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[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

he barely danced because he knows he'd bust his ass trying.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Aww, no virtual hand-job boogying?!

[–] griD@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Because "Information Age" misses a prefix, simple as.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

It's close because humans are stupid

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'll keep investing in K-12 education

The bulk of elementary education funding comes from the states. So this doesn't mean much in practice.

One place where a federal official (like the President) would be able to help out immensely is by immediately cancelling some (or, fuck it, all) of the outstanding federally held student loan debt. This could be accomplished via the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROES) Act of 2003, which authorizes the secretary of the DOE to “waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to” the Title IV loan programs “as the Secretary deems necessary” to ensure that individuals adversely affected by a Presidentially declared national emergency “are not placed in a worse position financially.”

A number of Presidential contenders promised just this back in 2020 (Warren, Sanders, even Biden himself). Sadly, Harris hedged on this pledge even back then and has not made any attempt to renew it now.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The bulk of student loans is held by private entities

This response seems like it’s missing the last few years: you’re aware that Biden’s administration has gone through multiple attempts of exactly this, right? Mostly struck down by courts as exceeding his authority.

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[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

45% of American voters will vote for Trump even if every accusation against him is true. 45% of American voters will vote for Harris even if every accusation against her is true.

It stopped being about issues decades ago. It's about ideologies.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's actually more like 45% of American voters will vote for Trump if every accusation against him is true, so he can say and do whatever bullshit he wants, and 45% of American voters wouldn't vote for Harris even if every accusation against her was true, so she has to keep her promises in line with reality. You have the portion of society that is gamed by the system, and the portion of society that is aware, and those that are aware are much harder to please.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Inertia. Mostly.

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Guys k-12 education is literally Zionist and grade 8 genocided grade 9.

You're just a Zionist if you support expanding k-12 education.

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