💬 Quoted…​​ “Because the soul of this nation is strong, because the backbone of this nation is strong, because the people of this nation are strong, the State of the Union is strong.”

President Biden gave his second annual State of the Union address last night, during which he touted highlights of his past two years in office and laid out some of his – and congressional Democrats’ – agenda for 2023.

• In the Republican response, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders called attention to historically high US inflation, and criticized what she called an ongoing “left-wing culture war.”

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🏀 Stat of the Day: 38,890 = The amount of points LeBron James has scored in his NBA career, after he dropped 38 points last night to claim the NBA's all-time scoring title by a two-point margin over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – a feat requiring more consistency than the Energizer Bunny. Despite only leading the league in scoring one season, the 38-year-old Akron, OH, native has netted at least 10 points in 1,140 consecutive games, the longest such streak in NBA history, as well as averaged 27.2 points per game over the past 20 seasons (a scoring average that's currently 5th all-time).

🤯 Did You Know?... Wooly mammoths were still alive (on an island in the Arctic Ocean) when the Egyptian pyramids were built ~4,000 years ago.

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