Israel’s pager attack was a tactical success without a strategic goal, analysts say
20 Sep
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Israel’s pager attack was a tactical success without a strategic goal, analysts say

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Politics tamfitronics Home / WorldBy Patrick KingsleyNew York Times·20 Sep, 2024 06:00 AM6 mins to readPeople run for cover and chant slogans after an explosion went off during a funeral for Hezbollah fighters in the Lebanese capital. Video / AFPBy targeting so many pagers at the same time, Israel demonstrated technical prowess and partly restored the aura of its intelligence agencies. But its long-term intent is unclear. Israel’s attack on pagers and AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
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The Batman Part II: Everything We Know So Far
20 Sep
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The Batman Part II: Everything We Know So Far

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Politics tamfitronics Everyone has their own idea of what Batman represents. He’s either a vigilante, the world’s greatest detective, ot a traumatized orphan who runs around Gotham dressed like a bat. But in modern portrayals of the DC Comics superhero, comic-book writers and big-budget film directors have wrestled with the question: "Is Batman even a good person?" For Matt Reeves—director of 2022’s The Batman starring Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz—the answer is a resounding yes. Where Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight proclaimed, "He’s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs," Reeves responds that Batman’s pursuit of justice is what helps him survive. “The thing that I always think about is how Batman is not just trying to do something for the greater good,” Reeves tells Esquire. “It's the only way he can...
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Poilievre’s Dangerous Dance with MAGA-Style Politics
20 Sep
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Poilievre’s Dangerous Dance with MAGA-Style Politics

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Politics tamfitronics Politics tamfitronics POLITICS / NOVEMBER 2024Poilievre’s Dangerous Dance with MAGA-Style PoliticsBy being responsive to die-hard conservatives, he puts himself at their mercyPolitics tamfitronics BY JUSTIN LINGPolitics tamfitronics ILLUSTRATION BY JAMIE BENNETT Published 7:44, SEP. 18, 2024“Connect the dots,” Christopher Rufo wrote. “Then attack, delegitimize, and discredit.”Rufo is one of the most effective political actors you’ve likely never heard of. He is not a high-power consultant or some campaign strategist, but a filmmaker, a blogger, and a man who knows how to take down his political adversaries. His track record includes aiding in the ouster of then Harvard University president Claudine Gay, inspiring Florida’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws, and spurring more than seventeen US states to ban critical race theory, the academic discipline that explores systemic racism and its effects on society. Rufo...
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Harris’ labor split screen: From the Politics Desk
20 Sep
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Harris’ labor split screen: From the Politics Desk

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Politics tamfitronics Welcome to the online version ofFrom the Politics Deskan evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill.In today’s edition, we explore one positive and on negative development for Kamala Harris' support from organized labor. Plus, chief political analyst Chuck Todd writes that current level of political discourse is unsustainable. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.A key union won’t endorse, but Harris has other plans to boost labor supportBy Megan Lebowitz, Alexandra Marquez and Natasha KoreckiVice President Kamala Harris failed to secure the endorsement of a major union, but her campaign is banking on the organizational muscle of the key labor groups that are in her corner to provide a boost in...
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