It’s Thursday…
President Biden’s public schedule for 10/05/2023:
| 10:00 AM | In-Town Pool Call Time The White HouseIn-Town Pool |
| 12:00 PM National Secutiry Briefing on Ukraine | The President receives a briefing on Ukraine from members of his national security team Oval OfficeIn-House Pool Spray |
| 1:00 PMPress Briefing | Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre James S. Brady Press Briefing Room |
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre @1:00 p.m. D.C., time:
Student Debt Relief Tweets
From Wednesday…
Listen in for an update on my Administration’s student debt relief actions. https://t.co/DYtvZmY81C
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 4, 2023
The YouTube is 13 minutes and 7 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
Earlier this year, we were on the verge of getting millions of Americans student debt relief.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 4, 2023
Republican elected officials and special interests blocked it.
Now, we’re pursuing another path grounded in the Higher Education Act.
And we’re not backing down.
As you might remember, last year I announced a major proposal for student debt relief. We were on the verge of providing more than 40 million Americans with real relief from their student debt. The money was literally about to go out the door, but Republicans el- — and elected — Republican elected officials and special interests stepped up and sued us.
And the Supreme Court sided with them, snatching from the hands of millions of Americans thousands of dollars in debt –student debt relief that was about to change their lives.
As I said at the time, I believe the Court’s decision to strike down my student debt relief program was wrong. But I promised I wouldn’t give up.
White House.gov. 10/04/2023.
Note: I took the below 2 tweets out of order as they match the 42 second video clip he posted on Thursday…
My Administration’s work to fix our broken student loan system has led to the approval of $127 billion in debt cancellation for nearly 3.6 million Americans.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 4, 2023
And we’re not done.
By freeing millions of Americans from the crushing burden of student debt, it means they can finally get on with their lives.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 4, 2023
They can think about buying a house, starting a business, or starting a family.
It matters. pic.twitter.com/00yTxCmyYd
From Thursday…
Fixing our broken student loan system doesn’t just get working folks breathing room – it’s good for our economy and our country. pic.twitter.com/GTaaS4xe2M
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 5, 2023
As a result of these changes, today I’m announcing my administration has approved an additional $9 billion in relief for 125,000 borrowers in just the past few weeks under that program. With the latest debt cancel- — cancellation, in total, my administration has canceled $127 billion in student debts for nearly 3.6 million Americans.
This kind of relief is lifechanging for individuals and their families, but it’s good for our economy as a whole as well.
By freeing millions of Americans from the crushing burden of student debt, it means they can go and get their lives in order. They can think about buying a house. They can start a business. They can be starting a family. This matters. It matters in their daily lives.
White House.gov. 10/04/2023.
House Needs a New Speaker Tweet
From Wednesday…
The House will now re-organize to select a new speaker.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 4, 2023
To our Republican colleagues: We remain committed to working in a bipartisan fashion for the good of the American people.
It’s what they expect and deserve. pic.twitter.com/3lGUSLp9sN
Remarks by President Biden on the Administration’s Efforts to Cancel Student Debt and Support Students and Borrowers (His opening remarks):
The House will now reorganize and select a new Speaker. I know it’s going to take some time. But I remind everyone: We had a lot of work — we have a lot of work to do, and the American people expect us to get it done.
[snip]
More than anything, we need to change the poisonous atmosphere in Washington. I know we have strong disagreements, but we need to stop seeing each other as enemies. We need to talk to one another, listen to one another, work with one another. And we can do that.
I join with Minority Leader Jeffers — Je- — excuse me — Jeffries in saying to our Republican colleagues: We remain committed to working in a bipartisan fashion. We — we’re prepared to do it as well, for the good of the American people.
Twice in the last six months, both houses came together on a bipartisan basis — once to avoid default, once to keep the government open. And while we should never have been in the situation in the first place, I’m grateful that leaders on both sides came together, including former Speaker McCarthy, to do the right thing.
White House.gov. 10/04/2023.
Here’s a fun little recap of what went down on Fox News when Kevin got the boot…
Special Report with Bret Baier – there appears to be a not so subtle shade tossed at McCarthy the whole time. Rep. Mace defends her vote. There’s a reason why it took 15 votes for him to win the seat. It’s a civil war among Republicans. The dog caught the car 2/5 pic.twitter.com/jBXC0fftoI
— Decoding Fox News (@DecodingFoxNews) October 5, 2023
So far the front runner for the role as Speaker of the House is Ohio Republican and asshole, Jim Jordan.
NBC News reported this morning that Asshole said that he has spoken with Twice Impeached 45 and that Twice Impeached 45 would not support ousting Florida House Rep. Matt Gaetz aka Matty G., from the Republican caucus.
As I mentioned the other day, I can’t take this bullshit serious, if they want to be treated with seriousness, they should really stop acting like Assholes…
I stumbled on this opinion piece written by Greg Sargent posted in the Washington Post…
Opinion by Greg Sargent: Democrats should not bail out Republicans when the MAGA beast they fed for so long comes for them. https://t.co/SLC3A4WmJw
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 5, 2023
Opinion The GOP’s revenge plot against Pelosi is unhinged — but revealing [gifted link–I hope]
It’s well worth the read, but this section at which I paused expresses my thoughts on this matter:
At bottom, Republicans think Democrats should have helped save them from that problem. Republicans essentially want Democrats to stand by while they indulge MAGA in all kinds of sordid ways and then rush in to provide votes when MAGA’s demands grow so problematic for Republicans that the GOP conference can’t hold together any longer.
Democrats can’t play along with that. It would allow Republicans to get away with all they’ve done to nurture MAGA’s pathologies and permit the GOP’s more vulnerable members to achieve distance from those indulgences. That would make it harder to extract the price from Republicans that they should justly pay: losing control of the House.
[snip]
Democrats will have to strike a difficult balance. They’ll need to get creative in finding ways for bipartisan collaboration where it’s truly needed. But Democrats are not obliged to save Republicans from the MAGA mania they fed for so long when it is politically blowing back on them. The House GOP’s lack of a functional majority shouldn’t be the Democratic Party’s political problem to solve, no matter how many petty punishments Republicans dole out to Democrats along the way.
Opinion–Washington Post. 10/05/2023.
Medicare/Inflation Reduction Act Tweet
From Wednesday…
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 4, 2023
For many Americans, the cost of one drug is the difference between dignity and dependence.
It’s time we change that.
From Thursday…
Folks, manufacturers of all 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation are coming to the table.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 5, 2023
These drugs treat blood clots, diabetes, kidney disease, arthritis, blood cancers, Crohn’s disease, and more.
Finally, we can negotiate for seniors to get a better deal.
Tuesday, the White House announced the 10 drug manufacturing companies that would participate in the Drug Price Negotiation Program established with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (08/16/2022).
This is an open thread
