Biden Bits: “Summer Has Arrived”…

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It’s Monday…

I want to give a great big thank you to Halodoc for giving me a week off the blogs…

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President Biden’s public schedule for 06/24/2024:

Pool Call TimeNo Pool Call Time Camp David Closed Press
10:00 AM Official ScheduleThe President receives the President’s Daily Brief
Camp David Closed Press

Pride Month Tweets

From Friday…

From Sunday…

The video clip is 8 seconds long. It says “America is a Nation of Pride.”

ABC News (06/21/2023):

The Equality Act, which would protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination, has been reintroduced by four Democratic legislators.

Several lawmakers – including Representatives Mark Takano and Senators Jeff Merkley, Tammy Baldwin, and Cory Booker – are behind the bill, which comes amid a nationwide rise in anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment that has led to an increase in violence and threats against the queer community.

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The bill would expand federal civil rights law to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in areas such as public facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system.

ABC News. 06/21/2023.

Union Tweet

From Friday…

The full Axios tweet:

The opening snip:

Workers are voting to join unions at the highest rate in 15 years, finds an analysis out this morning from the progressive Center for American Progress.

Why it matters: It’s a reflection of increased grassroots momentum behind organizing — helped along by a strongly pro-worker National Labor Relations Board, under Biden appointee Jennifer Abruzzo.

Axios. 06/20/2024.

American Rescue Plan Protected Pensions Tweet

From Friday…

From the White House…

06/21/2024:

Statement from President Joe Biden on Protecting One Million Pensions

Today, we mark a major milestone: Thanks to my American Rescue Plan, we have protected one million pensions from devastating cuts. Whether it is Social Security, Medicare, or pensions, workers who earn a dignified retirement through decades of hard work and sacrifice should never see their benefits cut due to broken promises or policies that favor the wealthy over working families.

Members of my Administration are joining Senator Bob Casey, one of the champions of the Butch Lewis Act to protect pensions that was included in my Rescue Plan, in Pennsylvania today to announce we are protecting over 103,000 Bakery and Confectionary Workers from cuts to their pensions of up to 45%. With today’s announcement, we have protected the pensions of over 52,000 Pennsylvanians, 71,000 Illinoisans, 71,000 New Yorkers, 62,000 Ohioans, 61,000 Michiganders, 39,000 Missourians, 33,000 Wisconsinites, and many more. This protects the retirements of over half a million Teamsters, over 100,000 Food and Commercial Workers, over 100,000 Steelworkers and Auto Workers, and thousands of Communications Workers, Carpenters, and others. That’s what it means to build the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, and to protect the dignity of work.

Statement from President Joe Biden on Protecting One Million Pensions. 06/21/2024.

Summer Has Arrived Tweet

From Friday…

There are 90 days until the…

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U.S. v. Rahimi/Safer Communities Act Tweets

From Friday…

Statement from President Joe Biden on U.S. v. Rahimi:

No one who has been abused should have to worry about their abuser getting a gun. As a result of today’s ruling, survivors of domestic violence and their families will still be able to count on critical protections, just as they have for the past three decades.

Throughout my career, I’ve worked to prevent domestic abusers from purchasing guns and to protect all Americans from the threat of gun violence. Thirty years ago, I wrote the Violence Against Women Act, and as President, I have strengthened the law and secured its highest-ever funding. I signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that narrowed the so-called “boyfriend loophole” so that dating partners convicted of domestic violence cannot buy a firearm. And I have taken dozens of executive actions to strengthen gun safety and end gender-based violence.

Vice President Harris and I remain firmly committed to ending violence against women and keeping Americans safe from gun violence. We will continue to call on Congress to further strengthen support and protections for survivors and to take action to stop the epidemic of gun violence tearing our communities apart.

Statement from President Joe Biden on U.S. v. Rahimi. 06/21/2024.

We turn to Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter Kimberly Robinson:

The linked articles are from 2023; not paywalled.

The Supreme Court Opinion PDF can be found here.

From Sunday…

Marijuana Tweet

From Saturday…

From the Department of Justice…

05/16/2024:

Justice Department Submits Proposed Regulation to Reschedule Marijuana:

The Justice Department today announced that the Attorney General has submitted to the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking initiating a formal rulemaking process to consider moving marijuana from a schedule I to schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

Marijuana has been classified as a schedule I drug since Congress enacted the CSA in 1970. On Oct. 6, 2022, President Biden asked the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to launch a scientific review of how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. After receiving HHS’s recommendations last August, the Attorney General sought the legal advice of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) on questions relevant to this rulemaking. In light of HHS’ medical and scientific determinations, and OLC’s legal advice, the Attorney General exercised his authority under the law to initiate the rulemaking process to transfer marijuana to schedule III.

The rescheduling of a controlled substance follows a formal rulemaking procedure that requires notice to the public, and an opportunity for comment and an administrative hearing. This proposal starts the process, where the Drug Enforcement Administration will gather and consider information and views submitted by the public, in order to make a determination about the appropriate schedule. During that process, and until a final rule is published, marijuana remains a schedule I controlled substance.

The notice of proposed rulemaking submitted by the Department can be viewed here, and the OLC memorandum regarding questions related to the potential rescheduling of marijuana can be found here.

Learn more about the rulemaking process here.

Justice Department Submits Proposed Regulation to Reschedule Marijuana. 05/16/2024.

Secure the Border While Providing a Pathway to Citizenship Tweet

From Saturday…

From the White House…

06/18/2024:

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Keep Families Together

Since his first day in office, President Biden has called on Congress to secure our border and address our broken immigration system. As Congressional Republicans have continued to put partisan politics ahead of national security – twice voting against the toughest and fairest set of reforms in decades – the President and his Administration have taken actions to secure the border, including:

  • Implementing executive actions to bar migrants who cross our Southern border unlawfully from receiving asylum when encounters are high;
  • Deploying record numbers of law enforcement personnel, infrastructure, and technology to the Southern border;
  • Seizing record amounts of fentanyl at our ports of entry;
  • Revoking the visas of CEOs and government officials outside the U.S. who profit from migrants coming to the U.S. unlawfully; and
  • Expanding efforts to dismantle human smuggling networks and prosecuting individuals who violate immigration laws.

President Biden believes that securing the border is essential. He also believes in expanding lawful pathways and keeping families together, and that immigrants who have been in the United States for decades, paying taxes and contributing to their communities, are part of the social fabric of our country. The Day One immigration reform plan that the President sent to Congress reflects both the need for a secure border and protections for the long-term undocumented. While Congress has failed to act on these reforms, the Biden-Harris Administration has worked to strengthen our lawful immigration system. In addition to vigorously defending the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood arrivals) policy, the Administration has extended Affordable Care Act coverage to DACA recipients and streamlined, expanded, and instituted new reunification programs so that families can stay together while they complete the immigration process. 

Still, there is more that we can do to bring peace of mind and stability to Americans living in mixed-status families as well as young people educated in this country, including Dreamers. That is why today, President Biden announced new actions for people who have been here many years to keep American families together and allow more young people to contribute to our economy.  

Keeping American Families Together

  • Today, President Biden is announcing that the Department of Homeland Security will take action to ensure that U.S. citizens with noncitizen spouses and children can keep their families together.
  • This new process will help certain noncitizen spouses and children apply for lawful permanent residence – status that they are already eligible for – without leaving the country.
  • These actions will promote family unity and strengthen our economy, providing a significant benefit to the country and helping U.S. citizens and their noncitizen family members stay together.
  • In order to be eligible, noncitizens must – as of June 17, 2024 – have resided in the United States for 10 or more years and be legally married to a U.S. citizen, while satisfying all applicable legal requirements. On average, those who are eligible for this process have resided in the U.S. for 23 years.
  • Those who are approved after DHS’s case-by-case assessment of their application will be afforded a three-year period to apply for permanent residency. They will be allowed to remain with their families in the United States and be eligible for work authorization for up to three years. This will apply to all married couples who are eligible.  
  • This action will protect approximately half a million spouses of U.S. citizens, and approximately 50,000 noncitizen children under the age of 21 whose parent is married to a U.S. citizen.

Easing the Visa Process for U.S. College Graduates, Including Dreamers

  • President Obama and then-Vice President Biden established the DACA policy to allow young people who were brought here as children to come out of the shadows and contribute to our country in significant ways. Twelve years later, DACA recipients who started as high school and college students are now building successful careers and establishing families of their own.
  • Today’s announcement will allow individuals, including DACA recipients and other Dreamers, who have earned a degree at an accredited U.S. institution of higher education in the United States, and who have received an offer of employment from a U.S. employer in a field related to their degree, to more quickly receive work visas.
  • Recognizing that it is in our national interest to ensure that individuals who are educated in the U.S. are able to use their skills and education to benefit our country, the Administration is taking action to facilitate the employment visa process for those who have graduated from college and have a high-skilled job offer, including DACA recipients and other Dreamers. 

Lowering Health Care Costs Tweet

From Sunday…

Roe. V. Wade/Dobbs Tweets

From Monday…

The video clip is 1 minute and 19 seconds long. It’s a mash up of sound bytes.

I know, you are likely sick of me saying this, but I’m gonna say it again…

The abortion debate is not simply about having the right to end an unwanted pregnancy. It’s about women’s reproductive health.

Adas Torah Synagogue Tweet

From Monday…

Show more =’s Americans have a right to peaceful protest. But blocking access to a house of worship – and engaging in violence – is never acceptable.

California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Twitter Sunday:

The Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass said on twitter Sunday:

Show more =’s I’ll be meeting with Chief Choi tomorrow to further discuss the safety of Angelenos. I want to be clear that Los Angeles will not be a harbor for antisemitism and violence. Those responsible for either will be found and held accountable. I will be joining Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, the Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation Los Angeles Rabbi Noah Farkas and other law enforcement and faith leaders in a community meeting this week as we talk about steps forward, together.

From KTLA on Sunday: According to video posted to the Citizen app, pro-Palestinian protesters blocked the entrance to a synagogue. In additional footage obtained by KTLA, scattered violence could be seen breaking out among the crush of dueling demonstrators in the street and on the sidewalk. At least one person was arrested and another suffered minor injuries. No additional details were immediately made available.

This morning KTLA posted a 2 minute and 20 second video to YouTube:


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