Gitmo to Stay Open, Stormy Daniels Denies Trump Affair, Reason Reacts to SOTU Speech: A.M. Links

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  Reason reacts to President Trump's Tuesday-night State of the Union (SOTU) speech:

  • …on "The Prejudicial Cynicism of Trump's SOTU Talk About MS-13"
  • …on Trump's promotion of 'right to try' experimental treatments
  • …on Trump taking credit for low black employment
  • …. on Trump's nod to prison reform
  • … on Trump's call for prescription drug price controls
  • Post-speech wrap-Up video with Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch
• Find the full text of Trump's SOTU speech here.
• Adult star Stormy Daniels released a written statement denying that she had an affair with Trump in 2006.
• The Venezuelan government is issuing its own cryptocurrency.
• "The Iranian nation will never give up Imam Khomeini's legacy; Islamism and Republicanism," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday. "Return is impossible."
• Trump signed an order last night to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open.