Out d’Coup | Friday Politics Roundup for April 22, 2022 with Guest Host Amy Knecht

<p>Biden administration is teasing a <a href='https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-forgives-40000-student-loans-provides-aid-millions-more-2022-04-19/'>new round of student debt cancellation and relief</a>. The Education department said on Tuesday that this could mean debt cancellation for about 40,000 borrowers and three years of additional credit for more than 3.6 million borrowers seeking income-driven repayment. That could add another boost to the economy and the long-term well-being of tens of thousands of Americans. <a href='https://www.bankrate.com/loans/student-loans/financial-milestone-survey-2022/'>Bankrate study</a>.</p> <p>The woman behind the “Libs of TikTok” Twitter account has been outed in new reporting by <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/19/libs-of-tiktok-right-wing-media/'>Taylor Lorenz in the Washington Post</a>. Lorenz reports that Chaya Raichik, a real estate salesperson in Brooklyn, is behind the account which has spread “groomer” conspiracy theories on social media and has the ears of right-wing lawmakers such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. </p> <p><a href='https://www.inquirer.com/business/yass-susquehanna-sig-irs-taxes-propublica-20220414.html'>Jeffrey Yass</a>, the head of Susquehanna International Group, and the deep-pocketed right-wing political funder is officially the richest man in Pennsylvania, according to a new analysis by ProPublica. He has collected an average of $1.3 billion a year in annual income from 2013 - 2018. Only five other Americans earned more. </p> <p>This morning the New York Times released a report that reviewed 21 of Florida’s rejected math books. Florida’s Dept. of Education reported that the rejected books contained <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/22/us/florida-rejected-textbooks.html'>“prohibited topics”</a> such as critical race theory and social emotional learning. Only <a href='https://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-materials/'>four pages were released by the Dept</a> as examples; one contained a problem set