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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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[-] NotBillMurray@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

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

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee -5 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

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

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

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

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

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don’t see Biden stepping aside, but I also don’t see more people voting for Trump in 2024 than they did in 2020 with all these court cases. Regardless we will have primaries next spring to figure it out.

Also: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna103907

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Regardless we will have primaries next spring to figure it out.

I hope you are correct on all fronts.

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