UPDATE, 2:19 PM PT: In a speech outlining steps the administration is taking to end the Covid -19 pandemic, President Joe Biden urged entertainment venues and movie theaters to adopt vaccine or testing requirements for patrons. “To those of you running large entertainment venues, from sports arenas to concert venues to movie theaters , please require folks to get vaccinated or show a negative test as a condition of entry,” Biden said in a speech from the White House, carried on the major cable networks and broadcast outlets. Some live event companies, like AEG and Live Nation, already have set requirements for patrons of concerts and festivals. A spokesperson for the National Association of Theater Owners did not have an immediate comment on Biden’s recommendation. In his speech, Biden also outlined an emergency regulation that businesses with 100 employees or more mandate vaccines or weekly testing. Watch on Deadline Biden acknowledged the weariness …
President Joe Biden Says “Unity Is Our Greatest Strength” In Video To Commemorate 9/11
The White House released a statement from President Joe Biden in advance of the ceremonies planned on Saturday to commemorate 9/11 . Biden will visit the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in lower Manhattan, the Flight 93 crash site and memorial in Shanksville, PA and the Pentagon memorial in Arlington, VA, but he is not expected to deliver remarks. Instead, in his 9/11 message, Biden talked of the resilience of family members who lost loved ones on that date, recalling a friend who lost his son at the North Tower of the World Trade Center, having lost another son just over a year earlier. In the days afterward, his friend “told me to tell people, ‘Don’t be afraid.'” “The absolute courage it took after two unimaginable losses is extraordinary, yet the most ordinary of American things,” Biden said. “To know that life can be unfair and uncertain, a cruel twist of accident or a deliberate act of evil. But even in darkness, to still be the light.” Biden’s …
Joe Biden Selects Alvaro Bedoya For Spot On Federal Trade Commission
Alvaro Bedoya , a privacy advocate and visiting professor of law at Georgetown, has been nominated as one of five commissioners to the Federal Trade Commission . The White House announced Joe Biden ’s nomination of Bedoya on Monday. If confirmed, Bedoya likely will be another staunch advocate of taking robust action to rein in the power of big tech platforms. He is the founding director of the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law. The White House noted that his Bedoya’s research and report on facial recognition technology that paved the way for new restrictions on the use of the practice. Bedoya would succeed Rohit Chopra, who Biden has selected to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Biden nominated another advocate of strong enforcement, Lina Kahn, who has been critical of the growth of large tech platforms, and appointed her to chair the commission after her confirmation. Among other things, the FTC is reviewing Amazon’s proposed …
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‘Succession’s Alan Ruck Puts Pedal To The Metal For Joe Biden’s California Recall Visit
Succession isn’t back on HBO for its third season until next month, but the HBO media mogul drama is already driving more than Roy family politics. To be specific, one of the stars of the wonderfully verbally dexterious Jesse Armstrong created series was putting pedal to the well within the speed limit metal for a man who might be even more powerful that his Brian Cox portrayed father – maybe. Fox News producer Pat Ward first noticed Alan Ruck behind the wheel last night after Joe Biden ’s recall campaign event with California Governor Gavin Newsom Here’s one for you. The driver of our press van is actor Alan Ruck. Cameron from Ferris Bueller/Connor Roy from Succession. I said, “you sound just like the actor Alan Ruck” Looks like there’s a reason. Super nice guy, got a kick out of running all the red lights. — Pat Ward (@WardDPatrick) September 14, 2021 He said someone asked him if he wanted to drive in a Presidential motorcade and he figured why not. — …
Disney’s Bob Chapek, Other CEOs To Meet With Joe Biden On Vaccine Requirements
Walt Disney Co . CEO Bob Chapek will be among the CEOs participating in a meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss vaccine requirements, as the White House promotes a new pending Covid-19 mandate. Disney announced a vaccine requirement in July for salaried and non-union U.S. employees, and later reached a union agreement. Other CEOs participating in the meeting include Greg Adams, the chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente; Madeline Bell, president and CEO of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Josh Bolten, president and CEO of Business Roundtable; Roz Brewer, CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance; Tim Boyle, president and CEO of Columbia Sportswear; Molly Moon Neitzel, founder and CEO of Molly’s Moon Homemade Ice Cream; Brad Smith, president of Microsoft; and William Tate IV, president of Louisiana State University. The meeting will be held at the Old Executive Office Building on White House grounds, but will be a mix of virtual and in-person participation. Last …
Joe Biden Says Gavin Newsom’s Recall Victory Affirms Covid-19 Strategy, Vaccine Requirements
President Joe Biden sees Governor Gavin Newsom ’s resounding win in California’s recall as an affirmation of robust Covid-19 protocols, including vaccine requirements and school safety measures. The White House released a statement from Biden on Wednesday in which he said that the vote was “a resounding win for the approach that he and I share to beating the pandemic: strong vaccine requirements, strong steps to reopen schools safely, and strong plans to distribute real medicines—not fake treatments—to help those who get sick. The fact that voters in both traditionally Democratic and traditionally Republican parts of the state rejected the recall shows that Americans are unifying behind taking these steps to get the pandemic behind us.” According to the latest vote count, the “No’ on the recall led with 63.9% of the vote and the “Yes” side had 36.1%, with about 70% of the vote in. Major networks began calling the race for Newsom about 40 minutes after polls closed on …
They Were Joe Biden’s Climate Allies. Now They’re His Critics
Hurricanes and wildfires are ravaging the United States, and President Biden is on the road reminding everyone that the climate crisis is real, it’s here, and action — bold action — must be taken to combat the devastation being wrought by rising temperatures. Last week he was in New Orleans surveying the damage from Hurricane Ida. “We’ve got to listen to the scientists and the economists and the national security experts,” the president said . “They all tell us this is code red.” This week he was in California addressing the need to do more to tamp down wildfires, which he described as “supercharged” by climate change . “We have to act more rapidly and more firmly and more broadly than today,” he said . Biden’s insistence that the climate crisis is a serious issue requiring urgent action doesn’t carry the same weight with advocates as it did when he took office. In the eight months since he promised a “whole of government” approach to warming …
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CNN’s Jake Tapper Breaks With Type, Chides Joe Biden’s ‘Scolding Tone’ In Network Segment
Under fire President Joe Biden got some flak from an unexpected source Friday night, as CNN ’s Jake Tapper stepped up to criticize the president’s Thursday speech outrage against the unvaccinated. The normally super liberal CNN provided the forum that saw Tapper speak out in a segment. “He took on a scolding tone talking to the people who are unvaccinated, talking about how, you know, people’s patience is running out,” Tapper said about Biden. He said the president should not scapegoat those hesitating to take the jab, but should focus on the misinformation that fans the fears. Biden has moved from“persuasion to coercion,” Tapper said. “This is part of the American public, this is part of the ethos in this country,” he said. “People don’t want big government telling them what to do.” Social media commentators expressed shock at the statements by Tapper, particularly the willingness to accept different points of view Watch on Deadline One online commenter …
Donald Trump Says He’d Knockout Joe Biden In Boxing Match
Getty Composite Donald Trump thinks he'd knockout Joe Biden EASILY in a boxing match ... saying the current POTUS wouldn't stand a chance. #45 faced the media at the Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort presser before his big commentary gig for Saturday's event ... when he was asked who he'd want to face off against in the ring for a hypothetical fight. "If you said if I had to box somebody, I think probably my easiest fight would be Joe Biden," Trump said. "Because I think he'd go down very, very quickly. Very, very quickly." Triller Of course, Trump ain't shy about his hate for Biden ... often referring to #46 as "Sleepy Joe." DT's refused to accept the fact Biden beat him fair and square in the voting booths during the 2020 presidential election ... so it's no surprise he'd want to duke it out in the ring. As we previously reported, The Donald is getting paid MILLIONS to call one of three broadcast options for the Triller fight …
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Biden to Anti-Vaxxers: ‘Your Refusal Has Cost All of Us’
President Biden announced a swath of new vaccine mandates for millions of Americans on Thursday. In a speech from the White House, the president said that vaccinations will be mandatory for federal employees and contractors, businesses with more than 100 workers and healthcare practitioners in institutions that accept Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. “Despite having an unprecedented and successful vaccination program, despite the fact that for almost five months, free vaccines have been available at 80,000 different locations, we still have nearly 80 million Americans who have failed to get the shot,” the president said. “What more is there to wait for? What more do you need to see?” he added. “We’ve made vaccinations free, safe and convenient. the vaccine has FDA approval, over 200 million Americans have gotten at least one shot. We’ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin, and the refusal has cost all of us. So please do the right thing.” "What more is there …
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