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Category: 16 December 2025
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SPOTLIGHT: DOT-COM BUST 2.0
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: As Trends Journal subscribers well know, we were the first to call a Dot-com Bust 2.0 back in 28 January and it was the cover of our 5 February issue. Now, nearly a year later the reality is hitting the Street.
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END-OF YEAR LEGACY MEDIA HEADLINES DEMONSTRATE WHY YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE TRENDS JOURNAL
Sometimes it’s enough to just list current headlines, and point back to forecasts made in these pages well before legacy media caught a clue.
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‘YELLOW LINE’ IN GAZA = ISRAEL STEALING MORE PALESTINIAN LAND
The imaginary so-called yellow line that Israel illegally invented divides Gaza in half, with the IDF controlling the east and the Palestinians to the west, has become an albatross because of the reality that Israel has no intention of ever withdrawing its forces, which was a key component of President Donald Trump’s so-called peace plan for the enclave that Israel has bombed to ruins.
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RICH GETTING RICHER: GLOBAL INEQUALITY HITS ‘EXTREME’ LEVELS AS TOP 0.001 PERCENT HOLD THREE TIMES THE WEALTH AS TO POOREST HALF OF THE WORLD
The World Inequality Report said last week that there is a widening gap between the world’s richest and the poorest, with fewer than 60,000 people—or 0.001 percent of the global population in control of wealth that exceeds the “poorest half of humanity.”
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NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: TRUMP’S FAILING THE INFLATION FIGHT, POLL SAYS
A newly released poll said last week that a majority of Americans from both political parties believe that President Donald Trump is losing the battle against inflation, with 57 percent of voters agreeing that they are quickly losing their purchasing power thanks to high prices.
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AS FORECAST: GEN Z REVOLUTION TAKES HOLD, THIS TIME RESULTING IN THE RESIGNATION OF BULGARIAN PM
Rosen Zhelyazkov, the Bulgarian prime minister, resigned last week amid widespread protests across his country over the demand for better working conditions and the rejection of his 2026 budget proposal, which called for higher taxes and more government spending.
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LITTLE LITHUANIA DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY, CITING THE ATTACK OF THE GIANT BALLOONS
They may have only needed a pin, but the government of Lithuania last week declared a state of emergency after what some officials have called a series of hybrid attacks in the form of large balloons that have drifted from Belarus into the small country, which has resulted in airport delays and other safety risks.
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ZELENSKY BULLSHITS, SAYS UKRAINE WON’T JOIN NATO ‘FOR NOW,’ WON’T GIVE UP LAND COUNTRY STILL CONTROLS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he would be willing to make some concessions to bring the war with Russia to an end by pausing Kyiv’s effort to join NATO, but said he still refuses to give up any land under the control of his forces.
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ZELENSKY REJECTS ANY PEACE DEAL THAT CALLS FOR UKRAINE TO GIVE UP THE DONBAS REGION
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will not agree with any ceasefire deal that calls for his country to give up the Donbas region to end the war, identifying such a demand as a red line.