Ian regains hurricane strength as it closes in on South Carolina after battering Florida: thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/…

Putin declares four areas of Ukraine as Russian bbc.com/news/live/world-63077272

A while back @Jolenealaska speculated that the way this whole Trump document scandal might conclude would be via the DOJ offering a plea bargain in exchange for Trump agreeing not to run for President again

I missed it at the time, but the smart team at Lawfare wrote a pretty detailed analysis of if a deal like that is possible, how it would work if so, and whether it would be enforceable

Not a Panacea: Trump Disqualification and Plea Bargains

Yeah sure bud, like he doesnt have a history of agreeing to something only to not follow the agreement afterwads.

anyways, I guess its less work and more cash not to be president for him

@Fredy31 Perhaps, but regaining the office and pardoning himself might be the only way he can stay out of jail, so... we'll see

Tighter school security in the US leads to lower test scores. In addition to being used to preempt school shootings, surveillance measures may have increased schools’ capacity to identify and punish students for less serious offenses, which may negatively impact the learning environment eurekalert.org/news-releases/966168

ah my federal loans that I did have now wouldn't have counted anyway apparently, nice

In a reversal, the Education Dept. is excluding many from student loan relief

> When FFEL borrowers consolidate their old loans into federal Direct Loans, these private banks essentially lose business

No they receive payment in full actually