Emile, Helen, Sohrab, and associate editor Declan Leary discuss rumors that President Biden will cancel substantial amounts of student debt through executive action, his Department of Homeland Security’s newly established Disinformation Governance Board and its strange executive director, and TAC contributor James Pogue’s thoughtful Vanity Fair piece on New Right figures like J.D. Vance and Curtis Yarvin—which even Jeff Bezos has read.

Picks of the week:

• Emile: The China Initiative Wasn’t Racist, by J. Arthur Bloom
• Helen: The Decline and Fall of NASCAR, by Wells King
• Sohrab: Liberal Integralism, by Casey Chalk
• Declan: Right About the Environment, by Micah Meadowcroft