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Did you know yesterday was National Superhero Day? What the heck, GIPHY, you don’t mention this in morning when I’m gif hunting I have to find out at ten at night?!
Here is to all you TNBers superheroes.
Speaking of did you know … did y’all know about the Federal Reserve being involved in a trading scandal from 2020? Because I didn’t know this until just this morning and I am kicking myself for not knowing it. I mean, this just broke last fall, 2021, and I am racking my brain wondering, how the hell did I miss this?
A timeline of the Federal Reserve’s trading scandal
Brian Cheung
January 10, 2022
Fed Official Who Warned on Real Estate Traded REITs Actively
Financial disclosures show Boston’s Rosengren held four REITS
Dallas Fed’s Kaplan made multiple $1 million-plus 2020 trades [Sept 8, 2021 Bloomberg]
Makes me wonder why Biden choose to renominate Powell for another four year term when his term expired in February of this year.
Interesting, eh. 😒
Okay, let’s do this.
@POTUS timeline got busy tweeting another 14 times all the way to after 9 PM last night and posting another 9! releases at the White House briefing room so, suit up, superhero peeps, for Thursday’s cleanup.
These last 3 are a thread.
[Is it just me or is that last one a bit on the contradictory side of things. Isn’t that bs what dragged European countries and EU members into this problem in the first place of putting themselves into the very position of being blackmailed, ffs? Oh, I’m sorry, did I just roll my eyes out loud? *turns head and spits*]
From the briefing room:
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defense Simon Coveney of Ireland
APRIL 28, 2022
STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 28, 2022
APRIL 28, 2022
PRESS BRIEFINGS
Remarks by President Biden Before Meeting with Small-Business Owners
APRIL 28, 2022
SPEECHES AND REMARKS
A Proclamation on Law Day, U.S.A., 2022
APRIL 28, 2022
PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS
On May 1 the United States officially recognizes Law Day. It is meant to reflect on the role of law in the foundation of the country and to recognize its importance for society.
Before President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared May 1 to be Law Day, U.S.A., the first day of May was known in some parts of the world as May Day: a day to remember the struggles of workers in their fight for better wages and working conditions. Law Day was conceived by the late Hicks Epton, an attorney from Wewoka, Oklahoma, who served as Oklahoma Bar Association president in 1953. Before he became president, Mr. Epton served as head of the public relations committee, and in 1951, he launched one of the most important public relations programs ever undertaken by the OBA: Know Your Liberties – Know Your Courts Week. This was one of the last weeks of April dedicated to educating the public about the legal system and celebrating the liberties we have as Americans.[1] The Know Your Liberties – Know Your Courts Week spread across the nation and earned for the association two Freedom Foundation awards. Law Day, as a national celebration of the law, was originally the idea of Charles S. Rhyne, Eisenhower’s legal counsel for a time, who was serving in 1957–1958 as president of the American Bar Association.[2] Eisenhower proclaimed May 1 to be Law Day, U.S.A. in 1958.[3] Its observance was later codified by Public Law 87-20 on April 7, 1961.[4]
Law Day (United States) Wikipedia
Biden’s Proclamation on Law Day reads in part:
America is unique among the nations of the world because we were not built around any particular tribe, religion, or ethnicity — instead, we were built around an idea: that all people are created equally and deserve to be treated equally throughout their lives. Though we have never fully lived up to that idea, we have never walked away from it either. It is an idea that serves as the heart of American democracy, enshrined in our Constitution 235 years ago on a summer day in Philadelphia. To uphold those fundamental principles of equality, “We the People” would stand sovereign in America as stewards and subjects of the law — and ours would be, in the words of John Adams, “a government of laws, and not of men.”
On Law Day, U.S.A., we recommit to extending the full promise of America to all Americans and to building a Nation in which the extraordinary power vested in “We the People” truly and equally reflects all of us. This year’s Law Day theme, “Toward a More Perfect Union: The Constitution in Times of Change,” is a reflection of this critical moment of reckoning for our democracy. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our communities has put a spotlight on lingering inequities that we must continue to address head on. Together, we must build a better America, anchored by the rule of law, to ensure that every one of us can live lives of limitless possibility. Amid unprecedented threats to democracy both here at home and across the globe, the world is watching America to see whether we can meet this moment.…
On this Law Day, U.S.A., I encourage my fellow Americans to join me in pursuing the path of inclusion and equity over exclusion and hate, so that we may continue to perfect our Union and pass on a stronger democracy for generations to come.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, in accordance with Public Law 87-20, as amended, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2022, as Law Day, U.S.A. I call upon all Americans to acknowledge the importance of our Nation’s legal and judicial systems with appropriate ceremonies and activities, and to display the flag of the United States in support of this national observance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth.
Remarks by President Biden on the Request to Congress for Additional Funding to Support Ukraine
APRIL 28, 2022
SPEECHES AND REMARKS
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the Ukraine Supplemental Budget Request
APRIL 28, 2022
STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
FACT SHEET: White House Calls on Congress to Provide Additional Support for Ukraine
APRIL 28, 2022
STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Fiscal Year 2022 Emergency Supplemental Funding
APRIL 28, 2022
STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
Statement by President Joe Biden on Gross Domestic Product
APRIL 28, 2022
STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
Intermission.
This one is for the ladies…
So begins Friday’s Biden Bits … ‘We are working tirelessly’ …
@POTUS’ Official Public Schedule.
The bottom part gets cut off here in Dale’s tweet, it shows Press Briefing by Press Secretary at 2:00 PM
@POTUS has tweeted twice this morning.
White House briefing room April 29 posts:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Prioritizes Effectiveness, Accountability, and Transparency in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Implementation
APRIL 29, 2022
STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki
Scheduled for Apr 29, 2022; 2:00 PM (EST)
White House youtube channel put up a ‘Set reminder’ for this. It is tomorrow night.
2022 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
Scheduled for Apr 30, 2022; 8:00 PM (EST)
Trevor Noah Headlines White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
The Daily Show host Trevor Noah headlines the first White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner since 2019. President Biden is also expected to attend.
C_SPAN
Alrighty, guys, y’all can breathe a sigh of relief, that is a wrap for today’s Biden Bits.
Have an awesome day.
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