Both Sides: Why we don't fuck with the GOP
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Trump wants to "take over" D.C.
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A second Donald Trump presidency would bring an unpredictable era of federal micromanaging over local Washington.
Why it matters: Trump's vow to "take over our horribly run" capital is one of his most commonly repeated phrases, an Axios analysis found.
- Ranting about potholes and crime, he told a crowd in Wisconsin last week: "It's going to be run properly." On social media last year he said, "An important part of my platform for President is to bring back, restore, and rebuild Washington, D.C. into the 'crown jewel of our Nation.'"
- Trump's allies are planning to install up to 54,000 loyalists across the federal government — a move that would upend the lives of the career civil servants who call Washington home.
- "The left is right to fear our plan to gut the federal bureaucracy," wrote one scholar at the Heritage Foundation, which is behind the MAGA-aligned Project 2025 plan.
As president, Trump could:
- Send in the National Guard to stamp out crime.
- Push Congress to constrain the purse strings of the city council.
- Shape the look of downtown.
- Denouncing crime in Democratic cities, Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2023 that he would "send in federal assets including the National Guard until law and order is restored."
- Another move would be appointing a tough-on-crime federal prosecutor for D.C.
- In the 1990s, Congress appointed a control board to run the city's bankrupt finances. This time, local politicos worry less per se about a total takeover but rather about Republicans gutting the priorities of a liberal city.
- Already, House Republicans want to blockD.C.'s noncitizen voting law, prohibit the city from following California emissions rules, and scrap traffic speed cameras.
- "DON'T MOVE THE FBI!" Trump posted on social media in late December, after the Biden administration announced it would relocate the agency to the Maryland suburbs.
- Trump once wanted to deem "classical architecture" the "default" for federal buildings in the nation's capital. (Presumably, a Trump FBI HQ would look less brutalist and more like an imagined constabulary in ancient Rome.)
The bottom line: Trump's anger with all-things D.C. has been brewing.
- Last August, special counsel Jack Smith'scase against Trump spurred him to post on social media that there is "NO WAY I CAN GET A FAIR TRIAL" in D.C. One of his reasons: "BECAUSE … I AM CALLING FOR A FEDERAL TAKEOVER OF THIS FILTHY AND CRIME RIDDEN EMBARRASSMENT TO OUR NATION."
Go deeper: Melania Trump might not return to D.C. full-time for a second term
"They don't want the fabric of society pulled apart".
Dude at the table was in disbelief, most likely because we're hearing the quiet part out loud. It's the difference between sneaking to the bathroom to do a rail of coke, and dumping out at bag at dinner and doing a line in front of the family. They're both bad, but geez, that second option is blatant as fuck.
Ain’t nothing independent coming from any black person wearing a Bass Pro cap.
Bitch ASS NIGGAS
A sign calling for student loan debt relief is seen in front of the Supreme Court as the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases involving President Joe Biden's bid to... Purchase Licensing Rights Read more
June 24 (Reuters) - Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri on Monday sided with several Republican-led states and partially blocked Democratic President Joe Biden's administration from moving forward with a key student debt relief initiative that would cost billions of dollars.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in Wichita, Kansas, blocked the U.S. Department of Education from proceeding with parts of a plan set to take effect July 1 designed to lower monthly payments and speed up loan forgiveness for millions of Americans.
He ruled shortly before U.S. District Judge John Ross in St. Louis, Missouri, issued a preliminary injunction barring the department from granting further loan forgiveness under the administration's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan.
The SAVE Plan provides more generous terms than past income-based repayment plans, lowering monthly payments for eligible borrowers and allowing those whose original principal balances were $12,000 or less to have their debt forgiven after 10 years.
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Biden announced the SAVE Plan in 2022, alongside a separate, broader plan that would have fulfilled a campaign promise by cancelling up to $20,000 in debt for up to 43 million Americans.
That plan would have canceled about $430 billion in debt but was blocked by the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court in June 2023 after several Republican-led states challenged it. But the Supreme Court's ruling did not address the SAVE Plan.
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The White House has said that over 20 million borrowers could benefit from the SAVE plan. The administration in May said that 8 million are already enrolled, including 4.6 million whose monthly payments have been reduced to $0.
But Republican state attorneys general in a pair of lawsuits filed beginning in March argued the rule that created the SAVE Plan was unlawful and the Education Department lacked authority to create it.
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The administration had estimated the SAVE Plan would cost $156 billion over 10 years. But the states said that estimate assumed the Supreme Court would uphold the broader student debt plan and as a result will now cost $475 billion over a decade.
Eleven states sued in Kansas, though Crabtree earlier this month dismissed eight of their claims while finding that South Carolina, Texas and Alaska "just barely" had legal standing to pursue their case. Six other states had sued in Missouri.
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US judges block parts of key Biden student debt plan
Nate RaymondJune 24, 20246:16 PM EDTUpdated 2 hours ago
A sign calling for student loan debt relief is seen in front of the Supreme Court as the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases involving President Joe Biden's bid to... Purchase Licensing Rights Read more
June 24 (Reuters) - Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri on Monday sided with several Republican-led states and partially blocked Democratic President Joe Biden's administration from moving forward with a key student debt relief initiative that would cost billions of dollars.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in Wichita, Kansas, blocked the U.S. Department of Education from proceeding with parts of a plan set to take effect July 1 designed to lower monthly payments and speed up loan forgiveness for millions of Americans.
He ruled shortly before U.S. District Judge John Ross in St. Louis, Missouri, issued a preliminary injunction barring the department from granting further loan forgiveness under the administration's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan.
The SAVE Plan provides more generous terms than past income-based repayment plans, lowering monthly payments for eligible borrowers and allowing those whose original principal balances were $12,000 or less to have their debt forgiven after 10 years.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
Biden announced the SAVE Plan in 2022, alongside a separate, broader plan that would have fulfilled a campaign promise by cancelling up to $20,000 in debt for up to 43 million Americans.
That plan would have canceled about $430 billion in debt but was blocked by the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court in June 2023 after several Republican-led states challenged it. But the Supreme Court's ruling did not address the SAVE Plan.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
The White House has said that over 20 million borrowers could benefit from the SAVE plan. The administration in May said that 8 million are already enrolled, including 4.6 million whose monthly payments have been reduced to $0.
But Republican state attorneys general in a pair of lawsuits filed beginning in March argued the rule that created the SAVE Plan was unlawful and the Education Department lacked authority to create it.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
The administration had estimated the SAVE Plan would cost $156 billion over 10 years. But the states said that estimate assumed the Supreme Court would uphold the broader student debt plan and as a result will now cost $475 billion over a decade.
Eleven states sued in Kansas, though Crabtree earlier this month dismissed eight of their claims while finding that South Carolina, Texas and Alaska "just barely" had legal standing to pursue their case. Six other states had sued in Missouri.
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Bitch ASS NIGGAS
US judges block parts of key Biden student debt plan
Nate RaymondJune 24, 20246:16 PM EDTUpdated 2 hours ago
A sign calling for student loan debt relief is seen in front of the Supreme Court as the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases involving President Joe Biden's bid to... Purchase Licensing Rights Read more
June 24 (Reuters) - Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri on Monday sided with several Republican-led states and partially blocked Democratic President Joe Biden's administration from moving forward with a key student debt relief initiative that would cost billions of dollars.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in Wichita, Kansas, blocked the U.S. Department of Education from proceeding with parts of a plan set to take effect July 1 designed to lower monthly payments and speed up loan forgiveness for millions of Americans.
He ruled shortly before U.S. District Judge John Ross in St. Louis, Missouri, issued a preliminary injunction barring the department from granting further loan forgiveness under the administration's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan.
The SAVE Plan provides more generous terms than past income-based repayment plans, lowering monthly payments for eligible borrowers and allowing those whose original principal balances were $12,000 or less to have their debt forgiven after 10 years.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
Biden announced the SAVE Plan in 2022, alongside a separate, broader plan that would have fulfilled a campaign promise by cancelling up to $20,000 in debt for up to 43 million Americans.
That plan would have canceled about $430 billion in debt but was blocked by the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court in June 2023 after several Republican-led states challenged it. But the Supreme Court's ruling did not address the SAVE Plan.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
The White House has said that over 20 million borrowers could benefit from the SAVE plan. The administration in May said that 8 million are already enrolled, including 4.6 million whose monthly payments have been reduced to $0.
But Republican state attorneys general in a pair of lawsuits filed beginning in March argued the rule that created the SAVE Plan was unlawful and the Education Department lacked authority to create it.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
The administration had estimated the SAVE Plan would cost $156 billion over 10 years. But the states said that estimate assumed the Supreme Court would uphold the broader student debt plan and as a result will now cost $475 billion over a decade.
Eleven states sued in Kansas, though Crabtree earlier this month dismissed eight of their claims while finding that South Carolina, Texas and Alaska "just barely" had legal standing to pursue their case. Six other states had sued in Missouri.
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But...but...but...
Bitch ASS NIGGAS
US judges block parts of key Biden student debt plan
Nate RaymondJune 24, 20246:16 PM EDTUpdated 2 hours ago
A sign calling for student loan debt relief is seen in front of the Supreme Court as the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases involving President Joe Biden's bid to... Purchase Licensing Rights Read more
June 24 (Reuters) - Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri on Monday sided with several Republican-led states and partially blocked Democratic President Joe Biden's administration from moving forward with a key student debt relief initiative that would cost billions of dollars.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in Wichita, Kansas, blocked the U.S. Department of Education from proceeding with parts of a plan set to take effect July 1 designed to lower monthly payments and speed up loan forgiveness for millions of Americans.
He ruled shortly before U.S. District Judge John Ross in St. Louis, Missouri, issued a preliminary injunction barring the department from granting further loan forgiveness under the administration's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan.
The SAVE Plan provides more generous terms than past income-based repayment plans, lowering monthly payments for eligible borrowers and allowing those whose original principal balances were $12,000 or less to have their debt forgiven after 10 years.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
Biden announced the SAVE Plan in 2022, alongside a separate, broader plan that would have fulfilled a campaign promise by cancelling up to $20,000 in debt for up to 43 million Americans.
That plan would have canceled about $430 billion in debt but was blocked by the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court in June 2023 after several Republican-led states challenged it. But the Supreme Court's ruling did not address the SAVE Plan.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
The White House has said that over 20 million borrowers could benefit from the SAVE plan. The administration in May said that 8 million are already enrolled, including 4.6 million whose monthly payments have been reduced to $0.
But Republican state attorneys general in a pair of lawsuits filed beginning in March argued the rule that created the SAVE Plan was unlawful and the Education Department lacked authority to create it.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
The administration had estimated the SAVE Plan would cost $156 billion over 10 years. But the states said that estimate assumed the Supreme Court would uphold the broader student debt plan and as a result will now cost $475 billion over a decade.
Eleven states sued in Kansas, though Crabtree earlier this month dismissed eight of their claims while finding that South Carolina, Texas and Alaska "just barely" had legal standing to pursue their case. Six other states had sued in Missouri.
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And just for everyone reading this, the DOJ already is preparing to file an appeal, and this lawsuit only blocked the new parts of the SAVE plan, such as:
• lower minimum payment to 5% of discretionary income
• balances of $12,000 total borrowed or less forgiven after 10 years
Whatever current SAVE plan you have, doesn't seem to be affected.
Edit: Apparently the IDR adjustment wasn't blocked
See DC this is the shit that grinds my gears...
You get these hoe ass niggas from time to time cry and complain about what ain't being done but when some shit gets done its crickets. Then when the reich-wing actively inhibits progress, they don't send that same energy and vigor and smoke toward the GOP way.
See DC this is the shit that grinds my gears...
You get these hoe ass niggas from time to time cry and complain about what ain't being done but when some shit gets done its crickets. Then when the reich-wing actively inhibits progress, they don't send that same energy and vigor and smoke toward the GOP way.
Right and what's fucked up is the SAVE plan was to go into place July 1, 2024. Both KS and MO courts released this ruling at the same time...
Man I just don't get it with these people...
I'm convienced the red cap boyz in the forum are white boyz and I've put most on Ignore because the ignorance started to raise my blood pressure for no damn reason....
We can agree to disagree and I have no problem with that, but when you start spewing ignorance, I just have to block that kind of energy...
He knows his voters are dumb as fuck, and will never question anything that confirms their bias.
There’s no other country in the world where young people are saddled with tens/hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt just to go college.
If you are from a poor family, one of the only ways to break the cycle of poverty is to get a college degree and to take out loans to do it. (And don’t get me started on the Republican legislatures that are constantly cutting public funds to colleges & universities, thereby requiring students to take out even more loans to make up the difference.)
What I don’t understand is the glee and joy Republicans get from blocking student loan debt forgiveness for working folks in this country. And then you hear their empty excuses about debt and inflation!
Hell you weren’t worry about debt when Trump passed his massive tax cuts for billionaires and then proceeded to hike up spending!
Where was this fervor and the lawsuits for PPP loan forgiveness for GOP members of congress and wealthy business owners?! Or the bailouts for the banks or the airlines or the auto industry?!
But let there be any forgiveness or relief to working people in this country, folks just trying to improve their lot and obtain the American Dream for themselves and their families and then you get this BS!
Lets Goooooooooooooooooo
San Antonio U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he wants to 'ethnic cleanse' white progressives
In a tweet defending Donald Trump's plan to deport 20 million migrants, Roy said he wants to deport "white progressive Democrats - with a special bonus for rich ones with an Ivy League degree."
The GOP congressman, who's made inflammatory comments part of his political brand, fired off the tweet in a defense of Trump's plans to deport some 20 million migrants if elected president. Some on social media have said Trump's plan amounts to ethnic cleansing.
"Tell you what – I do want to 'ethnic cleanse' by deporting white progressive Democrats – with a special bonus for rich ones with an Ivy League degree," Roy tweeted. "I really do not like 'those people.'"
San Antonio U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he wants to 'ethnic cleanse' white progressives
In a tweet defending Donald Trump's plan to deport 20 million migrants, Roy said he wants to deport "white progressive Democrats - with a special bonus for rich ones with an Ivy League degree."
Am I missing something here? I thought it was established that this type of thing exists now. Since we know about it, it obviously existed way before then for the right people.
Or is the point that the person posting this legitimately thinks there is a chance they would use a "fake Biden" for a public debate?
If she can’t pay that money back, yeah she serving some time
the truth of the matter is the lawmakers are never directly impacted by any law they enact. Their kids don't go to public school nor do they have any direct interaction with the economy. so, why would they give a shit about the class that actually elected them?
this is so laughable it's beyond parody...I mean, people are this gullible?
Lmbaoooooo MAGA!!!!