement for the Midterms

—Disinformation Expert Ace

I personally thought the speech started well but then got tedious and meandering. Then again, I know the economy is doing pretty well. Thanks to the propaganda Nazi media, most citizens don't.

Many observers, including Democrat spinners, think it was effective.

Trump needed to sell strengths on economy, border. He did.

Ahead of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, he promised he'd discuss how we are a country "that's now doing well with the greatest economy we've ever had."

That's what he needed to do, and overall, he did.

"Our nation is back," Trump said at the start of his speech Feb. 24, marking the secure border, reduced crime, falling inflation and improving economy. "The state of our union is strong."

During his roughly two-hour address, the president stayed mostly upbeat and on message (for Trump).

His theme was "America at 250: Strong, Prosperous and Respected," with the country's 250th birthday and the midterm elections just months away, and polls showing Americans are concerned with the direction of the country.

"Tonight, after just one year, I can say with dignity and pride that we have achieved a transformation like no one has ever seen before, and a turnaround for the ages," Trump said. "We will never go back to where we were just a short time ago."

In the past year, he has delivered on some of his top reelection campaign promises, chief among them securing the southern border and reviving the economy.

Yet, there remains a disconnect between how things are improving and how voters are feeling.

Trump's job was to make them feel at ease. He remains defensive on affordability, however, putting the blame during his speech for remaining problems squarely on Democrats.

No matter how much fault the Biden administration holds for the economy's struggles in recent years, voters now consider it Trump's economy. He needs to own it.

...

Trump may not have stellar approval ratings (who does in their second term?), but congressional Democrats are suffering far worse.

A Wall Street Journal poll from January found that voters think Republicans in Congress are best able to handle major issues facing the country, including immigration and the economy. When it comes to border security, Republicans outpace Democrats by 48% to 20%. In regard to immigration in general, the GOP still holds an 11-point advantage.

Even with other key issues, like inflation and the economy, Republicans have a 6-point edge.

Other polls confirm the unease with Democrats. A recent Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that more Americans trust Trump (33%) over Democrats in Congress (31%) to handle the country's major issues.

I didn't realize why Trump kept attacking the Democrats for not standing. I thought he was just grousing.

I didn't know he was building towards his campaign message for the midterms. He was conditioning them to not stand, so he could get the perfect video for campaign ads.

First, they refused to stand to honor the Ukrainian immigrant butchered on a Charlotte train by a Democrat released from jail a dozen times by other Democrats.

Wednesday Morning Rant

—Joe Mannix

This is not going to be a SOTU post. I managed to stay awake for it - and it was very good and I recommend you watch it if you missed it (or at least watch the conclusion) - but it's too late to write anything about it that will be worth reading.

While "government efficiency" is usually viewed as an oxymoron and said with one's tongue firmly planted in his cheek, it does exist in some cases. Where the thing in question is something that the citizens of the country might want or - even worse - need, the wheels of government tend to grind very, very slowly. These things are also how most people interact with the government and so it is the most common perception. There is, however, an opposite scenario.

When the thing is for the government's own benefit, it can move quite quickly. When the thing is for the government's own benefit and bad for the citizens, it can move in the blink of an eye. It's all about motivation. For a prime example of this, we can cast our eyes north and look at Canada, and specifically at Canadian medicine. Medicine, after all, is something people tend to want and need - and in Canada, it's mostly state-owned.

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

Untitled
Beulah Loomis Hyde

The Morning Report — 2/25/26

—J.J. Sefton

Good morning kids. In the lead this morning, of course, is the State of the Union. No, I don't mean President Trump's SOTU speech from last night but the actual state of our union which, were it not for this president's mere presence in the Oval Office would be hurtling at light speed straight off of a cliff.

The speech itself was yet another solid performance and demonstration of this President's ability to communicate and connect with the American people, which is due in no small part to his delivering on policy success after success both at home and abroad in this his second term — And that dovetails perfectly with my initial assertion, insofar as the disastrous state of our Union. That is solely because of the demonic, diseased, deviant diabolical Democrat Party and everything it stands for. Or as in the case of last night everything and everyone it refused to stand for.

During President Trump’s State of the Union Address, Democrats refused to stand for Anna Zarutska, the mother of Iryna Zarutska – signaling the moral state of the American Left.

As a refresher, a subhuman degenerate beast named Decarlos Brown (another potential Barack Obama mythical son if he had one)

Slaughtered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska looked up at her killer with terror in her eyes after he repeatedly stabbed her with a pocket knife, as no light-rail passengers came immediately to her aid, according to disturbing, newly released surveillance footage.

The new extended clip from the Aug. 22 attack on the Lynx Blue Line train in Charlotte, North Carolina, shows the 23-year-old cowering in fear and covering her face with her hands after the shocking, unprovoked attack, allegedly carried out by homeless repeat felon Decarlos Brown Jr.

Zarutska, who had come to the US in 2022 seeking safety after Russia invaded her country, pulls up her legs, which can be seen spattered with blood in the video.

When the Democrats, especially the foreign Muslim contingent like Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, weren’t screeching their heads off, they were sitting it out.

They didn’t stand for the U.S. hockey team. They refused to stand for the idea that the duty of the United States government is “to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”

The anti-American Left and its epicenter in the Democrat Party have spent the better part of 200 years attempting to seize absolute power by tearing this country and our society apart by any and every means at their disposal. They are the moral (amoral) equivalent of so-called "generation ships" of science fiction sailing off into deep space towards some distant galaxy. As the crew die off one by one, their progeny take over the mission and sail off into the unknown. Meh, perhaps that's too romantic an analogy but they must be stopped before it's too late, unless we've already passed the point of no return and we just don't realize it, MAGA and Donald Trump being mere speed bumps on the road to hell.

Or perhaps not. Perhaps there has been a sea change in our societal/political trajectory back towards sanity and we won't see it for years or depending on how old you are in our lifetimes.

But for anyone with eyes to see and a functioning brain to process the words and optics of last night, the Democrat forces of darkness and evil did themselves no favors last night. And then there's Eddie Munster's Woof-Woof doppelgänger Al Green:

Video footage shows the moment the Democrat was walked out of the room and again held up the sign that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes!”

Attendees continued applauding in response to the president’s address as Green made his way toward the exit. When he held up the sign a second time, it was pulled down:

We'll never have a moment's peace or any semblance of normalcy unless and until the Left is completely removed from any position of power and influence. They must be utterly defeated for all time. We cannot rest, we cannot falter and we cannot fail in that holy cause, or it will be our undoing.

Have a great day.

And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.

2026 TRUMP STATE of the UNION ADDRESS
• The first State of the Union address of 'what should be' the president's third term went as expected: Trump honored great Americans, and Bro-Fo Omar made a scene
  Pride and Petulance: Trump Touts American Triumph as Democrats Seethe
  
• President Donald Trump gave one of the best — and most strident — speeches of his career on Tuesday when he delivered the first State of the Union of his second term. Trump always excels in these set-piece performances. He knows how to use the whole room as an instrument — even the halls behind the chamber, where troops returning home sometimes wait to surprise tearful spouses.
  Trump’s most partisan State of the Union ever still appeals to unity
  
• "One of the great things about the State of the Union is how it gives Americans the chance to see clearly what their representatives really believe," Trump said. "So, tonight, I'm inviting every legislator to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle. If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support. The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens." Republicans exploded. They stood, clapped, and whistled for a solid two minutes. It was the kind of raw, spontaneous reaction you can't manufacture. Democrats didn't move.
  This Moment of the State of the Union Just Lost the Democrats the Midterms
  
• Not for Team USA, for murder victims or American citizens.
  Democrats ‘Sit Out’ the State of the Union Address
  
• Trump: "How do you not stand?"
  Video: Democrats Refuse to Stand for Anna Zarutska, the Mother of Iryna Zarutska
  
• The president credited his tariffs with bringing America’s economic “turnaround” and blamed Democrats for having “caused” the affordability crisis.
  Trump plays economic cheerleader-in-chief at State of the Union — using hockey champs to show USA ‘winning’
  
• Virginia governor cites the walkouts, which have led to suspensions in Virginia and which a Marxist group has helped organize in Georgia, as an example of 'determination'
  ‘Moderate’ Abigail Spanberger Endorses Anti-ICE School Walkouts in Otherwise Dull SOTU Rebuttal
  
• Sen. Padilla’s address was one of two official responses to the State of the Union on Tuesday, alongside that of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger. While Padilla’s was intended to be the Spanish-language response, he veered into English on several occasions and used strange grammatical constructions in others, attempting to identify with his audience by referencing Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny and “faith” and church.
  Sen. Alex Padilla’s Unhinged SOTU Response en Español: Trump Will Use ICE to ‘Steal the Midterm Elections’
  
• Video footage shows the moment the Democrat was walked out of the room and again held up the sign that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes!” (Dr. Zaius betray us! - jjs)
  WATCH: Democrat Rep. Al Green Removed for Protest Sign During Trump’s SOTU

Daily Tech News 25 February 2026

—Pixy Misa

• AMD and Meta have entered into another of those infamously vague and circular deals with an estimated value of, well, nobody knows. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The Wall Street Journal puts it at $100 billion, which used to be the cost of a world-changing merger of megacorporations, not a bunch of server equipment.
  
  At the heart of the deal is 6GW of AMD graphics cards for running AI - it would be funny if AMD produced a single graphics card that ran hotter than core of the Sun but they probably won't - and options for Meta to buy 10% of AMD at a penny per share that are only executable under complicated conditions that would require AMD's market cap to triple to around a trillion dollars.
  
  At least Meta has a revenue stream, even if at this point it's mostly entirely foisting ads on people watching AI-generated slop. Unlike OpenAI was has only an expense stream.

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - February 24, 2026 [Doof]

—Open Blogger

Ladies and gentlemen, the State of the ONT is good!

Open thread, as always. Wanna discuss the SOTU and/or Dem response? Have at it. Other stuff on your mind? Let's hear about it!

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Gold Medal Fever Hasn't Broken Yet!

The Mens team at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Team USA Men’s Hockey at the White House?

Let’s go!!🔥 pic.twitter.com/iHwcQT631o

— Sarah Sizzle (@sizzle_sarah) February 24, 2026

How cool is this? Kiddos playing hockey stop their game to celebrate the gold medal.

This is the moment that peewee players in North Carolina found out MID GAME that Team USA won the Gold Medal at the Olympics!pic.twitter.com/TsRBfiBCGG

— AmericanPapaBear™ (@AmericaPapaBear) February 23, 2026

More kewl stuff! Synching up the final seconds of the 1980 "Miracle" game with the final seconds of the 2026 Gold Medal game

I promise you this will be the best thing that you watch all day long. pic.twitter.com/tkZQoMokdO

— Mr. Star Spangled MAGA (@4thOfJuly365) February 24, 2026

OK, one more. How strange is this coincidence with the name Jack Hughes?

This is insane!

🤯pic.twitter.com/c9UHrylZJi

— C3 (@C_3C_3) February 24, 2026

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Emotional support *checks notes* --- cock??

Professor Finds Comfort and Connection With Her Emotional Support Chicken

A Canadian psychology professor who researches the role of pets in healthy development has an unusual therapy animal of her own: an emotional support chicken that helps her manage daily life.

Sonia Kong adopted the 11-month-old chicken from a farm near Prince George, British Columbia. She named the bird Saturday, after the day she brought her home. Kong says the emotional support chicken is attentive and responsive to her feelings.

According to Kong, the bird appears to notice when she is upset. She recalled a moment when she was crying and the chicken quietly stayed beside her, watching her closely. Kong said the gesture felt meaningful and comforting.

To make it easier to bring the chicken into public spaces, Kong designed a small diaper so the bird can travel with her around the city.

Ummm - OK.

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Outstanding X post from John Cameron - a J6'er

I am a J6er. I went to DC to protest a stolen election.

I realized Communism was here under the familiar name of the Democratic Party. Now it's called Democratic Socialism.

Lenin's party was called the Social-Democrat Party until he renamed it Bolshevik until he renamed it again Communist.

I didn't vote for Trump but against Communism and the radical ideology and policies that are systematically destroying our country.

I saw Communism steamrolling over America when...

Churches and AA meetings were shut down while pot shops and liquor stores were allowed to remain open.

I was kicked out of a park while playing catch with my son for my own health.

The NY Post was deleted from Twitter for an article harmful to Democrats.

A sitting President was deplatformed from social media.

His press secretary was deplatformed.

Cities were allowed to burn over the death of a drug addict, but Americans were rounded up for protesting a stolen election.

Dying loved ones were separated from family in the name of Science.

Tip lines created for family, friends, and neighbors to report one another and drive the wedge.

The government tried to force an experimental gene therapy injection on the entire country.

Government agencies were captured by for-profit corporations.

The government used law enforcement watchdogs to censor speech.

Political leaders knelt to the corpse of a drug addict.

Children learning to speak were masked and unable to watch lips move or see the joy of a smile.

Crime was condoned and criminals were set free while the law-abiding were persecuted and prosecuted.

Americans were tased at sporting events and kicked out of beaches for not wearing masks.

Half the country was told "Move along, nothing to see," after vote counting was stopped and insurmountable leads vanished overnight.

Entire social media platforms were shut down.

Propaganda so endless, that dancing nurses and puppet syringes filled the airwaves, while mayors gave out free fries for complying.

Communism is Satan's religion. Worship of the State.

God Bless the J6ers.

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Trump SOTU Thread 2: "How Do You Not Stand for That?"

—Disinformation Expert Ace

I see the thread has gotten a bit long.

Trump's State of the Union Address

—Disinformation Expert Ace

PJ Media's live blog for those who would rather read than watch.

Pre-SOTU Cafe

—Disinformation Expert Ace

The Life and Happenings around Blejoi Bridge by Andrei Baciu

Dog is so happy to see the garbage men.

Senior dog has the heart of the puppy but the cardio of a blogger.

DaVinci's simple but clever self-supporting bridge.

Dogs being adopted.

This dog knows what he likes and that's all he likes.

Dog responds to Alexa.

Rescuing a terrified "broken" dog.

Quick Hits

—Disinformation Expert Ace

We'll see:

Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_

BREAKING: Hillary Clinton insists she had "no links" to pedo pimp Jeffrey Epstein and his groomer Ghislaine Maxwell--and never even met Epstein--yet Maxwell has testified: "I went to the [Clinton] house in Chappaqua a few times...as a friend," and Hillary appears in the Epstein files >1,000 times

Mike Benz: Conservatives are dispirited because the revelations they were expecting about Jeffrey Epstein weren't revealed. If Trump wants to boost conservative enthusiasm, he must open the books on all the other betrayals and crimes of the Deep State.

"I don't think that the base would even flirt with voting for Democrats. The question is, 'Is their disenchantment enough to sit home?'" he continued. "And that's the thing the admin really has to solve. And I think the only way forward is by doubling down on the energy it had in the first four months of the admin rather than the last four months."

Benz also specified Trump's base is "looking for something transformative in these four years, rather than something that's pure economic."

"Those would include everything from major transparency drives around USAID, the State Department, the CIA and the FBI, things like continued Russiagate disclosures ... things like Fast and Furious, things like the malfeasance of the John Brennan CIA, the Bill Burns CIA," he continued, referring to the intelligence agency's directors under former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, respectively.

Benz highlighted the importance of the Epstein files, the release of which authorized by a bipartisan bill Trump signed uncovered several stunning revelations. He also told the DCNF, however, the "collective fixation" with the files "is because there are not other disclosures of considerable consequence."

"We should be having five million CIA files. We should be having five million State Department files. We should be having five million USAID files," Benz emphasized. "The fact that it's only the Epstein files -- and even that at the barrel of a gun by congressional bill -- is not as much as we could do."

"I think those things-- something that shows that ... it's okay to trust these institutions again," he continued. "I think right now, a lot of people feel they're being asked to trust without the reforms and accountability that a lot of people expected to be the antecedent."

...

When asked specifically to list what he would like to see exposed, Benz named former Special Counsel Jack Smith's Arctic Frost investigation -- during which the FBI obtained phone records of Republican members of Congress -- as well as "the censorship-industrial complex, issues around Russiagate, I would argue issues around Ukraine as well."

Fired 60 Minutes propagandist Anderson Pooper claims that Trump lied when he claimed that 1000 white South African farmers had been killed in racist attacks.

For proof of this, Anderson Pooper interviews white South African farmers... who say that they themselves have been assaulted in racist attacks, and that they know many farmers who were murdered.

This, in Anderson Pooper's eyes, constitutes some kind of refutation.

Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke

This has to be one of the most spectacular self-owns in media history, and that's saying something given the competition. Anderson Cooper's entire narrative hinges on a supposed gotcha attacking Trump over the white crosses. Then you watch the video and every single farmer Anderson met over there was either viciously attacked themselves, knew multiple farmers who were murdered, or both.

Post here, with the semen-colored propagandists' claim that white farmers backing Trump's claim somehow undermines Trump's claim.

Gavin Newsom took flack for telling a room of black Democrats, "I'm just like you, I got a sub-average 960 on my SATs and I can't read."

He's fighting back by saying: "OMG mean Republicans are making fun of my Suddenly-Discovered Adult Rapid Onset Dyslexia!!!"

This is exactly what the left did when Biden's dementia became obvious: "OMG mean Republicans are making fun of Biden's 'Childhood Stutter' that was never once mentioned (or proven) until Biden needed an excuse for his inability to speak!"

Colin Wright
@SwipeWright
Did you know that Gavin Newsom was "dyslexic" before he brought it up last week?

It's obvious what he's doing. He knows that the woke left is going to heavily penalize him for being a straight, white guy. He desperately needed to surface some "oppressed" intersectional identity.

He's going with "disabled" and will start "calling out" his opponents for "abelism" now.

The only other option he had was some "trans" identity like "nonbinary." But he knows he couldn't pull that off, and gender ideology is increasingly cringe and politically unpopular. Although I wouldn't totally write off the possibility of him flirting with this.

His best bet was "disabled." You could tell he was itching to bring it up, as his recent call-out was a serious stretch. The last time he mentioned it on X was 10 years ago.

Expect to see him bring it up more and more during his presidential campaign.

Councilwoman Vickie Paladino
@VickieforNYC

In one video, this leftist 'scholar of the far right' who 'fled' the United States (for completely imaginary reasons) has admitted:

- The cost of living crisis is worse in Canada

- The housing crisis is worse in Canada

- Non-citizens should not be entitled to free healthcare

- She cannot get health care without paying for it

- She and her partner cannot survive unless people give them a place to live for free

Just pure cinema.

Let's also note that Canada is where progressives have run everything for decades now. They're the model government American leftists point to as an example of how to do things right. Yet it's even less affordable and more difficult to survive than the United States.

Yet all of this STILL won't give them a single moment of pause to reconsider their commitment to an ideology that has LITERALLY NEVER WORKED. Everywhere these people are in charge is more expensive, more dangerous, less free, and wildly dysfunctional. But they just keep on believing.

Trump Will Focus on the Economy and Affordability in Tonight's SOTU

—Disinformation Expert Ace

And making the case for his policies.

President Donald Trump's State of the Union address will put the economy front and center, pairing working-family guests with a data-driven case on affordability -- while also making economic policy announcements, Fox News Digital learned.

Trump is slated to begin his speech at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Tuesday evening from the U.S. Capitol. The State of the Union is equal parts constitutional check-in between the president and Congress, as well as a political showcase that gives the president a national stage to claim wins and set the agenda for the coming year.

The 2026 address will be forward-looking but rooted in what the White House described as measurable progress on cost-of-living pressures, with Trump expected to list off statistics and data on the economy following the sky-high inflation rates of the Biden administration, while showcasing everyday Americans who have benefited from Trump policies, Fox News Digital learned.

"President Trump's State of the Union Address will celebrate 250 glorious years of our nation's independence and excellence, highlighting incredible stories of American heroes throughout the speech," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital ahead of the speech.

"In one year, President Trump has turned our country around from the brink of disaster, and he will rightly declare the State of Our Union is strong, prosperous and respected," she continued. "The president will proudly tout his administration's many record-breaking accomplishments, and also layout an ambitious agenda to continue bringing the American Dream back for working people."

...

Across Trump's first year of his second administration, the president's economic vision has focused on evening the U.S. trade field with tariffs, "unleashing" U.S. energy in the oil, coal and natural gas sectors, lowering drug costs on consumers, as well as other efforts aimed at Trump's vision of ushering in a "golden age" for the U.S.

Trump is expected to tout his efforts to lower drug costs Tuesday, including giving a shoutout to the White House's recent launch of TrumpRx.gov, which aims to deliver the lowest-priced pharmaceuticals to American patients.

...

Tariffs are a key piece of Trump's overarching economic plan for the U.S., touting the duties since the start of his second administration as bringing parity to foreign nations "ripping off" the U.S. for decades via "unfair" trade policies, while simultaneously promoting manufacturing on U.S. soil.

In response to the Supreme Court's decision, Trump imposed a 10% global tariff on foreign nations under a different law -- specifically, Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 -- before upping that global tariff to 15% Saturday as the administration maps out "new and legally permissible Tariffs, which will continue our extraordinarily successful process of Making America Great Again," Trump posted on Truth Social.

Erika Kirk, currently being defamed by "Charlie's best friend" Candace Owens as a sex trafficker, will be among Trump's guests. He will of course tribute Charlie Kirk.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt retweeted a Daily Wire story about the invitation, including the quote: "The president will call on Congress to 'firmly reject political violence against our fellow citizens' with Charlie Kirk's widow in the chamber."

If you can believe this -- and I'm sure you can -- Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) are calling the Trump economic boom a "boomcession," conceding the economy is growing while insisting that it feeeeeels like a recession for most Americans. Mostly blue-haired nose-beringed Americans.

Incredible.

Nicole Shananan Commissions Movie Script to Lampoon the Establishment's Unhinged Response to Covid, to be Called "The Rash"

—Disinformation Expert Ace

I was literally just thinking about this over the weekend.

Every supposed "right wing" scandal gets left-wing movies made about them. And those movies, of course, become the "Real Story" for most of the country, who doesn't read the news.

Left-wing scandals don't get movies made about them. They just get covered up and then forgotten, as the left wants.

I think I actually thought of COVID in thinking about a left-wing scandal someone should make a movie about.

Nicole Shanahan, RFKJr.'s one-time running mate, has a lot of money thanks to her divorce from Google pussy Sergei Brin.

And she thinks the COVID lunacy is the perfect fodder for a satire.

So it won't actually be about covid. At least not in name. It will be about a completely different foreign virus, one that apparently produces "The Rash," that official DC and Hollywood and all left-captured institutions absolutely freak out and melt down over.

Sounds like a movie which needs to be made, about a grotesque and lethal case of Stage IV groupthink and hysteria.

Politico, of course, disagrees.

RFK Jr.'s billionaire running mate is making a comedy about the pandemic

Nicole Shanahan has recruited a top screenwriter and enlisted Covid contrarian Jay Bhattacharya.

"Contrarian"? You mean the guy who was contrarian against the left's COVID lunacy and was proven right on every single claim? You mean the guy who, unlike Anthony Fauci, actually is an epidemiologist and currently serves as head of the NIH?

That "contrarian"? That crank, which is of course what you mean?

Covid contrarians tight with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are pitching Hollywood on an unlikely leading man: National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya.

You mean "Covid truth-tellers and heroes and vindicated True Men of Real Science."

Nicole Shanahan, Kennedy's running mate in the 2024 presidential campaign, is searching for investors to fund a movie that pokes fun at the pandemic response with a star based on Bhattacharya, who rose to prominence with his anti-lockdown manifesto and relentless tweets opposing social distancing.

The script for the satirical comedy, "The Rash," is by renowned author Walter Kirn, who wrote the novel "Up in the Air" that became an Oscar-nominated movie starring George Clooney. The new Kirn screenplay stars a "no-nonsense" public health professor at a Stanford-like California university -- mirroring Bhattacharya -- who speaks out against mass hysteria amid a mysterious outbreak of a contagious skin condition.

The story of the pandemic is one "of great heroes who stood up and said no" to "dangerous scientific experiments mixed with misleading propaganda, mass psychosis, and outright lies," says the Brownstone Institute in a recent appeal sent to potential funders of the film.

The think tank that once counted Bhattacharya as a senior scholar added that "investors are terrified of the topic and Hollywood elites don't even want it made."

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Since 2020, a number of figures in Trump's orbit have been involved in the creation and promotion of films criticizing public officials' response to the pandemic or pushing fringe theories about it or vaccines.

Jeffrey Tucker, Brownstone's founder and president, didn't respond to requests for comment. In October 2020, he convened a group of scientists, including Bhattacharya, who wrote the Great Barrington Declaration opposing Covid lockdowns. It set off a vigorous debate about the pandemic response and prompted Bhattacharya's predecessor at NIH, Francis Collins, to call him a "fringe epidemiologist."

Bhattacharya, whom Kennedy also named acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, is on board with the movie, an NIH spokesperson told POLITICO.

"Dr. Bhattacharya has spoken positively about the work Walter Kirn is doing, noting that the project reflects a strong commitment to free speech and open inquiry, and he welcomes thoughtful creative efforts that engage with these issues," the spokesperson said.

Of course, the left-wing network of basket-case lefties who usually fund movies have no interest in funding a sure-fire 10x budget hit.

Funding for "The Rash" nonetheless remains an obstacle. The estimated production budget is close to $6 million, according to a slide deck on Brownstone's website.

Brownstone "is well-positioned to be a fiscal sponsor of this effort," and the project "already has a top production company lined up along with some notable talent to make a first-rate film," the website says.

Six million? The thing will probably make $300 million.

Tucker Carlson: Jews Should be Forced to Undergo DNA Testing to Prove If They're Really Jews

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Tucker Carlson continues pimping for his paymasters in Qatar.

First up, he continues peddling his lie that the Christian population of Israel is shrinking, which proves Jews mistreat Christians. When Huckabee points out the Christian population has in fact multiplied sixfold since the founding of Israel, Tucker Carlson says the numbers don't matter and his General Point is still valid.

During Tucker Carlson's disturbingly dishonest, ultra-combative interview with U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, Carlson replayed his biggest tropes: America's "toxic relationship with Israel." Israeli leaders were in league with Jeffrey Epstein and had visited Epstein Island. (After Huckabee suggested a defamation lawsuit, Carlson immediately backtracked and uploaded an apology video.) Israel was "purging Christians from the Holy Land," with those dastardly Jews scheming "to keep Americans from noticing." (No apology for that one.)

And Carlson, of course, included his standard Qatari bootlicking, culminating with this fascinating exchange:

Huckabee: Tucker, Christianity is growing in Israel.

Carlson: Okay, but --

Huckabee: There is a big lie that goes out there --

[crosstalk]

Huckabee: No, let me finish this: I keep hearing Christians are really not treated well in Israel. That's simply... that's a lie.

[crosstalk]

Huckabee: There were 34,000 Christians in Israel in 1948. There are 184,000 Christians today.

Carlson: And by Israel, what are you counting?

Huckabee: The land.

Carlson: Are you counting Israel proper? Are you counting the West Bank and Gaza? I mean, when you say Israel, those numbers apply to what land mass?

Huckabee: It would be in Israel proper.

Carlson: Okay.

Tucker Carlson then changes the terms of the debate, and says he wasn't really arguing about how many Christians were or were not in Israel (even though that is what he was arguing, and has been claiming now for years.)

The important thing is that their are more Christians in Qatar.

And to get to that number, Tucker Carlson counts... Christians literally enslaved in Qatar.

Because they're being treated better, in slavery, by Qatar then free Christians are by Israel.

Huckabee: There are 184,000. Now, I'll tell you where Christians are not doing very well: They're not doing very well in Muslim-controlled countries. There's almost no Christians in Qatar, for example, except those who live in the Christian ghetto, who are the service workers.

Carlson: I'm sorry, I don't want to argue with you, but there are many more Christians in Qatar than there are in Israel.

After more back-and-forth bickering:

Carlson: There are about twice as many Christians [in Qatar as in Israel]

Huckabee: They live in an enclave. They are not native Qataris.

Carlson: Okay, we're mixing so many categories. I'm just saying, I get things wrong all the time. You've just gotten something wrong and I think it's important to acknowledge it: There are many more Christians in Qatar than Israel. Fact.

Huckabee: How many?

Carlson: Now you got me, I don't know, I can [look at] my phone, but I was just there and there were many more -- look, whatever.

See the post for the video. Among the people who push the lie that Christians are fleeing Israel -- Tucker Carlson. He has claimed it multiple times.

...Christians living in Qatar make up 13.1% of the Qatari population. Most of them are migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or the Philippines. [emphasis added]

They don't vote. Human rights abuses are rampant.

Many live as slaves.

See the post for more about that.

Tucker Carlson thinks it's better for a Christian to be a non-voting slave in Qatar than a voting citizen in Israel. Because he's a nasty antisemite who doesn't read anything but Unz and Stormfront and has a brain addled from years of hardcore alcoholism.

By the way, he also lied about what he said when he said that Israel's president (not the PM, Netyanhu) had visited "Pedo Island." Now he says he's sorry if he implied that.

His defamation was based on some internet rando peddling an AI fake of the president at pedo island.

Hell Freezes Over: NYT Admits That Trans "Science" Was Heavily Politicized and Distorted by Prejudice

—Disinformation Expert Ace

None of this is new to you, but it might be new to 80% of the New York Times' mentally-ill Wine Mom cult members.

American advocates for youth gender medicine have insisted for years that overwhelming evidence favors providing gender dysphoric youth with puberty blockers, hormones and, in the case of biological females, surgery to remove their breasts.

It didn't matter that the number of kids showing up at gender clinics had soared and were more likely to have complex mental health conditions than those who had come to clinics in years earlier, complicating diagnosis. Advocates and health care organizations just dug in. As a billboard truck used by the L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy group GLAAD proclaimed in 2023, "The science is settled." The Human Rights Campaign says on its website that "the safety and efficacy of gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary youth and adults is clear." Elsewhere, these and other groups, like the American Civil Liberties Union, referred to these treatments as "medically necessary," "lifesaving" and "evidence-based."

The reason these advocates were able to make such strong statements is that for years, the most important professional medical and mental health organizations in the country had been singing a similar tune: "The science" was supposedly codified in documents published by these organizations. As GLAAD puts it on its website, "Every major medical association supports health care for transgender people and youth as safe and lifesaving."

But something confounding has happened in the last few weeks: Cracks have appeared in the supposed wall of consensus.

Jesse Signal recounts the major blows to the fake "consensus" over the past few weeks: A major malpractice lawsuit against a "gender" doctor for failing to properly inform the patient about the consequences of "transitioning" resulted in a $4 million verdict, and both the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the corrupt and always-wrong AMA both reversing past diktats and advising that all gender surgeries for children be halted.

The science doesn't seem so settled after all, and it's important to understand what happened here. The approach of left-of-center Americans and our institutions -- to assume that when a scientific organization releases a "policy statement" on a hot-button issue, that the policy statement must be accurate -- is a deeply naive understanding of science, human nature and politics, and how they intersect.

At a time when more and more Americans are turning away from expert authority in favor of YouTube quacks and their ilk -- and when our own government is pushing scientifically baseless policies on childhood vaccination and climate change -- it's vital that the organizations that represent mainstream science be open, honest and transparent about politically charged issues. If they aren't, there's simply no good reason to trust them.

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In 2020, Republican-led states began pushing in earnest to tightly restrict or ban youth gender medicine. In response, the professional organizations -- including the A.M.A., the A.A.P. and the American Psychological Association -- wrote a flurry of letters to legislators, amicus briefs and sciencey-sounding documents opposing the bans. These documents routinely exaggerated the evidence base for the treatments in question. There was more talk of consensus: "Every major medical association in the United States recognizes the medical necessity of transition-related care for improving the physical and mental health of transgender people," explained the A.M.A. in a letter from 2021.

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I've been covering this controversy for about a decade from a left-of-center perspective, and I've found that anyone who questions these treatments, even mildly, is invariably accused of bigotry. It would be shocking if the professional organizations chiming in on these issues -- which, like all such organizations, exist in part to increase the esteem of their members and to enhance their own influence -- were immune from such influences. And now that the political winds have shifted radically, with the Trump administration launching an all-out assault on both the practice of and research into youth gender medicine, it seems some of them are realizing they would benefit from appearing a bit more moderate.

This guy is a left-winger writing for the New York Times so of course he has to call Trump's efforts to limit a surgical procedure he himself admits is evil and without evidence for its medical efficacy is an "all-out assault" on The Gayzzz.

He "Both Sides" it and says both the AMA and AAPS have gone from bowing to political pressure from the left and trans cult to bowing to political pressure from Orange Man Bad.

I mean, sure, but as this stupid lefty admits, Trump and the Republicans are actually right. The parts of the article I omitted are about all the real studies that have shown that "transitioning" does not in fact improve mental health and that there is zero evidence for its medical necessity or efficacy.

I mean, does that even matter? No, but his Cult requires him to always temper every anti-cult sentiment with a pro-cult declaration that Orange Man, Being Orange, Is Bad.

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Along those same lines, how did the American Medical Association go from arguing that "forgoing gender-affirming care can have tragic consequences" for "pediatric patients" in its 2021 letter to its present stance that one such treatment, surgery, should be delayed -- potentially for many years -- as a general matter of course?
If, as I suspect, political forces are the culprit, that would lead to an inescapable conclusion: You cannot automatically trust what these organizations say at a given moment. Not unless they provide a lot more information about their decision-making processes.

Should we "trust the science"? Sure, in theory -- but only when the science in question has earned our trust through transparency and rigor.

Meanwhile: Any of you bigots who say that the trans cult is propagandizing its members to murder children in the name of their made-up "rights" is just a bigot making WITHOUT EVIDENCE claims.

Killer of Caltech Astrophysicist Was Let Out of Jail by Leftwing Judge, Citing California's "Unnecessary Prosecutions" Law

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Signed into law by Gavin Newsom, of course.

It is better that a thousand innocent men be killed by Democrat criminal lunatics than a single Democrat criminal spend a night in stir, goes the insane leftwing "thinking."

A gunman accused of shooting dead a world-famous Caltech genius last week was let out of jail just two months ago despite a felony gun charge, the California Post has learned.

Freddy Snyder was released by a judge using an "unnecessary prosecutions" law in December -- before allegedly going on to kill Carl Grillmair in Llano last week.

The 29-year-old was picked up two days before Christmas for carrying a loaded firearm and an attempted jail escape, but was released on his own recognizance.

The felony case was suddenly dismissed under the Penal Code 1385 California, often referred to as PC 1385, a code ultimately decided by the judge.

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DCD Law, an LA law firm, said: "The key standard for dismissal under Penal Code 1385 is the "interest of justice."

"This means the court looks beyond technical rules and focuses on what is fair. The judge considers the nature of the offense, the circumstances of the accused, and public interest."

Gavin Newsom is now talkin' some jive about wanting to "moderate" on cultural issues, just months before he formally announces his run for president.

Of course, his actual record is of limitless, remorseless advocacy for trans grooming.

While Serving as UK's Top Prosecutor, Keir Starmer Routinely Let Off Grooming Gang Rapists With... A Warning Letter

—Disinformation Expert Ace

That'll teach a stone-age Pakistani Rape Warlord to obey the Western law.

A little context: The UK, which is the worst of all possible worlds, has a system whereby they issue "ASBOs" to petty (or not-so-petty) offenders. ASBO stands for Anti-Social Behavior Order, an official reprimand to stop being a vandal or mugger and #DoBetter.

I say this is the worst of all possible worlds because in some cases, ASBOs are used to excuse fairly serious offenders without any actual penalties, and in other cases, people are slapped with an ASBO because they were reported to have said "I don't think a man can become a woman" at dinner.

This case concerns Keir Starmer's Crown Prosecution office to issue a modified kind of ASBO... for systematized gang-rape of children. Many British people are mocking this as "ASBOs for pedos" which is basically the non-joking truth.

Perfect.

British Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer has been accused of overseeing a system which reportedly allowed suspected grooming gang child rapists to walk free with a warning during his time as the country's top prosecutor.

According to an investigation from the Express newspaper, at least 13,000 "Child Abduction Warning Notices" were sent out by police between 2008 and 2025 in a supposed effort to "disrupt" child rape grooming gangs. However, it is possible that the true figure is much higher, given inconsistent record-keeping by police forces.

The warning letter system, the paper noted, was started in the wake of revelations concerning the predominantly Pakistani Muslim child rape gang scandals in Rotherham and Rochdale.

The investigation noted that the first instance of the term "Child Abduction Warning Notices" as a part of a national strategy to confront sexual abuse was in a 2011 report written by Sir Keir Starmer when he was serving at the helm of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

In one notable example, some 220 warning letters were reportedly handed out to suspected members of a Newcastle grooming gang as a part of Northumbria Police's Operation Sanctuary.

Despite police forces using such warning letters for nearly two decades, there has never been any comprehensive study into their effectiveness in deterring child sex offenders or the likelihood of their issuance leading to prosecutions.

Former Manchester detective turned grooming gang whistleblower Maggie Oliver told the Express that she had witnessed police colleagues using the warning letters as a means of making investigations "go away".

"I worked on a case where we had identified 97 child abusers that investigation should have led to serious charges of child rape on a pretty industrial scale," she said. "I expected multiple charges of rape against possibly dozens of men. But [instead they] warned a couple of men under the child abduction warning notices. My opinion is they were used to get rid of a job."

While it's nice that the UK government arrested both Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson for allegedly passing "market-moving" confidential government information to Pedophile Financier Jeffrey Epstein, they continue to cover up for the Pakistani Child Rape Warlords.

This letter from Restore Party leader Rupert Lowe's privately-funded inquiry into the state-permitted Pakistani rape gangs is so horrifying I don't even want to post it.

At least at the UK's socialized health bureaucracy, they've laid down the law: You must use your mentally-ill coworker's fake pronouns, and if you "misgender" (correctly gender) them, you are required to apologize.

NHS staff are told they can use 'Xey/Xem' pronouns at work in new guidance - and colleagues who get them wrong have to say sorry

By KATHERINE LAWTON, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

NHS staff have been told they can use the pronouns 'Xey/Xem' at work as part of a plan to boost 'inclusion in the workplace'.

The gender-neutral pronouns - often used within nonbinary and trans communities - can be used as alternatives to I/me, She/her, He/him, They/them, Ze/Zir or It/Its depending on the colleague's preference.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in south London also told staff they should apologise if they accidentally use the 'wrong' pronouns.

The trust said it was each person's responsibility to 'identify what their pronouns are', explaining the aim was to 'create an inclusive environment and demonstrate inclusion in the workplace'.

And if pronouns 'aren't important to you', the trust added, it is 'even more important to use them'.

On one hand, the British insist that you remember a mentally-ill drama tornado insists on being called "it/xem," and if you forget that, you owe them a state-mandated apology.

On the other hand, conquering foreign barbarians are permitted by the British to rape their children on an industrial scale.

Hello!

The Morning Rant

—CBD

I'll take European solidarity with Ukraine seriously when they start sending troops.

It is relatively easy to send military aid and "humanitarian" support...after all, that is simply a financial transfer from their citizens to Ukraine, of course with hefty chunks of those funds going to the well-connected.

And let us not forget the ongoing purchase of Russian natural gas and even a bit of oil by the oh-so-sophisticated EU bourgeoisie, who spout anti-Russian platitudes while heating their homes with Russian gas. The smug hypocrisy would be difficult to tolerate if they weren't masters at it. They have been safe under the American military umbrella for 80 years while simultaneously criticizing America at every turn.

European Leaders Rally Behind Ukraine as War Enters 5th Year

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council António Costa are in Kyiv for the anniversary, along with the leaders of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, Norway, and Sweden.

“Our objective is a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine based on the principles of the UN Charter and international law,” Costa, von der Leyen, and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said in a joint statement.

"We support all efforts aimed at achieving such a peace – a peace with dignity and long-term security. Respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity is the cornerstone. No country can annex its neighbour. Borders cannot be changed by force. The aggressor cannot be rewarded," the EU leaders added.

Otherwise, shut up, support American efforts to end this regional border dispute, and continue to lose your cultures and your souls to the Muslim invaders you invited in.

And here is the smuggest of them all! Macron, whose country has provided barely half of what the UK has sent to Ukraine, is the biggest chicken-hawk of them all!

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a post on X that the war is a “triple failure for Russia: military, economic, and strategic.”

“It has strengthened NATO—the very expansion Russia sought to prevent—galvanized Europeans it hoped to weaken, and laid bare the fragility of an imperialism from another age. Because Ukraine is the first line of defence of our continent, France and Europe stand resolutely by its side.” Macron added.

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

Fisherman's Bride
Theodore Roszak