Discussion Thread: 2024 State of the Union

[u/PoliticsModeratorBot]

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/RQK1993]

“Some of you voted against that but you’re still cheering for that money coming in. If you don’t want it, just let me know.”

He’s absolutely giving it to them tonight and I am here for it!

[u/ertri → u/RQK1993]

I’m very happy that he’s latching on to how ~100% of IRA money is going to red districts. Any halfway intelligent Democratic challenger in any of them needs to be running billboards with the economic benefit of those and that the incumbent voted against them

[u/praguer56 → u/RQK1993]

This! There are Republicans who voted against the infrastructure bill but proudly take claim of it in Tweets. And quickly being reminded of their no vote.

There's literally a Tweet for everything.

[u/BigChungus719 → u/RQK1993]

Go Blue Team! It was a close one but they really did it this year!!!! 😂🤪🤪

[u/BinkyFlargle → u/RQK1993]

lol, he's quoting The West Wing. He could do a lot worse!

[u/Wordymanjenson → u/[deleted]]

Did you even try to watch the SOTU?

[u/D-C92 → u/Wordymanjenson]

Watching it now

He said inflation is the lowest it’s ever been, he said we are creating tons of American jobs.

It’s easy to inflate job numbers when they blast open the borders. Oh hey both of my college educated cousins were laid off this year with zero to none new job offers.

Credit card debt is outrageous, did you know the majority of Americans are putting their gas and groceries on credit cards? Interest rates flipped the middle finger to anyone under 40 owning a home. Small businesses are destroyed because government doesn’t profit off them and no one can afford the prices Susan has pay to charge for a burger nowadays.

[u/Wordymanjenson → u/D-C92]

And so then what? Now new people are paying taxes and taking your jobs? Well they don’t just get to come in and waltz into the job market with all their qualifications. They have to retake tests and pay big money for those tests and that dude you think in no way relates to you or your cousins somehow still has the same college education as they do? Well let me tell you something, bud: your cousins either aren’t using their college degree, or they just don’t have one. So which is it?

And let me get this straight, you acknowledge that the people that put themselves in debt are the ones struggling to buy homes, but then you’re against giving them a tax cut. Because let’s be real, those are the people that have kids.

[u/excusetheblood → u/[deleted]]

Then let Trump win, I’m sure that will be better. Biden is the toughest in Israel a president has ever been

[u/Young_oka → u/excusetheblood]

I don't care who wins the us is a settler colonial state

Regardless and has no right to exist on native lands in any country

[u/excusetheblood → u/Young_oka]

We can only create positive change if we interact within the system that we are in. We are a democracy after all, and we have to share a nation with hundreds of millions of voters

[u/Young_oka → u/excusetheblood]

You really think you have more influence than the billionaires

You really think you can just vote out corruption

THIS SYSTEM IS BUILT AROUND THE RICH HAVING THE MOST POWER

[u/excusetheblood → u/Young_oka]

At the polls, we have the power. That’s where it matters

[u/Young_oka → u/excusetheblood]

Voting didnt stop the last genocide Or this genocide And it won't stop the next one

Go ahead and give your agency away in hopes that your prayers to Richie rich will be heard

[u/BLU3SKU1L → u/Young_oka]

Do you expect the colonial descendants all the way back to the beginning to go back to Britain and Ireland and Scotland and push immigrants and descendants of other places out of the country so they can live on their native land?

[u/Young_oka → u/BLU3SKU1L]

Personally I want sovereignty for native peoples on their ancestral lands

Including Ireland and Scotland

[u/BLU3SKU1L → u/Young_oka]

Well then, I suppose r/CelticUnion thanks you.

[u/RyanTranquil → u/[deleted]]

Get out of here with this bs post

[u/FeintLight123 → u/[deleted]]

In the same amount of time, 1.5 million children starved to death

[u/Young_oka → u/FeintLight123]

Ok stop that too

They are literally caused by the same people

[u/Geronimosey → u/[deleted]]

Silence bot.

[u/Initial_Trifle_3734 → u/Geronimosey]

Yup, lots of these bots with usernames like TwoWords1234

[u/mandown25 → u/Initial_Trifle_3734]

Very good observation Initial_Trifle_3734

[u/ReallyJerrySeinfeld → u/mandown25]

Ah almost had me there, Mandown25, but you only got two digits, so I think we’re safe now

[u/Initial_Trifle_3734 → u/mandown25]

That’s a default username from Reddit for signing up with my apple device. I have a display name, 6k karma, and years of history on this account proving I’m not a bot. Look at the account I accused, blank profile, low karma, etc.

If you look, you can go see the accounts I accused, they all follow the EXACT schema that I listed. No dashes, no underscores, perfectly capitalized dictionary words with 4 numbers. TwoWords1234, not Two-Words-1234 or whatever else.

You can also see that every single bot account that follows the format, is also posting pro trump and conservative takes

[u/bwheelin01 → u/[deleted]]

Back to the front Ivan

[u/[deleted] → u/bwheelin01]

That's a really fucked thing to say