Today’s Action: Cancel Student Loan Debt!
Today's Top Stories:
Stephen Miller claims President Biden "dealt better hand" than any other president in US history
The white nationalist claimed with a straight face that Trump left the country in the best shape of any outgoing president in history, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Take Action: Arrest and charge every insurgent involved with the Trump-inspired MAGA coup on the Capitol!
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Jen Psaki humiliates Marjorie Taylor Greene live on air over vaccine scaremongering
Every step of the way, Republicans have managed to politicize the very methods intended to save their own lives, which one would think would be important for a party that brands itself as "pro-life."
Take Action: Add your name to demand corporations stop funding Anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans!
Brian Tyler Cohen finally interviews a REPUBLICAN congressman
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: About time.
Pfizer says booster shot after 6 to 12 months likely needed to provide best protection
Pfizer and BioNTech have released initial data from a study on booster shots indicating that a third dose delivered about six months after the second shot has shown substantially higher antibodies than after two primary doses.
Harris announces $25 million DNC investment to aid voting access
The vice president's announcement comes as President Biden has been criticized for not doing more to address the flurry of voting restrictions that have been passed in GOP-controlled states.
Take Action: Add your name to tell Senate Democrats to DUMP THE FILIBUSTER!
Trump charged Secret Service $10,000 for resort rooms in May, more than $50,000 since leaving office
There are no laws preventing the ex-president or his company from making the Secret Service pay rent at his various properties, and rates are at the sole discretion of said resorts.
Take Action: Demand billionaires pay their fair share. Tax the rich!
Toyota to cease donations to GOP election objectors
The auto company says it understood that its PAC's donations to GOP objectors, which far outpaced those of any other company, "troubled some stakeholders."
Take Action: This is a direct result of your actions — Thank you!
NDLB releases first ad of the campaign, and it pulls no punches
No Dem Left Behind: "Republicans are terrorists."
Tucker Carlson was fishing for an interview with Putin before he made NSA spy claim
Shortly before Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed on his June 28 show that he was being spied on by the National Security Agency, he was communicating with US-based Kremlin intermediaries in hopes of setting up an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Greene, Boebert slammed as "carnival barkers" by PAC that seeks to elect GOP women
Greene and Boebert, dismissed as "shameless self-promoters and carnival barkers" by Executive Director Julie Conway, were the only Republican women in Congress not being supported by the group Value In Electing Woman.
Mike Pence reportedly once "lost it" after Trump threw a crumpled newspaper article at him
Spoiler alert: Shots were not fired.
Texas GOP renews push for draconian new voting laws, unfinished agenda
Republicans unveiled the details of their latest attempt to severely restrict voting rights, a do-over of a push thwarted by Democrats earlier this year when they walked out of statehouse.
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Today’s Action: Cancel Student Loan Debt!
The U.S. Department of Education has recently announced the hiring of Toby Merrill as Deputy General Counsel. Merrill helped draft an analysis arguing that Biden has the authority to relieve student loan debt through executive action, which is why his hiring has fed speculation and excitement that Biden may be ready to act on student debt.
But it is not enough to just idly speculate. While Democrats in Congress have proposed plans to tackle the crisis, it’s unlikely any legislation would pass through the filibuster. We need to keep pushing for Biden to use executive action to relieve the loan debt plaguing students.
Write President Biden and tell him to use executive action to cancel federal student loan debt now!
"Working your way through college" isn’t the solution it used to be. In the past decade, the costs of attendance have risen at least 25%, while the federal minimum wage has not budged. We have an entire generation crushed under the weight of skyrocketing education costs, now struggling even harder due to the pandemic.
The $1.7 trillion student debt crisis is not a problem for the elite - it lands on the shoulders of the 43 million middle and working class young people. On top of this, students of color are disproportionately impacted, so much so that cancelling student loan debt has been called a major civil rights issue. Forgiving student loan debt would address an economic stimulus and institutionalized racial inequalities.
Write President Biden and tell him that cancelling federal student loan debt would make good on more of his campaign promises than one, as well as improve the lives of millions of young people as they navigate a post-pandemic world!
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