Student debt relief revisited --
The Biden administration announced Friday that it will forgive the student loans of more than 800,000 borrowers who enrolled in income-driven repayment plans.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 14, 2023
The plan will forgive $39 billion in federal student loans. https://t.co/TvPOmN33fo
GQP culture war messaging --
Still far too little attention to the fact that central components of current GOP culture war messaging were simply party efforts to create a normalization path for ideas its voters got from Qanon. Vaguely reminiscent of the effort in post war Europe to channel ex-Nazis into …
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 14, 2023
2/ right wing sectarian parties where they could work through their Nazi stuff without killing anyone or threatening the state. Grooming, trafficking etc, all basically Qanon stuff which was itself an outgrowth of pizzagate. Good times.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 14, 2023
First, you stop being an asshole, Rep. Mace --
Nancy Mace, who has been critical of her party on abortion, voted for a GOP amendment nixxing the Pentagon’s abortion policy. While she defended her vote, she said: “We got to stop being assholes to women, stop targeting women and do the things that make a real difference.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 14, 2023
Mace hopes you're too ignorant to figure out that Gal Luft, a key source for the GOP's politicized Biden investigation, was actually indicted *last November.* https://t.co/XLwptztc7K
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 13, 2023
You, too, Rep. Crane --
This just happened on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. A House Republican just referred to Black Americans serving in our military as "colored people." In 2023. https://t.co/GOzPs0gVzO
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) July 13, 2023
You, too, "Coach" Sen. "Dixie Dolt" Tuberville --
It appears “coach” is how Alabama reporters refer to the dumbest guy in the senate. https://t.co/IRizgyKy4T
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 14, 2023
What's that Musk-y smell? The awesomeness of the advertisers! --
All the big advertisers are here on Elon’s Awesome Site pic.twitter.com/naycl9xarz
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 14, 2023
Paying far right freaks, scammers, and blithering idiots to post. I’m sure advertisers are thrilled 🙄 pic.twitter.com/rOfyAEKe3b
— Robert Silverman (@BobSaietta) July 13, 2023
Hollywood villains --
“As a compromise, we’re willing to own your soul for all eternity.” https://t.co/5icYhEP9zm
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) July 13, 2023
Stay cool! Happy Friday! --
Just chilling.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/JwTVhoUzP4
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 14, 2023
