Thread by @WalterDGreason

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@POTUS opens with a substantial commitment to bipartisanship. What agenda will he propose to break two years of gridlock?

@jbf1755 @AriMelber @HC_Richardson
@KevinMKruse @JoyAnnReid @HerbertHistory

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10 million new small business applications as part of the effort to revitalize the national (and world) economy as part of the recovery from the COVID pandemic.

No note on the coordinated effort to generate inflation and a recession.
@AliVelshi @business

#StateOfTheUnionAddress
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Infrastructure investment is the key element in building an extensive coalition that will bring leadership together across partisan divides.

@amyklobuchar @CoryBooker @JohnFetterman

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"Buy American" is the response to "America First."

This approach offers key ways to invest in small towns and rural communities - as well as hundreds of mid-size cities.

[side note] I have never seen a metro region with so much amazing infrastructure, just starving for people and new investment.

If you're looking for a strong, growing market, take a serious look at Minneapolis-Saint Paul.

And, the weather gets warmer every year.

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Quadruple the tax on stock buybacks to drive infrastructure investment in the energy sector.

Grow the minimum tax on billionaires.
@SecYellen @ChicagoFed

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With debt reduction of $1.7 trillion, and enormous debt expansion under the 45th administration, @potus gains a moment of unanimity about protecting Social Security and Medicare.

@AustinBogues @brentinmock

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"Let's give teachers a raise!" @potus

The commitment to fully funding education is the best long term policy prescription of the last fifty years.

@edutopia @insidehighered

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Opens the difficult conversation about police killings by emphasizing the need for accountability and endorsing the George Floyd Act.

@ProfesoraLMO @hthompsn

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Ban assault weapons now.

@CaitJTaylor @alixabeth

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Protect women's right to choose.
Defend LGBTQ against violence and discrimination.

@AnwarUhuru @LeftOfBlack

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Leverages the balloon incident to express a more aggressive posture in supporting Ukraine and limiting China's encroachment on the democratic international order.

@foreignaffairs @VP

@CaitJTaylor @alixabeth #SOTU #SOTU2023

Big pitch for cancer funding with inspirational story about a little girl overcoming the odds.

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Huge acknowledgement for Paul Pelosi leads the condemnation of political violence in the US.

Jailing the leaders of the January 6th insurrection must be THE priority of the next two years.

@CivilRights @attorneygeneral

@threadreaderapp please unroll.