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@PressSec
for updates!
Thank you
@POTUS
and
@FLOTUS
for this opportunity. It is a true honor. I look forward to serving this Administration and the American people. I have big shoes to fill.
@PressSec
has been a great friend, mentor and excellent press secretary.
I came out to my Mom when I was 16 years old. The revolted look on her face sent me running back into the proverbial closet and slamming the door shut. After that, my sexuality became a family secret and it would stay that way for years.
.
@POTUS
on donating 500 million vaccines globally:
"These half billion doses of Covid vaccine come with no strings attached. We won’t be asking for favors in return, we just want to save lives."
My journey towards feeling accepted by myself and loved ones wasn’t an easy one, but it was worthwhile. No matter where you are in your journey, I see you, we see you and we celebrate you - Happy Pride! 🌈
#Pride
I’m proud to be an out Black Queer woman and I have been for quite some time. I’m happy to say, my Mother is now proud of ALL of who I am; she loves my partner and she loves being a doting grandmother to the daughter we are raising.
I am the daughter of Haitian 🇭🇹 immigrants that came to this country for a better life for our family. When they arrived here in America,my parents worked hard to build a life for me and my two siblings that they didn’t have for themselves (the story of many immigrant families)
Three presidents and their wives stood somberly side by side at the National September 11 Memorial, sharing a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the nation's worst terror attack with a display of unity.
Here’s a start for you, Governor. 1. Don’t advance policies that attack trans youth, 2. Don’t fund ads attacking LGBT youth, 3. support
@POTUS
’ agenda to enhance support for youth mental health needs, with funding made available through the American Rescue Plan.
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), who just signed the first anti-trans bill of 2022 into law, is asked why she thinks 90% of LGBTQ+ youth in South Dakota are diagnosed with anxiety or depression:
“I don’t know. That makes me sad, and we should figure it out.”
I dated, but I hid those relationships from my family. Just as American society has evolved over the course of the past couple of decades to embrace the LGBTQ community (never forgetting we still have work to do), my family has evolved to embrace my membership in it.
Congressional Black Caucus members sing the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” after the signing of the bill in the House to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
The last American soldier to leave Afghanistan: Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commanding general of the
@82ndABNDiv
,
@18airbornecorps
boards an
@usairforce
C-17 on August 30th, 2021, ending the U.S. mission in Kabul.
.
@JudySmith_
Thank you for showing up in person to support me on my first day behind the podium…it was a lovely surprise & I remain inspired by the example you’ve set.
"It was a murder in full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole would to the systemic racism...that's a stain on our nation's soul." -
@POTUS
"The vaccine was developed and authorized under a Republican administration, and it has been distributed and administered under a Democratic administration. Vaccines are safe and highly effective. There's nothing political about them." -
@POTUS
Update: in the past 12 hours roughly 7,500 people were evacuated from Kabul.
Since 8/14: approximately 100,100 people.
Since the end of July: roughly 105,700 people.
JUST IN: In the past 24 hours a total of roughly 12,500 people were evacuated from Kabul.
Since 8/14: roughly 105,000 people evacuated.
Since the end of July, we have re-located approximately 110,600 people.
From 8/27 at 3:00 AM EDT to 8/28 at 3:00 AM EDT, roughly 6,800 people were evacuated from Kabul.
Since 8/14: roughly 111,900 people.
Since the end of July: roughly 117,500 people.
"May God bless the United States of America and may the light perpetually shine on the fallen. May God bring comfort to their families. And may God protect our troops, today and always. God bless you all." -
@POTUS
#MemorialDay
"We've seen time and time again that trickle down does not work...All it's done is make those at the top richer in the past, and everyone else falling behind. This time, it's time that we build an economy that grows from the bottom up and the middle out." -
@POTUS
“The tough-as-nails Black infantrymen that gave America’s enemies hell in World War I will be awarded Congress’s highest honor posthumously under a new law
@POTUS
signed off on Wednesday.”
Thank you
@Olivia_Rodrigo
for traversing red lights and stops signs to see us today!
And, thank you for helping the Biden-Harris Administration (
@WhiteHouse
) continue to push to get more young people vaccinated.
In the midst of his first foreign trip since taking office, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds a majority of the American public has a great deal or good amount of trust in President Joe Biden to negotiate on the country's behalf with other world leaders.
Within the span of 36 hrs
@FLOTUS
went from clinking cups of beer with Doug Emhoff, the husband of the
@VP
, at an Astros baseball game in TX to joining the
@POTUS
in FL to comfort families whose loved ones were lost or missing after the Surfside collapse.
"In America, If you lose, you accept the results. You follow the Constitution, you try again. You don't call facts 'fake' and then try to bring down the American experiment just because you're unhappy. That's not statesmanship. That's selfishness." -
@POTUS
"If you got the Pfizer vaccine in January, February,March of this year & you're over 65 years of age,go get the booster. Or if you have a medical condition like diabetes or you're a frontline worker like a health care worker or teacher,you can get a free booster now." -
@POTUS
"White supremacy is terrorism, and we're not going to ignore that either. My fellow Americans, look, we have to come together to heal the soul of this nation." -
@POTUS
NEW: From 8/25 at 3:00 AM EDT to 8/26 at 3:00 AM EDT, a total of approximately 13,400 people were evacuated from Afghanistan.
Since 8/14: approximately 95,700 people.
Since the end of July: approximately 101,300 people.
“Well, I think that we're bringing love from America,” I think that this is a global conference and we're trying to bring unity across the globe and I think that's important right now that you have a sense of unity.” -
@FLOTUS
#46
and
#44
reunited to share some great news. 31 million Americans covered under the
#ACA
.
To get covered visit by August 15th to sign up for health insurance.
•New research shows the expanded child tax credit has reduced child poverty after one payment.
•The child poverty rate dropped 15.8% in June to 11.9% in July.
•The researchers found COVID-19 relief measures kept 6 million children out of poverty in July.
NEW: From 8/28 at 3:00 AM EDT to 8/28 at 3:00 PM EDT, a total of roughly 2,000 people were evacuated from Kabul.
113,500: Since 8/14
119,000: Since the end of July.