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More than 40 million people in the U.S. are saddled with federal student debt. For some of them, moving abroad and out of reach of debt collectors can be tempting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/05/world/society/us-student-loans-move-abroad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #universities #debt #us #education
Student debt burdened them, so they moved abroad and stopped paying

Some who made this decision cited relieving the mental burden of debt as a motivator, as well as having a higher quality of life, even on a lower salary, outside the U.S.

The Japan Times

He’s Not Grifting Anymore. He’s Just Taking It.

www.meidasplus.com/p/hes-not-grifting-anymore-hes-just

Guest article by Dina Doll

He’s Not Grifting Anymore. He’s Just Taking It.

Guest article by Dina Doll

Meidas+

3-year-old immigrant suffered alleged sexual abuse during months in federal custody, family says
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-texas-trump-detention-abuse-b799ace25087c594339298685438e888?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-AssociatedPress

Toddler suffered alleged abuse while in federal immigration custody

An immigrant family is grappling with the ordeal suffered by a 3-year-old girl who endured alleged sexual abuse while her father fought for five months for her release from federal custody. She had been placed in a foster home after immigration officials separated her from her mother when they crossed the border illegally. Attorneys had to file a lawsuit to reunite her with her father, a legal permanent U.S. resident. Under the Trump administration, the average custody times for children cared for by the Office of Refugee Resettlement have grown from 37 days to almost 200 days in federal custody.

AP News
U.S. rescues airman whose F-15 was downed in Iran, U.S. officials say | CBC News

The airman was the second ‌member of a two-person crew of an F-15 that Iran ​said on Friday ⁠was brought down by ⁠its air defences.

CBC
Trump’s VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5750814/veterans-mortgages-foreclosure-va-rescue

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116337015253122494

I very much appreciate the way they wrote this: "SpaceX, which recently reported two Starlink satellite failures that created new space debris, yesterday accused Amazon and its launch partner Arianespace of negligence that 'needlessly and significantly increases risk to other operational systems and inhabited spacecraft.'”

It's too bad that 2 giant evil companies hating each other does not result in anything cancelling out, and will probably just cause more problems...

So much winning.

I see we are at the "US Navy base in Virginia asking for donations of toiletries" stage of the victory lap. Sailors have been arriving in Norfolk, Va., home to the world's biggest naval base, since at least the middle of March....
https://jwz.org/b/yk5w

It’s almost like Mr. Jackson was looking about 80 years into the future. 😳
#USpol