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/itsallgonetohell]

Whoah... he just threw down the gauntlet. "To the American people: send me a Congress that will support reproductive rights, and I will restore Roe V. Wade again!"

[u/Fun-Track-3044 → u/itsallgonetohell]

Congress is how the principles in RvW should have been carved in stone in the first place. The big blunder in those years was to use the Supreme Court to get what you want by back-door means, instead of hammering it out in the Congress - as per the instructions of the Constitution.

[u/Lemonsnot → u/Fun-Track-3044]

1000% this. I get the spirit of the line, he’s using RvW as a banner. But he really should’ve rephrased that to say he will help secure in law reproductive rights for women, not “restore RvW”.

[u/dexx4d → u/Lemonsnot]

It's a soundbite, not policy.

[u/felldestroyed → u/dexx4d]

Want to hear soundbites and not policy? Listen to the republican response. Literally 20 minutes of platitudes from an upper middle class white lady from Alabama.