Well, thanks to everyone who participated in tonight's Live Blog! Big thanks to Duane, Beege, David, John, and all of our great VIP members who made the comments section so lively!
My Final Word is now up, entirely focused on the SOTU. Hope you enjoy!
Goodnight all.
Here’s what the Democrats in Congress refused to stand for during the State of the Union:
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 25, 2026
Putting American citizens over illegal aliens
Voter ID laws
The murder rate at the lowest since 1900
Keeping violent criminals locked up
Protecting parental rights
Stopping fraud… https://t.co/XmAk3bZSzg
Ok, peeps, need to call it a night. Great fun to hang with you all. Thanks for allowing me to play with such esteemed colleagues...and David.
Trump also upped the pressure on the Senate to force the hand on the SAVE Act.
The nation to Abigail Spanberger: "We forgot you were there. You may go now."
I know Jon hates Trump with the heat of a thousand suns. But Jon is not an abject moron. He sees and hears like we do. He saw that speech, and saw his peeps look foolish, and saw Trump confident, in control, and talking past the crazy people to the American people - all of them.
I'm pretty sure this is snark, knowing Jon. Duane, you know Jon. What say you?
I'm pretty sure George Washington also didn't say watch out for those people who don't recognize people's preferred pronouns.
The guy near the front left of the audience keeps looking at someone behind the camera who seems to be telling them when to start and stop clapping.
Everything is scripted with these people. Everything. the applause, the protests, the speeches, the bills, the media appearances, it's all scripted. They're hive mind. This is like watching an episode of Pluribus.
Okay, this applause is really sounding weird.
Roman History Post of Night - Via @EdMorrissey of @hotairblog pic.twitter.com/OcwuJML0lK
— Leslie Eastman ☥ (@Mutnodjmet) February 25, 2026
Encouraging student walkouts and lawless protests in Minnesota, because patriotism.
Okay, all. I have ferals to feed and a Scottie to get outside, so I am signing off and, in my usual big-hearted, generous way, leaving the heavy lifting for the guys.
Can't thank you all enough for keeping us company as we rattled on. HotAir types are the absolute BESTEST EH-VAH!
God bless and schweet dreams! Except for David, of course.
I actually thought it was an applause track.
Spanberger’s audience seems to have a strict ~3 second applause limit. They want to keep it tight but it’s unnatural sounding.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 25, 2026
Yeah, I was wondering if that made sense to anyone else because it made no sense to me.
"People who aspire to be Americans." Yeah, we heard that a lot during the Biden Regency.
Also: immigration agents don't investigate local crimes, something that a cop's daughter should probably know.
Detention centers? Seriously? Detention centers? Was she on a Mars rover during Biden and Obama administrations?
"People who aspire to be Americans." Yeah, we heard that a lot during the Biden Regency.
Also: immigration agents don't investigate local crimes, something that a cop's daughter should probably know.
She was a voting member of Congress that caused the inflation that gave us the affordability problem. Now she's complaining Trump hasn't fixed it fast enough? Oh, that's grand.