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Think continues working in the documentation for his next project, which will be related to the polarization of American society and the resurgence of anfar-right mentality. This new phenomenon is also spreading to other countries of the world. All the information is being achieved by talking with the protagonists of the news and experts who independently share their vision.

One of the most difficult and complex chapters to be portrayed objectively, was the incident of January 6, 2021, when the White House was stormed by far-right Trump supporters, such as the Proud Boys, which are being called to testify.

Members of the House Freedom Caucus helped plan Trump’s attempt to overturn the election.  They attended a meeting at the White House on Dec. 21, 2020 in which, at least, 11 lawmakers discussed efforts to spill the election resultsand helped spread false information, according to testimony and records obtained by the committee.

And one of the groups that drove this effort is the Falun Gong sect, related with The Epoch Times.Falun Gong, a religious movement embroiled in a decades-long conflict with the Chinese government, has become a political asset in the Trump era due to its long-standing propagation of communist conspiracy theories.

At the time, reputable media such as The New York Times has reported that The Epoch Times used fake accounts to campaign for Trump during the 2016 election through its company Beautiful Life. Moreover, after they spent about $11 million on Facebook ads in 2019, the platform banned them for violating rules on political advertising transparency.

In April, at the height of its ad spending, videos from Epoch Media Group counted about 3 billion views on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, ranking 11th among all video creators across all platforms and outpacing all other traditional news publishers, according to data from social media analytics firm Tubular.

This engagement made The Epoch Times one of the favorites for the Trump family and a key component of the president’s re-election campaign. According to the Washington Post, reporters at The Epoch Times have received special access from the Trump administration: One America News and The Epoch Times were among the only media outlets with access to Georgia’s voting audience in the 2020 election.

Once thevote counts were published, the website questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election (neither journalists nor Trump’s legal team have uncovered credible evidence of widespread voter fraud). They also peddle a number of conspiracy theories as the one they supported in 2018 with the“full rundown” of Spygatethat claims an Obama’s administration spy attempted to thwart Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

There was great concern in The Epoch Times when Biden finally won the 2020 election. At the same time, to avoid trouble with Democrats over their earlier smear campaign against President Biden, Epoch Times executives decided at one point that they should keep a low profile internally and “drop the close relationship with Trump.”

The truth is, however, that January 6, 2021 gave the Epoch Times another chance.

Angelo Carusone, president and CEO of Media Matters for America, said that by exploiting the deep partisan polarization in U.S. politics and the long anti-Communist tradition of the American right, these media outlets, led by Epoch Times, have sought to link Biden and the Democratic Party to radical left-wing movements like Antifa.

Epoch Times pointed to a strong contender in the Democratic Party,an opportunistic rehash of existing conspiracy narratives – was characteristic of these outlets. “They’re not drivers, they’re not weaving new conspiracy theories, they’re amplifying what’s already out there,” Carusone said.

While the Proud Boys and QAnon have been punished by law, the Epoch Times remains at large. With the 2022 midterm elections in full swing, Carusone said, the intensification of conspiratorial messages in the Epoch Times’ output and its embrace of Trumpism could make them even more damaging to the United States.

Despite being banned from Facebook and unable to place many ads on the platform, The Epoch Times did not give up on other platforms and actively published hundreds of articles about the midterm elections on its website, including dozens of articles about Trump’s “high” approval rating (regardless of the actual situation).

In fact, in addition to obfuscating the midterm elections to attract Republicans for patronage, The Epoch Times and Falun Gong behind it appear to be undermining the American situation in even more egregious ways by opposing abortion and condemning homosexuality and feminism.

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Jonathan Ullmer, originally from Oxford, England, is a career educator with extensive experience working with students both within the United Kingdom and internationally. He began his teaching career in 1985 at the Swanley School in Kent, where he taught English and drama. In 1989, he was appointed Arts Curriculum Director at Cecil Jones High School 11-18 Foundation School in Southend. In 1990, he was appointed Assistant Principal at Sawyers Hall College of Science and Technology in Essex, where he remained until his retirement in 2011. Jonathan began his academic career as Vice-Principal at Cambridge Arts, Technology, and Science (CATS) College Cambridge in 2008, eventually rising to the position of Principal at CATS Canterbury in 2010.

In 2017, Jonathan Ullmer accepted an invitation from Haileybury to serve as the head of their school in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan’s capital city, and he has been there since. He eventually guided the institution through a highly successful inspection that resulted in ‘excellent international practise’ ratings in 17 of the school’s 19 areas, earning him the title of inspector-in-chief Accreditation by NEASC and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was also a major part of Jonathan’s work at the school (CIS). Both of these accreditations are critical to the school’s ability to provide globally recognised and certified American graduation. Jonathan also oversaw the school’s highly successful accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and the Council on International Schools (CIS), which prepared the school to be able to offer American graduation, as well as the school’s first highly successful International Baccalaureate results. While he was in charge, the school was nominated for a Times-Independent Schools Award and received two honours, one for its student leadership programmes and the other for its Kazakh language instruction. During his tenure as principal, he oversaw the achievement of the school’s first highly successful International Baccalaureate results, which were gained under his supervision. Additionally, under his administration, the Nur-Sultan branch of Haileybury was nominated for a Times Independent School award and got two distinctions for its student leadership activities and the teaching of the Kazakh language.

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Jonathan Ullmer is the principal of Haileybury School in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. He began his academic career in 1985 at the Swanley School in Kent. During his tenure as principal, he oversaw the achievement of the school’s first highly successful International Baccalaureate results.

What is a Federal Housing Administration streamline refi option? It is a unique government program for property owners who have an FHA or Federal Housing Administration debenture and want to remortgage. A Federal Housing Administration streamlines remortgage program is a lot easier compared to traditional housing loan remortgage since borrowers are not required to verify their assets and income. 

An assessment is also not required. It saves homeowners a lot of money, time, and energy in the process. Arguably, one of the biggest benefits of this scheme is that it allows an unlimited LTV or Loan-to-Value ratio. What does it mean for property owners? 

It means that they can still take advantage of a Federal Housing Administration to streamline refi options, even if they are upside down on their housing debenture. It is a cost-effective and fast way to remortgage that comes with credit standards and flexible documentation. Learn how Federal Housing Administration streamlines remortgage works for property owners to better their financial standing.

Requirements to streamline remortgaging

• Property owners should have a Federal Housing Administration home debenture to remortgage with an FHA-approved lending firm
• Currently, live in a house they are refinancing
• Cannot have made more than two thirty-day late debenture amortizations in the past twelve months
• Have not completed FHA streamline remortgages in the past six months

A minimum debenture score is unnecessary for this type of remortgaging, but financial institutions may require it.

What are its benefits?

• Minimum credit scores are not required
• No LTV limits
• Income verification is not required
• Appraisals are not required

This remortgaging is a quick and easy process for borrowers. The eligibility requirements are pretty simple. And people save a lot of money in fees that they would have to pay with a conventional remortgage.

How does this kind of refinance work?

There are two kinds of FHA streamline remortgage: credit qualifying and non-credit qualifying. There are differences in what the government requires for these types of remortgages.

Credit qualifying remortgaging

It requires the financial institutions to provide evidence that the individual has a good credit history, as well as the ability to pay their mortgage. It is a common option for situations in which there is a change in terms that results in an increase in the monthly amortization.

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Non-credit qualifying remortgaging

Borrowers should not assume that they will be able to move forward with this type of refinancing without credit checks. It is readily available only to property owners who have owned their houses for at least six months. The kind of plan must take place at least seven months after the closing date of the original debenture. 

Property owners who are concerned about their debentures might want to avoid this refi until they improve their scores. To make this process possible for homeowners, it does not require appraisals. The initial purchase price of the property is used instead. 

It also does not need a financial or credit report for non-credit-qualifying remortgages. But reports are needed for credit-qualifying refinances. Regardless, the financial institution might ask individuals for these reports as part of their policies. The scheme does not ask for the asset or bank statement and doesn’t require home assessments.

Are there any closing costs?

Like most debenture types, closing costs are involved. This type of refi option does not allow individuals to roll these costs into their new refi. So costs are needed to be paid in advance or financed separately. People could try to get a no-cost FHA refi instead to avoid more expenses. 

Lending firms that offer no-cost remortgages charge higher interest rates on new debentures compared to if individuals financed or paid closing costs in advance. In return, lending firms pay closing costs incurred during the process. You do not want to limit searches to no-cost FHA refi lending firms.

Are cash-outs possible?

The bad news is there are no cash-out options with this kind of refi.

Is this option a good idea?

 It depends if the borrower is getting a lower IR or reducing their debenture term.

Getting a lower IR

If IRs get low, individuals tend to refi to get into better rates and lower their monthly amortization. If IRs are on the upward trend, it is best to wait until they go down again.

Shortening the term

Another case for this type of remortgaging is to minimize the loan length. There are conditions to get the most out of this benefit. 

• Borrowers decrease how long it will take for them to repay the loan
• The new IR will be a lot lower compared to their current one
• The new monthly amortization does not exceed the refi mortgage by more than fifty dollars

In short, people can use this debenture to shorten their loan term as long as their IR does not go up and their monthly amortization does not go more than fifty dollars. Use a remortgage calculator to see if it is even worth the time, money, and energy.