Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $7.7 Billion in Approved Student Debt Relief for 160,000 Borrowees - eviltoast

This brings the total under this administration to $167 Billion in relief for 4.75 million borrowers.

  • zeppo@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’m not really clear why. Biden has ran a competent administration and it’s been like night and day compared to the chaotic horror of the trump admin. Of course, Biden should absolutely be pressured to change policy on Israel. AIPAC is a very powerful force in US politics, however. This is likely to be a close election and talking endless shit about Biden and encouraging people from voting or encouraging them to vote 3rd party absolutely is a gift to Trump. Netanyahu would love for Trump to be elected, as would Putin. It would be a greenlight for them to be even worse in their respective wars. Denigrating Biden and eroding his support will not solve anything for Palestine, and will totally screw Ukraine and Americans.

    Quite obviously, I oppose genocide, and the Palestinians have deserved much better for years. Throwing this election over that issue makes absolutely no sense, though.

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      6 months ago

      Of course, Biden should absolutely be pressured to change policy on Israel.

      Democrats in general should be pressured to be better on a host of issues. Complaints are seen as evidence of a vast international conspiracy to install Trump.

      This is likely to be a close election and talking endless shit about Biden and encouraging people from voting or encouraging them to vote 3rd party absolutely is a gift to Trump.

      I’m not encouraging anyone to not vote or to vote third party, and won’t. I do mention that such voters exist and that Biden must appeal to them if he wants to win, because I consider that to be the political reality. Like anything that centrists see as a threat to their slide rightward, that exact phrasing is immediately interpreted as ZOMG RUSSKIE! Demanding silence in the face of genocide is what the bad guys in the documentary do.

      Netanyahu would love for Trump to be elected, as would Putin. It would be a greenlight for them to be even worse in their respective wars.

      And Biden is doing exactly what all three despots want. Continuing supporting Netanyahu is losing Biden voters. As I keep saying and you lot keep ignoring, I’m voting for Biden. But I can’t and won’t ignore that his positions will cause him to lose if he persists.

      Throwing this election over that issue makes absolutely no sense, though.

      Then Biden should stop throwing this election over that issue.