Biden Bits: “Let’s Make Sure It’s Heard”…

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It’s Monday…

President Biden’s public schedule for 11/04/2024:

9:45 AM
Out-of-Town Pool
Out-of-Town Pool Call Time
11:00 AM
In-Town Pool
In-Town Pool Call Time
11:25 AM
Out-of-Town Pool
The President departs Wilmington, Delaware en route to the White House
12:15 PM
South Lawn 
Open Press
The President arrives to the White House
1:15 PM
Closed Press
The President receives the President’s Daily Brief
3:15 PM
Closed Press
The President calls service members to thank them for recent successful counterterrorism operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria

Jobs Report/Economy Tweets

From Friday…

From the BLS.gov

11/01/2024:

Employment Situation Summary:

It basically stayed the same as September…

Total nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in October (+12,000), and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in health care and government. Temporary help services lost jobs. Employment declined in manufacturing due to strike activity.

This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note.

[snip]

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for August was revised down by 81,000, from +159,000 to +78,000, and the change for September was revised down by 31,000, from +254,000 to +223,000. With these revisions, employment in August and September combined is 112,000 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.)

Employment Situation Summary. 11/01/2024.

Technical Notes:

From the White House…

11/01/2024:

Statement from President Joe Biden on the October 2024 Jobs Report

In October, unemployment was unchanged at 4.1%, but the devastation from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and new strike activity, lowered job growth. Job growth is expected to rebound in November as our hurricane recovery and rebuilding efforts continue. In addition, I want to congratulate the leadership of the Machinists and Boeing for negotiating a new contract proposal that will be voted on by union members. Machinists at Boeing have sacrificed over the years and deserve a strong contract.

America’s economy remains strong, with 16 million jobs created since I took office, including an average 180,000 jobs created each month over the last year—more than the year before the pandemic. We have the lowest average unemployment rate of any administration in 50 years, our economy has grown more than any presidential term this century, incomes are up $4,000 over prices, and inflation has fallen nearly to its 2% target.

There’s more work to do. We are working every day to lower costs for working families on rent, prescription drugs, health insurance, and child care. Congressional Republicans, however, are proposing a national sales tax that would cost families nearly $4,000 a year, hurt American manufacturing, and cut hundreds of thousands of jobs. They are fighting for tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations—we are fighting to grow the middle class.

Statement from President Joe Biden on the October 2024 Jobs Report. 11/01/2024.

From Saturday…

It’s not accurate to say we had depression like conditions when he took office…

From the BEA. gov

10/31/2024:

From the White House…

10/31/2024:

Affordable Care Act Tweet

From Friday…

From the White House…

11/01/2024:

Statement by President Joe Biden on the Beginning of the 2025 ACA Open Enrollment Period

Today is the first day of Open Enrollment for health insurance in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, which has given millions of Americans the peace of mind that comes with quality health care. I am proud of the work we have done to make the Affordable Care Act more accessible and more affordable than ever – lowering costs by $800 per person per year and getting rid of red tape. As a result of my and Vice President Harris’s efforts, 9 million more Americans have been able to receive coverage, and starting today and running through January 15th, 2025, Americans across the country can join them.

Just this week, prominent Republicans in Congress threatened to undo this progress and undermine the Affordable Care Act, just like my predecessor tried and failed to do repeatedly. Their plan would rip coverage away from over 45 million Americans, eliminate critical protections for over 100 million people with pre-existing conditions, increase premiums for women and older adults, and erode Medicaid coverage for millions of children, pregnant women, and people with disabilities. We won’t let it happen on our watch.

Vice President Harris and I will always stand up to these attempts to roll back access to health care and drive up costs. We will continue to fight to make health care and prescription drugs more affordable for all Americans. I encourage Americans to visit HealthCare.gov before January 15th to sign up for or renew your health coverage for 2025.

Statement by President Joe Biden on the Beginning of the 2025 ACA Open Enrollment Period. 11/01/2024.

Celebrate Diwali Tweet

From Friday…

The video clip is 58 seconds long.

Sunita Williams (NASA Astronaut–Calling in from Space): I’m NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams, and I want to extend my warmest wishes for a happy Diwali to everyone celebrating the Festival of Lights today at the White House and around the World.

Vivek Murthy (Surgeon General): We celebrate Diwali, the triumph of light over darkness. Let us remember that choosing this light starts with each of us.

Remarks by President Biden at a Reception in Celebration of Diwali; the YouTube 21 minutes and 57 second long.

Astronauts talk about that thin blue line that separates Earth from space, life from destruction, lightness from darkness.  But we thought — we thought what a wonderful way to celebrate the festival of lights at the White House, by looking up into the heavens, to keep our heads high as we seek the spirit of Diwali — knowledge over ignorance, goodness over hate, unity over division — and to look up focused on the North Star of our nation. 

[snip]

So, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here.  Welcome to your home.

Happy Diwali, America.  (Applause.)

God bless you all.  Thank you.  (Applause.)

Remarks by President Biden at a Reception in Celebration of Diwali; the YouTube 21 minutes and 57 second long. 10/28/2024.

Support of Unions Tweets

From Friday…

Remarks aren’t posted yet; the YouTube is 33 minutes and 59 seconds long.

Using the horrible YouTube auto-generated transcript, I confirmed the tweets are remarks to tweet text.

Democracy Tweets

From Saturday…

via GIPHY

From Sunday…

The video clip is 1 minute and 31 seconds long.

From the White House…

07/14/2024:

Remarks by President Biden in Address to the Nation; the YouTube is 6 minutes and 30 seconds long.

And some have a different view as to the direction our country should take.  Disagreement is inevitable in American democracy.  It’s part of human nature.  But politics must never be a literal battlefield and, God forbid, a killing field.

I believe politics ought to be an arena for peaceful debate, to pursue justice, to make decisions guided by the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.  We stand for an America not of extremism and fury but of decency and grace.

[snip]

You know, we’re blessed to live in the greatest country on Earth.  And I believe that with every soul — every power of my being.  So, tonight, I’m asking every American to recommit to make America so — make America what it i- — think about it.  What’s made America so special? 

[snip]

You know, from the beginning, our founders understood the power of passion, and so they created a democracy that gave reason and balance a chance to prevail over brute force.  That’s the America we must be, an American democracy where arguments are made in good faith, an American democracy where the rule of law is respected, an American democracy where decency, dignity, fair play aren’t just quaint notions, but living, breathing realities.

We owe that to those who come before us, to those who gave their lives for this country.  We that — we owe that to ourselves.  We owe it to our children and our grandchildren. 

Look, let’s never lose sight of who we are.  Let’s remember we are the United States of America.  There is nothing, nothing, nothing beyond our capacity when we do it together.

Remarks by President Biden in Address to the Nation; the YouTube is 6 minutes and 30 seconds long. 07/14/2024.

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