5. This additional monthly money available to families would help curb inflation while also increasing babymaking, home sales, and auto sales - all three of which are key talking points for the party.
and has the potential to swing the needle in the opposite direction as those who have presently been paying would be able to apply those funds to other commerce.
4. Resuming mandatory student loan payments, as is intended in May, is going to further cripple an already struggling economy where consumers are already struggling to pay their bills. Forgiving the debt altogether would reduce the probability of the recession that we are on the verge of...
3. Younger (ie, 40 and under) voters that have their own loans forgiven also very well may be more likely to vote in their favor in future elections.
2. Many moderate or undecided voters that have their own loans forgiven very well may be more likely to vote in their favor in future elections.
1. Their base will be on their side regardless, and some of their base will have their own loans forgiven. And the ones who would be angry about the forgiveness would move on quickly, as they're happy with a good portion of all of the other things that the administration is presently doing.
You know, I'll say this. If Trump and the Congress majority truly wanted to improve their approval ratings - and all of their odds in winning future elections - the first thing they would do is forgive student loan debt.
Here's why: 🧵
Did you ask him why he's leaning in to hyper conservative spaces with his new podcast, because I hope so.
"This shouldn't be happening. You're young, you have a good diet, you exercise regularly, you're doing everything right. But you have the hands of an eighty-year-old, and it isn't right."
My rheumatologist unprompted is out here spitting bars, as the youth would say. Nice to know I'm not crazy.
Rewatched Tommy Boy. It's actually not that great of a movie.
I guess we'll let Utah show the rest of us how stupid it is to not have fluoride in the water.
Fuck off, JD.
Opening Day.
This is what happens when you have an entire cabinet full of folks who would NEVER pass a regular security clearance.
Led by a president who would never be able to pass one either.
An authoritarian regime does not seek approval; it manufactures consent. Through fear, propaganda, and repetition, it reshapes oppression into perceived normality.
The first triumph of authoritarianism is when people repeat its lies—not out of belief, but to avoid trouble. In time, truth vanishes into silence.
To paraphrase something I once read:
"Pruning who you give your time and attention to isn't a childish act. It's building courage not to let dead leaves keep existing in space meant to give life to new ones."
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but cancer or heart disease will probably kill me.
I love that one of my favorite authors is enjoying my favorite stand up.
So he is a bitch.
Anti-intellectualism is exhausting.
Not to mention the gorgeous art on the hardcover beneath the sleeve.
Oh my gosh, I'm so excited that this has arrived! In the sea that is the hundreds of books I own this is indubitably the most gorgeous book in my collection. Can't wait to read it. Big thanks to @aptshadow.bsky.social and @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social!
Yada yada, something about leopards and faces.
Hope to see you there.
Just another terrible tariff Tuesday, am I right
Felt cute, won't delete later. Purchased from @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social