President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address last Thursday was a truly disgraceful speech. Biden came across as a scorched-earth partisan, spending large swaths of the evening attacking Republicans in ways more befitting a campaign stump speech than something as ostensibly statesmanlike as the State of the Union Address. Worse, when it came to substance, Biden was often outright vile: He parroted Hamas-provided death toll statistics as if they were undeniable fact, and he generally evinced much more concern about ensuring Israel prematurely aborts its military operation in Gaza than in securing Israeli victory over the Hamas jihadist outfit that launched this current war in the first instance with the massacre of Oct. 7, 2023. Joe Biden has brought U.S.-Israel relations to an all-time low—and he has done so solely to appease Muslim Americans and Jew-hating "progressives" who help constitute the Democrats' contemporary political coalition.

Absolutely wild stuff. In any event, let's check in on what else is going on out there.

Everywhere you look these days, liberal elites and Democratic Party officials are undermining democracy itself. Quite ironic, isn't it? Liberal elites are bamboozling the citizenry, gaslighting many gullible Americans into thinking that it is former President Donald Trump and his "MAGA Republicans" who are the actual threats to "Our Democracy." Talk about projection! Democrats are the party of trying to "pack" (or perhaps even outright dissolve) the Supreme Court; they are the ones trying to literally deprive the opposing party's leading presidential candidate from the ballot box; and they are the comically out of touch ones who patently refuse to listen to citizens when they tell pollsters which issues they care the most about. Many other examples abound. For details, check out my most recent column. (I also made a similar observation in a separate column last year.)

On "The Josh Hammer Show," our most recent episode for our radio affiliates and podcast audience focused on the sordid current state of the Democratic Party, which is now led by a senile octogenarian putative commander-in-chief and a rabid cabal of illiberal left-wing activists nation-wide. Specifically, this latest episode covered the recent unanimous Supreme Court victory for former President Trump in Trump v. Anderson (the 14th Amendment case pertaining to Trump's ballot access), liberal elites scolding the electorate for daring to care about immigration, the unraveling of the Democrats' modern Obama-era "coalition of aggrieved interests" that is now proceeding in real time, and more. You can listen to all episodes of "The Josh Hammer Show" at the Newsweek website or on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

It's been busy as usual this week, when it comes to my other media hits and writings. Some highlights include appearances with Megyn Kelly, Jenna Ellis, John Phillips, Eric Metaxas, and more. To keep up with all my media hits and other writings, make sure to follow me on Twitter/X, Instagram, and Facebook. As a reminder, I also recently launched a second legal-themed show, "America on Trial with Josh Hammer," with The First; you can subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

In terms of public appearances, I will be in Columbus, Ohio this Tuesday, March 19 for a "fireside chat" Federalist Society event with my dear friend and law school classmate, Ohio Solicitor General Elliot Gaiser, on the topic of Israel's multi-front war against barbaric jihadism. If you live in the Columbus area and would like more details, email me at: j.hammer@newsweek.com.

Our additional highlighted right-leaning Newsweek op-eds from the past week includes selections from Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Paul du Quenoy, Monica Crowley, Jonathan Tobin, and Catherine Glenn Foster.

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