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Joined October 2016
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Four days ago, @BorrowerJustice @TowardsJustice put out a blockbuster investigation into an emerging segment of the financial services industry targeting the 109 million Americans who rent. We called these "Rent Now Pay Later" loans. We had no idea what would happen next. 1/
Wall Street & Silicon Valley are profiting off of working families struggling to pay rent by driving them into debt. Read our new joint investigation w/ @towardsjustice shedding light on the predatory “Rent Now, Pay Later” loan industry: protectborrowers.org/rent-no…
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“I would love to move away from a debt-financed higher ed system...But that requires real investment in higher ed, both on the federal & state level. What this does is restrict access on one end, without providing the funding on the other end.” @YuPersis bostonglobe.com/2026/01/17/b…
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Don’t lose your tax refund – dial before you file! If you have federal student loans in default the government could take your tax refund to pay the debt. Call the Treasury Offset Program today to check your status. Learn more: studentloanborrowerassistanc…
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🎉 VICTORY! @COAttnyGeneral reached a settlement w/ PetSmart involving Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs) that threatened pet groomers w/ THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS in debt for quitting early. More states must follow this lead in the fight against employer-driven debt!
Today, AG Phil Weiser announced a proposed settlement with PetSmart resolving allegations of deceptive training programs that prevented employees from leaving the company for years, or risk paying thousands of dollars: bit.ly/4hVy9xu
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Mary Modica, educator with @AFTunion & borrower: “Earlier this year I desperately tried to enroll into a new Income-Driven Repayment plan… and I have been left to wait in limbo. For months, I can’t get answers from the U.S. Department of Education nor my student loan servicer.”
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Replying to @maziehirono
And from our @AissaRCanchola: “The promise of affordable higher ed has been systemically broken. MILLIONS are being harmed by a $1.7 TRILLION student debt crisis. Policymakers have allowed students & families to bear the financial burden of what should be a public good.”
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📢WE'RE LIVE📢 at @maziehirono’s Senate forum, “Killing the American Dream: How Republicans are Closing the Door on Working & Middle-Class Students.” It will shed light on how the “Big Beautiful Bill” will raise college costs & student debt for working families.👎
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For months, Trump's CFPB has insisted it is focusing its efforts on protecting servicemembers & veterans @AP: "Navy Federal Credit Union will no longer have to refund $80 million to servicemen and women for illegally charging them overdraft fees" after CFPB dismissal of the case
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I'm David Seligman.  I’m running for CO Attorney General.  This campaign is about reclaiming our power from the billionaires who have stolen it from us, from working families. We will fight. And we will win. Because we love our country the promise it made: The law belongs to us.
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By eliminating CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman, the President is making clear his crusade to “delete” the CFPB is a gift to corporations and a betrayal of working families. protectborrowers.org/trump-v…
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So proud to serve alongside @SarahEMcBride, an effective legislator with a demonstrated track record of delivering real results. Disappointing to see Republicans pull stunts like this. They should take a page out of Rep-Elect McBride’s book and focus on actually governing.
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Nancy Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms trib.al/0Q2Osu7
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20 Nov 2024
Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon is likely to lead the Education Department. McMahon has few ties to education, but @insidehighered did background research on the few that do exist so you don't have to. insidehighered.com/news/gove…
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Now is your chance. Get out there and vote.
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The stakes on Tuesday could not be higher for student loan borrowers. A Harris-Walz Admin will make life-changing debt relief a reality for borrowers and their families. Donald Trump will leave millions drowning in debt. Be a #StudentDebtVoter
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what’s going on with student debt rn?? why hasn’t it been cancelled? & what’s up with all the lawsuits? is SAVE dead or alive? @SatraFierce HAS YOU COVERED📽️⭐️ ...and if you're outraged by the answers, send a letter to your AG saying #CANCELSTUDENTDEBTbit.ly/AGs-Stop-Attacking-St…
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Don’t be fooled. 40 million borrowers were robbed of student debt relief (90% of which would have gone to borrowers earning less than $75k per year) because of right-wing AGs, their GOP accomplices in Congress, and Donald Trump’s right-wing majority in the Supreme Court.
1 Oct 2024
Trump: You know, remember their promise to, you know, the education is going to get rid of the student loans. They didn't get it. They said they were going to get it, but I get what we want. I get 100% of what we want
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112 orgs including @SBPC @TICAS_org @AFLCIO @AFSCME @AFTunion @HispanicFed @NAACP @nasw @NEAToday @SEIU @WeAreUnidosUS & @UAW just told @usedgov to extend the on-ramp & count forbearances toward PSLF & IDR to protect student borrowers from financial ruin! protectborrowers.org/with-mi…
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More from me and @YuPersis 👇
One 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 student loan borrowers are now debt free because of the evidence uncovered by @CFPB. See you never, @Navient 👋 protectborrowers.org/navient…
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FACT CHECK: The Biden-Harris administration wiped out student debt for 5 million people despite nonstop obstruction from right-wing AGs and MAGA judges. The Harris-Walz administration will build on this progress. Donald Trump’s Project 2025 promises to tear it all down.
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Photo from Todd Heisler of The New York Times.
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