🚨 Bloviating – February 25 2026

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Lead: A State of the Union — and the Shadow of War

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President Trump’s State of the Union speech was fairly uneventful and I’m glad for that because he did not announce a war with Iran. Let’s call it a win.

The speech was full of the President’s usual bloviating about how great America is doing under his stewardship, how impressive our economy is, and how strong our military is. It set a record for the longest SOTU recorded, surpassing Bill Clinton’s 2000 speech that lasted 88 minutes. Tuesday’s speech was 107 minutes.

Fine, fine, as long as it is not another senseless war.

He did speak about Iran. He claimed that he is still working towards a weapons deal but they still will not commit to not making a nuclear weapon. Only they said exactly that today.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that Iran will resume talks with the U.S. and that “Our fundamental convictions are crystal clear: Iran will under no circumstances ever develop a nuclear weapon; neither will we Iranians ever forgo our right to harness the dividends of peaceful nuclear technology for our people.”

So can we stand down on this threat of war?

While Democrats frowned and sat stone-faced through most of the President’s speech, don’t let the optics fool you. When it comes to war powers, there are no partisan lines.

According to multiple sources, House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats have been working behind the scenes to stall a vote on Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie’s bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution, a measure that would require every member of Congress to go on the record before any U.S. military action against Iran.

Why stall a vote that simply forces accountability?

Because Democrats want a war with Iran as much as Republicans do. Culture wars are partisan. Real wars are bipartisan.

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News By The Numbers

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2. That is how many young boys are wanted by the New York Police Department for throwing snowballs at officers. I don’t think they were dressed like this photo but I couldn’t help myself.

$1 million. That is how much TODAY Show host Savannah Guthrie has offered as a reward for the return of her mother, missing since January 31. Forgive me but, it feels like this offer should have been done weeks ago.

9%. That is how many U.S. adults in 2025 said they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual. That is, according to Gallup, “essentially unchanged from 2024 but more than double the 3.5% measured in 2012.”

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