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President Biden Addresses the Nation 8 pm (LIVE)

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  1. 1.

    Another Scott

    I haven’t seen the speech yet, but did see this:

    The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Carney shot down a trio of land-attack cruise missiles and multiple drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen earlier today. The Houthis are among the groups that have threatened retaliation against Israel, as well as the United States, over ongoing operations targeting groups in the Gaza Strip.

    Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon’s top spokesman, confirmed the interceptions and said the Houthi attacks may still be “ongoing” at a press conference today. CNN had been the first to report the incident citing unnamed U.S. officials.

    […]

    Gotta be careful out there…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  7. 7.

    ChrisSherbak

    @robmassing: Gotta admit, I rolled my eyes a couple times (“Arsenal of democracy” and the list of states providing manufacturing) but d-mn Joe. Got me in the feels.

  8. 8.

    Eunicecycle

    Very good speech. Good job comparing the wars in Israel and Ukraine and what’s at stake.

  9. 9.

    Turgidson

    Well done, Mr. President.

    For all the handwringing about his age, it has had the side benefit of making him a much, much more economical public speaker, and I like it.

  10. 10.

    jackmac

    Excellent speech. Somber and quietly, but effectively delivered.  But, honestly, after this grueling week he’s earned a long and restful weekend at Camp David.

  11. 11.

    Chetan Murthy

    @ChrisSherbak: I am proud (and a little embarrassed for our allies) tha we are once again the Arsenal of Democracy.  For their sake, I wish we didn’t have to be; but I’m glad (and again, proud) that we’re there when the moment demands us.

  12. 12.

    CaseyL

    An excellent address.  After Bush II and Trump, it’s hard to see the US as “the indispensable country,” but Biden makes me (want to) believe in that again.

  13. 13.

    UncleEbeneezer

    Just saw a homeless guy with a Punisher military hat and a sign saying “FJB” which I assume is a dig at Biden, on a street corner asking people for change.  I just looked at him and made sure my Black Lives Matter bracelet was lined up so he could read it easily.  He kept walking.

  14. 14.

    LadySuzy

    @ChrisSherbak: The list of states manufacturing weapons…  unfortunately, President Biden is very well aware that the best way to convince some republicans to support Ukraine is talking about economic self-interest. Republicans always make decisions based on short-term self interest; they don’t get long-term geopolitical considerations.

  16. 16.

    Ohio Mom

    @Nukular Biskits: You can still see it, fiddle with the video, the speech starts about 15 minutes in. That’s what I did — I came in late, watched until the end, then found the beginning and watched the first half.

    It’s a terrific and very clear speech.

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

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  24. 24.

    oldgold

    Watching MSNBC. Wondering who is Jen Psaki going to replace, Chris Hayes or Joy Reid? Within the next few months one of them is going to lose their show to Psaki. Probably will  be Chris Hayes. They have already given Psaki his spot on Monday night.

  26. 26.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @oldgold:

    They have already given Psaki his spot on Monday night.

    Hayes quit working Mondays a few months ago. I was assuming it was part of a new contract along the lines of Maddow’s, if a lot less lucrative. Word a few years back was the suits considered Hayes a prestige employee cause he won a peabody

    Whose ratings are weaker, Alex Wagner or Joy Reid?

  28. 28.

    Percysowner

    @oldgold: ​
     Replacing Hayes seems to be the consensus. I like Hayes, so I’d be a little sad. OTOH, he does have his Why Is This Happening Podcast, so he may be around in some capacity.

  30. 30.

    oldgold

    Psaki is a real talent. There is something about her that is compelling. MSNBC is going to give her a prime time show.

  31. 31.

    tokyokie

    I listened to the speech on NPR on my drive home from work. I thought the speech was terrific and put the lie to anybody who contends that Joe Biden is senile. I also tried to imagine what sort of speech tfg would deliver under similar circumstances. All I could come up with was something awful, mean, nasty, and totally missing the point.

  33. 33.

    Mike in NC

    @tokyokie: I also tried to imagine what sort of speech tfg would deliver under similar circumstances. All I could come up with was something awful, mean, nasty, and totally missing the point.

    It would have to involve denouncing ongoing Ukrainian “aggression” against innocent Russia just to get a head rub from his master, Putin.

  34. 34.

    ira

    I just really really wish he hadn’t mentioned Madeleine ‘the price of 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was worth it’ Albright.

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