# The Union's in a state **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923 "2026-02-24T04:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/81 "2026-02-25T02:14:47Z")
I’m out of the Bingo game. Six words in and I already can’t stand: - his voice - his hair - his face - his mannerisms - HIM ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/82 "2026-02-25T02:16:00Z")
Okay, who had “no-one’s ever seen” on their Bingo card? You can mark that one off. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/83 "2026-02-25T02:16:33Z")
Thanks; I’ll do my best. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/84 "2026-02-25T02:17:10Z")
Hey, is it true that no SCOTUS Justices are there? I mean, not that surprising, since they don’t work for Trump, but rather for the Federalist Society, Project 2025 and the Catholic Church, but still. It’s kind of a big deal if they sat it out. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/85 "2026-02-25T02:18:11Z")
No, there are a few SCOTUS judges. Not all, but I think I saw Kavanaugh and Barrett, though they’re not the only ones. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/86 "2026-02-25T02:18:40Z")
- **Who is absent:** According to reports for the February 24, 2026, address, Justices Alito, Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson are not in attendance. - **Who is present:** Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett are attending. Apparently, Thomas and Alito quit going years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/87 "2026-02-25T02:18:45Z")
Thanks. I’m sure I’ll be able to read which ones later tonight or tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/88 "2026-02-25T02:19:09Z")
Four of them are. In the front. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/89 "2026-02-25T02:19:20Z")
Thank you – now I don’t have to wait to read which! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/90 "2026-02-25T02:19:26Z")
Did he just accidentally say “Biden administration” when he was supposed to say “my administration”? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/91 "2026-02-25T02:19:30Z")
Roberts is there. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/92 "2026-02-25T02:19:45Z")
And thanks to you, too, @ThelmaLou. You’re still hanging in there, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/93 "2026-02-25T02:19:47Z")
Now, we’re into “Everything Biden did was wrong, and in only a year, I fixed it all.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/94 "2026-02-25T02:20:05Z")
Are they going to stand and applaud every line? Trained fucking seals. It’s like church, everyone seems to know exactly when to stand and when to sit. Way too coordinated to be an honest reaction. But I guess it does mean Trump has less time to speak which is always a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/95 "2026-02-25T02:21:59Z")
Good Lord. He just orgasmed onstage and made an exclamation. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/96 "2026-02-25T02:22:44Z")
He’ll only orgasm blood at his age. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/97 "2026-02-25T02:22:52Z")
Donnie, you mave have $18 trillion pledged, but if you don’t have it in your hands, it might as well not exist. “Now, we’re the hottest country in the world.” Um, I wouldn’t say so. “Our new friend and partner, Venezuela…” Sure, but you basically pit a gun to its head. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/98 "2026-02-25T02:22:55Z")
Are his proclamations being fact-checked??? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/99 "2026-02-25T02:22:57Z")
I will never, ever look for the Youtube video of that. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923/100 "2026-02-25T02:23:40Z")
Of course not. To our everlasting shame. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923.md?page=6)