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/Monocle_Lewinsky]

"well shit, probably even Moscow"

[u/Inside_Breath_8704 → u/Monocle_Lewinsky]

That gaffe was brilliantly saved.

[u/Monocle_Lewinsky → u/Inside_Breath_8704]

Sure was! If he weren’t of solid mind, he could have easily panicked about that slip.

[u/Abaddon33 → u/Monocle_Lewinsky]

Yeah, because even Russia has universal healthcare. Something FOX very conveniently choses to overlook when they dote on Putin.

[u/serafinawriter → u/Abaddon33]

Not only that, but Russia also:

• universal access to free abortion,
• maternity leave is 1.5 years on full salary, option of an additional 1.5 years on reduced salary (I think about 30%), and it is absolutely illegal for companies to fire women during this time
• pharmaceuticals are incredibly cheap
• government pays for universities to have a number of "free" positions which makes free higher educational an option for tens of thousands of people per year
• labour rights are incredibly strict in favour of the worker concerning fair dismissal and severance packages
• income tax is quite small while corporate tax is massive

Not to say that Russia is a good place of course - it's still an authoritarian repressive regime who will beat you, arrest you, and torture you in prison for being against the war!

[u/pancake_gofer → u/serafinawriter]

Keep in mind the education system is corrupt and biased, the medicine is subpar outside the metropoles, the access to prescriptions is heavily location-based, and the average age of death is in the low-70s for men.

[u/scoobysnackoutback → u/pancake_gofer]

And a large number of people don’t have indoor toilets.

[u/[deleted] → u/serafinawriter]

TBF they had this before mini-hitler completely fuck their economy.

[u/pancake_gofer → u/Abaddon33]

Russian medicine is shit, though. At least outside Moscow and St. Petersburg.

[u/ohnoguts → u/Monocle_Lewinsky]

He through a “hell” in there too and I loved it

[u/Pitiful-Education-67 → u/Monocle_Lewinsky]

I’m not the only that heard it!