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"In many cases, borrowers have paid back much or all of the total cost of their loans but continue to see balances rise because of accrued interest."
Ending the SAVE student loan program and forcing 8 million people into repayment will juice the affordability crisis even further. Borrowers told me they will have to cut their budgets, find new side gigs, and don't get what the public policy point of this is.
New from me in @prospect.org:
New from me in @prospect.org:
GOP Forcing Eight Million Student Loan Borrowers Into Repayment - The American Prospect
The most affordable of all the federal repayment programs is ending sooner than planned after Trump conspired with red-state attorneys general to kill it.
prospect.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"In many cases, borrowers have paid back much or all of the total cost of their loans but continue to see balances rise because of accrued interest."
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Premiums are going to double, triple or even quadruple for working families. House Democrats are fighting to stop this and extend the ACA tax credits.
www.cbsnews.com/news/aca-sub...
www.cbsnews.com/news/aca-sub...
With ACA subsidies set to lapse, millions of Americans face a painful spike in health plan costs
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
www.cbsnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Premiums are going to double, triple or even quadruple for working families. House Democrats are fighting to stop this and extend the ACA tax credits.
www.cbsnews.com/news/aca-sub...
www.cbsnews.com/news/aca-sub...
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How long before Trump says he never met her?
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
How long before Trump says he never met her?
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Britain will investigate how hostile states like China and Russia are financially interfering with U.K. democracy and elections, ministers have announced.
Britain vows to tackle foreign meddling in politics after Reform’s Russia bribes case
Ministers launch a review into foreign financial inference in Britain after a senior Reform UK politician was jailed for taking pro-Russia bribes.
www.politico.eu
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Britain will investigate how hostile states like China and Russia are financially interfering with U.K. democracy and elections, ministers have announced.
Pay attention!
Britain will investigate how hostile states like China and Russia are financially interfering with U.K. democracy and elections, ministers have announced.
Britain vows to tackle foreign meddling in politics after Reform’s Russia bribes case
Ministers launch a review into foreign financial inference in Britain after a senior Reform UK politician was jailed for taking pro-Russia bribes.
www.politico.eu
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Pay attention!
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Two Talents Teach - a "Talk and Draw " by @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @lizadonnelly.bsky.social
History is remarkably relevant right now. #RuleOfLaw #LongNationalNightmare
youtu.be/xqPrJJivR7I?...
History is remarkably relevant right now. #RuleOfLaw #LongNationalNightmare
youtu.be/xqPrJJivR7I?...
Ford Pardons Nixon | Talk & Draw with Liza Donnelly and Heather Cox Richardson
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Two Talents Teach - a "Talk and Draw " by @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @lizadonnelly.bsky.social
History is remarkably relevant right now. #RuleOfLaw #LongNationalNightmare
youtu.be/xqPrJJivR7I?...
History is remarkably relevant right now. #RuleOfLaw #LongNationalNightmare
youtu.be/xqPrJJivR7I?...
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This article quotes Jason Lee Van Dyke, a self-described fascist who I found participated in a Patriot Front private chat room, to say he is not a member of Patriot Front and to defend Patriot Front's reputation. The article does not mention his fascist beliefs or his participation in the chat room.
Patriot Front, a White supremacist group, has been quietly building a 124-acre compound in the mountains of east Tennessee, where they train members and host fight clubs. https://cnn.it/44rpU6V
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This article quotes Jason Lee Van Dyke, a self-described fascist who I found participated in a Patriot Front private chat room, to say he is not a member of Patriot Front and to defend Patriot Front's reputation. The article does not mention his fascist beliefs or his participation in the chat room.
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Some takeaways from the Susie Wiles interview in no particular order. 1) Before anyone congratulates her on telling the truth, we must first acknowledge that when it comes to the craziest and most unqualified cabinet members...she absolutely fucking loves it because deep state something something.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Some takeaways from the Susie Wiles interview in no particular order. 1) Before anyone congratulates her on telling the truth, we must first acknowledge that when it comes to the craziest and most unqualified cabinet members...she absolutely fucking loves it because deep state something something.
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Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Mike Johnson: "I have not had an opportunity to review any of that yet"
December 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
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Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: "Of course we're not going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the general public"
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: "Of course we're not going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the general public"
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It's really upsetting that President Biden did so much to make the country better after the pandemic and the buffoon in there now is dismantling it piece by piece. Over a million jobs lost. Unemployment the highest it's been in 4 yeas.
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's really upsetting that President Biden did so much to make the country better after the pandemic and the buffoon in there now is dismantling it piece by piece. Over a million jobs lost. Unemployment the highest it's been in 4 yeas.
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
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Who the hell would care about what he thinks about someone's character?
December 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Who the hell would care about what he thinks about someone's character?
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She interviewed with Vanity Fair 11 times and they quoted her extensively from those interviews.
December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
She interviewed with Vanity Fair 11 times and they quoted her extensively from those interviews.
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Rob Reiner took the lawless hero — Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt, Batman — and reminded us that this is actually the bad guy. It’s a lesson worth remembering today.
Rob Reiner reminded us that lawless authoritarians are bad
The unconventional but needed message of "A Few Good Men"
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Rob Reiner took the lawless hero — Jason Bourne, Ethan Hunt, Batman — and reminded us that this is actually the bad guy. It’s a lesson worth remembering today.
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Pro-wrestling legend Mick Foley announced this morning that he's parting ways with WWE over the organization's "close relationship with Donald Trump," saying the president's "incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death is the final straw for me."
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Pro-wrestling legend Mick Foley announced this morning that he's parting ways with WWE over the organization's "close relationship with Donald Trump," saying the president's "incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death is the final straw for me."
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The DOJ has until Friday to FOLLOW THE LAW and release the Epstein Files.
We need justice for victims and transparency for the American people.
We need justice for victims and transparency for the American people.
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The DOJ has until Friday to FOLLOW THE LAW and release the Epstein Files.
We need justice for victims and transparency for the American people.
We need justice for victims and transparency for the American people.
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
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[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
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Astonishing.
At thelivingsouth.com, I wrote about President Trump replacing the special "no-fee" day at the National Park Service with, among other things, a special day scheduled for his own birthday.
At thelivingsouth.com, I wrote about President Trump replacing the special "no-fee" day at the National Park Service with, among other things, a special day scheduled for his own birthday.
December 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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ICE agents are the lowest common denominators of our society.
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
ICE agents are the lowest common denominators of our society.
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We’re going to share it with The Atlantic on Signal. 🤡
Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: "Of course we're not going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the general public"
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We’re going to share it with The Atlantic on Signal. 🤡
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.