Biden Admin’s New Student Loan Plan To Include Zero-Dollar Payments For Millions

The Biden administration is planning to use a generous income-driven repayment plan as its main method of easing student loan debt following the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that blocked the administration’s plan to grant student loan forgiveness to nearly 40 million Americans.....MORE

SUBPOENAS: AOC knows how to reign in the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court proved once again this week that its conservative majority has been compromised by outside interests funded by billionaires. And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is leading the calls for immediate accountability after SCOTUS made some supremely awful decisions this week.....MORE

Which GOP presidential candidates will qualify for the debate stage?

Creator: Greg Nash

The contest for the Republican presidential nomination is fully underway, with all eyes turning to the first debate on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee to see who qualifies.

To make the debate stage, candidates must meet a number of criteria set by the Republican National Committee (RNC).

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Buttigieg slams DeSantis over video on Trump’s LGBTQ record: ‘Who are you trying to help?’

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (D) on Sunday knocked Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-Fla.) campaign after it shared a controversial video that attacked former President Trump, the Florida governor’s fellow 2024 contender, for his previous comments on LGBTQ rights.....MORE

Rise Up for Peace Community Healing and Gun Violence Interruption

Event by Bridget Killebrew and Moms Demand Action

RAGAN PARK, TAMPA

Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 12 PM – 4 PM

Free family friendly event hosted by our community partners Rise Up for Peace! Wear your Moms Demand shirt and join Rise Up for Peace as they highlight the benches dedicated to the local families who have lost a loved one killed by gun violence. Please bring school supplies and backpacks to kick off their Back to School Drive!

Event Page HERE

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Off The Rails: DeSantis goes nuclear on Trump with vicious new ad campaign

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s team put out an anti-LGBTQ attack ad targeting Donald Trump that has moderates on Twitter exploding and some just dazed at the bizarre, otherworldly nature of the video.....MORE

Maxwell Frost says Congress must protect Floridians’ constitutional rights

At his first general town hall, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost said the federal government must better protect Floridians’ constitutional rights.....MORE

Ocasio-Cortez warns of ‘dangerous authoritarian expansion of power’ in Supreme Court

“The courts, if they were to proceed without any check on their power, without any balance on their power, then we will start to see an undemocratic and, frankly, dangerous authoritarian expansion of power in the Supreme Court.”....MORE

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Demonstrations in Tampa Bay area held as Florida's new laws take effect Saturday

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New law cracking down on immigration in FL takes effect July 1

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GOP Group Claims Desperate DeSantis Is PAYING His Supporters

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New GREEN LIGHT UFO Spotted In Ohio As Alien Reports CONFIRMED By Senators

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Frost Lays The Smackdown On The House Floor

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‘Dead kids can’t read’: FL Dem blasts GOP for supporting guns and banning books

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BACKWARDS: Supreme Court legalizes discrimination against LGBTQ+ people

As of today, so long as one can make a creative argument that they’re discriminating against LGBTQ+ individuals or couples based on free speech and “sincere” religious beliefs, they’re free to discriminate away.....MORE