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[Rick @rapadron1]

@crmjewelers 100k

[Alex Lanfranconi @AlexLanfran]

With the increase of the homestead exemption to $250k, 60% of Floridians may soon pay ZERO property taxes.

Once the exemption reaches $500k, it will fully eliminate property taxes for 92% of Floridians.

This is truly a historic opportunity!

[Rick @rapadron1]

@crmjewelers 100k

[Emmanuel Rincón @EmmaRincon]

La Cámara de Representantes del Estado de Florida acaba de votar a favor de una enmienda constitucional que elimina todos los impuestos a la propiedad no escolares para los propietarios de viviendas de Florida.

[Florida’s Voice @FLVoiceNews]

BREAKING: The Florida House just passed a bill to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot eliminating all non-school property taxes on homesteaded homes.

@RepMoniqueM is the bill’s sponsor.

Next up: Senate approval before voters decide.

Supporters call it historic tax relief; critics warn it could strain local budgets and shift costs to fees and sales taxes.

[Francisco Poleo @FranciscoPoleoR]

Do yourself a favor and listen to Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference. It’s one of the most consequential speeches we’ve heard in a long time. If anyone still needed proof that Rubio can operate like a global statesman, that was it. This is the U.S. I want to see: firm, serious, and steady in what it signals to allies and adversaries.

Part of the speech, as summarized by @WalterVMG:

“While WWII was still fresh in the memory of Americans and Europeans, we found ourselves facing a new global catastrophe, one carrying a kind of destruction unlike anything before, more apocalyptic and final than anything humanity had ever known.

At the time of that first meeting, Soviet communism was expanding at full speed. Thousands of years of Western civilization were on the line. Victory was far from assured, but we were driven by a shared purpose.

What bound us together was not only what we were fighting against, but also what we were fighting for.

Together, Europe and America prevailed, and a continent was rebuilt. Our peoples prospered. In time, the Eastern and Western blocs reunified. A civilization was made whole again.

The infamous wall that had split this nation in two came down, and with it an evil empire, and East and West became one.

But the euphoria of that victory led us into a dangerous illusion: the idea that we had entered, as the familiar phrase goes, the ‘end of history,’ that from then on every nation would become a liberal democracy, that the bonds created by trade would replace the very idea of the nation, that the rules-based international order, a tired expression, would supplant national interest, and that we would live in a borderless world where we were all citizens of the world.

It was a reckless idea, one that ignored human nature and the lessons of more than 5,000 years of written history. And it has cost us dearly. Under that illusion, we embraced a dogmatic vision of unrestricted free trade, even as some nations protected their economies and subsidized their companies to systematically undermine ours, shut down our factories, deindustrialize large parts of our societies, offshore millions of working- and middle-class jobs, and hand control of critical supply chains to adversaries and rivals.”

(…)

“We do not need to abandon the system of international cooperation we have created, nor dismantle the global institutions of the old order that we built together. But they must be reformed. They must be rebuilt.

For example, the United Nations still has enormous potential to be a tool for good in the world.

But we cannot ignore that today, on the most urgent issues we face, it provides no answers and plays virtually no role.

It has not been able to resolve the war in Gaza. Instead, it was American leadership that freed the captives held by barbarians and made a fragile truce possible.

It has not resolved the war in Ukraine. It took American leadership, working alongside many of the countries represented here today, to bring both sides to the negotiating table in search of a peace that still remains elusive.

It has been powerless to stop the nuclear program of Tehran’s Shiite radicals. That took 14 precision bombs dropped by American B-2 bombers.

And it has not been able to confront the threat to our security posed by a narco-terrorist dictator in Venezuela. U.S. special forces had to step in to bring this fugitive to justice.

In an ideal world, all of these problems, and many others, would be resolved with diplomats and strong resolutions. But we do not live in an ideal world, and we cannot keep allowing those who openly and brazenly threaten our citizens and global stability to hide behind abstract notions of international law that they themselves regularly violate.

This is the path President Trump and the US have chosen.

This is the path we are asking you, here in Europe, to take with us. It is a path we have walked together before, and one we hope to walk together again.”

[Ash Crypto @AshCrypto]

BREAKING:

🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says "the crypto revolution is here."

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Bessent says the crypto "revolution is here."

[Will @WClemente]

We are at the 200 week and entering deep value levels for BTC. Unless you believe it’s really becoming irrelevant because of quantum, hard to see a world where spot buys from here & any further down don’t end up being a fruitful decision in a few years.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: $4 trillion JPMorgan says Bitcoin now is "even more attractive" than gold long term.

[Bull Theory @BullTheoryio]

🚨BREAKING: Bitcoin just dumped below Michael Saylor’s average buying price with an unrealized loss of $900 million.

Does this mean $MSTR will go bankrupt soon and start selling BTC ? No.

Let’s understand why. 👇

This is not the first time Strategy has seen Bitcoin trade below its average purchase price. In the last cycle, Strategy’s average cost was around $30,000. Bitcoin later dropped to nearly $16,000, more than 45% below their cost.

Despite that, Strategy did not sell any Bitcoin and faced no forced liquidation.

Because Strategy’s Bitcoin is not used as collateral. There are no margin calls tied to Bitcoin’s price. Their debt is primarily unsecured and most maturities are in 2028-2030, not near term. Total debt is roughly $8.24B, while their Bitcoin holdings are still worth $53.54 billion, even at current prices.

And now, Strategy has even set aside 2.5 years of cash runway to cover interest and dividend payments. This means they do not need to sell Bitcoin to meet obligations, even if BTC stays below cost for some time.

This is why we explained this exact scenario in our earlier post, the idea that a short move below average cost triggers forced selling does not match how Strategy’s balance sheet works.

Yes, Saylor has acknowledged that if Bitcoin stays well below cost for a very long period, selling BTC could eventually be considered.

But a short term move below average cost does not change their liquidity, solvency, or ability to hold Bitcoin.

If you want the full breakdown, revisit our earlier analysis 👇

[Clinton Donnelly @CryptoTaxFixer]

I was listening to Ron DeSantis talk about eliminating property tax in Florida, and at first I thought, “There’s no way that works.”

Then I heard the details…and it actually made a lot of sense.

The idea isn’t to eliminate property tax for everyone.

It would only apply to primary residences , people who live in Florida full-time.

Snowbirds who come for a few months? They still pay.

Businesses and commercial properties? They still pay.

But, if you own your home and live there permanently, no more yearly tax just to keep what you already own.

And honestly, why should you be taxed every year on something you’ve already paid for?

I saw this in Sweden, property taxes are extremely low, and people can actually stay in their homes for life instead of being forced out when taxes rise.

In the U.S., especially in high-tax states, retirees on fixed incomes often get priced out of their own homes. Some are paying tens of thousands a year just in property taxes.

DeSantis said only about 20% of Florida property is primary residences. The rest is businesses, commercial property, and part-time residents, which makes the numbers more manageable.

The big question is how local governments replace that revenue, especially in rural areas. He mentioned possible state-level revenue sharing.

Personally, I think it’s a really compelling idea, and politically, it’s going to get a lot of attention.

What do you think?

Should homeowners pay property tax forever on their primary residence, or once you own it, should it truly be yours?

Curious to hear different perspectives

[K A L E O @CryptoKaleo]

From a pure % price gain perspective, Bitcoin will have a pump that makes what’s happened with Gold and Silver over the last year look boring.

[PlanB @100trillionUSD]

Gold added roughly $10 trillion in marketcap last year. It wouldn't surprise me if some of that profit is rotated/diversified into bitcoin.

[Michael Rauch @Michael_L_Rauch]

These manufacturers are going to need to learn to future proof & make compute upgrades possible. Cars can’t be cell phones you buy every 2-3 years.

[Richard Branson @richardbranson]

In awe of the extraordinary bravery of Maria Corina Machado to make a daring escape from Venezuela and travel to Oslo, arriving just hours after her daughter accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.

This is her moment to openly speak about Venezuelans’ desire for freedom and democracy. For the first time in 18 months, she doesn’t have to fear arrest or worse.

I am reminded of the concert for Venezuela we helped organise almost seven years ago in Colombia. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans showed up for a joyful day of music and dance, hoping for a better future. Millions more are now spread around the world, waiting for the day the regime falls and Maduro steps down, so they can return to a free country. Maria Corina embodies all their hopes and aspirations. I have seen few leaders more capable of uniting and leading a nation.

On this day, my heart goes out to @MariaCorinaYA and all Venezuelans. Congratulations!
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[Rick @rapadron1]

@MarioNawfal This guy is so lost in this subject, no idea of the real situation and history of the post Chavez Venezuela @MarioNawfal

[María Corina Machado @MariaCorinaYA]

This is the story of a people and their long march toward freedom.

What an honor to hear my Nobel Peace Prize 2025 acceptance speech in the voice of my daughter — and to know that very soon, I’ll be able to embrace her and my family again.

[Michael Saylor @saylor]

Strategy has acquired 10,624 BTC for ~$962.7 million at ~$90,615 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 24.7% YTD 2025. As of 12/7/2025, we hodl 660,624 $BTC acquired for ~$49.35 billion at ~$74,696 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC $STRK $STRF $STRD $STRE https://t.co/oyLwSuW7nW

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida citizens MUST have their property taxes abolished, and he'll do so by amending the constitution and letting Floridians vote on it...

...and politicians CAN'T undo it!

"As a homeowner, a family, you're not taxed! Isn't that a good incentive for homeownership?" ☀️

"If this goes to the voters, they approve it, that will be part of Florida's constitution. So you'll have constitutional protection for your homesteaded residence! It cannot be undone by a politician!"

"To have all these snowbirds that have these properties, some of these wealthy people that buy these and live in three, you can tax them! You can still do the taxes, which are doing on Airbnb."

"So there's a lot of ability to tax and be able to raise revenue for the things that really matter."

"We also have some rural counties. We have 32 fiscally constraints. Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, these are powerhouses. I'm putting in my budget the revenue to totally backfill every one of those rural counties. So they're not going to miss a single thing. I've got a big surplus."

"Some guy will come in, buy 12 houses and will do Airbnbs or whatever, well guess what? Those are taxed!"