#ideological — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps. "'Palantir’s "manifesto" sounds like the ramblings of a #supervillain,' said Victoria Collins, a #LiberalDemocrat MP. 'A #company that has such naked #ideological motivations & lack of #respect for #democratic #ruleoflaw should be nowhere near our #public #services.'" Amen to that! Stuff #Palantir! Down with #AlexKarp & his #technological #fascism!
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps. "'Palantir’s "manifesto" sounds like the ramblings of a #supervillain,' said Victoria Collins, a #LiberalDemocrat MP. 'A #company that has such naked #ideological motivations & lack of #respect for #democratic #ruleoflaw should be nowhere near our #public #services.'" Amen to that! Stuff #Palantir! Down with #AlexKarp & his #technological #fascism!
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps. "'Palantir’s "manifesto" sounds like the ramblings of a #supervillain,' said Victoria Collins, a #LiberalDemocrat MP. 'A #company that has such naked #ideological motivations & lack of #respect for #democratic #ruleoflaw should be nowhere near our #public #services.'" Amen to that! Stuff #Palantir! Down with #AlexKarp & his #technological #fascism!
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps. "'Palantir’s "manifesto" sounds like the ramblings of a #supervillain,' said Victoria Collins, a #LiberalDemocrat MP. 'A #company that has such naked #ideological motivations & lack of #respect for #democratic #ruleoflaw should be nowhere near our #public #services.'" Amen to that! Stuff #Palantir! Down with #AlexKarp & his #technological #fascism!
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps. "'Palantir’s "manifesto" sounds like the ramblings of a #supervillain,' said Victoria Collins, a #LiberalDemocrat MP. 'A #company that has such naked #ideological motivations & lack of #respect for #democratic #ruleoflaw should be nowhere near our #public #services.'" Amen to that! Stuff #Palantir! Down with #AlexKarp & his #technological #fascism!
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Time for #ideological - #ceremonial #Wari #Peruvian hairless #dog
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/15/first-evidence-peru-hairless-dogs/
For more on #canid #evolution in #SouthAmerica and #Darwin see here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/07/14/darwins-fox-and-south-americas-unique-canine-evolutionary-laboratory/
Not to mention #Fuegian dog my take here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/07/28/darwin-and-mystery-of-the-fuegian-dog/ #wildlife #foxes #science #patagonia -
Time for #ideological - #ceremonial #Wari #Peruvian hairless #dog
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/15/first-evidence-peru-hairless-dogs/
For more on #canid #evolution in #SouthAmerica and #Darwin see here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/07/14/darwins-fox-and-south-americas-unique-canine-evolutionary-laboratory/
Not to mention #Fuegian dog my take here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/07/28/darwin-and-mystery-of-the-fuegian-dog/ #wildlife #foxes #science #patagonia -
Time for #ideological - #ceremonial #Wari #Peruvian hairless #dog
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/15/first-evidence-peru-hairless-dogs/
For more on #canid #evolution in #SouthAmerica and #Darwin see here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/07/14/darwins-fox-and-south-americas-unique-canine-evolutionary-laboratory/
Not to mention #Fuegian dog my take here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/07/28/darwin-and-mystery-of-the-fuegian-dog/ #wildlife #foxes #science #patagonia -
Time for #ideological - #ceremonial #Wari #Peruvian hairless #dog
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/15/first-evidence-peru-hairless-dogs/
For more on #canid #evolution in #SouthAmerica and #Darwin see here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/07/14/darwins-fox-and-south-americas-unique-canine-evolutionary-laboratory/
Not to mention #Fuegian dog my take here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/07/28/darwin-and-mystery-of-the-fuegian-dog/ #wildlife #foxes #science #patagonia -
Time for #ideological - #ceremonial #Wari #Peruvian hairless #dog
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/15/first-evidence-peru-hairless-dogs/
For more on #canid #evolution in #SouthAmerica and #Darwin see here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/07/14/darwins-fox-and-south-americas-unique-canine-evolutionary-laboratory/
Not to mention #Fuegian dog my take here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/07/28/darwin-and-mystery-of-the-fuegian-dog/ #wildlife #foxes #science #patagonia -
“While many acts of #terror can be attributed to #religious or #ideological #extremism, we are increasingly seeing #massmurder motivated by a set of incoherent and contradictory beliefs; by outright #nihilism; or by seemingly nothing at all.” www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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This truly IS the most #racist, #corrupt, #ideological, morally bankrupt presidency in American History.
Period.
#OrangeHitler #TheSwamp
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/noem-s-coarse-tweet-comes-back-to-bite-her-in-blistering-ruling-on-protections-for-haitians-2484987459821 -
Israel on Tuesday said it had
💥suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations,
including "Doctors Without Borders" and CARE,
from operating in the Gaza Strip
for failing to comply with new registration rules.Israel says the rules are aimed at preventing Hamas and other militant groups from infiltrating the aid organizations.
But the organizations say the rules are arbitrary and warned that the new ban would harm a civilian population desperately in need of humanitarian aid.Israel has claimed throughout the war that Hamas was siphoning off aid supplies -- a charge the U.N. and aid groups have denied.
New rules, announced by Israel early this year, require aid organizations to register the names of their workers and provide details about funding and operations in order to continue working in Gaza.
The new regulations included #ideological #requirements
— including disqualifying organizations that have
called for boycotts against Israel,
denied the Oct. 7 attack
or expressed support for any of the international court cases against Israeli soldiers or leaders.Israel’s "Ministry of Diaspora Affairs" said
🆘 more than 30 groups
— about 15% of the organizations operating in Gaza
— had failed to comply
and that their operations would be suspended.It also said that Doctors Without Borders,
one of the biggest and best-known groups in Gaza,
had failed to respond to Israeli claims that some of its workers were affiliated with Hamas or Islamic Jihad.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-ceasefire-war-news-286106d7a5a911704cdcf1c93248e502 -
https://authoritarian-stack.info/
"Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc [#tech #fascists] is building the #infrastructure of #control—#clouds, #AI, #finance, #drones, #satellites—an integrated system we call the #Authoritarian #Stack. It is faster, #ideological, and fully #privatized: a regime where #corporate #boards, not public law, set the rules.
Our investigation shows how these firms now operate as #state-like powers—writing the #rules, winning the tenders, and exporting their model to Europe, where it poses a direct challenge to democratic governance"
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https://authoritarian-stack.info/
"Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc [#tech #fascists] is building the #infrastructure of #control—#clouds, #AI, #finance, #drones, #satellites—an integrated system we call the #Authoritarian #Stack. It is faster, #ideological, and fully #privatized: a regime where #corporate #boards, not public law, set the rules.
Our investigation shows how these firms now operate as #state-like powers—writing the #rules, winning the tenders, and exporting their model to Europe, where it poses a direct challenge to democratic governance"
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https://authoritarian-stack.info/
"Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc [#tech #fascists] is building the #infrastructure of #control—#clouds, #AI, #finance, #drones, #satellites—an integrated system we call the #Authoritarian #Stack. It is faster, #ideological, and fully #privatized: a regime where #corporate #boards, not public law, set the rules.
Our investigation shows how these firms now operate as #state-like powers—writing the #rules, winning the tenders, and exporting their model to Europe, where it poses a direct challenge to democratic governance"
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https://authoritarian-stack.info/
"Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc [#tech #fascists] is building the #infrastructure of #control—#clouds, #AI, #finance, #drones, #satellites—an integrated system we call the #Authoritarian #Stack. It is faster, #ideological, and fully #privatized: a regime where #corporate #boards, not public law, set the rules.
Our investigation shows how these firms now operate as #state-like powers—writing the #rules, winning the tenders, and exporting their model to Europe, where it poses a direct challenge to democratic governance"
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there is no need to “#defend” #God through empty apologism or #ideological battle. there is, however, a need to feed the hungry God. to clothe the naked God. to care for the imprisoned God. to comfort the sickly God. and to welcome the foreign God.
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#Trump Keeps Winning at the #SupremeCourt. There Are Two Convincing #Theories Why. https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fslate.com%2Fnews-and-politics%2F2025%2F10%2Ftrump-winning-supreme-court-theories-john-roberts.html #Republican# justices have very strong #ideological commitment to very very powerful #presidency. That’s what this unitary executive theory that they’re all in love with is all about. So maybe they’re doing it just because they R on board 2 it. I think there is another more cynical explanation 4 what they r doing which is that they might think that Trump’s politics may not be sustainable.
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the #trumanshow is a #movie about escaping the #ideological #indoctrination of #american imperial suburban chauvinism and absconding with your lover to join the people's liberation army
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the #trumanshow is a #movie about escaping the #ideological #indoctrination of #american imperial suburban chauvinism and absconding with your lover to join the people's liberation army
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For a summary of recent SCOTUS back-stabbings🔪, see this list from the Guardian:
“…like Congress, the Republican majority on the supreme court has lined up behind most of the president’s sweeping assertions of novel powers. [novel ~ kind of like Corona virus]
- The supreme court has #blocked lower federal court #rulings that had reined in the president’s #authority to withhold #medical research #grants for #ideological reasons.
- It has allowed the executive branch to deploy roving [masked] immigration #patrols to engage in racial #profiling
- to expel noncitizens to countries on the brink of civil wars where they could face #torture trafficking or death;
- to fire ‘non-regime-friendly’ officials (in #violation of federal law);
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For a summary of recent SCOTUS back-stabbings🔪, see this list from the Guardian:
“…like Congress, the Republican majority on the supreme court has lined up behind most of the president’s sweeping assertions of novel powers. [novel ~ kind of like Corona virus]
- The supreme court has #blocked lower federal court #rulings that had reined in the president’s #authority to withhold #medical research #grants for #ideological reasons.
- It has allowed the executive branch to deploy roving [masked] immigration #patrols to engage in racial #profiling
- to expel noncitizens to countries on the brink of civil wars where they could face #torture trafficking or death;
- to fire ‘non-regime-friendly’ officials (in #violation of federal law);
- to #dismantle entire departments and more.” -
For a summary of recent SCOTUS back-stabbings🔪, see this list from the Guardian:
“…like Congress, the Republican majority on the supreme court has lined up behind most of the president’s sweeping assertions of novel powers. [novel ~ kind of like Corona virus]
- The supreme court has #blocked lower federal court #rulings that had reined in the president’s #authority to withhold #medical research #grants for #ideological reasons.
- It has allowed the executive branch to deploy roving [masked] immigration #patrols to engage in racial #profiling
- to expel noncitizens to countries on the brink of civil wars where they could face #torture trafficking or death;
- to fire ‘non-regime-friendly’ officials (in #violation of federal law);
- to #dismantle entire departments and more.” -
For a summary of recent SCOTUS back-stabbings🔪, see this list from the Guardian:
“…like Congress, the Republican majority on the supreme court has lined up behind most of the president’s sweeping assertions of novel powers. [novel ~ kind of like Corona virus]
- The supreme court has #blocked lower federal court #rulings that had reined in the president’s #authority to withhold #medical research #grants for #ideological reasons.
- It has allowed the executive branch to deploy roving [masked] immigration #patrols to engage in racial #profiling
- to expel noncitizens to countries on the brink of civil wars where they could face #torture trafficking or death;
- to fire ‘non-regime-friendly’ officials (in #violation of federal law);
- to #dismantle entire departments and more.” -
For a summary of recent SCOTUS back-stabbings🔪, see this list from the Guardian:
“…like Congress, the Republican majority on the supreme court has lined up behind most of the president’s sweeping assertions of novel powers. [novel ~ kind of like Corona virus]
- The supreme court has #blocked lower federal court #rulings that had reined in the president’s #authority to withhold #medical research #grants for #ideological reasons.
- It has allowed the executive branch to deploy roving [masked] immigration #patrols to engage in racial #profiling
- to expel noncitizens to countries on the brink of civil wars where they could face #torture trafficking or death;
- to fire ‘non-regime-friendly’ officials (in #violation of federal law);
- to #dismantle entire departments and more.” -
'The End of History and the Last Man is a 1992 book of #political #philosophy by American political scientist #FrancisFukuyama which argues that with the ascendancy of Western #liberal #democracy... humanity has reached "not just... the passing of a particular period of post-war #history, but the end of history as such: That is, the end-point of mankind's #ideological #evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy"'
LOL
Francis Fukayama: master #troll
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man
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#CfP THE IMAGINATIVE LANDSCAPE OF AI – VISIONS, POSITIONS, CONFLICTS
❓ What are the #future #visions and #imaginaries of #communications, #society, and social change in diverse #global contexts in relation to #AI, #AGI and #ComAI?
❓ Which novel #ideological positions have emerged around the specific #affordances and #dilemmas of AI?
📣 We are looking for submissions for a Special Section of the International Journal of Communication addressing questions like these:
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
5 days of diplomacy, 5 days of deadly Russian attacks on Ukraine — Russia is turning occupied Ukraine into a giant military base — Today’s drone strike sparks blaze at oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov Oblast — [vlog/video] The ground drone revolution in Ukraine (Robots are Here) … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-21-2025/
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
5 days of diplomacy, 5 days of deadly Russian attacks on Ukraine — Russia is turning occupied Ukraine into a giant military base — Today’s drone strike sparks blaze at oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov Oblast — [vlog/video] The ground drone revolution in Ukraine (Robots are Here) … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-21-2025/
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
5 days of diplomacy, 5 days of deadly Russian attacks on Ukraine — Russia is turning occupied Ukraine into a giant military base — Today’s drone strike sparks blaze at oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov Oblast — [vlog/video] The ground drone revolution in Ukraine (Robots are Here) … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-21-2025/
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
5 days of diplomacy, 5 days of deadly Russian attacks on Ukraine — Russia is turning occupied Ukraine into a giant military base — Today’s drone strike sparks blaze at oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov Oblast — [vlog/video] The ground drone revolution in Ukraine (Robots are Here) … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-21-2025/
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
5 days of diplomacy, 5 days of deadly Russian attacks on Ukraine — Russia is turning occupied Ukraine into a giant military base — Today’s drone strike sparks blaze at oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov Oblast — [vlog/video] The ground drone revolution in Ukraine (Robots are Here) … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-21-2025/
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President Trump’s War on “Woke AI” Is a #CivilLiberties Nightmare
A new executive order called “Preventing #WokeAI in the Federal Government,” released alongside the #AIActionPlan , seeks to strong-arm #AI companies into modifying their models to conform with the #Trump Administration’s #ideological agenda.
#artificialintelligence #rights #eo #executiveorderhttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/president-trumps-war-woke-ai-civil-liberties-nightmare
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Good to see an organized response to the RFKJr idiocy. #MAHA is to #PublicHealth what #MAGA is to good #governance. Both absurd #ideological responses fail to address the root causes for problems we face. But both excellent at #blaming_THEM for problems, while aggravating the real problems.
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Trump’s Anti-Bias #AI Order Is Just More #Bias
The #Trump administration says it wants AI models free from #ideological bias, as it pressures their developers to reflect the president’s worldview.
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-ai-order-bias-openai-google/
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The actions come as #Trump & his top aides seek to bend #academic institutions to their #ideological beliefs. The #State Dept’s public *diplomacy* office is run by #DarrenBeattie, a political appointee who was fired from a job during the first Trump admin after he gave a talk at a #WhiteNationalist conference. He has made social media posts on white grievances, including one saying “competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work.”…
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The #disinformation also added to the confusion over what exactly was happening on the streets, which was portrayed in digital & #SocialMedia [& #RightWing *news* #media] through starkly divergent #ideological lenses. Many posts created the false impression that the entire city was engulfed in violence, when the few clashes were limited to only very small parts.
#MediaLiteracy #moderation #TrumpLies #Trump #propaganda #LosAngeles #LAprotests #immigration #protests
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The #legislation, which could change in the #Senate, would raise #taxes on #universities like #Harvard, as well as on #immigrants & on companies based in countries w/taxes the #Trump admin deems unfair. Owners of major #sports franchises, a group Trump repeatedly tried & failed to join, would also see a tax increase.
“If you’re an #ideological friend of Trump,
you’re in generally good shape. If you’re an ideological foe, you pay more,”said William Gale, a co-dir of the Tax Policy Center. -
I really think that we should upgrade our discussions on #OpenAccess in #Latinamerica.
Most of perspectives are #ideological and do not have practical issues for editors. Neither consider financial issues and efficiency analysis.
I do have my own biases and I'm on the minority side. But we should have a better community
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"That one man could accumulate such a fortune, much less be willing to spend it on a company for #ideological or #personal reasons, was a testament to the world's widening wealth #inequality. This simply wasn't what the elite did with their money. To buy and operate a global corporation for one's own pleasure was unheard of. Musk was breaking the rules of what it meant to be rich."
#CharacterLimit - How #ElonMusk destroyed #Twitter - "Bring that Cattle" Chapter - PP. 139
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“They opened up Grand Staircase under the previous [#Trump] administration & the #coal market did not rush in, the #oil & #gas market did not rush in, nobody rushed in,” said Tracy Stone-Manning, who led #Interior’s Bureau of #Land Management under #Biden. “There are plenty of #minerals elsewhere. This is about an #ideological battle.”
#SacredLand #conservation #habitats #ecosystems #wildlife #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalLaw #law
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I want to read the #book The #Ideological #Brain, by #neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod: https://tinyurl.com/2nxpbjkv. Here's an interview of her by The New York Times: https://tinyurl.com/4wc6xdyc
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#Ideology May Not Be What You Think but How You’re Wired
In her new book, “The #Ideological Brain,” the #neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod outlines what makes some people prone to rigid #thinking.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/science/ideology-neuroscience-politics-zmigord.html
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If this doesn't get folks out onto the streets, I don't know what will! #StudentLoans are a HUGE burden that hangs over a lot of peoples' heads -- and #IncomeDrivenRepayment programs are the only thing keeping them from not being able to make ends meet and / or having their #credit ruined! And taxes on scholarships? Seems the #FascistGrooveThing wants to #SilenceDissent by providing barriers against an #EducatedVoter!
House Republicans mull taxes on scholarships and changes to student loan programs
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY
Updated 11:51 PM EST, February 8, 2025"As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college #scholarships, an end to #StudentLoan #repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.
"The ideas affecting #HigherEducation are among many in circulation among House committees that are exploring ways to cover the cost of extending and expanding tax cuts passed in President Donald Trump’s first term.
"The recommendations are still evolving, and it’s unclear how close any of them will get to being implemented. Regardless, advocates across higher education say they are alarmed to see such proposals gain traction at all with Republicans.
"'It’s shocking to me because this amount of cuts is not happening in reaction to like a budget crisis, like a #recession. This really feels different in the sense that it is not something that there is an external push or a need for. So, it feels more #ideological in a way,' said Jessica Thompson, a higher education policy expert with The Institute for College Access and Success.
"Here is a look at possible federal budget cuts that would affect higher education under the Trump administration:
"Cutting programs that help students pay off college debt
"The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce has suggested several possible ways to overhaul student loan programs. Some would reduce student access to federal aid for college.
"On the chopping block potentially are several plans students can opt into to repay their students loans, including the #SAVEPlan introduced by the Biden administration. That plan doesn’t require borrowers to make payments if they earn less than 225% of the federal poverty line — $32,800 a year for a single person — and prevents interest from adding to balances as long as borrowers make their monthly payments. The SAVE plan was already put on hold after Republicans challenged it. Some plans do not appear to be targeted, including one that caps loan payments based on borrowers’ income level.
[...]
"An end to tax-free status for scholarships
"Scholarships and fellowships have been exempt from taxes as long as they are used for tuition and related expenses. That would change under another proposal that’s up for consideration.
"The changes could create new financial burdens for students and families, advocates say.
"'There’s been great progress in bringing down the costs of higher education. Adjusted for inflation, public university tuition is less now than it was ten years ago,' said Craig Lindwarm, senior vice president of governmental affairs with the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. 'But as we look at some of the proposals that are options, many would increase costs on students and families, and I think (the proposals) are heading in the direction that most don’t want to see, which is increasing expenses on students and families.'
Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-education-college-loans-532d52c2ccac8b4be459f7797fb63a73
#USPol #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SignsOfFascisn #ResistFascism #Education -
If this doesn't get folks out onto the streets, I don't know what will! #StudentLoans are a HUGE burden that hangs over a lot of peoples' heads -- and #IncomeDrivenRepayment programs are the only thing keeping them from not being able to make ends meet and / or having their #credit ruined! And taxes on scholarships? Seems the #FascistGrooveThing wants to #SilenceDissent by providing barriers against an #EducatedVoter!
House Republicans mull taxes on scholarships and changes to student loan programs
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY
Updated 11:51 PM EST, February 8, 2025"As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college #scholarships, an end to #StudentLoan #repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.
"The ideas affecting #HigherEducation are among many in circulation among House committees that are exploring ways to cover the cost of extending and expanding tax cuts passed in President Donald Trump’s first term.
"The recommendations are still evolving, and it’s unclear how close any of them will get to being implemented. Regardless, advocates across higher education say they are alarmed to see such proposals gain traction at all with Republicans.
"'It’s shocking to me because this amount of cuts is not happening in reaction to like a budget crisis, like a #recession. This really feels different in the sense that it is not something that there is an external push or a need for. So, it feels more #ideological in a way,' said Jessica Thompson, a higher education policy expert with The Institute for College Access and Success.
"Here is a look at possible federal budget cuts that would affect higher education under the Trump administration:
"Cutting programs that help students pay off college debt
"The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce has suggested several possible ways to overhaul student loan programs. Some would reduce student access to federal aid for college.
"On the chopping block potentially are several plans students can opt into to repay their students loans, including the #SAVEPlan introduced by the Biden administration. That plan doesn’t require borrowers to make payments if they earn less than 225% of the federal poverty line — $32,800 a year for a single person — and prevents interest from adding to balances as long as borrowers make their monthly payments. The SAVE plan was already put on hold after Republicans challenged it. Some plans do not appear to be targeted, including one that caps loan payments based on borrowers’ income level.
[...]
"An end to tax-free status for scholarships
"Scholarships and fellowships have been exempt from taxes as long as they are used for tuition and related expenses. That would change under another proposal that’s up for consideration.
"The changes could create new financial burdens for students and families, advocates say.
"'There’s been great progress in bringing down the costs of higher education. Adjusted for inflation, public university tuition is less now than it was ten years ago,' said Craig Lindwarm, senior vice president of governmental affairs with the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. 'But as we look at some of the proposals that are options, many would increase costs on students and families, and I think (the proposals) are heading in the direction that most don’t want to see, which is increasing expenses on students and families.'
Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-education-college-loans-532d52c2ccac8b4be459f7797fb63a73
#USPol #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SignsOfFascisn #ResistFascism #Education -
If this doesn't get folks out onto the streets, I don't know what will! #StudentLoans are a HUGE burden that hangs over a lot of peoples' heads -- and #IncomeDrivenRepayment programs are the only thing keeping them from not being able to make ends meet and / or having their #credit ruined! And taxes on scholarships? Seems the #FascistGrooveThing wants to #SilenceDissent by providing barriers against an #EducatedVoter!
House Republicans mull taxes on scholarships and changes to student loan programs
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY
Updated 11:51 PM EST, February 8, 2025"As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college #scholarships, an end to #StudentLoan #repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.
"The ideas affecting #HigherEducation are among many in circulation among House committees that are exploring ways to cover the cost of extending and expanding tax cuts passed in President Donald Trump’s first term.
"The recommendations are still evolving, and it’s unclear how close any of them will get to being implemented. Regardless, advocates across higher education say they are alarmed to see such proposals gain traction at all with Republicans.
"'It’s shocking to me because this amount of cuts is not happening in reaction to like a budget crisis, like a #recession. This really feels different in the sense that it is not something that there is an external push or a need for. So, it feels more #ideological in a way,' said Jessica Thompson, a higher education policy expert with The Institute for College Access and Success.
"Here is a look at possible federal budget cuts that would affect higher education under the Trump administration:
"Cutting programs that help students pay off college debt
"The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce has suggested several possible ways to overhaul student loan programs. Some would reduce student access to federal aid for college.
"On the chopping block potentially are several plans students can opt into to repay their students loans, including the #SAVEPlan introduced by the Biden administration. That plan doesn’t require borrowers to make payments if they earn less than 225% of the federal poverty line — $32,800 a year for a single person — and prevents interest from adding to balances as long as borrowers make their monthly payments. The SAVE plan was already put on hold after Republicans challenged it. Some plans do not appear to be targeted, including one that caps loan payments based on borrowers’ income level.
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"An end to tax-free status for scholarships
"Scholarships and fellowships have been exempt from taxes as long as they are used for tuition and related expenses. That would change under another proposal that’s up for consideration.
"The changes could create new financial burdens for students and families, advocates say.
"'There’s been great progress in bringing down the costs of higher education. Adjusted for inflation, public university tuition is less now than it was ten years ago,' said Craig Lindwarm, senior vice president of governmental affairs with the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. 'But as we look at some of the proposals that are options, many would increase costs on students and families, and I think (the proposals) are heading in the direction that most don’t want to see, which is increasing expenses on students and families.'
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-education-college-loans-532d52c2ccac8b4be459f7797fb63a73
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