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Someone must have told Joe that Dems are in hot water because he has been on his hot legislation shit. He finally delivered student debt relief. He announced ([link removed]) a plan to cancel at least $10,000 worth of student debt for those earning less than $125,000 a year and to pause student loan repayments through December 31st, 2022.
A majority of voters (60 percent) support the federal government eliminating ‘all’ or ‘some’ student loan debt for every borrower. This includes 81 percent of Democrats, 52 percent of Independents, and 45 percent of Republicans. Eighty-eight percent of voters who are current student loan borrowers, 57 percent of voters who no longer have student loans, and 54 percent of voters who never had student loans are in favor of the federal government eliminating at least some student loan debt for every borrower.
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This announcement is a first step towards enacting a widely popular ([link removed]) policy that will protect victims of fraud, help Americans plan for their future, and significantly narrow the racial wealth gap ([link removed]) to create a more just America that works for everyone. Read the full blog here ([link removed]) .
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Biden’s Got A Gas Problem :(
So…our original analysis ([link removed]) was roasted on Twitter for showing a correlation between gas prices and Biden’s approval without any attempt to demonstrate causation. But we are back with more evidence!
With nine months of new data since our original post, we continue to see a clear correlation between rising gas prices and Biden’s declining approval. Between the time of our original post and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we see gas prices and Biden disapproval continue to move in tandem until the beginning of the invasion, where they temporarily diverge.
What’s more: Biden’s struggles with voter approval have been mostly unrelated to his actual domestic policy agenda. Our analysis shows that Biden’s break with the status quo is the right call — not only because his policies help American workers and families, but because they are politically sound — they do not appear to be responsible for the president’s decline in approval.
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Even People in Terlingua, Texas Should Have TikTok
Last year, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)authorized ([link removed]) $1.2 trillion for transportation and infrastructure spending, energy and power infrastructure, access to broadband internet, water infrastructure, and more.
Newpolling ([link removed]) from Data for Progress shows that 56 percent of voters agree that high-speed internet should be a right for all Americans, including 70 percent of Democrats, 57 percent of Independents, and 43 percent of Republicans.
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Protect Our Right to Marry Kristen Stewart
Now that we agree that this was our collective bisexual awakening, lets talk gay marriage.
In a concurring opinion on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomasargued ([link removed]) that the Supreme Court “should reconsider” its past rulings upholding rights to contraception access, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage. Gross.
The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would protect the right of same-sex couples to marry under federal law. New Data for Progresspolling ([link removed]) reveals that a majority of voters support the passage of this bill by a +29-point margin, including Democrats by a +62-point margin and Independents by a +42-point margin. Republicans, however, oppose its passage by a -13-point margin. Additionally, voters under the age of 45 support the bill by 14 more points than voters under 45, by a +38-point margin and a +24-point margin respectively.
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** DFP In The News
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The Hill:Most Americans support student loan forgiveness, poll finds ([link removed])
Politico:"The Future We Deserve": This Florida Gen Z Candidate Thinks He Can Chart a New Path For the Youth ([link removed])
Politico:POLITICO Playbook: Time runs down on Mar-a-Lago affidavit release ([link removed])
Newsweek:Democrat Pat Ryan Wins Swing District in Troubling Sign for GOP on Abortion ([link removed])
The Hill:Campaign Report — A primary night with major match-ups ([link removed])
The Hill:Democrats grapple with possibility of Cheney 2024 bid ([link removed])
The Hill:Solving the student debt crisis instead of prolonging it ([link removed])
Fortune:Republicans react to Biden’s student loan forgiveness by calling it ‘socialism’ and accusing him of a ‘midterm Hail Mary’ ([link removed])
Huff Post:We Just Saw A Stunning Special Election Result. What Could It Mean For November? ([link removed])
Newsweek:Republicans' Chances of Beating Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire: Polls ([link removed])
FiveThirtyEight:13 Races To Watch In Florida And Oklahoma ([link removed])
Complex:White House Counters Republicans Criticizing Student Loan Forgiveness by Highlighting Their Own Forgiven Loans ([link removed])
The Gander:Biden Cancels Student Loan Debt, Extends Repayment Pause, Announces Reforms for Future Repayments ([link removed])
Pink News:Hate-fuelled ‘Gays Against Groomers’ invited on Fox News about being suspended from Twitter ([link removed])
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Dems Deliver
We don’t get to say this often enough, but it’s been a big week for campaign promise follow-through! On Wednesday, the Biden-Harris Administration announced their plan to forgive $10,000 in student loans for people making under $125,000 a year. Pell Grant recipients will have $20,000 of their student loans forgiven. Alas, students around the country frantically rushed to studentaid.gov to apply for $10,000 in loans, only to find out that the deadline to qualify was July 1, 2022. It’s a good joke, it’s a great joke even!
Still, what’s one thing we hate? Student loans! What’s one thing we love? Forgiveness. So, thanks, Biden! Is $10,000 the cost of college tuition in America? Absolutely not in this timeline. However, we can celebrate this accomplishment as one small step for a generation in crushing student loan debt and one giant step for an administration who has low-key dragged their feet on it.
The Democrats have delivered on promises unrelated to the crushing financial burden of discussing Emily Brontë while hungover on Wednesday, just five hours after you drank your weight in Fireball at a Sigma Alpha Epsilon toga party. As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill, Tulsa will receive $137.4 million in federal funding for repairs and reconstruction to their levee system. The improvements will help protect residents from flood damage. You can learn more about the project here ([link removed]) .
Tulsa, go take your $137.4 million and build the shit out of that levee system. Now that we have an extra $10,000 to spare, why not take a trip to Oklahoma? (We can think of a lot of reasons actually but there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to list them.)
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