ClaimsNate Silver

“Forgiving some student loan debt is reasonably popular.”

Nate Silver, writing on X 27 May 2022 Post by @NateSilver538 on X, 2022-05-27 (X)

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Forgiving some student loan debt is reasonably popular.

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Nate Silver, “Forgiving some student loan debt is reasonably popular.” (said 27 May 2022). Verdict: research failed. Reliability API, claim c_6b093e5f348b, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_6b093e5f348b

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