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Quality investigative reporting. Turns out AOC grew up in a palatial mansion.
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My piece for @abcnews last night: other countries have an inheritance tax; we have an inheritance subsidy (super) https://t.co/ixcuO8TZAA
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Good example of how the alt right spreads fake news on X to rage bait their loyalists. There will be no 98% LTVs under the QLD scheme. It’s a limited shared equity scheme where a small number of ppl will buy 60% of a property.
2% deposit means Aussies borrow more to buy the same home and pay significantly more interest while simultaneously making our banking system dangerously unstable and property market wildly volatile. $797k => $976k interest on avg mortgage $4,045 => $4,955 monthly repayment 🇿🇼
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How Fox News describes LA vs. How LA really is
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California will keep fighting on behalf of all our people including in the courts. If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant, based only on suspicion or skin color, then none of us are safe. Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least
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BREAKING: Trump literally just played a fraudulent video in the Oval Office during South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit in order to try and push a false narrative. Trump claimed that the video was of 1000 roadside graves of dead White South Africans. In reality, it
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BREAKING: CHAOTIC SCENE JUST BROKE OUT AT THE WH: Trump explodes at reporter Peter Alexander and threatens to investigate NBC after he presses him about reports he’s keeping the $400M jet from Qatar. This is insane.
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The situation in the Gaza Strip is increasingly worrying and painful. I renew my heartfelt appeal to allow the entry of dignified humanitarian aid and to bring an end to the hostilities, whose heart-rending price is borne by children, the elderly, and the sick.
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Trump is either blatantly lying or he just really really Stupid. No, Abrego-Garcia did not have tattoos that said "MS13". Yes, "MS13" was photoshopped onto the photos that Trump released. There is no denying that Trump is absolutely wrong here. Will MAGA call him out?
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Even North Korea would call this over the top. The groveling is next-level.
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This is pretty wild. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stock in Palantir on April 8th. On April 17th, a $30M deal between Palantir and ICE was announced. Greene sits on the House Committee on Homeland Security. The stock has now risen 48% in the three weeks since her purchase.
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#Trump is bending the knee to Xi in a complete surrender, in a war he started - this is the kind of spine you get from a corrupt business man who believes in nothing
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The Fair Work Commission has handed down a pay increase of 8.6% for min wage workers and 5.75% for award workers. This is the largest increase awarded & would not have happened without union members paying for all the work that goes into this case.
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University graduates are taking decades to pay off the debt accrued by a single degree, according to damning new research. To discuss, @Rebecca7Maddern spoke with @AlisonBarnes25 from the @NTEUnion. https://t.co/5zYfOfGqUb
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“We were seeing students who may be paying off their #hecs debts for the majority of their working lives... this is not what Higher Education should look like." - @AlisonBarnes25
https://t.co/gKScv4i3AI
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CPI changes and increased course fees mean some students may be paying off their debts for the majority of their working lives
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An important step in changing the future of HigherEd 👇
The Universities Accord needs to focus on long-term sustainability. Our new report shines a light on a looming student debt crisis, including degree repayment times up to 44 years. Sign our pledge to Reverse Jobs Ready and reform Higher Ed! https://t.co/dMIw7eu6iy
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Tomorrow, all existing HECS-HELP balances will be increased by a record 7.1%, impacting anyone with a current HECS-HELP debt. Join us this Friday to hear our potential solutions and new modelling on average graduate repayment times. Register here: https://t.co/TpJLATO8ZI
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