The Rich Zeoli Show (08/25/22):
6:00am- President Joe Biden announced he will cancel $10,000 in student loan debt per borrower. He also announced he will extend the student loan moratorium to December 31st—it had been set to expire at the end of August.
6:05am- News- The Uvalde school board voted unanimously to fire Police Chief Pete Arredondo for his poor leadership during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in May of 2022.
6:15am- Writing for National Review, Charles C.W. Cooke explained that the Biden Administration is using the September 11th-era HEROES Act to justify authority to unilaterally cancel student loan debt. Cooke states: “If, when things get tough for the president, he can always find an Enabling Act somewhere…then we do not have a system of government at all. We have a dictatorship.”
6:25am- According to the Washington Post, student loan borrowers in Washington D.C. and Maryland have accrued more debt on average than any other borrowers. National Review has also reported that a majority of White House staffers will be eligible for Biden’s loan forgiveness pledge.
6:45am- While announcing his plan to forgive student loans, Biden also—bizarrely—discussed going to prom?
7:00am- On Thursday, President Biden claimed that he had no advance notice of the FBI's raid on Mar-a-Lago.
7:05am- News- University of Pennsylvania researchers estimate that student loan forgiveness of $10,000 per borrower will cost roughly $300 billion.
7:10am- In a clip that has now gone viral on social media, the co-director of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s gender clinic can be heard encouraging gender assignment conversations with children as young as six-years-old.
7:20am- Former New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced he will teach a public health course at Harvard University during the Fall 2022 semester.
7:45am- What’s on the Cut Sheet: Flashback- in 2021 President Biden gave a confusing answer when asked whether the executive branch has the authority to unilaterally forgive student loans, Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants the government to forgive even more debts, Susan Rice denies knowing the financial cost of her preferred policies, and the Prime Minister of Finland gets caught partying with topless women!
8:05am- News- Philadelphia City Hall is flying the Ukrainian flag to mark the anniversary of the nation’s independence from the Soviet Union.
8:15am- Jared Kushner—former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States—joins the show to discuss his new book, “Breaking History: A White House Memoir.” In his memoir, Kushner documents his work on prison reform, negotiating the historic Abraham Accords Declaration peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and what it was like working with his father-in-law, Donald Trump.
8:35am- According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Brown University has acquired a collection of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s writings and artwork for their “Voice of Mass Incarceration” exhibit at the school’s John Hay Library. Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981.
8:45am- On Thursday, the California Air Resources Board announced the state will ban the sale of all new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035.
9:05am- News- Two of New Jersey’s largest school districts will require that students wear masks to begin the 2022-23 school year.
9:10am- According to the Washington Post, the IRS has launched a “safety review” following Republican criticisms of the agency. IRS leadership claims that “misperceptions” about the agency targeting middle-class Americans for audits has placed agency workers in physical danger.
9:15am- Charles Strange—author of the book, Relentless: A Gold Star Father’s Pursuit of Truth—joins the show to talk about an upcoming fishing tournament at the Jersey Shore that will raise money for Gold Star families. For more information, visit: waronthewaternj.com.
9:30am- The Biden Administration continues to push for a new Iranian nuclear deal despite objections from ally Israel.
9:45am- What’s on the Cut Sheet: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claims student loan forgiveness will somehow lower inflation + Gov. Ron DeSantis calls Dr. Fauci a “little elf.”