Biden’s SOTU Starts on Ukraine, Drifts Into Litany of Angry, Leftists Demands

It started as a rebuke of Putin most Americans can agree upon and later lingered into a series of far left proposals, including forcing all states to allow abortion on demand all nine months of pregnancy.  From Byron York:  Joe Biden is still Joe Biden. The reason the president’s job approval rating is low is because he is not doing a good job. The polls reflect a fundamental deficiency in his performance. Yes, Biden is old and slowing down, and that does not help. But Biden in his prime would not have been a good president. There is no reason to believe he can suddenly become one now, after one speech (Washington Examiner). Transcript of the speech (NY Times). From Senator Ted Cruz: The Real State of the Union: #Bidenflation. Used cars are up over 40% Gas is up 40%. Meat, fish, and eggs are up over 12% Electricity is up over 10% (Twitter). From Mark Thiessen: Missing from SOTU: 1. A message to Putin: Your aggression will not stand. 2. A message to the Ukrainian people: No matter what happens in the coming days we will not abandon you. We will arm you. We will stand with you. And we will not rest till Ukraine is free again (Twitter). From Hugh Hewitt: “I have a better idea to fight inflation. Lower your costs, not your wages.” @POTUS and his speechwriters do not have a clue about what to do about inflation. This just proves it. Remember that line when you vote in the fall. Has he lowered “your costs?” (Twitter). From Ben Shapiro: According to Joe Biden, everything is swell. We just need more spending to fix everything. Good luck with that message (Twitter). From Ed Morrissey: Biden seems to be under the delusion that his agenda and presidency has been broadly popular and that all he needed to do was offer the same old regurgitated speech (Twitter). From Tom Cotton: Biden’s doubling down on the disastrous policies that created this mess (Twitter). From Erick Erickson: This speech will be forgotten within the next two days, but people will keep seeing empty store shelves, high prices, and high gas prices (Twitter). Interesting to note: Joe Manchin sat with the Republicans (Axios). In one entertaining moment, Biden said “Iranian” when he meant “Ukrainian.” You can see Kamala, behind him, mouth a correction (Twitter).

War Report: Russian Armored Column Bogged Down Due to Lack of Supplies

From the story: “What we’re seeing are columns that are literally out of gas and now they’re starting to run out of food for their troops,” the official told reporters at the Pentagon. “We’re only on Day 6” of the invasion. Russia‘s troops in Ukraine are primarily conscripts pressed into military service and Pentagon officials said they have seen signs that morale in some of the units is low (Washington Times).  More civilians have become targets (WSJ). The refugee crisis is growing (New York Times).

Biden Poll Numbers Plummet Even During Crisis

Which normally helps a president. A new ABC News poll reveals “A career-low 37% of Americans approve of Biden’s job performance overall, with 55% disapproving. That includes just 30% approval among political independents” (ABC News). The FiveThirtyEight collection of polls has Biden’s approval down to 41.1 percent (FiveThirtyEight).

More Business Turns on Russia

Following the lead of Netflix and Disney, more of the entertainment industry is rejecting the invaders (WSJ). Roku has removed Russia state TV from their platform (Politico).

US Bans All Russian Flights from its Airspace

The story notes “The White House had previously signaled that it was not leaning toward shuttering U.S. airspace. On Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said banning Russian planes was “not off the table” but that it could have negative effects on U.S. airlines that fly over Russia. Russia has retaliated against countries that closed their airspace by imposing its own restrictions. The U.S. airline industry had already been withdrawing from serving Russia. By Tuesday, American Airlines and United Airlines suspended their flights over all Russian territory given the ongoing crisis.”

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Europe Facing Economic Crisis Due to War

The story notes “Shortages of auto parts made in Ukraine are bringing assembly lines in Europe to a halt, a sign that the disruption to Europe’s economy from the Russian invasion could be greater than expected” (NY Times).  From the Wall Street Journal: European governments are scrambling to shore up their natural gas supply if Russia cuts off exports. But one question worth raising: How in the world did Europe leave itself so vulnerable to Vladimir Putin’s energy extortion? (WSJ).

Senator Cotton: “We are Leading From Behind”

In an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Senator Tom Cotton explained “This is the famous Barack Obama formulation that governed our Libya policy, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in charge and Tony Blinken was the Vice President now President Biden’s national security advisor. We’re back to leading from behind. The Europeans are actually tougher than we are. Germany, of all people, is doing more than we are. They’ve already voted a hundred million euros into a special fund. Will the appropriators get to work, will Armed Services and Intel get to work and get a supplemental done?”

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Democrats Lose Yet Another Incumbent as Ted Deutch Announces Retirement

The Florida Democrat is the 31^st to choose to leave on their own terms rather than risk the coming bloodbath midterms.

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Missouri University Mocked for Celebrating “Womynx History Month”

Northwest Missouri State University went to the silliest level of woke.

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Group of Concerned Parents Post Billboard of Abigail Shrier Book “Irreversible Damage”

The billboard is in New Hampshire.

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