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Your Democracy
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 06:55
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The chairman of the Jerusalem-based Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center has said it was the right decision to reject a request from Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky to deliver a speech at the institution. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 06:00
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How is it possible that a young man with a video camera has done more to expose exorbitant fraud and corruption in one American state than all the giant billion-dollar legacy media combined? |
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Your Democracy
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 05:44
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Antizionist Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and historian Samuel Biagetti explain why Israel is to blame for the increase in antisemitic attacks. |
Your Democracy
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 05:22
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The segment reports that U.S. forces allegedly carried out a large overnight military operation in Venezuela, using air power and special forces to capture—not kill—President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The operation is described as a rapid “snatch and grab” that surprised Maduro before he could reach a fortified safe room, with President Trump praising its execution and claiming no American casualties. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 21:44
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Washington’s unprovoked aggression against Venezuela, and the likely coming ground attack, are an attempt at reimposing “proud, stable democracy” in the country, in the words of the US front surrogate, Maria Corina Machado. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 19:19
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Swim between the flags, the sign says… Amazingly, the flags that have been working for 100 years are now confusing if you believe the Aussie media…
Unfortunate satire by Gus Leonisky
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 15:42
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2025 turned out to be a banner year in the great steel crash. As of the November data, Chinese output was down 4% year-to-date. With a generous extrapolation for December, Chinese steel output will have shrunk well below one billion tonnes in 2025, approaching 2018 levels. Leading CISA data confirms no late-year rebound for China. The post No end in sight to the great steel crash appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 10:22
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MacroBusiness
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 09:58
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On Friday 2 January 2026 every major media outlet in the country was running the news that 120 Australian Business leaders were calling for the Federal Government to call a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the Bondi Shootings and Anti-Semitism in Australia. Australia’s biggest industry groups demand an antisemitism royal commission – The Age Australia’s biggest |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 08:14
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US President Donald Trump has warned Iran's authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington "will come to their rescue". In a brief post on social media, he wrote: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go," but gave no further details. |
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Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 06:08
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Hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on December 26 that Israel recognizes Somaliland as an independent state, US President Donald Trump was asked whether the United States would follow suit, especially given the talk of a plan to relocate Gazans to the newly formed state. Trump replied, “That’s an important question.”
“SOMALILAND”: IS NETANYAHU EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF BLACKMAIL? |
Your Democracy
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - 05:00
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said on Friday that White House doctors had informed him that he was in "perfect health" and that he had "aced" cognitive test for the third consecutive time. |
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MacroBusiness
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 21:30
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Yellow Robin with katydid in Broulee Courtesy Geoff McVeigh Global Macro Five charts that explain the global economic outlook for 2026 – Guardian Oil prices record steepest annual fall since Covid pandemic – Guardian The 2025 energy transition in eight charts: clean wins, dirty setbacks – Reuters Commodities buffeted by Trump whirlwind seek relief The post Weekend Links and Videos: 3-4 January 2026 appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
Your Democracy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 20:53
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Today the NY Times published a long piece on the relations between the Trump administration and the government of Ukraine. The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (archived) – NY Times, Dec 30 2025 |
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 14:33
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On 5 December, tens of thousands of high school students demonstrated against conscription and war in around 90 German cities. On the same day, the German Bundestag passed a law on military service that moves towards conscription and ignores the concerns of schoolchildren.
Young people want to live in peace |
Renew Economy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 13:14
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THE BLOT REPORT
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 11:55
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I saw a short video where a UK policeman was arresting someone for supporting Palestine Action, an organisation which is all about trying to prevent the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The person being arrested asked if it was because she supported Palestinians, and the copper said that it was. She also asked if she would be arrested if she supported Israel and the copper replied that she wouldn’t. |
xkcd.com
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 11:00
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:07
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“Heaven is high and the emperor is far away.” So did Chinese peasants celebrate their distance from the Forbidden City over many centuries now past. I imagine a similar sentiment may prevail in the hyper-centralized People’s Republic. When power is to one or another degree autocratic, power is best when power is distant. So it was for me, if briefly, as 2025 drew to a close.
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 07:55
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THANK YOU CATHY... THANK YOU THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD FOR REMINDING US THAT PUTIN IS THE BAD GUY IN UKRAINE... I NEVER KNEW.... AND I STAND CORRECTED. I NOW REALISE THAT HISTORY STARTED IN FEBRUARY 2022... Seriously though, cartoons such as the one by Cathy Wilcox should be thrown in the trash NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.... NUF' said.... =================
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Your Democracy
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 06:55
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Prominent Australian business leaders and public figures have joined calls for a federal royal commission into antisemitism following the Bondi terror attack, adding pressure on the Albanese government as it resists a national inquiry. Among the more than 100 signatories to an open letter, published on Friday, are former Reserve Bank governors Philip Lowe and Glenn Stevens, alongside a broad cross-section of business figures and university chancellors. |
MacroBusiness
Friday, January 2, 2026 - 00:05
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Just before Christmas, the Albanese government released its wet lettuce East Coast gas reservation policy, which has arrived too late and will do little to improve gas supply and affordability. The main problem with the policy is that it will apply only to new gas projects from 2027 and will require exporters to set aside The post Labor swindles Australians on gas appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - 18:40
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At least 24 people were killed and more than 50 injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a café and a hotel during New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Black Sea coastal village of Khorly, the governor of Russia’s Kherson Region has said. |
Your Democracy
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - 12:00
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SHOCKING: Russia Opens a New Front — NATO Has No Answer | George Will Global power is no longer decided only by armies or alliances. Increasingly, it is shaped by trade routes, financial systems, energy corridors, and infrastructure that quietly redraw influence without a single shot fired.
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Your Democracy
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - 11:22
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The world-famous New Year's Eve celebrations at Sydney Harbour struck a sombre tone this year, as fear and grief lingered following the Bondi terror attack in mid-December. An hour before the clock struck 12, the harbour bridge glowed white with its pylons bearing a menorah to commemorate the 15 people killed at a celebration to mark the beginning of Hanukkah. |
Your Democracy
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - 10:59
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"As we enter the new year, the world stands at a crossroads.Chaos and uncertainty surround us.Division. Violence. Climate breakdown. And systemic violations of international law. |
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Your Democracy
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - 10:39
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MacroBusiness
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - 09:52
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The past five years have been a shocker for Australian tenants, with the median national advertised rent soaring by 44%, according to Cotality. This surge in rents has added around $10,600 to the annual cost of renting the median advertised home. As a result, the share of household income required to rent the median Australian The post “Extremely tight” rental market to persist in 2026 appeared first on MacroBusiness. |
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Your Democracy
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - 09:44
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Your Democracy
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - 08:32
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In 1941, in the midst of the Second World War, the American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis wrote a Christmas carol entitled “The Little Drummer Boy”. The origin of the song is one of the mysteries of the Christmas season, as Hajej, nynej from Czechia and Patapan from France are mentioned as little-known muses of Davis.
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