It’s Monday…
As you are aware I was gone on Friday–Halodoc’s calendar was not updated; which in fairness is my fault since Alli’s UCLA visit was rescheduled like 4 times. So, there was no Friday’s Biden Bits…
We are just going to dive right on into the tweets.
National Strategy to Fight Antisemitism Tweets
From Thursday…
From Friday…
I shared the National Strategy to combat antisemitism in Thursday’s Biden Bits.
From the White House; WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Bipartisan Members of Congress, State and Local Leaders, Faith-Based Organizations, and Advocates Applaud Release of White House National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism (05/26/2023).
Introduction:
Yesterday, President Biden announced the first ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism – the most ambitious, comprehensive effort in U.S. history to counter antisemitism.
The National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism outlines a whole-of-society approach, organized in four pillars of action that address key themes and threats raised by over 1,000 diverse stakeholders across the Jewish community and beyond. The strategy includes over 100 meaningful actions government agencies will take to increase understanding of antisemitism and its threat to American democracy, protect Jewish institutions and communities, reverse the normalization of antisemitism, and build cross-community solidarity. The strategy also includes over 100 calls-to-action for Congress, state and local governments, tech companies, and others to counter antisemitism.
In a letter accompanying the strategy, President Biden wrote that, “Protecting the Jewish community from antisemitism is essential to our broader fight against all forms of hate, bigotry, and bias—and to our broader vision of a thriving, inclusive, and diverse democracy.”
White House.gov. 05/26/2023.
Intent to Nominate General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. as the Next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Tweets
From Thursday…
The YouTube is 14 minutes and 13 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
Anniversary of Historic Executive Order to Advance Effective, Accountable Policing and Strengthen Public Safety Tweet
From Thursday…
From Friday…
From Saturday…
I shared the full fact-sheet in Thursday’s Biden Bits…
“Disappointing” Supreme Court Decision Tweet
From Thursday…
Show More =’s agencies to review this decision and use every legal authority we have to protect our nation’s waters for the people and communities that depend on them. Our fight for clean water for all must go on, and it will.
His full statement:
The Supreme Court’s disappointing decision in Sackett v. EPA will take our country backwards. It puts our Nation’s wetlands – and the rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds connected to them – at risk of pollution and destruction, jeopardizing the sources of clean water that millions of American families, farmers, and businesses rely on.
Since the Clean Water Act was passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress in 1972, it has been used by Republican and Democratic administrations alike to help ensure Americans in every state have clean water. It is the reason why today America’s lakes are swimmable, why we can fish in our streams and rivers, and why clean water comes out of our taps.
Today’s decision upends the legal framework that has protected America’s waters for decades. It also defies the science that confirms the critical role of wetlands in safeguarding our nation’s streams, rivers, and lakes from chemicals and pollutants that harm the health and wellbeing of children, families, and communities.
I am committed to protecting clean air and water for our kids for generations to come. My team will work with the Department of Justice and relevant agencies to carefully review this decision and use every legal authority we have to protect our Nation’s waters for the people and communities that depend on them. We will work with states, cities, and Tribal communities to pass and uphold critical protections for their residents. Through my Investing in America agenda, we’re already deploying historic resources in communities all across America to remove lead pipes, improve water quality, and rebuild the Nation’s drinking water infrastructure.
Our fight for clean water for all must go on, and it will.
White House.gov. 05/25/2023.
SCOUTS Blog left Twitter in April, yeah, I didn’t notice.
Anyhoo, they are on TikTok…
@scotusblog opinion recap #supremecourt #scotus #cleanwater #sackettvepa #realestatetax #legalnews #minnesota #idaho #priestlake ♬ original sound – SCOTUSblog
Veto Tweet
From Thursday…
Show More =’s it improves both public safety and public trust. And at the end of the day: I think Congress would be better off spending its time coming together to pass commonsense police reform legislation.
The video snip is 6 seconds long. He offered no remarks as he signed the veto.
From the White House; Message to the House of Representatives — President’s Veto of H.J. Res. 42
TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
I am returning herewith without my approval H.J. Res. 42, a resolution that would disapprove the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.
I believe we have an obligation to make sure that all our people are safe and that public safety depends on public trust. It is a core policy of my Administration to provide law enforcement with the resources they need for effective, accountable community policing.
While I do not support every provision of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, this resolution from congressional Republicans would overturn commonsense police reforms such as: banning chokeholds; setting important restrictions on use of force and deadly force; improving access to body-worn camera recordings; and requiring officer training on de-escalation and use of force.
The Congress should respect the District of Columbia’s right to pass measures that improve public safety and public trust. I continue to call on the Congress to pass commonsense police reform legislation.
Therefore, I am vetoing this resolution.
White House.gov. 05/25/2023.
Economy Tweets
From Friday…
From Saturday…
From Sunday…
NCCA Championship Tweets
From Friday…
The YouTube is 20 minutes and 37 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
The YouTube is 12 minutes and 30 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
The Bipartisan Budget Agreement Tweets
From Saturday…
Show More =’s Congressional Democrats’ key priorities and legislative accomplishments. The agreement represents a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want. That’s the responsibility of governing. And, this agreement is good news for the American people, because it prevents what could have been a catastrophic default and would have led to an economic recession, retirement accounts devastated, and millions of jobs lost. Over the next day, our negotiating teams will finalize legislative text and the agreement will go to the United States House and Senate. I strongly urge both chambers to pass the agreement right away.
From Sunday…
The YouTube is 4 minutes and 33 seconds long.
The video clip is 1 minute and 26 seconds long.
His full remarks:
I’m sorry to keep you waiting, but we’ve got good news. We’ve got a — I just spoke with Speaker McCarthy, and we’ve reached a bipartisan budget agreement that we’re ready to move to the full Congress. And I think it’s a really important step forward — excuse me — (clears throat) — and it takes the threat of catastrophic default off the table; it protects our hard-earned and historic economic recovery.
And the agreement also represents a compromise, which means no one got everything they want. But that’s the responsibility of governing.
And the — this is a deal that’s good news for, I believe you’ll see, for the American people.
The agreement prevents the worst possible crisis: a default for the first time in our nation’s history — an economic recession, retirement accounts devastated, millions of jobs lost.
It also protects key priorities and accomplishments and values that congressional Democrats and I have fought long for — long and hard for.
Investing in America’s agenda — that’s creating goods jobs in communities throughout the country. It protects Social Security, Medicare, and veterans, and so much more.
The Speaker and I made clear from the start that the only way forward was a bipartisan agreement.
That agreement now goes to the United States House and to the Senate. And I strongly urge both — both chambers to pass that agreement.
Let’s keep moving forward on meeting our obligations and building the strongest economy in the history of the world.
I’ll take a few questions.
White House.gov. 05/28/2023.
Q Mr. President, you said at the beginning that the debt ceiling was not negotiable. Isn’t that what you’ve just done here? And isn’t that what you’ve (inaudible)?
You guys — look, we’re not negotiating the debt ceiling. Here’s the deal: They passed — they said they’re going to — if they pass the debt ceiling, and they said they’d only do it on a condition that it have all these cuts in it. I said, “I’m not going to do that. You pass the debt ceiling, period. I’ll negotiate with you on the cuts — what you say what’s going to happen, what the budget is going to look like.”
That’s what we are negotiating in order to get to them deciding that they’re going to go along with a new debt ceiling, meaning that it’s not attached. Something totally different attached that wasn’t attached before.
But if you want to try to make it look like I made some compromise on the debt ceiling, I didn’t. I made a compromise on the budget.
White House.gov. 05/28/2023.
Q But that’s what they wanted, is you to make a compromise on the budget, and that’s what you’ve done, even though you haven’t gone as far as they wanted. Isn’t that right?
Sure. Yeah. Well — (laughs) — can you think of an alternative?
White House.gov. 05/28/2023.
Q Mr. President, what do you say to members of your own party who say you’ve made too many concessions in this deal?
They’ll find I didn’t.
White House.gov. 05/28/2023.
Q Mr. President, on your allies and adversaries to America, would you be willing to say about what you think this process said to those adversaries and allies? You have a deal now, but what does the process say? What does the struggle say to them?
Well, it says we’ve been through this more than once, and it’s just the nature of the way we handle the deficit and handle whether we’re going to, each year, going to pay our debts. And it’s happened more than once. It will probably happen again. But it’s not going to happen at least for another two years here. And I don’t think beyond — I think beyond that, it won’t either.
White House.gov. 05/28/2023.
Q Mr. President, do you think it’s time for the U.S. to get rid of the debt limit? That this is — you know, for that — the reason you just laid out?
No, I think it would cause more controversy getting rid of the debt limit, although I do — I am exploring the idea that we would at a later date, a year or two from now, decide whether or not the 14th Amendment — how that actually would impact on whether or not you need to reduce the debt limit every year. But that’s another day.
Thank you all.
White House.gov. 05/28/2023.
Q Mr. President, do you believe Speaker McCarthy has the votes? And did he negotiate in good faith?
I think he negotiated with me in good faith. He kept his word. He said what he would do. He did what he said he’d do. And I have no idea whether he has the votes. I expect he does, or I don’t think he would have made the agreement.
White House.gov. 05/28/2023.
Q Mr. President, do you have a comment on the elections in Turkey? Have you spoken with President Erdoğan?
I have not spoken to him yet.
White House.gov. 05/28/2023.
Q Some of your Democratic colleagues are saying that this policy will lead some people to go hungry. What is your response to that?
It’s a ridiculous acer- — assertion.
White House.gov. 05/28/2023.
Q Do you wish you had started these negotiations sooner?
No, it wouldn’t have made any difference.
White House.gov. 05/28/2023.
Totally Random Tweets
From Friday…
From Saturday…
From Sunday…
Memorial Day Tweets
From Monday…
Show more =’s the loved ones they left behind.
From the White House; A Proclamation on Prayer For Peace, Memorial Day, 2023:
On Memorial Day, we honor America’s beloved daughters and sons who gave their last full measure of devotion to this Nation. We can never fully repay the debt we owe these fallen heroes. But today, we vow to rededicate ourselves to the work for which they gave their lives, and we recommit to supporting the families, caregivers, and survivors they left behind.
For generations, stretching back to the formation of our country, these courageous people answered duty’s call, willing to give their lives for that which we all hold dear. They fought for our Independence. They defended our democracy. They sacrificed for our freedom. And today, as they lie in eternal peace, we continue to live by the light of liberty that they so bravely kept burning bright around the world.
This is always a day where pain and pride are mixed together. To all those who are mourning the loss of a service member — including America’s Gold Star Families — we see you and grieve with you. And we know that on this day especially, the pain of their absence can feel overwhelming. But for so many of you, that pain is wrapped around the knowledge that your loved one was part of something bigger than any of us; that they chose a life of mission and purpose; and that they dared all, risked all, and gave all to preserve and defend an idea unlike any other in human history: the United States of America.
These brave service members are not only the heart and soul of our country — they are the very spine. Today — and every day — we remember their service and ultimate sacrifice to our Nation. We reflect on our sacred and enduring vow to care for their families. And together, as we pause and pray, we pledge to continue defending freedom and democracy in their honor. May God bless our fallen heroes, and may God protect our troops.
In honor and recognition of all of our fallen service members, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 11, 1950, as amended (36 U.S.C. 116), has requested that the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe each Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace and designating a period on that day when the people of the United States might unite in prayer and reflection. The Congress, by Public Law 106-579, has also designated 3:00 p.m. local time on that day as a time for all Americans to observe, in their own way, the National Moment of Remembrance.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, May 29, 2023, as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. of that day as a time when people might unite in prayer and reflection. I urge the press, radio, television, and all other information media to cooperate in this observance. I further ask all Americans to observe the National Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day.
I request the Governors of the United States and its Commonwealths and Territories, and the appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct that the flag be flown at half-staff until noon on this Memorial Day on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and in all areas under its jurisdiction and control. I encourage families, friends, and neighbors to post tributes to our fallen service members through the Veterans Legacy Memorial at vlm.cem.va.gov so that we may learn more about the lives and contributions of those buried in National, State, and Tribal veteran cemeteries. I also request the people of the United States to display the flag at half-staff from their homes for the customary forenoon period.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-seventh.
White House.gov. 05/26/2023.
President Biden’s public schedule for Monday 05/29/2023:
| 8:00 AMPool Call Time | In-Town Pool Call Time The White House In-Town Pool |
| 8:30 AMOfficial Schedule | The President and The First Lady host a breakfast in honor of Memorial Day East Room Closed Press |
| 10:40 AMOfficial Schedule | The President and The First Lady depart the White House en route to Arlington National Cemetery South Grounds In-Town Travel Pool |
| 10:50 AMOfficial Schedule | The President and The First Lady arrive at Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery In-Town Travel Pool |
| 11:00 AMOfficial Schedule | The President and The First Lady participate in a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; The Vice President and The Second Gentleman attend Arlington National Cemetery In-Town Travel Pool |
| 11:15 AMOfficial Schedule | The President delivers the Memorial Day Address at the 155th National Memorial Day Observance at Memorial Amphitheater Arlington National Cemetery In-Town Travel Pool |
| 12:10 PMOfficial Schedule | The President and The First Lady depart Arlington National Cemetery en route to the White House Arlington National Cemetery In-Town Travel Pool |
| 12:20 PMOfficial Schedule | The President and The First Lady arrive at The White House South Grounds In-Town Travel Pool |
| 2:45 PMPool Call Time | Out-of-Town Pool Call Time Joint Base Andrews Overhang In-Town Travel Pool |
| 6:00 PMOfficial Schedule | The President and The First Lady depart the White House en route to New Castle, Delaware South Grounds In-Town Travel Pool |
| 6:55 PMOfficial Schedule | The President and The First Lady arrive in New Castle, Delaware New Castle National Guard Base Out-of-Town Pool |
This is an Open Thread.
