Biden Bits: “Turning Setback into Comeback”…

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It’s Monday…

President Biden’s public schedule for 03/11/2024:

7:15 AMOut-of-Town Pool Call Time
Biden Residence, Wilmington, DE Out-of-Town Pool
7:30 AM
Presidential Daily Brief		The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Biden Residence, Wilmington, DE Out-Of-Town Pool
8:00 AMIn-Town Pool Call Time
The White Hosue In-Town Pool
8:55 AM
Left Wilmington		The President departs Wilmington, Delaware en route to Joint Base Andrews
New Castle National Guard BaseOut-Of-Town Pool
10:05 AM
Left Joint Base Andrews		The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route to the Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC
Joint Base Andrews In-Town Travel Pool
11:00 AM
Remarks we will cover on Tuesday…		The President delivers remarks at the National League of Cities
Marriott Marquis Washington In-Town Travel Pool
11:00 AMSupplemental Pool Call Time
Joint Base Andrews Visitors Overhang In-Town Travel Pool
11:45 AM
Leaves the White House		The President departs en route to Joint Base Andrews
Marriott Marquis Washington In-Town Travel Pool
12:15 PM
Leaves Joint Base Andrews		The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route to Manchester, New Hampshire
Joint Base Andrews
12:45 PM
Press Gaggle		Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton will gaggle aboard Air Force One en route to Manchester, New Hampshire
Joint Base Andrews
1:15 PM
Arrives in Manchester		The President arrives in Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
2:30 PM
Remarks		The President delivers remarks on lowering costs for American families
YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown, NH Open Press
3:35 PM
Campaign event		The President participates in a campaign event
Manchester, NH
5:15 PM
Leaves Manchester		The President departs Manchester, New Hampshire en route to Joint Base Andrews
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
6:40 PM
Leaves Joint Base Andrews		The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route to the White House
Joint Base Andrews
6:50 PM
Arrives at the White House		The President arrives at the White House
South Lawn Open Press

Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton Gaggle Aboard Air Force One @12:30 p.m. D.C., time:

President Biden Delivers Remarks on Lowering Costs for American Families@2:30 p.m. D.C., time:


State of the Union/Jobs Report Tweets

From Friday…

Friday, when the post was posted, the White House hadn’t published President Biden’s State of the Union Address remarks as delivered.

It’s Monday, the as delivered remarks have been posted…

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address; the YouTube is 1 hour and 52 minutes long; it has 24 minutes of dead air prior to the start.

The video clip is 44 seconds long.

I know I may not look like it, but I’ve been around a while.  (Laughter and applause.)  When you get to be my age, certain things become clearer than ever. 

I know the American story.  Again and again, I’ve seen the contest between competing forces in the battle for the soul of our nation, between those who want to pull America back to the past and those who want to move America into the future. 

My lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy, a future based on core values that have defined America — honesty, decency, dignity, and equality — (applause); to respect everyone; to give everyone a fair shot; to give hate no safe harbor.  (Applause.)

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address. 03/07/2024.

The video clip is 59 seconds long.

I say this to Congress: We have to stand up to Putin.  (Applause.)  Send me a bipartisan national security bill.  History is literally watching.  History is watching.

If the United States walks away, it will put Ukraine at risk.  Europe is at risk.  The free world will be at risk, emboldening others to do what they wish to do us harm.

My message to President Putin, who I’ve known for a long time, is simple: We will not walk away.  (Applause.)  We will not bow down.  (Applause.)  I will not bow down.  (Applause.) 

In a literal sense, history is watching.  History is watching — just like history watched three years ago on January 6th — (applause) — when insurrectionists stormed this very Capitol and placed a dagger to the throat of American democracy.

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address. 03/07/2024.

From Saturday…

Turning setback into comeback.  That’s what America does.  That’s what America does.  (Applause.)

[snip]

It doesn’t make new, but in a — news — in a thousand cities and towns, the American people are writing the greatest comeback story never told.  (Applause.) 

[snip]

Tonight — tonight, I want to talk about the future of possibilities that we can build together — a future where the days of trickle-down economics are over and the wealthy and the biggest corporations no longer get the — all the tax breaks. 

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address. 03/07/2024.

The video clip is 29 seconds long.

I’m proud we beat the NRA when I signed the most significant gun safety law in nearly 30 years because of this Congress.  We now must beat the NRA again.

I’m demanding a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.  (Applause.)  Pass universal background checks.  (Applause.) 

None of this — none of this — I taught the Second Amendment for 12 years.  None of this violates the Second Amendment or vilifies responsible gun owners.

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address. 03/07/2024.

Like most Americans, I believe Roe v. Wade got it right.

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address. 03/07/2024.

Look, I’m a capitalist.  If you want to make or can make a million or millions of bucks, that’s great.  Just pay your fair share in taxes.  (Applause.) 

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address. 03/07/2024.

From Sunday…

My fellow Americans, the issue facing our nation isn’t how old we are; it’s how old are our ideas.  (Applause.)  

Hate, anger, revenge, retribution are the oldest of ideas.  But you can’t lead America with ancient ideas that only take us back.  To lead America, the land of possibilities, you need a vision for the future and what can and should be done.  (Applause.)  

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address. 03/07/2024.

And while we’re at it, I want to give public school teachers a raise.  (Applause.)

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address. 03/07/2024.

The video clip is 34 seconds long.

But unlike my predecessor, I know who we are as Americans.  We’re the only nation in the world with a heart and soul that draws from old and new. 

Home to Native Americans whose ancestors have been here for thousands of years.  Home to people of every pla- — from every place on Earth. 

They came freely.  Some came in chains.  Some came when famine struck, like my ancestral family in Ireland.  Some to flee persecution, to chase dreams that are impossible anywhere but here in America.

That’s America.  (Applause.)  And we all come from somewhere, but we’re all Americans.

Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address. 03/07/2024.

From Monday…

The video clip is 6 minutes long. It’s entitled “Moments from President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address”…

I made the executive decision to not transcribe the above highlight reel.


The Not State of the Union Tweets

From Friday…

Friday BLS.gov said:

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 275,000 in February, and the unemployment rate increased to 3.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care, in government, in food services and drinking places, in social assistance, and in transportation and warehousing.

[snip]

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for December was revised down by 43,000, from +333,000 to +290,000, and the change for January was revised down by 124,000, from +353,000 to +229,000. With these revisions, employment in December and January combined is 167,000 lower than previously reported. (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors.)

BLS.gov. 03/08/2024.

From the Bloomberg Law article:

The US Chamber of Commerce and banking trade groups sued to block a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule capping credit card late fees at $8.

Banks and Republican lawmakers immediately decried the CFPB’s final rule upon its March 5 release, with the Chamber vowing to bring a legal challenge “imminently.”

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, alleges the CFPB exceeded its authority and used faulty economic analysis in developing the late-fee cap.

The American Bankers Association, the Consumer Bankers Association, and three Texas industry groups signed on to the Chamber lawsuit. The CFPB’s cap threatens to eat into fee profits at Capital One Financial Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., and other big banks covered by the rule.

Bloomberg Law.com. 03/07/2024.

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From Sunday…

His full statement:

Tonight—as the new crescent moon marks the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan—Jill and I extend our best wishes and prayers to Muslims across our country and around the world.

The sacred month is a time for reflection and renewal. This year, it comes at a moment of immense pain. The war in Gaza has inflicted terrible suffering on the Palestinian people. More than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, most of them civilians, including thousands of children. Some are family members of American Muslims, who are deeply grieving their lost loved ones today. Nearly two million Palestinians have been displaced by the war; many are in urgent need of food, water, medicine, and shelter. As Muslims gather around the world over the coming days and weeks to break their fast, the suffering of the Palestinian people will be front of mind for many. It is front of mind for me.

The United States will continue to lead international efforts to get more humanitarian assistance into Gaza by land, air, and sea. Earlier this week, I directed our military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier on the coast of Gaza that can receive large shipments of aid. We are carrying out airdrops of aid, in coordination with our international partners, including Jordan. And we’ll continue to work with Israel to expand deliveries by land, insisting that it facilitate more routes and open more crossings to get more aid to more people.

While we get more life-saving aid to Gaza, the United States will continue working non-stop to establish an immediate and sustained ceasefire for at least six weeks as part of a deal that releases hostages. And we will continue building toward a long-term future of stability, security, and peace. That includes a two-state solution to ensure Palestinians and Israelis share equal measures of freedom, dignity, security, and prosperity. That is the only path toward an enduring peace.

Here at home, we have seen an appalling resurgence of hate and violence toward Muslim Americans. Islamophobia has absolutely no place in the United States, a country founded on freedom of worship and built on the contributions of immigrants, including Muslim immigrants. My Administration is developing the first-ever National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Related Forms of Bias and Discrimination, to take on hate against Muslim, Sikh, South Asian, and Arab American communities, wherever it occurs. No one should ever fear being targeted at school, at work, on the street, or in their community because of their background or beliefs.

To Muslims across our country, please know that you are deeply valued members of our American family. To those who are grieving during this time of war, I hear you, I see you, and I pray you find solace in your faith, family, and community. And to all who are marking the beginning of Ramadan tonight, I wish you a safe, healthy, and blessed month. Ramadan kareem.  

White House.gov. 03/10/2024.

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