Hey Supreme Court The Heroes Act of 2003 is already being implemented in widest possible way!

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Wednesday March 01, 2023 · 10:29 AM PST

2023/03/01 · 10:29

Honestly I am not sure why none of the lawyers brought this up during the hearing yesterday but

The Heroes Act of 2003 is the same laws that was invoked by Trump during Covid to pause Student Loans. Every single Student Loan the largest and widest possible implementation of the laws was paused. This Pause has happened for 3 years!

When Trump did this , not one Republican raised a stink when this happened not one Republican AG sued to prevent the pause from being implemented.

The Heroes Act of 2003 laws states “the Dept of Ed can".. waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to” federal student loan programs if the Secretary “deems” such actions “necessary to ensure that” certain statutory objectives are achieved.

So if pausing these loans considered ok by EVERYONE , then s cancelling the loans also should be deemed legal.

If the court does reverse Biden's executive order- wouldn't that make Trump's action also unconstitutional ?

If this is the case then loans servicing would have to begin immediately and any previous interest payments be paid by borrowers.

Shhhhh Medicare expansion is Hugely Consequential

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Wednesday July 14, 2021 · 10:11 AM PDT

2021/07/14 · 10:11

Many on the left are disappointed in Medicare expansion for 60-65. Choosing 60 years old is an arbitrary number. . The fact that it is an expansion and not a buy-in is hugely consequential, for the first time in the history of Medicare, the program is being expanded to include other age groups.

The dirty secret of a 55 -65 Medicare buy-in is that Medicare insurance would have been expensive for most and therefore not affordable to most 55- 65 years old. Dropping the age is a miracle for many in the 60 -65 year age group.

In addition, there are huge unintended consequences from this Medicare expansion — adding younger healthier people into Medicare will make the per-person cost of Medicare go down. Moving older workers into Medicare will lower the cost of Employer offered health insurance and ACA Marketplace insurance.

In addition, the employer’s cost of having older workers will suddenly go down a lot which might slow down the ageism that affects many industries

But make no mistake, this is a BFD.

UPDATE — wrote this diary very quickly sorry for the errors — now corrected

Biden speaks up for union organizing at Amazon warehouse in Alabama

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Sunday February 28, 2021 · 6:06 PM PST

2021/02/28 · 18:06

I have never seen a President in my lifetime stand up for Unions like this

Workers in Alabama – and all across America – are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It’s a vitally important choice – one that should be made without intimidation or threats by employers.

Every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union. pic.twitter.com/2lzbyyii1g
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 1, 2021

Remember this! 2016: Trump 304 Electoral Votes , 2020: Biden 306 Electoral Votes

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Thursday January 07, 2021 · 5:49 AM PST

2021/01/07 · 05:49

Please point this out to every Trumpster — Biden’s victory was in fact GREATER than Trump’s

Decision Deck calls Arizona for Biden

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Wednesday November 11, 2020 · 8:11 PM PST

2020/11/11 · 20:11

Trump and family quoted Decision Desk’s called of Alaska today . Well Decision Desk just called Arizona for Biden

Decision Desk HQ Projects Biden (D) Has Won The State Of AZ And Its 11 Electoral Votes

Race Called At 10:29 PM EST

All Results: https://t.co/7CxbLsQ3gY
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 12, 2020

Decision Deck has Called Election for Biden! Congrats to Biden 46th President of USA

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Friday November 06, 2020 · 6:35 AM PST

2020/11/06 · 06:35

Decision Desk HQ projects that @JoeBiden has won Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral college votes for a total of 273.

Joe Biden has been elected the 46th President of the United States of America.

Race called at 11-06 08:50 AM EST

All Results: https://t.co/BgcQsEyt3j
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 6, 2020

Even Nate Silver agrees with this call

Good for them. The outcome has been apparent for a while. No reason other sources shouldn't follow. There's some doubt about the outcome of Georgia and Arizona, still, but Biden doesn't need those states to be elected. https://t.co/aL9359i9V8
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 6, 2020

Miami Dade Post Office filled with mailed in ballots

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Friday October 30, 2020 · 10:04 AM PDT

2020/10/30 · 10:04

Sorry short diary but these seems like a red alarm !! Where is Democratic Party ?

Raw footage of mailroom in post office here in Miami Dade. Source revealed “mail in ballots are within these piled up in bins on the floor. Mail has been sitting for over week!.” @AmandiOnAir @PeterSchorschFL @MarcACaputo @GlennaWPLG @CNNPolitics @NewsbySmiley @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/DO8jx1VUnz
— Dem House Leader (@kionnemcghee) October 30, 2020

McConnell Ready to Shiv Trump and Salt The Earth for Biden

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Thursday October 15, 2020 · 4:47 PM PDT

2020/10/15 · 16:47

Many on the left were up in arms because Pelosi would not take the crappy deal that Republicans were offering . Nancy knew tha she was negotiating with someone in bad faith who is a snake

And now three weeks before election McConnell is done with his useful Orange idiot and is ready to put the shiv into the back of Trump.

McConnell Won’t Support $1.8 Trillion White House Stimulus Bill—Even If Pelosi And Trump Make A Deal

It is obvious McConnell wants to leave as much as a disaster as possible for Biden and Democrats . After 4 years the deficit peacocks will wake up from their slumber

My god Kentucky please get give us a miracle and get this evil man out of Government

Democrats Need To Call For Trump To Withdraw From Race

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Saturday October 03, 2020 · 7:47 AM PDT

2020/10/03 · 07:47

Trump is 74 years old , morbidly obese and now in the hostipal where he has taken a large doses of an experimental drug and is already on remdesivir.

In Trump's age group, CDC data shows that about 64.7 percent of Covid-19 patients with underlying health conditions have required hospitalization, and 31.7 percent have died.

If this was reverse and Biden was in the hospital now for Covid , You damn well know that Trump , Republicans and Fox News would be SCREAMING for Biden to drop out of the race as he is unfit for Presidency.

If Trump does come out of this quickly ,Trump will gain sympathy from the public then the right wing spin will be how strong Trump .

Also if Democrats start the message that Trump should withdraw from race now if the 25th Amendment is invoked in some time in the near future the message can change to TRUMP MUST RESIGN NOW.

Case in Point: Ronald Reagan was veryunpopular in the early part of his administration as his economic ideas did not bring US out of recession but when Reagan was shot and bounced back shrugging off the assassination attempt with humor , this is fulcrum event that reset his Presidency and made Reagan’s popularity rebound and lead him to electoral landside.

Democrats need to get ahead of this by DEMANDING TRUMP WITHDRAW FROM THE RACE.

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Sunday September 27, 2020 · 8:31 AM PDT

2020/09/27 · 08:31

Trump is demanding Biden take a drug test before the debate .Trump wants Biden to dismiss this idea as stupid (which it is ) . But This outlandish claim is merely to reinforce the idea that Biden no longer has the mental capacities to be President.

Trump is the king of projections there are rumors for years that Trump snorts Adderall . Biden should accept the drug test before the debate only if Trump takes a drug test as well.

Why Republicans are not in a rush for next Stimulus

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Saturday August 08, 2020 · 6:49 AM PDT

2020/08/08 · 06:49

In the last 12 months the Fed has injected the equivalent of nearly $10,000 per US citizen into financial markets.
And Congress is squabbling about $600 in unemployment checks.
— Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) August 7, 2020

Trump Golfing Today

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Saturday May 23, 2020 · 9:47 AM PDT

2020/05/23 · 09:47

Approaching 100K dead from Pandemic …. and Trump out golfing

November can not get here soon enough

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