Cohen: Next, Kamala Harris must add clear policy to her ‘politics of joy’
29 Aug
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Cohen: Next, Kamala Harris must add clear policy to her ‘politics of joy’

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Politics tamfitronics Joy is not a strategy. It alone will not change minds and win votes. But this is about the rebranding of Kamala Harris.Published Aug 28, 2024 • 3 minute readDemocratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris appears on stage during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. Photo by Jacquelyn Martin /THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPORTLAND, Maine — If you want a taste of the politics of joy — the byword of Kamala Harris’s campaign — consider the roll call of the states at the Democratic National Convention. It is the best illustration of the party’s new energy since Joe Biden left and she arrived.The roll call is a convention tradition. It is one of the spectacles of American politics, democratic and majestic, when each delegation, in alphabetical order, is asked to report its votes...
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Florida woman kills wild boar with mango. (This is not a meme.)
29 Aug
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Florida woman kills wild boar with mango. (This is not a meme.)

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Politics tamfitronics Carol Etscovitz knows the exact moment she transformed into a Florida woman: the night she killed a boar with a mango.She’d just been wandering through Promised Land, the name of the 300-tree, 40-acre property she owns with her husband, David. Their tract of land is tucked away in the subtropical vegetation of Pine Island, Florida, a massive, mangrove-ringed barrier island just off Cape Coral on the state’s Gulf side.It’s full of razorbacks. Hundreds of boars and sows roam Pine Island, scrunching their snouts into burrows and feasting on fermenting fruit. Locals often patrol the island, sometimes shooting, sometimes trapping dozens of these feral pigs to get rid of them. (It’s legal to hunt and kill wild boars year-round in the Sunshine State.)Politics tamfitronics Why We Wrote ThisA story focused onFlorida calls itself a...
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UK politics live: Reeves refuses to rule out capital gains and inheritance tax raids as PM vows Germany treaty
29 Aug
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UK politics live: Reeves refuses to rule out capital gains and inheritance tax raids as PM vows Germany treaty

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Politics tamfitronics NewsUKUK PoliticsPolitics tamfitronics Keir Starmer promised Labour will work towards a ‘once-in-a-generation’ Germany-UK treatyKeir Starmer and Olaf Scholz shake hands as prime minister arrives in BerlinSign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UKSign up to our Brexit email for the latest insightSign up to our Brexit email for the latest insightSir Keir Starmer has been greeted by Emmanuel Macron ahead of the Paralympics opening ceremony in Paris, after meeting in Germany with chancellor Olaf Scholz as the prime minister pursues his post-Brexit reset agenda.In a press conference in Berlin, the prime minister said a new treaty between Britain and Germany will help “deliver for working people” and create “deeper links on science, technology, development, people, business, and culture”.Sir Keir promised...
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Floyd Shivambu: A political guru who changed South African politics
28 Aug
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Floyd Shivambu: A political guru who changed South African politics

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