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BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a></p><p>From Reuters.com: Student loan quagmire frustrates borrowers - and alarms some Trump voters</p><p><a href="https://www.aol.com/news/student-loan-quagmire-frustrates-borrowers-114846466.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aol.com/news/student-loan-quag</span><span class="invisible">mire-frustrates-borrowers-114846466.html</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2146086/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2146086/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> A New Social Security Garnishment Is Set to Begin This Summer — but There Are 2 Legal Ways Most Retirees Can Avoid It <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalStudentLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalStudentLoans</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a></p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> system was created to keep people mired in debt and limit student radicalism, forcing them into viewing education as a career path. The financial system is rigged to keep the rich wealthy and slow or stop <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMobility</span></a> (we rank 27th globally). <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CapitalismKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismKills</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>Social Security payments could shrink as much as 15 % in June, to as low as $750 per month, for some recipients who owe student loans, after the Trump Administration made a rule change.</p><p>An estimated 450K people over age 62 could be affected.</p><p><a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/business/money-report/social-security-checks-may-be-smaller-starting-in-june-for-some-as-student-loan-garnishments-begin/4198404/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcphiladelphia.com/news/busin</span><span class="invisible">ess/money-report/social-security-checks-may-be-smaller-starting-in-june-for-some-as-student-loan-garnishments-begin/4198404/</span></a></p><p>🔗 You can contact the government's Default Resolution Group and pursue several different avenues to get out of default, including enrolling in an income-driven repayment plan.</p><p>"If Social Security is their only income, their payment under those plans would likely be zero," president of non-profit The Institute of <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> Advisors said.<br><a href="https://myeddebt.ed.gov/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">myeddebt.ed.gov/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/StudentLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoans</span></a> </p><p>🔗 Rule change notice: <a href="https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-begin-federal-student-loan-collections-other-actions-help-borrowers-get-back-repayment" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ed.gov/about/news/press-releas</span><span class="invisible">e/us-department-of-education-begin-federal-student-loan-collections-other-actions-help-borrowers-get-back-repayment</span></a></p>
FunGuy2PlayWith<p>Millions of Americans hit with bad credit after missed <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/studentloan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>studentloan</span></a> payments</p><p>The credit score drop is akin to filing for bankruptcy, and some borrowers are finding out when they try to get car loans or rent apartments. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GiftedArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftedArticle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://wapo.st/3ShGEHl" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/3ShGEHl</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> Payment Mess Is About to Get Worse </p><p><a href="https://thedispatch.com/article/student-loan-repayments-resume-garnishment-explained/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedispatch.com/article/studen</span><span class="invisible">t-loan-repayments-resume-garnishment-explained/</span></a></p>
Jeff<p>I, like probably most people, have assumed that student loan debt impacts mostly younger people. And I already knew that lots of people are paying off student loan debt for 10 or 15 years, productive time that they should be spending contributing to the economy and building wealth rather than being strangled by debt.</p><p>It is absurd to think that there are people paying off student loan debt in retirement, having their social security garnished. Yet here we are. <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/student-loans-debt-social-security-67a3a50a90aee3e6dda1ae4428094f97" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/student-loa</span><span class="invisible">ns-debt-social-security-67a3a50a90aee3e6dda1ae4428094f97</span></a></p><p>College and education should be free for all.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/studentloan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>studentloan</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>college</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2055877/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2055877/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> MSU launches loan forgiveness program for aspiring science teachers | MSUToday <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LoanForgiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoanForgiveness</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MichiganStateUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichiganStateUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/msu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msu</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ScienceTeacherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceTeacherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
JamesWNeal<p>If you don't even talk about principal vs. interest, you shouldn't be talking about whether the "loan" still needs to be paid back. If you don't know what the interest rate is, you don't know if a loan is predatory.</p><p>But hey.</p><p>(DOE) U.S. Department of Education to Begin Federal Student Loan Collections, Other Actions to Help Borrowers Get Back into Repayment<br>Collections to Restart May 5th, Struggling Borrowers Urged to Act Now <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/studentloan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>studentloan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/studentdebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>studentdebt</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-begin-federal-student-loan-collections-other-actions-help-borrowers-get-back-repayment" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ed.gov/about/news/press-releas</span><span class="invisible">e/us-department-of-education-begin-federal-student-loan-collections-other-actions-help-borrowers-get-back-repayment</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DebtCollectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebtCollectors</span></a> Are Coming for Your <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Paycheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paycheck</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/student-loan-default-delinquent-forced-collection.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecut.com/article/student-loa</span><span class="invisible">n-default-delinquent-forced-collection.html</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> Propose Major Cuts to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PellGrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PellGrant</span></a> Programs </p><p><a href="https://www.nclc.org/house-republicans-propose-major-cuts-to-student-loan-and-pell-grant-programs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nclc.org/house-republicans-pro</span><span class="invisible">pose-major-cuts-to-student-loan-and-pell-grant-programs/</span></a></p>
Heretical_i<p>This has ALWAYS been the case. Why bring it up now?</p><p>To feed your <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/TrumpDerangemenSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDerangemenSyndrome</span></a>. It requires Recency Effect refreshing to keep you in 😱FEAR😱, because <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/FEAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEAR</span></a> sells copy and increases ad revenue. That's why. <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is a <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/msm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msm</span></a> jackpot.</p><p>"<a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> borrowers in default face garnished wages, <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> Department says"</p><p>Ps The Edu Dept is headed(sic) by a woman who groaned in Hulk Hogan, the wrestler's, ear "I love feeling your BIG cock inside me" as hubby watched<br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-loan-debt-default-garnished-wages-payments-education-department" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/student-loan-</span><span class="invisible">debt-default-garnished-wages-payments-education-department</span></a></p>
Bruce Mirken<p>"As it’s torn through Washington’s bureaucracy, the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration has taken major steps to gut oversight of federal <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> servicers, raising questions about who will protect borrowers from errors by the massive government contractors that collect their monthly payments." <br><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-trump-has-wiped-out-the-teams-that-protect-student-borrowers-173450503.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">finance.yahoo.com/news/how-tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-has-wiped-out-the-teams-that-protect-student-borrowers-173450503.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In a social media post, Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PattyMurray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PattyMurray</span></a>, D-WA, called the potential changes "a clear violation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appropriations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appropriations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>."</p><p>The Education Dept has a dedicated Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialEducation</span></a> &amp; Rehabilitative Services, &amp;, as w/the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> portfolio, it's unclear how these collective responsibilities on behalf of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a> could be moved legally w/o a vote of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Multiple sources at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSA</span></a> who could not speak publicly for fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> said they were blindsided by the news.</p><p>Logistical challenges aside, the role of the office of Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Student</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aid</span></a> as the administrator of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> portfolio is protected by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>. It's not clear how these responsibilities could be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legally</span></a> moved w/o a vote of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>. [not that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> cares]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said he would move <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoans</span></a> "out of the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> immediately" &amp; that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KellyLoeffler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KellyLoeffler</span></a> &amp; her staff are "all set for it. They're waiting for it. It'll be serviced much better than it has in the past. It's been a mess."</p><p>~8M federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> borrowers are in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> limbo, not making loan payments, as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>-era repayment plans were frozen by a judge for being *potentially* illegal. Borrowers also can't currently enroll in the govt's income-driven repayment plans….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> portfolio — which includes about $1.6T in loans for ~43M borrowers — is currently overseen by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> Dept's office of Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Student</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aid</span></a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSA</span></a>). That office has been gutted by the recent raft of buyouts, early retirements &amp; last week's broad reduction-in-force [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIF</span></a>].</p><p>It was not clear, based on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s announcement, how or if the remaining employees &amp; expertise at FSA would be transferred to the SBA.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Student loans, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialEducation</span></a> to move out of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> Dept</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> continued his push to unwind the US Dept of Education, announcing that the management of the entire federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> portfolio &amp; of the dept's "special needs" programs would be moved to other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> immediately.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5336330/trump-education-department-student-loans-special-education-fsa" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-53363</span><span class="invisible">30/trump-education-department-student-loans-special-education-fsa</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1929497/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1929497/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump signs order to eliminate Department of Education ‘once and for all’ <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PellGrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PellGrants</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a> sue <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin for stopping affordable <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> repayment plans</p><p>The American Federation of Teachers represents 1.8 million educators. </p><p>By Leah Sarnoff, March 19, 2025</p><p>"One of America's largest unions is taking aim at President Donald Trump's administration for shutting down access to affordable student loan repayment plans -- saying the decision is 'effectively breaking' the system.</p><p>"The American Federation of Teachers (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFT</span></a>), representing 1.8 million educators across the country, filed a lawsuit against the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> in Washington, D.C., hoping to restore the programs that have now been shuttered for three weeks.</p><p>"The filing alleges the administration halting the application process for all Income-Driven Repayment (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDR</span></a>) plans and ordering student loan servicers to stop all processing violates <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalLaw</span></a>.</p><p>"AFT sued the United States Department of Education (ED) for effectively breaking the student loan system, denying borrowers' access to affordable loan payments and blocking progress towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PSLF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PSLF</span></a>), in violation of federal law,' the union said in a statement Wednesday."</p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/teachers-sue-trump-admin-stopping-affordable-student-loan/story?id=119965907" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/teache</span><span class="invisible">rs-sue-trump-admin-stopping-affordable-student-loan/story?id=119965907</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>