Wednesday, May 18 - Truth Brigade Illinois TONIGHT / Cancel Student Loan Debt
Actions You Can Take Today
Action 1: TONIGHT - Truth Brigade Illinois presents: Combatting Disinformation About the Jan 6, 2021 Insurrection with Nick Knudsen of Demcast at 7:30 p.m. (virtual event)
Action 2: Tell your representative to call on Biden to cancel student debt with no means testing
Action 1: TONIGHT - Truth Brigade Illinois
Nick Knudsen, the Executive Director of DemCast USA, will join us to discuss DemCast's grassroots media and addressing disinformation around the January 6th Capitol attack and the House select committee public hearings which are scheduled to be held in May.
Action via Indivisible Illinois
Action 2: Cancel Student Loan Debt with No Means Testing
The student debt crisis has spiraled out of control so that now, nearly 45 million people owe more than $1.8 trillion in student debt. This is unsustainable. Fortunately, President Biden has said he will soon announce his plans to address the student debt crisis. Indivisibles have been calling on the president to cancel $50 thousand in debt per borrower through executive order.
As Biden is finalizing his plans, Rep. Mondaire Jones (NY-17) is leading a letter calling on Biden not to include means-testing, income caps, or other restrictions that - while they may be well-intentioned - would have the effect of making debt relief difficult to access, and millions of folks would fall through the cracks.
We need a strong showing of support for bold student debt cancellation, without means-testing. That means we need as many members of Congress (MoCs) as possible to sign on to Rep. Jones’s letter. Call now to make sure your MoC has signed on!
Action via Indivisible
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