538's Nate Silver wins the #StateOfTheUnion SHOT/CHASER award of the day

Who’s ready for tonight’s State of the Union?

Apparently not Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Shot:

The State of the Union has become a pointless, newsless political spectacle. https://t.co/7hkAfuovt2

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 30, 2018

And then two minutes later comes the chaser when he remembered he gets paid by people to click on your political commentary during big events like State of the Union speeches:

BUT DON'T FORGET TO JOIN FIVE-THIRTY-EIGHT-DOT-COM's LIVE COVERAGE OF THE STATE OF THE UNION TONIGHT AT NINE EASTERN SIX PACIFIC!!!

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 30, 2018

“Too late” is right:

too late

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 30, 2018

Tune in tonight for Twitchy coverage of the big speech!

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