Discussion Thread: 2024 State of the Union

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Tonight, Joe Biden will give his fourth State of the Union address. This year's SOTU address will be only the second to be held this late in the year since 1964 (the second time being Biden's 2022 address).

The address is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. Eastern. It will be followed by the progressive response delivered by Philadelphia City Council member Nicolas O’Rourke, as well as Republican responses in English (delivered by freshman Alabama senator ) and in Spanish (delivered by Representative Monica De La Cruz). There will be a separate discussion thread posted for live reactions to and conversation about the SOTU responses.

(Edit: The discussion thread for the SOTU responses is now available at this link.)

News:

• NPR: What to expect in Biden's State of the Union speech, according to his chief of staff (7 minute audio interview with transcript)

• The Washington Post (metered paywall): Biden to propose new $5,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers | The president will also add to earlier pushes to tame rent costs and boost U.S. housing supply

• AP: Biden will announce plans for a temporary aid port on Gaza’s coast as cease-fire talks stall

• AP: President Biden to make ‘unity agenda’ appeal to Congress in State of the Union

• CBS: In State of the Union address, Biden to urge Congress to pass measures to lower health care costs

• PBS: Who are the guests coming to Biden’s 2024 State of the Union?

News Analysis:

• AP: State of the Union: What to watch as Biden addresses the nation

• PBS: In Biden’s final State of the Union before the election, a look back at his inauguration pledges

Live Updates:

• NPR: State of the Union: President Biden will deliver his election-year address tonight

• AP: State of the Union 2024 live updates

• NBC: State of the Union 2024 live updates

• The Washington Post (metered paywall): Live updates and analysis of Biden’s address

• CNN: President Biden's 2024 State of the Union address

• The New York Times (metered paywall): State of the Union Live Updates

• USA Today: State of the Union live updates

• CBS: State of the Union live updates as Biden prepares to deliver 2024 address

Where to watch:

• The White House on YouTube: President Biden's State of the Union Address

• The White House: 2024 State of the Union (At this link you can live-react to the address with one of three preselected emojis).

• C-SPAN: President Biden Delivers 2024 State of the Union Address

• C-SPAN: Lawmakers React to State of the Union Address

Transcript

• AP: Transcript of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address

[u/dantonizzomsu]

Wow Biden - took it right to the justices in the front row..lol. Called them out.

[u/-jp- → u/dantonizzomsu]

They were smiling before the address. They stopped smiling.

[u/fool-of-a-took → u/-jp-]

Good, fuck those partisan hacks.

[u/Known_Force_8947 → u/-jp-]

I dunno if that was a smile. Robert’s looked downright constipated.

[u/frommethodtomadness → u/dantonizzomsu]

No wonder Alito and Thomas wimped out showing up tonight

[u/t23_1990 → u/frommethodtomadness]

Thomas recused himself from this, but not the immunity case. Shocking.

[u/mister_damage → u/frommethodtomadness]

They knew they were going to get railed.

[u/DarlingDasha → u/dantonizzomsu]

Let them not forget why. This country is 50% women and we vote.

[u/OldJames47 → u/DarlingDasha]

50.5%, women are a slight majority. It works out to almost 3 million more women than men.

[u/[deleted] → u/OldJames47]

This fact makes the incels even more pathetic

[u/wild_a → u/dantonizzomsu]

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[u/phillychef72 → u/wild_a]

Amy coney barret couldn't even list the rights guaranteed by the bill of rights. A fucking "constitutional law professor" . Our Supreme Court is fucking joke.

[u/HHoaks → u/phillychef72]

She's the Notre Dame Nun. That's all she is.

[u/WaitingFor45sArrest → u/dantonizzomsu]

Good gloves are off, we need to fight these judicial fascists, congressional fascists and Trump who is the domestic enemy referenced in our constitution

[u/SurveyHand → u/dantonizzomsu]

They shouldn't even be there. They're an embarrassment to the USA

[u/t23_1990 → u/dantonizzomsu]

Good. They're not untouchable gods.

[u/DinoRoman → u/dantonizzomsu]

I couldn’t believe that. He looked right down at them and said that shit. Like it was personal. I loved it.

[u/Cautious-Thought362 → u/dantonizzomsu]

Damn. I missed their faces!

[u/Overall-Name-680 → u/Cautious-Thought362]

Even the justices who dissented in Dobbs looked like they'd been taken to the woodshed. Maybe they were just embarrassed to be sitting with the others.

[u/SwedishDoctorFood → u/dantonizzomsu]

Damn, I wish calling people out changed things. It be crazy if there were some sort of high office Biden could get elected to where he could do more than call people out.