America already has a doctor shortage. Republicans just made it harder to become a doctor, and that's only part of it. The Big Beautiful Bill eliminated Grad PLUS loans for new borrowers on July 1. Federal borrowing for professional programs is now capped at $50,000 a year and $200,000 total, and that total includes any federal loans taken out for undergrad. The median four-year cost of medical school for the class of 2026 is $297,745 at public schools and $408,150 at private ones. Students are left to cover $100,000 to $200,000 or more through private loans that need good credit or a cosigner. Most 24-year-olds have neither. Nurses got hit too. The Education Department's final rule left graduate nursing off its list of "professional degrees," which would have capped nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists and midwives at $20,500 a year, less than half of what medical students can borrow. A federal judge stepped in and nursing was put back on the list for now, but the administration tried to make it harder to train the people we already don't have enough of. Then there's the earnings rule. Starting July 1, 2027, programs whose graduates earn less than a set benchmark, roughly what a high school graduate makes for undergrad programs, can lose federal loan access if they fail two years out of three. It doesn't look at what the college charges, only at what graduates earn afterward. The New Republic reports that art, music and social work programs are hit hardest. So the government isn't fixing tuition. It's cutting off the loans for the programs that lead to lower-paying jobs and capping them for the ones that lead to higher-paying jobs. The kids who can pay out of pocket will be fine, and everyone else gets told what they can afford to become. The AAMC warned that ending Grad PLUS would worsen the doctor shortage. Republicans wrote it into law.

I will never understand why a woman's future is never as "promising" as her rapists.

Women: Release the rapist essays. Cornell: It goes against our polices to release the essays. Women: But it wasn’t against policies to release rapists back on to campus? Cornell: 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗 Ruin them all. Every last one of them.

This woman is trump’s boss. She used to be Netanyahu’s right hand girl. Why are Americans so bad at putting two and two together?

I don’t give a shit if the polls say Democrats are winning by a landslide. Your ass better still get out and vote!

White neighbors got caught stealing a Bull from the Black man who owns Freedom Acres Ranch. They still won’t leave him alone. You can see that Racism is taking a toll on him

RT @PeterHotez: Here’s the Aedes aegypti risk map from @eLife the entire Gulf of Mexico is at risk (Gulf of America too) from TX to FL that…

I love this woman.

RT @JillianMHurley:

“Our girl Nicki”? Nicki Minaj has publicly said she isn’t a U.S. citizen. And her husband is a convicted felon and registered sex offender who served prison time for attempted rape and later pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender. But please, tell us more about Megan Thee Stallion dancing.

🚨BREAKING: People inside Trump’s orbit tell me Donald Trump recently held conversations about what options he could pursue if the November elections go badly for Republicans. I’m told the Insurrection Act was among the options discussed. Stay tuned more to come on this story.

"She was going to a frat house, she knew what she was going to get." Oh yeah? If that's what frat houses are for, close them all entirely, immediately.

Seems worrisome for election integrity that the 2nd in command at the FBI + the Army secretary have resigned so close to the midterms. If they are resigning bc they are being asked to do anything illegal, the patriotic thing would be to RING THE ALARM. @AndrewBaileyMO @SecArmy

“He’s got a promising future, we don’t want one night to ruin his life” I do. I think that the day he raped someone his life should be over as he knows it and he should never know peace again. His future should be ruined. Why the fuck would anyone want a rapist as a doctor?

Brennan Bird. Why don't you tell Iowans like myself what President actually secured this deal in August of 2024 when it was originally announced they were coming to U.S. They had plans for either Minnesota of Iowa. South Eastern Iowa happens to be the new home.

This is bad….

They MURDERED the leader of Iran DURING negotiations. And they talk about 'good faith'. If Iran wasn't negotiating in good faith it would have blown you up.

🚨 Gov. Newsom signs bill requiring parents to safely store firearms so children cannot access them. Every Republican voted no.

new research reports that cats vocalize more when greeting male owners. researchers say this is because cats have apparently learned that men require additional explanation when provided with basic communication. i don't like the idea that cats are judging me this accurately.