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Nearly $10k raised for accommodation costs. Thank you so much for your help. And please stop calling it a feud - it's a simple tenant/landlord relationship. gofundme.com/f/help-sammy-j-…
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Situation in the State of Palestine:
#ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. Learn more ⤵️ icc-cpi.int/news/situation-s…
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So there are now two current heads of state with live ICC warrants for their arrest:
1. Vladimir Putin
2. Benjamin Netanyahu
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House Speaker says it would be a "terrible precedent" for the government to release a tax-payer funded report into the ethics of a future Attorney General.
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The Trump fire hose of news is back. I was taping tomorrow's roundtable with @maggieNYT @peterbakernyt and @juliehdavis just now and we had to pause several times for news breaking during our recording.
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Demanding Senate Republicans back Gaetz as attorney general and Hegseth as Defense Secretary is the 2024 version of forcing Sean Spicer to say it was the largest inauguration crowd ever.
These aren't just appointments. They're loyalty tests. The absurdity is the point.
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SCOOP: Rep. Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress just two days before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a “highly damaging” report outlining its investigation into Gaetz, sources tell me @bresreports & @JakeSherman.
The panel no longer has jurisdiction when he leaves. – at Washington, DC
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Kamala should still go on Rogan, I bet she'd be pretty funny now that the pressure is off.
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PRESS RELEASE: the #ICJ will hold public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, from Monday 2 to Friday 13 December 2024. bit.ly/48OT80r
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The Victorian government introduced 6 rental reforms today after a significant amount of pressure from the community. These reforms are:
- Penalties for landlords withholding bonds without evidence or receipts;
- Ending no fault eviction (again, lol - but apparently properly this time) - I have many thoughts on this, namely the fact that unlimited rent increases are effectively no fault evictions and they are not banned, therefore the government has not, in fact, ended no fault evictions (again);
- Capping the cost of breaking your lease to a max of 4 weeks rent;
- Banning real estate agents charging for background checks;
- Removing charges to pay rent on third party apps; and
- Requiring landlords to provide extra keys on request.
These are genuinely commendable, great reforms from @VictorianLabor , and I hope to see more on the way soon.
However, ultimately none of these reforms will address the root cause of our rental crisis. Unless something is done about renters being unable to afford the homes they live in, they will continue to suffer - and the landlords in parliament who write and pass these laws will continue to profit.
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For all the “glad they’ve finally addressed this problem” about the NACC and Robodebt: we still haven’t seen the RC report sealed section, still don’t know who’s named in it, no one has faced any investigation or consequences, still don’t know if the NACC will actually take it on
Absolutely delighted and proud of the Briefing team for this award, recognising Doctors Note - our investigation into how Australian doctors have been issuing medical certificates in a way that risks people's lives, how regulation has failed and how to keep yourself safe.
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Exclusive today on the Briefing: We speak to Australian clinicians providing MDMA-assisted therapy to people with treatment-resistant PTSD, and having some incredible results.
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"Seeing some of my clients go through MDMA-assisted therapy and they haven't been able to shower; they haven't been able to have healthy meals; they've lost contact with family members; they haven't worked for three years - we're now seeing...