Hello everybody, my identify is Stephen A. Crockett Jr., and I’ve been overlaying politics for the higher a part of the twentieth century. I like lengthy walks and kittens (not full-grown cats), and I see myself as a modern-day—
Managing Editor Monique Judge–Stephen, this isn’t your Tinder profile. Please preserve the intro associated to the State of the Union.
Stephen–Yes, the State of the Union, or as I prefer to name it Republican PornHub. Seriously, the quantity of adulation and T.O.-esque “That’s my quarterback..” that’s about to go on, ought to have this State of the Union labeled NC-17.
This is about to be a full-on white man No Limit Records reunion during which President Trump is predicted to talk on his failed tariffs, attainable struggle with Iran, the opportunity of a shutdown to the Department of Homeland Security, and the destitute economic system, which has reached “do one thing unusual for a bit of change” ranges.
Monique– Stephen, even when that was an actual measurement of the economic system, I nonetheless wouldn’t allow you to say that.
Stephen–Fine. You ought to most likely formally introduce your self and ensure you point out the “Trump Dump Detector.” It’s been trending on-line, and it’s most likely nothing…
Monique–I’m not speaking about that!
Hello, everybody. My identify is Monique Judge, and I’m the Managing Editor of InformationOne. Tonight, I will likely be offering dwell updates throughout Donald Trump’s State of the Union handle, together with my colleague, Stephen A. Crockett Jr. I’ll attempt to preserve Stephen in line, however I can’t promise something.
And whereas I can’t predict precisely what Trump goes to say, I’m going to go forward and predict he’s going to do an entire lot of self-congratulatory backpatting, opine on how a lot he has accomplished for marginalized teams, most particularly the Blacks, and he’ll doubtless, as he did final 12 months, largely embellish information and knowledge to swimsuit no matter narrative he runs with tonight.
Last 12 months, throughout Trump’s speech earlier than the joint session of Congress, he did simply that. As I wrote then:
Donald Trump stood in entrance of a joint session of Congress Tuesday evening and delivered what wasn’t a lot a State of the Union address because it was a political stump speech filled with the identical lies and contradictions he instructed on the marketing campaign path and has continued to spout in his first 43 days in workplace.
And:
For his half, Trump made certain to assault what he calls “woke” tradition and DEI initiatives — assaults which were in style with and parroted by his base.
“Our nation will likely be woke not,” Trump stated.
He went on to say folks “ought to be employed based mostly on talent and expertise, not race and gender.”
“We’ve ended the tyranny of so-called ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ insurance policies all throughout all the federal authorities and certainly the personal sector and our army,” Trump stated.
He stated, “We will restore true democracy once more,” at a time when many really feel he’s doing the whole lot in his energy to dismantle the democracy that at present exists.
This is a person who doesn’t stray too removed from his common script, so I’m going to spitball right here and say we are able to doubtless count on extra of the identical.
In any case, bookmark this submit and refresh the web page continuously for dwell updates of the State of the Union 2026.
All updates will likely be under.
11:09 p.m. ET: It’s lastly over
After 1 hour and 48 minutes of watching an previous white man yell at his farts, State of the Union 2026 is over. We didn’t actually hear something new. As Stephen stated in our group chat, “America is being run by an previous white LL Cool J, and we simply spent two hours watching him lick his lips and flex his pecs.”
“This was Narcissus staring right into a mirror being held by Jerome, going, ‘Don’t I look fairly?’” he added.
Anoa, who was over it at concerning the 1 hour and 25 minute mark, stated, “Midterm season is underway. Don’t be fooled by this mess.”
And that’s actually the place it’s, of us. We can’t belief something that comes out of his mouth or from the desks of anybody in his administration. They are all suspect at this level.
Good luck, all people.
10:53 p.m. ET: Fact Check!
Trump’s effectively previous the 90-minute mark from final 12 months. He’s positively off script at this level. And he simply lies so quick. We want AI to assist us calculate the lies per minute.
Trump as soon as once more can’t appear to search out the reality. He continues to repeat false statements as information. On the topic of drug seizures and strikes on alleged drug vessels, Trump stated that medication getting into the U.S. are down. Politifact evaluated the declare and rated it false.
It’s a misstatement of information from Customs and Border Protection that exhibits drug seizures dropped by 98%, not that the quantity of medication getting into the nation dropped. CBP’s knowledge primarily referred to hashish.
And but the Coast Guard confirmed that there was a 200% INCREASE in cocaine seizures in 2025. So the medication are nonetheless getting in
Trump is enjoying quick and free with information, similar to his pardon energy. Why else would a president who claims to care a couple of “struggle on medication” launch a drug kingpin like former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez? He had been sentenced to 45-years in jail for conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S.
10:51 p.m. ET: This man is unquestionably off-script and rambling at this level
I’m not even certain what Trump is speaking about at this level. I’m making an attempt to maintain up, however he appears to not be following the script and is as an alternative boring all of us.
10:36 p.m. ET: Trump is making an attempt to beat his personal document (Anoa)
He’s about to move his 90-minute mark from final 12 months. He simply lies so quick. We want AI to assist us calculate the lies per minute.
10:25 p.m. ET: In response to Trump’s claims of voter fraud and “dishonest” in elections (Anoa)
Pssst. There’s no evidence that cheating is rampant in elections. But critically, the voter ID necessities within the SAVE America Act aren’t only a easy voter ID.
It’s estimated that as much as 34 million in any other case eligible folks may very well be blocked from voting. Every state already has some mechanism for figuring out voters, with little to no proof of nearly non-existent fraud. And the one fraud just lately uncovered has been dedicated by Trump’s former bestie, Elon Musk.
The same legislation handed in Kansas prevented an estimated 30,000 folks from voting, an estimated 12% of first-time voters. Trump is pushing insurance policies he is aware of will take away voters and weaken probabilities of shifting the steadiness of energy in Congress.
Also, non-citizens aren’t voting in giant numbers. The Center for Election Innovation & Research released an updated report debunking claims of widespread non-citizen voting. According to the report, “allegations about noncitizen registrations or voting seem to come up from misunderstandings, mischaracterizations, or outright fabrications about advanced voter knowledge.”
It’s not about saving the nation or securing elections. Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson urged the Senate to uphold “their sworn accountability to uphold the elemental proper of each eligible citizen to take part totally and equally in our democratic course of.”
“The civil rights neighborhood stands collectively in our vigorous opposition to any piece of laws that goals to return our elections to these of the Jim Crow period,” Nelson stated. “The SAVE America Act and the MEGA Act each try to position overwhelmingly burdensome necessities on voters at a time when our freedom to vote faces assaults on all sides. The U.S. Senate should see purpose and focus its efforts on advancing proposals that put the freedoms of voters, and never the authoritarian whims of an administration, first.”
10:18 p.m. ET: “These individuals are loopy!” (Monique)
Every accusation is an admission.
After occurring a prolonged, transphobic rant filled with lies, he identified that Democrats in attendance didn’t cheer for him.
“These individuals are loopy!” he exclaimed as he pointed at them, and all I might do was sit right here and snort on the previous man shaking his fist on the wind as a result of the decision is coming from inside the home, homeboy.
10:09 p.m. ET: We have formally reached the fear-mongering portion of this system (Monique)
As I sort this, Trump is doing his greatest to color an image of huge, scary immigrants and “Somali pirates” to scare the folks listening into believing that so-called “unlawful aliens” (we could have the dialogue about language and the best way it strips folks of their humanity at one other time, however you can’t legislate somebody’s humanity) are a reputable harmful risk that’s making “America” unsafe. To paraphrase what a pal stated to me in a textual content in that very second, when will we begin deporting the English-speaking white boys that shoot up colleges and church buildings and grocery shops and and and…?
10:03 p.m. ET: Anoa Changa-Peck has entered the chat
And Trump’s nonetheless at it together with his nonsense on healthcare. Fact checks on Trump’s well being care claims present that his proposals from his first term would’ve left tens of millions with out insurance coverage. Republicans proceed to trash the Affordable Care Act however have failed to offer a complete various.
Surprise suprise, Trump’s additionally deceptive on his prescription drug costs. His claims haven’t panned out. Research from FactCheck.org signifies that 1) most individuals have insruance don’t pay the listing value Trump claims he’s decreasing, and a pair of) the worth after your insurance coverage copay is probably going decrease.
For instance, an individual with medical health insurance who pays a flat copay for medicines is unlikely to get a greater value by going to TrumpRx, two economists from the University of Washington defined in an opinion piece printed in STAT. In truth, the TrumpRx web site says: “If you will have insurance coverage, verify your co-pay first—it could be even decrease.”
9:55 p.m. ET: Rep. Al Green (Stephen)
Well, what are you aware? Looks like Texas Rep. Al Green didn’t depart in protest; he was ejected from the House chamber during the SOTU presidential address.
Here’s what occurred:
During the joint session of Congress, Rep. Green held up an indication studying “Black folks aren’t apes!” early within the speech.
After being requested to cease, he refused and was escorted out of the chamber by the House Sergeant at Arms on the route of House management.
This marked the second consecutive 12 months Green was faraway from a State of the Union/Joint Session of Congress for disruptive protest — in 2025 he was escorted out after loudly heckling Trump’s speech and refusing to cease.
9:49 p.m. ET: Trump is giving out medals for individuals who bend the knee (Stephen)
Trump introduced that the American hockey staff not solely gained gold within the 2026 Winter Olympics, but additionally defeated Canada, which didn’t invent hockey however certainly modernized it. Because apparently, you possibly can’t be Canadian and never know and love hockey. But the stunning half is that after the introduction of the US Hockey staff, Trump introduced he would award the best civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. Even Hellebuyck appeared shocked. Other athletes who’ve obtained the honour embrace: Michael Jordan, Jerry West, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
9:41 p.m. ET: “We ended DEI” (Monique)
Trump bragged about ending range, fairness, and inclusion initiatives throughout the nation, and what he really means is he used govt orders and threats to tug funding to get folks to fall in keeping with what’s arguably a white nationalist agenda comng immediately from the best workplace within the nation.
9:33 p.m. ET: We obtained oil now?! (Stephen)
Lawd, Trump simply identified that he’s obtained tens of millions of barrels of oil from Venezuela. He uncared for to say that underneath his route, the previous president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, was kidnapped and millions of barrels of oil were stolen and sold. The cash from the sale of the stolen Venezuelan oil currently sits in a Qatar account that the president has entry to.
But that’s most likely completely authorized and above board.
9:27 p.m. ET: The Food Stamps Claim – (Monique)
Trump boldly claimed, “In one 12 months, now we have lifted 2.4 million Americans — a document — off of meals stamps,” and what he actually meant to say was that the usgoverment lower meals stamp funding dramatically, and now many Americans are struggling.
9:23 p.m. ET: Rep. Al Green and different members of Congress stroll out (Stephen)
Rep. Al Green and a number of other members of Congress walked out of the SOTU shortly after the president started talking. At one level, the Texas Democrat stopped to point out his signal, which learn, “Black folks aren’t apes,” to others within the crowd. One man appeared to seize Green’s signal, and a quick encounter ensued, prompting the gang to chant “USA!” “USA!” It was all very anticlimactic.
I type of wished Green to hit the person. Not as a result of I take pleasure in violence, I don’t. But it might have been the very first signal that the Democrats are keen to get into the mud and battle reasonably than making an attempt to disgrace a morally bankrupt Republican occasion.
9:20 p.m. ET: We’re going to be up all evening making an attempt to fact-check this man (Monique)
I’ve the sensation I’m going to be up all evening making an attempt to fact-check the whole lot he’s saying, however he’s already began with the bragging.
“After only one 12 months, I can say with dignity and satisfaction that now we have achieved a metamorphosis like nobody has ever seen earlier than, and a turnaround for the ages. It is certainly a turnaround for the ages,” he stated with an annoyingly pompous look on his face.
9:15 p.m. ET: Here’s what occurs at a State of the Union handle (Stephen)
In case you’ve by no means seen a SOTU, it goes like this: Some goofy walks out and introduces the president, after which everybody acts like they actually love him. It’s virtually like a boxer strolling to the ring, besides the boxer on this case is a mendacity president who runs the White House very like a petulant little one who inherited the throne.
Some members turned their backs, and the president made his method to the lectern, and Texas Rep. Al Green held up an indication that learn, “Black individuals are not apes,” a shot on the president who shared a controversial and racist video to his licensed social media account that depicted former president Barack Obama and former first girl Michelle Obama.
And then as soon as the applause died down, the president started reciting the phrases being spoken to him by way of a tool as a result of I’m fairly certain he has hassle studying.
9:10 p.m. ET: Trump enters the chamber, and Al Green is READY! (Monique)
Trump walks into the chamber to loud applause and whistles. He stops to shake many fingers as he makes his method to the entrance. ABC notes on air that there are far fewer Democrats current than in previous years. As he reaches the entrance, the digital camera captures Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) holding an indication that reads “Black People Aren’t Apes.”
I do know that’s proper, Al Green.
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