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Your Democracy Sunday, November 30, 2025 - 09:12 Source

Axios clarified the obvious this week: Ted Cruz is preparing to run for president, again. 

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Your Democracy Sunday, November 30, 2025 - 09:06 Source

 

Everything is more expensive these days, but especially those beauties already expensive to begin with.

By the way, swung by the Colonel's place the other day and a bucket with sides is $50 now…and I heard the Confederates lost the war! (*joking*…the appellation is an Honorific in the Bluegrass State, of which a forbear of Yours Truly in fact bears the distinction…as seen here during the last Great Recession.)

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MacroBusiness Sunday, November 30, 2025 - 07:58 Source

Cotality has released its daily dwelling values index for 30 November, which measures value changes across the five major Australian capital city markets. Over November, dwelling values increased by 1.0% at the 5-city aggregate level, with wide divergence between the individual capital city markets. Melbourne (0.3%) and Sydney (0.5%) recorded relatively soft growth, whereas Brisbane

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Your Democracy Sunday, November 30, 2025 - 06:55 Source

 

Airspace “above and surrounding”Venezuela is now closed, US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday. Trump has repeatedly threatened military action against the country, citing its alleged involvement in the illicit drug trade, a charge Venezuela’s leadership has consistently denied.

Trump made the announcement in a caps-heavy post on Truth Social without elaborating how far the “surrounding” airspace spans beyond the South American country’s borders. 

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Your Democracy Sunday, November 30, 2025 - 06:25 Source

The Russian embassy in the UK has accused British media of misrepresenting President Vladimir Putin’s comments on the Ukraine conflict.

The diplomats have pointed to coverage by certain outlets, including The Daily Telegraph, which it said allowed “serious distortions” of Putin’s remarks during his recent visit to Kyrgyzstan.

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Your Democracy Sunday, November 30, 2025 - 05:44 Source

On Sunday [23 NOVEMBER 2025] night, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, El-Hakawati, in occupied East Jerusalem, shutting down a children’s musical show titled “Dreams Under the Olive Trees.”

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MacroBusiness Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 20:55 Source

  Australian exports    Bridging Visas in Australia   Australia International Students   Australia CSIRO Funding   Australian Inflation – Market and Fixed   Australian Electricity    Global top 10% incomes – note Australia   Australian Ancestry – it appears 90% of us are doomed to be white   Australia Housing Credit   Australia Government

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The Tally Room Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 19:00 Source

6:00 – Polls have just closed for the by-election for the state seat of Hinchinbrook in the north of Queensland.

I will be doing a few updates through the night and may decide to do a video for Instagram and Tiktok later tonight, but I don’t expect it to be the most intense election night.

If you’re looking for something to read while you wait for results to come in, you can check out my guide.

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Your Democracy Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 11:43 Source

 

The European Space Agency (ESA) will begin working on defense projects for the first time, in a move it is describing as “historic.” A resolution by its 23 member states says the agency has the tools to develop space systems “for security and defense.”

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THE BLOT REPORT Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 11:42 Source

I read an article a day or so ago, mostly about the development of a new type of battery in China, which it was said could give your average electric vehicle (EV) a range of about 1,000 kilometres1.

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THE BLOT REPORT Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 11:28 Source
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MacroBusiness Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 11:00 Source

Gunnamatta.Molva · Deet T – Australian economy, market volatility, the AI wave, Crypto and investment flows Against the backdrop of recent market volatility Deep T talks about asset bubbles and investment as the AI wave enters the national consciousness.  Over the course of just under an hour he covers the relationship between investment, productivity and

The post MB Radio: Deep T and G on market volatility appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Your Democracy Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 09:01 Source

People clinging to falsehoods is not a failure of intelligence, but a deeply human attempt to protect emotional stability in an overwhelming world.

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Your Democracy Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 06:20 Source

 

Shortly after 3:46 p.m. Doha time on September 9, Osama Hamdan received a call from a journalist asking him if he knew anything about the explosion that had just taken place in the Qatari capital. The senior Hamas leader was at a meeting across town from the Islamic resistance movement’s offices on Wadi Rawdan Street in the upscale Legtaifiyah District.

 

Weapons of Willpower: Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Trump's Gaza Plan

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Your Democracy Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 06:00 Source

 

Andriy Yermak’s exit as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s all-powerful chief of staff is a tectonic shift for Ukraine that sets the stage for a fierce battle over how the country is governed.

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Your Democracy Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 05:54 Source

The US is keeping the EU “in the dark”regarding ongoing diplomacy and possible draft documents aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict, Politico Europe has reported, citing an unnamed EU diplomat.

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Your Democracy Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 05:44 Source

 

OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, may need to raise more than $200 billion by 2030 in order to continue operating, according to HSBC research cited by several media outlets. 

The company needs the funding to continue expansion as computing costs climb amid an accelerating and increasingly frantic global AI race.

 

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MacroBusiness Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 00:05 Source

International Reading: Poll: By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans say Trump has done more to raise prices than lower them – AzExpress Trump’s second-term golfing to cost US taxpayers $300M as he reaches $70M mark – The Mirror Medical bills are now the #1 cause of personal bankruptcy in Murica – Politico 8 million inflation refund

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Your Democracy Friday, November 28, 2025 - 21:57 Source

 

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US has initiated a campaign to recruit hired guns in the Philippines to fight for Ukraine, with the German Embassy in Manila facilitating their travel by issuing Schengen visas, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

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Your Democracy Friday, November 28, 2025 - 17:04 Source

This paper analyzes the historical genealogy of conspiracy theories about a global supergovernment by focusing on one period of American history in which it attained particular visibility. The formation of the United Nations in 1945 and the onset of the Cold War galvanized speculation on the political margins that a shadowy, malevolent international government was seeking world domination by targeting the United States and its political culture.

 

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Renew Economy Friday, November 28, 2025 - 15:04 Source
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MacroBusiness Friday, November 28, 2025 - 14:00 Source

Labor’s First Home Guarantee scheme, which commenced at the beginning of October, enables first home buyers to purchase a home with only a 5% deposit without requiring lenders’ mortgage insurance, with the government guaranteeing 15% of the mortgage. With Australian home values already the most expensive in history relative to household incomes, the First Home

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MacroBusiness Friday, November 28, 2025 - 13:30 Source

I cannot comment on the prospects of the latest deal, but we can run some scenario analysis to assess the outcomes. Goldman looks at oil. Brent crude prices have declined 5% over the past week to $62/bbl as the market reassesses the prospect of a potential Russia-Ukraine peace deal. While uncertainty around the details of

The post What will a Ukraine peace deal do to commodities? appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Friday, November 28, 2025 - 13:00 Source

Recall Labor’s Powering Australia Plan, released before the 2022 federal election, which claimed that it would cut NEM wholesale power rates by $11 per MWh (from $62 to $51) by 2025, resulting in lower retail power prices. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed RepuTex Energy’s analysis as “the most comprehensive modelling ever done for any policy

The post It’s time for honesty on the renewable energy future appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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MacroBusiness Friday, November 28, 2025 - 12:30 Source

The Market Ear on stocks and fear. Panic gone The extreme VIX vs SPX gap is gone. Chart shows SPX vs VIX (inverted). Source: LSEG Workspace Downside panic also gone Downside protection has reset sharply lower during the latest bounce. The SDEX implosion has been agressive over the past days. Source: LSEG Workspace Seen VVIX?

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Renew Economy Friday, November 28, 2025 - 12:16 Source
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MacroBusiness Friday, November 28, 2025 - 12:00 Source

Recall that long-time immigration influencer Abul Rizi, who has forever championed a Big Australia and has ruthlessly attacked anybody arguing for lower immigration, amusingly endorsed the Canadian government’s sharp immigration cuts. In an article published on Independent Australia this month, Rizvi said the following about Canada’s immigration cuts: CONSISTENT WITH its announced long-term immigration plan

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Renew Economy Friday, November 28, 2025 - 12:00 Source

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