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☆ What’s happening in Syria? How an old conflict in the Middle East erupted again
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alexander Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

In the messy patchwork of conflicts raging across the Middle East, one country has been absent from the spotlight: Syria. That he has survived was largely because of the intervention of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, Iran’s Lebanon-based proxy. In all, the U.N. has documented more than 350,000 deaths but says this is “certainly an undercount.”Today, however, Russia, Iran and Lebanon are distracted and depleted. All of this “puts Assad in a much weaker position.”But “the Syrian regime, in coordination with the Russians and less so the Iranians, will hit them with everything they’ve got,” he added. “Much as I oppose the Assad regime, its atrocities and abuses, what is happening in Aleppo right now is terrifying.

Persons: Bashar al, ”, Omar Haj Kadour, Assad, It’s, Abu Mohammed al, Robin Yassin, “ It’s, “, Aaref Watad, Abbas Araghchi, Dmitry Peskov, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s, Aleppo . Omar Haj Kadour, Hellyer, they’ve, Donald Trump, —, Charles Lister, ” Chris Doyle Organizations: Royal United Services Institute, Getty, Pentagon, Syrian, Human Rights, United Nations, State Department, ISIS, Observatory, Syrian Civil Defence, Middle East Institute, Foreign Relations, Council, Arab Locations: Syria, Syrian, Aleppo, Russia, London, AFP, Idlib, Hama, U.K, Qaeda, U.S, Golani, Russian, Aaref, Iran, Iraq, Iran’s Lebanon, Omar, Homs, moonscapes, ”, Lebanon, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Washington, Kyiv, Moscow, Assad, Aleppo . Omar, Israel, Gaza, Cairo, Washington, Deir el, Monday, British

☆ Rebel groups have taken Syria’s second-biggest city. Here’s who they are
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The rebel coalition consists of well-established armed Islamist factions who, despite their differences, are united in fighting Assad, ISIS and Iran-backed militias. Hayat Tahrir Al ShamThe most prominent and formidable one of those rebel groups is Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), also known as the Organization for the Liberation of the Levant. Rebel groups were delivered a severe blow after the loss of Aleppo to the Syrian regime in 2016. Hall said Syrian groups relying on Turkey has become “problematic” as it sets its target on Kurdish controlled areas instead of the Assad regime. “Being entirely reliant on Turkey, rather than fighting the good fight for the Syrian people they’re fighting the fight for the Turkish government.

Persons: Bashar Al, Assad’s, Assad, Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, Abu Mohammad al, al, Jolani, ”, ” Natasha Hall, Hall, Bashar al, Mahmoud Hassano, Sham who’s, Al Sham, Ahmed al, Dalati, …, ” Hall Organizations: CNN, ISIS, Hayat, Organization for, Terrorist Organization, PBS, Middle, Washington DC, Strategic, International Studies, Syrian National Army, Liberation, Sharia, ”, Kurdistan Workers ’ Party Locations: Russian, Aleppo, Syrian, Iran, Hayat Tahrir, al Qaeda, United States, Iraq, Syria, Qaeda, Idlib, …, Assad, Turkey, Turkish

☆ Meet the Press – December 1, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +56 min

ANNOUNCER:From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. He credited President-elect Trump with this ceasefire, Jake, saying, quote, "Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump." The second dynamic to watch is, Kash Patel is on the record for the retribution agenda that Donald Trump ran on. I will never forget when you asked former President Trump – President-elect Trump and President Biden during that last presidential debate in 2020 about 545 children who were still separated from their parents. And before we go, the newest member of the Meet the Press family, Frankie Alice Katz was born at 12:23 a.m. on Wednesday.

Persons: KRISTEN WELKER, Donald Trump, Christopher Wray, Kash Patel, KASH PATEL, I’d, FBI Hoover, Trump, PRES, JOE BIDEN, JUSTIN TRUDEAU, He’d, Bill Hagerty, Chris Murphy, Jake Sullivan, JONATHAN WHITE, Oscar, Errol Morris, NBC's Jacob Soboroff, Jonathan Allen, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Matt Gorman, Sahil Kapur, it’s, Kristen Welker, Patel, “, STEVE BANNON, Bannon, DONALD TRUMP, Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, he'd, Biden, Edan Alexander, YAEL ALEXANDER, Jake, JAKE SULLIVAN, Kristen, we're, that's, Mike Waltz, President Trump, we've, Joe Biden, Bashar al, Assad, it's, I'm, They're, Chris Wray, Joe Biden didn't, Hagerty, SEN, BILL HAGERTY, Let's, I've, Kash, Colin Kahl, Kamala Harris, You've, Rob Malley, He's, Ariane Tabatabai, It's, Hunter, Hunter Biden, Kash Patel's, – SEN, –, Bill Barr, Tony Blinken, Israel, That's, Trump's, Tulsi Gabbard, she's, Tulsi, – KRISTEN WELKER, Murphy, Press . SEN, CHRIS MURPHY, Donald Trump's, Adam Schiff, Marco Rubio, Marcio Rubio, Donald Trump carte, who's, they're, you've, Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Scott, Hope, Jon, John Bolton, JONATHAN ALLEN, John Bolton's, Matt Gaetz, SAHIL KAPUR, he's, doesn't, tweeting, MATT GORMAN, Gaetz, it's Tulsi, Betsy Devos, Matt Gaetz didn't, DOJ – didn’t, Pete Hegseth, Jr, KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR, Matt, Claudia Sheinbaum, Biden's, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, We've, Yitzhak Rabin, YITZHAK RABIN, Jacob Soboroff, JACOB SOBOROFF, ERROL MORRIS, Errol, Jacob, Adam Serwer, haven't, Jacob – ERROL MORRIS, Jonathan White, Pope, hadn't, Frankie Alice Katz, Sally Bronston Katz, Michael, Frankie Alice, Fredalee, Adrien, We'll Organizations: FBI, Senate, Democratic, Connecticut, National Security, Trump, Boston Globe, NBC, Press, Bureau, Canadian, Hezbollah, Hamas, National, Lebanese Army, Rebels, UN, Republican, The Press, DOD, Department of Justice, China, United States, Depot, Walmart, Communist, Press ., of Justice, White, Wall Street, Republicans, of Commerce, Treasury, Education, Biden White House, Communications, AG, RFK, DOJ, Heritage, U.S ., Mar, Democrat, Clean Energy, U.S, Supreme, Palestine Liberation Organization, Israeli, Oscar, NBC News, Human Rights, American Academy of Pediatrics, Department of Homeland Security, Trump –, MSNBC, Refugee, . Locations: Tennessee, Israel, Gaza, Washington, Mexico, Canada, China, Mar, United States, U.S, Lebanon, Iranian, France, Lebanese, Syria, Aleppo, Iran, Russia, American, Japan, Europe, –, Connecticut, America, States, Trump, Oslo Accords, Eastern Europe

☆ 5 of the top business schools enrolled fewer minorities in the year since affirmative action was overturned
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Five of the most prestigious business schools in the US enrolled fewer underrepresented minority students this year, according to demographic data released since the Supreme Court overturned affirmative action last summer. Of those 15, six saw a notable increase in the number of underrepresented minority students represented in their matriculating 2024 classes, Bloomberg found. 7-ranked Wharton saw its share of underrepresented minorities dip 2% with this year's cohort, while No. MIT Sloan's share of underrepresented minority students in this year's entering class fell 5.7% from the Class of 2025's 14.2 minority makeup. AdvertisementFor example, Duke's Fuqua School of Business and UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business both reported an 8.2% increase in the share of underrepresented minorities enrolled this year.

Persons: —, Bloomberg, Wharton, Kellogg's, Kellogg, MIT Sloan's, Duke's Organizations: Bloomberg, Pacific Islander, Harvard Business School, The University, Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, Harvard, Kellogg School of Management, MIT, Duke's Fuqua School of Business, UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business

Walmart on Monday confirmed that it’s ending some of its diversity initiatives, removing some LGBTQ-related merchandise from its website and winding down a nonprofit that funded programs for minorities. Walmart’s DEI changes were first reported by Bloomberg News. Among the changes, Walmart will no longer allow third-party sellers to sell some LGBTQ-themed items on Walmart’s website, including items marketed to transgender youth like chest binders, company spokeswoman Molly Blakeman said. It’s also moved away from using the term “diversity, equity and inclusion” or DEI in company documents, employee titles and employee resource groups. Walmart’s DEI changes were first reported by Bloomberg News.

Persons: Molson Coors, Bud, ” “ We’ve, Walmart’s, Molly Blakeman, George Floyd’s, It’s, Blakeman, Robby Starbuck, Starbuck Organizations: Walmart, U.S, Tractor Supply, Pride, Ford, Molson, Anheuser, Busch, Bud Light, Bloomberg News, Human Rights, for Racial Equity, Supply Locations: U.S ., America

☆ Walmart pulls back on DEI efforts, removes some LBGTQ merchandise from website
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Walmart on Monday confirmed that it's ending some of its diversity initiatives, removing some LGBTQ-related merchandise from its website and winding down a nonprofit that funded programs for minorities. Those companies include Tractor Supply , which said in June it was eliminating DEI roles and stopping sponsorship of Pride festivals. Among the changes, Walmart will no longer allow third-party sellers to sell some LGBTQ-themed items on Walmart's website, including items marketed to transgender youth like chest binders, company spokeswoman Molly Blakeman said. It's also moved away from using the term "diversity, equity and inclusion" or DEI in company documents, employee titles and employee resource groups. Walmart's DEI changes were first reported by Bloomberg News.

Persons: Molson Coors, Bud, Molly Blakeman, George Floyd's, It's, Blakeman, Robby Starbuck, Starbuck, Walmart's Organizations: Walmart, U.S, Tractor Supply, Pride, Ford, Molson, Anheuser, Busch, Bud Light, Human Rights, for Racial Equity, Supply, Bloomberg News Locations: U.S ., America

☆ Walmart becomes the latest company to walk back DEI initiatives
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Walmart is the latest American company to reverse some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion or DEI initiatives. AdvertisementWalmart is not the first company to roll back DEI initiatives, nor is it the first to be scrutinized by Starbuck. Ford, John Deere, Tractor Supply Company, Molson Coors, Lowe's, and Harley-Davidson are among the US companies that have backed down on DEI. AdvertisementIn his Instagram post, Starbuck said Walmart reached out to him after it found out he was looking into the company. "No retail company wants a story about them from us ahead of Black Friday," he told The Wall Street Journal.

Persons: Robby Starbuck, Starbuck, Ford, John Deere, Davidson Organizations: Walmart, for Racial Equity, Business, Center for Racial Equity, Racial Equity Institute, Human Rights, Tractor Supply Company, Molson Coors, Lowe's, Harley, Wall Street Locations: America

☆ Why green investments have become the last line of defense for Biden’s climate agenda
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

CNN —Can the green shoots of clean energy break through the “brown blockade”? Those huge current and planned investments in new manufacturing plants may represent the sole opportunity to preserve any elements of Biden’s blueprint for growing the domestic clean energy industry. Republican districts are slated to receive an equally large share of another $435 billion in clean energy projects that have been announced but not yet built, the analysis found. The US reliance on the fossil fuels driving climate change has been declining for years, but only at a modest pace. Yet interrupting that transition by repealing the federal policies benefiting clean energy remains a dangerous gamble.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden’s, Biden –, ”, Lori Lodes, ‘, I’ve, Trump’s, Tammy Baldwin, John Fetterman, Kamala Harris, Chris Wright, ’, Lee Zeldin, Elizabeth Conley, “, Jason Walsh, ” Lodes, Robert McNally, George W, Bush, McNally, Walsh, ” Walsh, Joseph Shapiro, Shapiro, EVs, Ben King, King, ” King, ” Shapiro Organizations: CNN, GOP, Republican, Climate Power, Trump, federal Energy Information Administration, Senate, Electoral College, Energy Information Administration, Democratic, Biden, ExxonMobil, Environmental Protection Agency, “, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rosendin, Houston Chronicle, Power, BlueGreen Alliance, Republicans, Hyundai, Bloomberg, Getty, University of California Locations: America, United States, Wyoming , Louisiana, North Dakota, West Virginia, Alaska , Montana , Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Ohio, Indiana , Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Maryland, Washington , Oregon, California, West Virginia , Montana and Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Michigan, – Michigan, Washington, Liverpool , Texas, Georgia, Ellabell , Georgia, Berkeley

☆ Fred Harris, former U.S. senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies at 94
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. “Fred Harris passed peacefully early this morning of natural causes. “I think it’s worked wonderfully,” Harris recalled in 2004, when he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma at a Democratic party commission meeting in 1969, in Washington. “Fred Harris had a real ability to articulate those concerns, particularly of the downtrodden.”In 1968, Harris served as co-chairman of the presidential campaign of then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

Persons: Fred Harris, Harris ’, Margaret Elliston, “ Fred Harris, ” Elliston, Harris, it’s, ” Harris, “ It’s, “, ”, Sen, Fred Harris of, Jimmy Carter, Fred, “ I’ve, Michelle Lujan Grisham, “ Sen, Lyndon Johnson, Lynn A, Curtis, Milton S, Norman Ornstein, ” Ornstein, Hubert Humphrey, Humphrey, Johnson, Republican Richard Nixon, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Robert S, Kerr, Howard Edmondson, — Charles “ Bud ” Wilkinson, LaDonna Vita Crawford, Byron, Laura Organizations: Democratic Party, Associated Press, Senate, Democratic National Committee, Democratic National Convention, African, Democratic, University of New, Democratic Party of New, Comanche, ” New, ” New Mexico Gov, National Advisory Commission, Civil Disorders, Kerner Commission, Eisenhower Foundation, American Enterprise Institute, Republican, University of Oklahoma, J, OU Locations: U.S, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Corrales, Chicago, Boston, Fred Harris of Oklahoma, Washington, New Hampshire, University of New Mexico, Democratic Party of New Mexico, ”, ” New Mexico, Vietnam, Walters, Texas, Lawton

☆ Fred Harris, former US senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies at 94
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

(AP) – Fred Harris, a former US senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. “I think it’s worked wonderfully,” Harris recalled in 2004, when he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Boston. “It’s made the selection much more legitimate and democratic.”“The Democratic Party was not democratic, and many of the delegations were pretty much boss-controlled or -dominated. Harris ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976, quitting after poor showings in early contests, including a fourth-place win in New Hampshire. We had my Senate seatmate Robert Kennedy killed and then we had this terrible convention,” Harris said in 1996.

Persons: – Fred Harris, Harris ’, Margaret Elliston, “ Fred Harris, ” Elliston, Harris, it’s, ” Harris, “ It’s, “, ”, Jimmy Carter, Fred, “ I’ve, Michelle Lujan Grisham, “ Sen, Lyndon Johnson, Lynn A, Curtis, Milton S, Norman Ornstein, ” Ornstein, Hubert Humphrey, Humphrey, Johnson, Republican Richard Nixon, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Oklahoma Sen, Fred R, Bob Daugherty, Sen, Robert S, Kerr, Howard Edmondson, — Charles “ Bud ” Wilkinson, LaDonna Vita Crawford, Byron, Laura Organizations: Democratic Party, Associated Press, Senate, Democratic National Committee, Democratic National Convention, African, Democratic, University of New, Democratic Party of New, Comanche, ” New, ” New Mexico Gov, National Advisory Commission, Civil Disorders, Kerner Commission, Eisenhower Foundation, American Enterprise Institute, Republican, Disorders, University of Oklahoma, J, OU Locations: Oklahoma, New Mexico, Corrales, Chicago, Boston, New Hampshire, University of New Mexico, Democratic Party of New Mexico, ”, ” New Mexico, Vietnam, Walters, Texas, Lawton

Mike DeWine, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther and other city leaders condemned the neo-Nazis in statements and on social media. But Black locals like Holmes wanted to do more and send a message of solidarity, they said. A group of Black leaders and locals marched through Columbus, Ohio, in a “unity” rally. Dozens of men walked, many side by side, down North High Street, many dressed in all black. He said the atmosphere among Black Columbus residents was one of fear and anxiety, with many wondering if they were safe in the city.

Persons: Derrick Holmes, ” Holmes, Joe Biden, Andrew Bates, Nazism, Mike DeWine, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, Holmes, Black, Sean Walton Jr, Brian Winston, Walton, ” Winston, “, ” Walton, ”, Elaine R, Bryant, Winston, Donald Trump’s, Anne Frank ”, Trump, Christian supremacists, Trump’s, Karoline Leavitt, Oren Segal, Jon Lewis, George, ” Lewis Organizations: Columbus ’ Union, Columbus ’ Union Grove Baptist Church, North, North Arts District, ”, ” Ohio Gov, Columbus Mayor, of, Black Columbus, Columbus, Columbus Division of Police, Police, Washington Post, Nazi, Defamation League Center, Extremism, New York Times, Hate, George Washington University’s Program Locations: Columbus , Ohio, Columbus, Columbus ’ Union Grove, United States, ” Ohio, of Central Ohio, Houston, Black, Michigan, Ohio, Springfield, Charlottesville , Virginia, Louis, “

☆ LGBTQ Afghans say they face abuse in detention as Taliban crackdown intensifies
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Billy Stockwell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

“He grabbed me from behind, tore my clothes apart and raped me,” Sohrab – whose name has been changed for security reasons – told CNN in October. Transgender and gender non-conforming people are being “consistently” targeted at Taliban checkpoints due to their choice of clothing, human rights groups said. “I will never forget when the Taliban came to our house,” Samiar Nazari, a 22-year-old transgender man, told CNN. Other human rights groups have documented instances of extrajudicial detention, conducted out of the public eye. With little sign that the Taliban will improve their record on human rights, many in the country feel abandoned by the international community.

Persons: Sohrab, “, ” Sohrab –, –, ” Sohrab, Wakil Kohsar, Roshaniya, ”, Neela Ghoshal, Artemis Akbary, Ghoshal, ” Samiar, ” Nazari, Akbary, Abdul, ” Abdul, David Osborn, Osborn, It’s, Sano –, Sano, ” Sano, He’s, Rosemary DiCarlo, DiCarlo, Yuki Iwamura, UNAMA Organizations: CNN, “, Taliban, Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghan LGBT Organization, Getty, ” CNN, US Department of State, Facebook, Afghan, UK’s, Information Resilience, Afghan Witness, ”, UN, Political, Peacebuilding, United Nations Locations: Afghanistan, Czech Republic, Pul, Kabul, AFP, –, ‘ Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Herat, Afghanistan’s, Jalalabad, Qatar

☆ Amsterdam soccer riots: How a toxic mix of antisemitism, racism and xenophobia culminated in violence
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Last week, Israeli soccer fans were attacked in the streets, Palestinian flags ripped off walls and antisemitic slurs yelled during riots. But the timeline of how tensions ignited in Amsterdam is different depending on which community you ask. “It’s really so, so manipulative… It only makes everything worse,” Jaïr Stranders, a local theater director and a board member of the Liberal Jewish Community of Amsterdam told CNN. But in Amsterdam, many local Jewish officials as well as the mayor have urged against using that description. “They are Dutch youth,” he noted, adding that Amsterdam is a city of many nationalities and many values that can peacefully coexist.

Persons: Amsterdam CNN —, “ It’s, it’s, It’s, Sheher Khan, ” Khan, “, Itay Garmy, ” Garmy, Amsterdam Mayor Femke, they’re, David, Benjamin Netanyahu, Geert Wilders, Halsema, Mouneb, Khan, Wilders, Jaïr, Stranders, Netanyahu, ” Stranders, ”, Israel, Said Alawi, “ I’m, Abdelaziz Chandoudi, ” Chandoudi, Mohammed Rasool Organizations: Amsterdam CNN, CNN, Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer, Maccabi, Police, Amsterdam Mayor, Getty, Freedom Party, Union, Maccabi fans, Liberal Jewish, Amsterdam, Senior, Moroccan Locations: Amsterdam, Dutch, Gaza, Netherlands, Europe, Israel, Palestine, ”, Anadolu, Amsterdam’s, Morocco, Noord, Holland

Whereas cases of the STI in newborns increased by 30% annually in recent years — greatly alarming public health experts — the upward trend has decelerated. San Francisco’s Public Health Department was the first to recommend doxyPEP for gay and bisexual men and trans women, in October 2022. That helped trigger a long decline in condom use among gay and bisexual men in particular. The protocol, called doxyPrEP, demonstrated generally comparable efficacy at preventing STIs compared with doxyPEP studies among gay men. Public health experts have attributed this century’s surge in STIs, at least in part, to a steady defunding of state and local public-health clinics.

Persons: STIs, gonorrhea, Chlamydia, ”, Laura Bachmann, Julie Dombrowski, Pfizer’s, doxyPEP, MISTR, Jeffrey Klausner, Trump, ” Klausner, “ Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, Blacks, NBC News, MediaNews, Getty, University of Washington, Public Health Department, CDC, PrEP, Food and Drug Administration, HIV, University of Southern Locations: Seattle, gonorrhea, Chicago, New York, Africa, Puerto Rico, ”, Munich, Canada, Japan, University of Southern California

President-elect Donald Trump raised eyebrows when he decided to hold a campaign rally in the Bronx in late May. Results so far show Trump winning more than 27% of the vote in the Bronx, shrinking his margin of defeat there significantly. Not only did the Teamsters decline to endorse, Murtaugh noted, but they also released polling in swing states, including Pennsylvania, that showed Trump winning over large numbers of their members. ‘We have no easy path here’For one Democratic policy aide, the biggest concern was movement among younger voters. And what happened [Tuesday] was a Louisville Slugger baseball bat going upside the head of the Democratic Party for not telling people the truth.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Ritchie Torres, “, ” Torres, “ Donald Trump’s, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, It’s, Torres, ”, Harris, Nancy Mace, Trump’s, —, Court’s Dobbs, ” Mace, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Tulsi Gabbard, Elon Musk, ” Trump, ” There’s, Biden, Mike Berg, ” Tim Murtaugh, Murtaugh, MAGA, ‘, you’re, ” —, we’re Organizations: The New, Democratic, Trump, Republican, Democrat, Democratic Party, NBC, GOP, “, National Republican Senatorial, NBC News, Teamsters, Voters, Republicans, Pennsylvania Democrat, Louisville Slugger, Party, county, Democrats Locations: Bronx, The New York City, Manhattan, America, Pennsylvania , Michigan, Wisconsin, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, New York , New Jersey, Illinois, ”, New York

☆ The best writing online about why Trump won, why Harris lost, and what it all means
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Theron Mohamed | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Commentators and academics have been weighing in on why Donald Trump won the US election. The images of him bleeding after a failed assassination attempt became the symbol of what supporters saw as a campaign of destinyHow Mr. Trump won is also the story of how Ms. Harris lost. Laurel Duggan, UnHerdWhy white women stuck with TrumpAdvertisementThe abortion issue had seemingly little impact on Republicans's performance with white women in this cycle. Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight and author of the Silver Bulletin newsletterSilver republished a lengthy blog post from late October with the new title "24 reasons that Trump won." Nate Silver offered up 24 reasons why Trump won.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, There's, Donald Trump's, They've, Kamala Harris, Frank Bruni, Let's, Harris, aren't, Hannibal Lecter, Trump, Allysia Finley, Taylor Swift, Taylor, Swift, they'd, I'd, Sarah Baxter, Mueller, Francis Fukuyama, Ankush Khardori, Politico Trump, Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, MAGA, Biden's, John Burn, Alexandra Ulmer, Gram Slattery, Elon Musk, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Axios, David Weigel, Annie Lowrey, Biden, Gerard Baker, Hitler, Laurel Duggan, UnHerd, Sen, Chuck Schumer, Todd Landman, Evan Vucci Steve Hanke, Ronald Reagan, Steve Hanke, Reagan, Steve Hanke Nate Cohn, Tina Fordham, Trump's, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight, AP Matthew Yglesias, Yglesias, overperform electorally, Dominic Sandbrook, Sandbrook, Hillary Clinton, Tom Williams, Eric Cortellessa, Musk, Eric Cortellessa's Organizations: Service, Democratic, The New York Times Democrats, Trump, Street, Democrats Get, demeaned, Democrats, Financial, Republican, Biden, The New York Times, Trump Won, Republican Party, Britain's, Reuters Trump, White, Republicans —, Trump Republicans, Semafor, The Atlantic Voters, The, Democrat, Republicans, University of Nottingham, AP, Johns Hopkins University, Silver Locations: Trump, Ukraine, White, London, Florida, South Dakota, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Washington, New York City, San Francisco, Israel, California

☆ What Trump's election victory means for job seekers
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Executives focused on hiring told Business Insider that the newfound clarity is already making some employers more willing to post jobs. "Our phone was basically ringing off the hook with companies looking to hire," Lief Larson, CEO of Salesfolks, a staffing firm focused on sales roles, told BI. "We're seeing a pretty healthy number of roles planning to be posted in January, probably more than we even expected," Volberg told BI. A postelection rush to hireAaron Cleavinger, a managing partner at Murdoch Mason Executive Search Group, told BI that he's been "inundated" with new search requests from clients since the election. Rahbar said reductions to immigration could hurt industries beyond agriculture and construction, including tech.

Persons: Donald Trump's, —, haven't, Lief Larson, Tim Glowa, Michelle Volberg, who's, Volberg, she's, that's, Kathleen Lin Hurtubise, Hurtubise, Jason Leverant, Leverant, reshoring, Elon Musk, Aaron Cleavinger, they're, Cleavinger, Peter Rahbar, Rahbar Organizations: Service, Aloha Hospitality Professionals, AtWork Group, Tesla, Murdoch

CNN has reached out to Terada for comment on the R-FBI’s role in Russian disinformation efforts, and ties to the state. Storm-1516 and R-FBI network members have spread at least 54 different disinformation narratives online since August 2023, according to Clemson and CNN’s analysis. “Does anyone believe that an American would be the spearhead of what some call the biggest Russian Disinformation operation since the cold war? TelegramAnother prominent figure in propagating Russian disinformation is American Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who in 2020 accused then-presidential candidate Joe Biden of sexual harassment. The links between Terada’s group and other Russian disinformation efforts are at best opaque, which is likely no accident.

Persons: –, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Mira Terada, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Harris, Walz, Morgan Finkelstein, “ Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Trump, ”, Win McNamee, ” Darren Linvill, Patrick Warren, “, Biden, Warren, Kamala, Influencers, John Mark Dougan, Dougan, he’s, Andrew Harnik, MAGA, IMbaMm8YVF, Darren Linvill, Linvill, ” Clemson, Maxim Shugaley, Terada, Vladimir Putin’s “, ” Prigozhin, Konstantin Pridybaylo, Ruslan Ostashko, Colin Gerard, Gerard, Alexander Dugin, picturing, Tara Reade, Joe Biden, Reade, ” Chay Bowes, Simeon Boikov, podcaster, Bowes, ” Warren, Sean Lyngaas, influencers Organizations: CNN, Clemson University’s, Russian Foundation, FBI, Storm, Democratic, Minnesota Gov, Clemson, Getty, NBC, Wired, Prigozhin’s, Internet Research Agency, Miami Chronicle, Boston Times, DC, IRA, Russian, Gov, National Intelligence, US State Department, Minnesota, Apple, Trump, Infrastructure Security Agency, ’, Federal Bureau, Investigation, Kremlin, Wagner Group, US Justice Department, ANO Dialog, BRICS Journalists Association, Washington Post, Center, Forensics Locations: Russian, Ukraine, West, San Francisco, Zambia, Savannah , Georgia, ”, “, American, Zambian, St . Petersburg, Florida, Moscow, Russia, Kazakhstan, Minnesota, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Bucks County , Pennsylvania, Bucks County ,, French, Irish, Sydney, European

☆ Trump is taking his message to the heart of some of the bluest cities in the US. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump has waded into deep blue territory to boost his candidacy among Black and Latino voters. He has sought to use this issue to cut into Harris' support among the very groups she'll need to win the presidency. This includes Black voters, who for decades have overwhelmingly backed Democratic politicians, and Latino voters, who have become less Democratic as a whole in recent years. A recent GenForward survey showed that 26% of young Black men backed Trump, compared to 58% who supported Harris. During a June debate with President Joe Biden, Trump said migrants were taking "Black jobs" and "Hispanic jobs."

Persons: Trump, he's, —, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, there's, Anna Moneymaker, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: Service, GOP, Democratic, Madison, Trump, Black, Biden, New York, Pew Research Center Locations: Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia, Manhattan, Bronx, New, Georgia , Michigan, Pennsylvania

☆ Researcher’s fears of ‘weaponized’ data reignite focus on puberty-blocking drugs for transgender youth
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Brenda Goodman | Meg Tirrell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Some advocates for gender-affirming care for youth say the report mischaracterizes the normal caution being taken by researchers to carefully present and interpret scientific data. “They’re in really good shape when they come in, and they’re in really good shape after two years,” Olson-Kennedy told the Times. Her description appears to contradict the baseline characteristics of the 95 study participants, which were published in 2022. Numerous studies have documented high rates of suicide and suicidal thoughts in transgender children and teenagers, and the physical changes of puberty can greatly increase the distress of feeling trapped in the wrong body. Nine children – about 4% of the sample – expressed regret over puberty blockers or hormones, and four discontinued their therapy.

Persons: ”, Alex Keuroghlian, Johanna Olson, Kennedy, Olson, “, ” Olson, Amy Tishelman, Tishelman, ” Tishelman, –, What’s, Hilary Cass, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Jen Christensen Organizations: CNN, The New York Times, Education, Fenway Institute, Center, Transyouth Health, Children’s Hospital of Los, Times, Boston College, Endocrine, Endocrine Society, Cass, CNN Health, Trans Locations: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Netherlands

☆ Georgia's election forces voters to choose between a future with Russia or Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party at the party's final campaign rally in Tbilisi on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 26 parliamentary elections. Despite its increasingly anti-Western rhetoric, Georgian Dream insists it still wants Georgia to join the EU and its election posters feature the party's logo along with the symbol of the EU. People walk past campaign posters of the ruling Georgian Dream party in Tbilisi on Oct. 22, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 26 parliamentary elections. Georgian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili attends the final campaign rally of the ruling Georgian Dream party in Tbilisi on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of Oct. 26 parliamentary elections. Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili, staunchly critical of the ruling party, addressed crowds of supporters last weekend, telling them that the vote would "demonstrate people's will for freedom, independence, and a European future."

Persons: Giorgi Arjevanidze, There's, Bidzina Ivanishvili, —, oligarch Bidzina, Salome Zurabishvili's, Vano Shlamov, Ivanishvili, Salome Zourabichvili, Zourabichvili, Salome Zurabishvili Organizations: Afp, Getty, Center for, NATO, European Union, EU, Western, Russia, Party, Institute for, Kremlin Locations: Georgian, Tbilisi, Georgia, Russia, Soviet, Russian, Moscow, Washington, Europe, Western Ukraine, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, Central Asia, European

☆ The electorate is changing. Here’s what that means for Trump and Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

He also found that women will comprise nearly 52% of all eligible voters, which should help Harris. (North Carolina is the sole swing state where he found that they had increased as a portion of eligible voters since 2020.) The groups that Harris needs to give her winning margins are the non-White and college-educated White voters (especially women in each case). “I think Gen Z women, including White women, are very committed to an inclusive democracy,” she said. But this history clearly shows it is likely that the changes in the composition of the eligible electorate Frey has documented will closely track the shifts in the configuration of the actual electorate.

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There is no indication that the officers knew McAlpin was deaf or had cerebral palsy before his arrest. Harris’ body camera video shows him attempting to arrest McAlpin within seconds of exiting his vehicle. Harris tells Sue, “I think I broke my hand” and Harris says McAlpin had bitten him, the body camera video shows. Much of the interaction is captured on Harris’ body camera. McAlpin's wife arrives on the scene minutes later and tells the officers that he is deaf and has cerebral palsy, the body camera video shows.

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☆ Medical schools and legislation aim to address a worsening doctor shortage that's already hitting rural communities
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Heather Lindsey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A doctor shortage is projected to hit 86,000 by 2036. According to the Rural Medical Training Collaborative, 133 rural residencies in family medicine and 69 rural-track programs are recruiting for 2025 enrollment, along with 30 internal-medicine residencies and 16 psychiatry residencies. Several pieces of legislation have also been introduced to Congress to address the doctor shortage. For example, HR 7855, the Association of American Medical Colleges-endorsed Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2024, would codify the Rural Residency Planning and Development Program, which funds the startup costs of residency training in rural areas, Dill said. From 2019 to 2024, the program has enabled the launch of 46 accredited rural residency programs across 38 states and Puerto Rico.

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☆ China’s ‘New Great Wall’ Casts a Shadow on Nepal
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

Hilsa Village NEPAL CHINA Area of detail CHINA Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA 75 miles NEPAL CHINA Hilsa Village CHINA Area of detail Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA 75 miles Source: OpenStreetMap, ESRI By Agnes ChangThe Nepalis have other complaints, too. “This is the new Great Wall of China,” said Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, the former provincial chief minister of the area. Without proper roads, it takes goat herders three days to cover the seven miles from Simikot, Nepal, to Humla. CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDER CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDER CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDERThe Chinese side used to be nearly as remote, the seclusion broken only by a flow of pilgrims to Mount Kailash, which is holy to four faiths. Just 20 miles away is the junction of China, Nepal and India.

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