U.S. President Joe Biden plans to announce on Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers, the White House said.

Biden has said he will pursue new measures to provide student loan relief to Americans after the Supreme Court blocked his plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in debt.

The president’s announcement, planned for 1 p.m. EDT at the White House, will bring the total approved debt cancellation by the Biden administration to $127 billion for nearly 3.6 million Americans, the White House said.

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    You aren’t actually serious right?

    Cornell has bumbled his micro campaign into irrelevance within weeks of it starting. He’s shown no political savvy. He has run for and won no prior office. He’d be a disaster.

    Fetterman, or literally any progressive who has won a federal election is a better option.

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      Dude, if Fetterman ran I’d vote for him in an instant. Doubly so if he took the oath of office in shorts and a hoodie

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        You shouldn’t, He just entered federal Politics. He needs experience and more importantly he needs to be stabilize his Health before he would even dream of going to the next level.

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          He just won his election against a TV host bullshit artist.

          He’s playing the game excellently. He’d be a great candidate.

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            He just needs more experience. He didn’t debate well either. Oz was just such a dumb candidate.

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              Agree to disagree. I think he’d do fine. He’ll debate better than Biden. He’s got a record of victory against big names.

              Thats plenty. We could have elected a boot in 2020 to oust Trump. We basically elected weekend at bernies Biden. But its fine. Whatever it takes.

              And honestly, I’d be shocked if there are even debates. If Trump doesn’t’ show up for primary debates, he doesn’t deserve the privileged and airtime that general debates would offer.

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                That’s reasonable. I’m not saying I wouldn’t vote for him. I prefer politicians that know how to play the game and will be strategic over giving idealistic speeches that sound great but never go anywhere.

                Personally I don’t care about Biden’s age. He’s perfectly fine. If not Harris is there for a reason. We are moving forward. Fetterman has the same mindset actually: https://www.businessinsider.com/john-fetterman-never-understand-progressives-support-joe-biden-2023-9?amp

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                  It’s pretty clear to me the way the DNC has been buying airtime for Newsom that Biden won’t actually be on the ticket in 2024. They’re pulling a bait and switch and we’re in the bait phase.

                  I’m promoting Fetterman because I want a real progressive option instead of a force fed Newsom. And as far as playing the game, it is a game of idealistic speeches and sound bytes. It doesn’t matter how Machiavellian you are if you can’t win Iowa, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. Fetterman can deliver those states.

                  I’m all for staying with Biden for the moment. But the second he starts to waiver, in dropping what I’m doing and joining the Fetterman campaign. Newsom will lose if he runs against Trump.

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      I’m voting for cornel west because I like what he says, not what people say about him. but the people talking shit on him cement my belief he’s the right guy.

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      Not true at all, still polling at 5% and will get at least that in the general.

      Not surprised someone who thinks a walking corpse like Fetterman is a better option would be so ignorant.

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        Damn man, he didn’t say you were stupid, he just said he disagreed with you. Don’t need to sling mud for a different opinion.

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          He did insult someone who has likely accomplished 1000x more with his life, Dr. West. So no, I’m not the one slinging mud here.

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            Someone saying a public figure with little experience in politics is doing poorly at their third party run is not mudslinging.

            This is one of the many reasons that third parties aren’t taken seriously. If party members clutch their pearls at critical observations of their candidate, they don’t stand a chance in hell.

            Besides, Greens are anti science sensationalists. Or have they admitted fault yet on being anti nuclear, anti GMO, ambivalent on vaccines, and entertaining pseudoscience like wifi causing cancer? I don’t need Republican lite, grifting populists.

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              Except he does have political experience and had been involved in many campaigns. You just won’t bother to learn or even read his campaign website.

              The greens change like any other party depending on leadership. Go read their website and see that you’re mistaken on those views. Many have changed over time since I first read them over ten years ago.

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                C.1. “The Green Party recognizes that there is no such thing as nuclear waste “disposal.” All six of the “low-level” nuclear waste dumps in the United States have leaked. There are no technological quick fixes that can effectively isolate nuclear waste from the biosphere for the duration of its hazardous life. Therefore, it is essential that generation of additional nuclear wastes be stopped.”

                This is completely and utterly incorrect:

                https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#:~:text=With increased concerns about nuclear,them to more fission products.

                We have had a technology since the 60s that can reprocess nuclear waste back into fuel. The screeching and fear mongering of anti science sensationalists has been a roadblock in developing these on large scale. The policy of the Green Party fucking literally leads to more nuclear waste than we would have otherwise.

                That alone is enough for me to view the Green Party as a bunch of anti science idiots standing in the way of actual progress. But wait, there’s more!

                “The Green Party supports a wide range of health care services, including conventional medicine, as well as the teaching, funding and practice of complementary, integrative and licensed alternative health care approaches.”

                Fucking lmao. What a fucking joke.

                These are the issues I brought up, and the platform on them only confirms to me that Greens should be voted against at every opportunity. It’s a blessing that they’re usually as ineffective as they are impotent.

                So hey, thanks for sharing their website and platform. You’ve convinced me that they’re every bit as insane as I thought, and unless they make significant changes, I need to vote against them at every opportunity.

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                  I have good news for you then:

                  https://www.cornelwest2024.com/

                  Dr. West announced he is running independent so go check out his website.

                  Once again, the Green party, like all parties, change with the leadership.

                  I disagree on those issues and will be supporting the green whenever possible as they are the lesser evil to the Democrats and Republicans.

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                    Bruh 😎 it’s literally people who have a direct personal relationship with West and who have been some of his most outspoken supporters showing how much of a damn fool West is for this campaign.

                    Bro you one dumb buggah. You should just keep your 👄 shut.

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        thinks a walking corpse like Fetterman

        Folks, I give to you the anti reality views of the Green Party in real time!