I was ambivalent about watching President Trump’s State of the Union address because, after 11 years of listening to his speeches, I knew there was not much new to learn.

Overall, they are basically all the same: venomous attacks on his “enemies,” lots of falsehoods, self-serving congratulations for a job well done and pausing to give his Republican sycophants time to give him standing ovations.

But, what the hell, I thought, let’s see how it goes. After about 20 minutes, I had enough and went to bed.

The next morning, at breakfast, I decided to listen to the end of his marathon speech. (It lasted one hour and 48 minutes, I read).

Various media institutions fact-checked his speech and here is a summary of their findings:

—Nine statements were totally false.

—Nine needed context.

—Eight were exaggerations.

—Five were misleading.

—Two lacked evidence.

That’s a........

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