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My only disappointment with the #SOTU is that #Biden didn't rip off his tie, drop the mike, and jump into crowd surfing the democratic side of the room at the end.
KNOCKOUT SPEECH. 💯
The speech galvanized the country's spirit - and while every single thing wasn't mentioned especially the George Floyd Justice And Police Act etc (it should have been mentioned) - this speech by President Biden hit the mark in most respects.
"But Ukraine can stop putin if we side with Ukraine and provide it with the weapons it needs to defend itself"
"That's all Ukraine is asking for."
"But now aid to #Ukraine is blocked by those who want to abandon our world leadership"
- President #Biden.
"Biden Torches Trump at SOTU for ‘Bowing Down to a Russian Leader’"
Heather Cox Richardson on the Republican rebuttal to Biden last night, delivered by Alabama’s Katie Britt:
“The fact that the Republicans had a female senator give what could be the most important speech of her life in a kitchen seemed to tell its own, more powerful, story.”
#Republicans #women #WomensRights #Alabama #Biden #SOTU
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https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-7-2024
"This was not the Joe Biden Republicans were looking for"
"He spoke so well, so quickly, so intelligently, and transitioned so effectively that the Republican members, decorated like NASCAR cars with their pandering buttons and hats, looked like, well… idiots."
“Judge Upholds #Biden Program Giving Some Immigrants Short-Term Legal Status
The initiative allows up to 360,000 people a year from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to live and work in the United States if supported by a financial sponsor.” #immigration #legal
Busted..
Via david.heath.writer on Threads:
Journalist Jonathan Katz fact checked Katie Britt’s horrific rape story from her over-the-top rebuttal.
Despite all the drama, it turns out to be a story that happened 20 years ago - and not in the U.S. but in Mexico. It’s a story that was recounted in Congressional testimony in 2015.
Katie #Britt lied when she blamed this on Joe #Biden’s border policies and when she said it happened in the U.S. #SOTU
💪🏼#Biden team brings in $10 million in the 24 hours after the State of the Union
The financial haul dwarfs some of the president’s biggest fundraising days in 2023, before his rematch with Donald Trump was set. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-raises-10-million-24-hours-state-union-rcna142624
Via Aaron Rupar:
Ezra Klein more or less admits that his call for #Biden to step aside was ill-considered
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/opinion/biden-state-union-message.html?
"#Biden administration officials are in preliminary “conversations” about options for stabilizing post-war #Gaza, including a proposal for the Pentagon to help fund either a multinational force or a Palestinian peacekeeping team.
The options being considered would not involve U.S. troops on the ground" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/28/dod-in-early-talks-to-fund-a-peacekeeping-force-in-gaza-00149547
Joyce Vance: “This is a five-alarm fire. We know what the reaction would be if Joe #Biden tweeted a photo of a bound and gagged Donald #Trump in the trunk of an electric car. Why does Donald Trump get more leeway, especially with his past history? He only continues to get it because our institutions—the courts, the Republican party—let him take it.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/we-need-to-talk-about-this?r=br61&utm_medium=ios
Fact check: True
#Biden-Harris 2024 Spox James Singer:
"Donald #Trump is weak & desperate – both as a man and a candidate for Pres.
"He spent the weekend golfing, the morning comparing himself to Jesus, & the afternoon lying about having money he definitely doesn't have.
"His campaign can't raise money … & every time he opens his mouth, he pushes moderate and suburban voters away with his dangerous agenda.
"America deserves better than a feeble, confused, and tired Donald Trump."
#Biden's proclamation on #Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, 2024.
"Today, we send a message to all transgender Americans: You are loved. You are heard. You are understood. You belong. You are America, and my entire Administration and I have your back."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/03/29/a-proclamation-on-transgender-day-of-visibility-2024/#:~:text=On%20Transgender%20Day%20of%20Visibility%2C%20we%20honor%20the%20extraordinary%20courage,treated%20equally%20throughout%20their%20lives.
#Trump tells billionaires he’ll keep their taxes low at $50 million fundraising gala
President #Biden released a video Saturday hitting Trump for promising to extend the 2017 tax cuts.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-tells-billionaires-ll-keep-taxes-low-50-million-fundraising-gala-rcna146748
Via #Biden-Harris HQ:
Partner of #Trump’s Project 2025 calls for abolishing the 22nd Amendment, allowing Trump to be in office forever
The American Conservative headline: "Trump 2028" with the byline: "The Twenty-second Amendment is an arbitrary restraint on presidents who serve nonconsecutive terms-and on democracy itself."