40% of Students At Stanford Claim Disability, Trump Accounts, And Therapy Culture

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Today on the LOOPcast, we break down America’s new “Accommodation Nation,” where elite campuses are flooded with disability claims and students can’t pass middle-school math. We look at why most Americans now say college isn’t worth it, then unpack Trump’s new Invest America accounts and the Dells’ multi-billion-dollar boost. Plus: big Catholic converts at ASU, a key conservative win in Tennessee, the Word of the Year (“rage bait”), and the rise of therapy as a religion.

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0:00 - Welcome back to LOOPcast!

4:53 - Breaking News Trump pardons Cuellar

7:23 - Rise of students claiming disability accommodations

41:30 - Trump Accounts for children

49:00 - Josh's early twilight zone

59:18 - Good news

1:07:52 - Wikipedia 2025 top searches

1:12:00 Twilight Zone

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0:00.0	And we're live, welcome back to the Loopcast.
0:01.5	It's Tom, Erica, and Josh.
0:02.7	The Loopcast is brought to you by The Loop.
0:04.3	Every American Catholic's favorite morning newsletter.
0:06.6	Got a great show for you today, guys.
0:08.2	We have a really shocking piece about the disability problem, as it were, or maybe they're not disabled would be, maybe it might take.
0:17.5	Going on in major colleges across the country, I saw 40% of students registered as disabled at
0:22.9	Stanford University and elite academic institution. We have a lot to talk about in college there.
0:28.4	That's kind of the entryway. So we're going to hit that first. Second, we had the announcement
0:32.2	of Trump accounts. Trump accounts. Trump accounts. Catchy name, you know, well titled. An interesting solution to maybe a social security problem.
0:41.3	I'm not sure.
0:42.3	Erica did all the research on that.
0:43.3	It has her two cents.
0:44.3	And yeah, we'll see what's going on there.
0:46.3	Finally, Wikipedia has released its top search terms for the years.
0:50.3	What was most searched on Wikipedia?
0:53.3	I'll see if any of them surprised Josh.
0:55.9	Josh is all dressed up today looking fantastic. I see a feast day of Saint, St. Francis Xavier.
1:02.8	Yes. That's near to you. Is this correct, Josh? Yeah, he's one of, I mean, he's a great missionary
1:07.3	saint. One of the, you know, he went to East Asia and spread the faith. He was one of the good Jesuits. Back then, all the Jesuits were really awesome.
1:16.6	Yeah, that was the man.
1:17.6	In fact, he was one of the OG, seven.
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