sotu
“US forces will build a temporary port on the #Gaza shoreline in the next few weeks to allow delivery of humanitarian aid on a large scale, #Biden will announce in the #SOTU speech.
“We are not waiting on the Israelis. This is a moment for American leadership,” a senior US official said on Thursday, reflecting growing frustration of what is seen in Washington as Israeli obstruction of road deliveries on a substantial scale”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/biden-us-port-gaza-aid-delivery?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Can’t really question that student loan forgiveness, a climate bill, a gun bill, over a hundred federal court judges, a Supreme Court appointment, the infrastructure bill and the environmental stuff and high-speed internet access and significant increases in renewable energy and a crackdown on junkfees and overdraft charges and increased domestic microchip production and the best economy and lowest unemployment in a generation and a cap on insulin prices are actual good things. #SOTU
Somehow, this was a state of the Union address AND a campaign speech.
He was aggressive.
He presented a vision.
He was passionate.
He went for over an hour.
He dealt with hecklers.
He's ready to fight.
SHUT UP about the doddering old guy rhetoric.
PLEASE.
For crying out loud.
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.
“My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about January 6...here is the simple truth: You can't love your country only when you win." - Joe Biden
Also accurate.
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.
.@lisamelton is better than any algorithm
I've been able to catch up on the #SOTU tonight solely from the reposts
you're truly the #GOAT for the Fediverse, big thanks!
Periodic reminder:
Don't give MTG the attention. That's exactly what she wants. The more we discuss her, the more we elevate her, the more we feed the beast.
"Biden Torches Trump at SOTU for ‘Bowing Down to a Russian Leader’"
Any Black person, white person, any person PERIOD—who knows about Project 2025 and insists they will still stay at home this November and not vote is non-participating themselves and their families all the way to camps. Research Project 2025. NO LIES TOLD
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
I was thinking that today would be an excellent time for a news holiday but I guess the expectations for Biden’s #SOTU were so low and the GOP’s reactions so clownishly divorced from reality that the coverage is pretty positive. #media #Election2024
Via Emptywheel:
Gonna repeat again: This is who the #GOP is. Their collective horror at this woman grimacing through her comfortable life is horror at themselves.
It came off as no worse than your average James Comer hearing, after all.
Daily Beast's Jake Lahut:
NEW on private GOP freakout brewing over Katie #Britt's #SOTU response:
“Everyone’s fucking losing it. It’s 1of our biggest disasters ever.” Being likened to Rubio water bottle moment & Bobby Jindal's infamous 2009 SOTU response.
I have long been very confident about November 5, 2024 and President Biden's return to the White House for a second term. I've correctly predicted the outcome of the last two presidential elections, and at least a year in advance on both occasions (2016, 2020)
"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."