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What We’re Reading: Student Loan Fiasco, EV Mandate, Unity Update … And More

I & I Editorial Board
August 29, 2022

Student Bailout

Biden Loan Cancellation Could Cost More Than $1,000,000,000,000, Says Penn Wharton Budget Model — Washington Free Beacon

Yikes! Yellen and Jill Biden advised him not to cancel student loan debt, but Joe listened to someone else — Hot Air

Student loan relief will increase inflation, wipe out Inflation Reduction Act benefits — Straight Arrow News

White House faces legal questions with student loan forgiveness plan — The Hill

Karine Jean-Pierre Stumped by Fox News Reporter’s Question on Legal Basis For Biden to ‘Cancel’ Student Loan Debt (VIDEO) — Gateway Pundit

Here was Joe Biden’s answer when asked if his student loan plan is unfair to those that paid them off — Not the Bee

Fiscal ‘Responsibility’

Federal Debt Has Now Climbed $3 Trillion Under Biden — CNS News

WH Spokeswoman: ‘The President’s Record on Fiscal Responsibility Is Second to–to None’ — CNS News

TDS

That Mushroom Cloud You See Is Another Trump Media Narrative Exploding Before Your Eyes — PJ Media

Big Tech

Zuckerberg: Facebook Suppressed Biden Laptop Scandal After FBI Visit — Washington Examiner

TIPP Poll: 8 in 10 Say Laptop Cover-Up Affected Election – Newsmax

Unity Update

NY Governor tells 5.4 million Republicans to leave the state — Hot Air

Biden likens Trump supporters to fascists after promising to unite country — Just the News

EV Mandate

The Biden Administration Handed One State The Power To Mandate EVs Nationwide — Daily Caller

Washington state follows California in banning sale of new gasoline cars by 2035 — Just the News

Economy

More Americans Are Turning to Side Hustles as Inflation Soars — CBS News

Powell dampens Biden’s rosy view of an improving economy — Washington Times

Misc

WATCH: Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week Vol. 8 — Washington Free Beacon

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Sees Carbon Dioxide in an Exoplanet Atmosphere — CNET

L.A. citizens are about to vote on a measure that would force hotels to house homeless people in vacant rooms and the advocates say if you oppose this you’re a Jim Crow racist — Not the Bee

Germany Laments: Russia Burning ‘Vast Amounts’ of Gas While Cutting Supply to Europe — Legal Insurrection

Giant Idaho wind project encounters stiff local resistance — CFACT

The Compelling Case to Supply Ukraine With Weapons to Resist Putin — Red State

Humor

Biden clarifies that student loan forgiveness will only be for people with completely worthless degrees like ‘Gender Studies’ — Genesuis Times

FBI Instructs Facebook To Censor Posts About The FBI Instructing Facebook To Censor Posts About Hunter’s Laptop — Babylon Bee

Seattle Man Found With 8 lbs. Of Heroin In Plastic Bag, Arrested For Possession Of Plastic Bag — Glorious American

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