The Rich Zeoli Show (08/24/22):
6:00am- According to reports, President Joe Biden is expected to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt per borrower. On August 31st the student loan moratorium is set to expire—it had been in place due to the pandemic.
6:05am- NEWS- On Tuesday, seven people were shot between 3:35pm and 4:50pm in Philadelphia, according to NBC10.
6:15am- A University of Pennsylvania study suggests that if President Biden were to cancel $50,000 of debt per student borrower (as is being advocated by Senators like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders), it would cost taxpayers roughly $900 billion.
6:25am- Last summer, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stated that the president of the United States does not possess the power to unilaterally forgive student loan debt—insisting it must be an act of Congress.
6:45am- District Attorney Larry Krasner will not comply with a subpoena issued by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the state legislative committee in charge of investigating the merits of his potential impeachment.
7:05am- NEWS- A box of guns was accidentally delivered to Chester High School in Delaware County.
7:10am- On Tuesday, Senate candidate John Fetterman spoke to the United Steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania. It was one of Fetterman’s first speeches since suffering a stroke in May—unfortunately, he noticeably struggled communicating during the five-minute address. Will his health problems impact his ability to serve?
7:25am- Researchers at Michigan State University claim they have developed a method of turning discarded windmills into edible gummy bear candy.
7:35am- Conservative candidates endorsed by the 1776 PAC and Governor Ron DeSantis won big in Florida’s school board elections on Tuesday.
7:50am- What’s on the Cut Sheet: Pelosi’s husband pleads guilty to D.U.I., Flashback: Elizabeth Warren laughs at dad who helped his daughter pay back her college loans, a Johns Hopkins economics professor explains why forgiving student loans will make inflation worse, and Mitch McConnell has hilarious none-response to Trump’s latest insult.
8:05am- Prominent Democrat economists like Lawrence Summers and Jason Furman are warning the Biden Administration not to cancel student loan debt. Furman stated: “there is nothing wrong with redistribution—if it was from the middle to the bottom. Much of this is redistribution from the middle to the upper-middle.”
8:20am- NEWS- Forbes has released its list of the most valuable NFL franchises—the Philadelphia Eagles ranked as the 10th most valuable football team.
8:35am- Is the Biden Administration’s push to suddenly cancel $10,000 of student loan debt per borrower an attempt to appeal to young voters prior to the November 2022 midterm elections?
8:50am- While appearing on Fox News, former IRS lawyer and whistleblower William Henck explained that despite claims from the Biden Administration, the IRS will target middle class households as a result of the agency’s expansion.
9:05am- NEWS- Violent crime continues to plague Philadelphia—with the city reaching 352 homicides in 2022. It is now on pace to surpass its 2021 total.
9:10am- Attorney Scott A. Coffina—former Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush—joins the show to discuss his most recent Fox News opinion editorial, “What Prosecutors Must Do to Protect Their Communities.”
9:30am- According to reports, as many as 4,000 Swedish citizens have undergone a procedure to have microchips implanted under their skin. The chips will allow them to access credit cards and start automobiles without having to carry around a wallet or keys.
9:45am- What’s on the Cut Sheet- Dr. Anthony Fauci claims he was against government lockdowns and open to the idea that COVID-19 spread via an inadvertent lab leak + Did software engineer John McAfee fake his own death last summer?