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☆ Russia wants its pro-war bloggers to identify themselves by 2025. Only about 10% of its top channels are complying, analysis says.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But Kremlin-affiliated and pro-war accounts aren't playing ball, independent Russian media reported. A new analysis found that only 10 of the top 82 political pro-government Telegram channels had registered. Nearly 90% of Russia's top pro-war Telegram channels have been ignoring a government directive to identify themselves in an official registry, per an analysis by independent media outlet Vertska. But the move was originally unpopular with pro-Kremlin military bloggers, who often maintain anonymity and sometimes post analyses and criticism of Russian war leaders. Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of Russia's State Duma, runs the most popular registered channel.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Vertska, Rybar, Ramzan Kadyrov, Dmitry Medvedev, Sergei Sobyanin, Boris Rozhin, Cassad, Dmitry Nikotin, Vyacheslav Volodin, Roskomnadzor Organizations: Kremlin, Security Council, Russian Defense, Duma, Business, YouTube Locations: Russia, Russian, Moscow's, Washington, Ukraine, Moscow

☆ You need to care more about your son’s health. This urologist explains why
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Mental health matters just as much as physical health, and boys should know it needs to be a priority. Nutrition and exerciseDuring puberty, boys’ bodies grow rapidly, and they need the right fuel to keep up. Boys need to understand that what they see online isn’t always real. Boys need to know that it’s OK to ask questions — whether it’s about feelings, their changing bodies or anything else. By creating an environment in which boys feel comfortable talking about their health, we’re giving them the tools they need to navigate a time of massive change.

Persons: Jamin, I’ve, —, don’t, haven’t, it’s, they’re, ” Organizations: Orlando Health, University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine, CNN, Popular Media Locations: United States

☆ Wisconsin Judge Strikes Down Limits on Public Sector Unions
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Wisconsin judge on Monday struck down portions of a 2011 law that stripped most government workers in the state of collective bargaining rights and set off fierce demonstrations. The ruling by Judge Jacob Frost of the Dane County Circuit Court is certain to be appealed. “Restoring union freedoms to Wisconsin workers will strengthen Wisconsin’s middle class, lift up the voices of workers and lead to better public services for our communities,” said Stephanie Bloomingdale, the president of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, in a statement. Republicans passed the law, known as Act 10, shortly after winning control of state government in the 2010 elections, arguing that limits on public sector unions were necessary to balance the budget and attract business investments. They advanced the legislation despite large-scale protests at the State Capitol in Madison and an attempt by Democratic lawmakers to scuttle the vote by fleeing to Illinois.

Persons: Judge Jacob Frost, ”, Stephanie Bloomingdale Organizations: Dane, Circuit, Democrats, Wisconsin AFL, State Capitol, Democratic Locations: Wisconsin, Madison, Illinois

☆ Cramer calls Disney stock a 'great bargain' as CEO Bob Iger scores another big box office win
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Disney just broke some more box office records — signaling a blockbuster comeback that could fuel the company's revival and its stock price. That beat the $125 million Disney's "Frozen 2" made during its Thanksgiving weekend opening in 2019. Since opening, "Inside Out 2" has made nearly $1.7 billion worldwide and $653 million domestically, according to Box Office Mojo . After its box office struggles in recent years, Disney's current and upcoming slate indicates a turnaround is afoot. Disney CEO Bob Iger is laser-focused on restoring the magic of Disney's movies, Jim Cramer said Monday.

Persons: Dwayne, Johnson, Maui, King, —, Bob Iger, Jim Cramer, Iger, Jim, Jim Cramer's, Auliʻi, Moana, Disney Organizations: Disney, Paramount, Comcast, NBCUniversal, CNBC, Office Mojo, Management, DIS, ESPN, & $ Locations: Disney

☆ The Secret Pentagon War Game That Offers a Stark Warning for Our Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( William Langewiesche | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Britain, France, China, Israel, India and Pakistan had already made their voices heard, then North Korea joined in, with Iran seemingly poised to follow, with all the chatter multiplying the opportunities for miscommunication. Now China, after years of contenting itself with a diminutive retaliatory arsenal, has changed its mind and is striving to rival the United States and Russia. Key arms-control treaties have expired or been abandoned, and there is little immediate hope for new ones. Having fallen from 70,000 warheads at the height of the Cold War to about 12,000 today, the global arsenal has begun again to grow, according to the Federation of American Scientists. Whether justified or not, these concerns are destabilizing.

Organizations: North, Federation of American Scientists Locations: Britain, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran, contenting, United States, Russia

☆ 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.

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☆ Romanians vote in parliamentary election amid turmoil over claims of Russian interference in presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

BUCHAREST, Romania Associated Press —Romanians cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election sandwiched between a two-round presidential race, the first of which has plunged the European Union and NATO member into unprecedented turmoil following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference. By 5 p.m., about 7.5 million people – about 42% of eligible voters – had cast ballots, according to the Central Election Bureau. Cristian Andrei, a political consultant based in Bucharest, predicted the general election could also be reshaped by Georgescu’s success, with far-right parties possibly obtaining record highs. “The impact of the surprise in last Sunday’s presidential election will be significant, and we are going to wake up in a new political reality,” he told The Associated Press. Some have predicted that the far-right nationalist S.O.S Romania party, and the little-known Party of Young People, which has backed Georgescu, could pass the threshold.

Persons: –, Calin Georgescu, Elena Lasconi, Vladimir Putin, Alexandru Rizescu, ”, “, Georgescu, it’s, Andrei Pungovschi, Cristian Andrei, “ Georgescu, Marcel Ciolacu, ” Georgescu, ” “, Andreea Alexandru, Silviu Organizations: Press, European Union, NATO, Bureau, Save, Save Romania Union, Constitutional, Sunday, Associated Press, Social Democratic Party, PSD, National Liberal Party, PNL, ”, Alliance, Unity, REPER, Force, of Young Locations: BUCHAREST, Romania, Save Romania, Europe, Izvorani, Bucharest, TikTok, Russia, Romanian, EU, Sens

☆ These 3 people make art for shows like Critical Role and Dimension 20. Here's how to get a nerdworld dream job too.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Behind the scenes at CR and D20People who watch the shows may recognize Friederichs' art from CR series like "Exandria Unlimited" and, more recently, the team's third, long-running "D&D" campaign, "Bells Hells." Friederichs told BI that she was initially commissioned to work on CR's "Uk'otoa" board game, then brought back to make character art for O'Brien's character, Orym. May told BI that publishing as much of her art as possible and networking within the fandom helped her early in her art career. Fan art is fair gameAngiolini told BI that drawing fan art is one way to get noticed. "The pipeline becomes very different when you're making something that needs to be then altered or put into the editing," May told BI.

Persons: Eren Angiolini, Hannah Friederichs, Matt Mercer, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Liam O'Brien, who've, Friederichs, Liam, I've, Angiolini, Clay, Nott, Sam, O'Brien, Sam Riegel Organizations: CR, D20, Dark Horse, Darrington Press Locations: Australia, London

☆ Chase Strangio: For the first known transgender lawyer to argue before Supreme Court, the mission ‘is not lost on me’
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Chelsea Bailey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Strangio, an attorney for the ACLU, is set to make history Wednesday as the first known transgender person to argue before the US Supreme Court. With hindsight, Strangio’s career can appear like it’s been hurtling toward this week’s Supreme Court appearance. Esseks often gets asked, he said, whether the ACLU tapped Strangio to present its case before the Supreme Court because he’s trans. The Supreme Court ruling also could be life-altering for physicians like Dr. Izzy Lowell, whose telehealth practice, QueerMed, provides hormone therapy and other services for transgender and nonbinary people. “I think about all of the arguments that have that have been held in the Supreme Court over just the basic dignity of people.

Persons: Chase, –, ”, Chase Strangio, HB1, Ray Di Pietro, Shutterstock, Strangio, “ I’ll, “ I’m, haven’t, who’s, CNN she’s, Alexis, Donald Trump’s, – Alexis, “ We’ve, ” Alexis, “ She’s, we’re, He’s, he’s, “, “ It’s, Laverne Cox, Sara Ramirez, Saul Loeb, James Esseks, Esseks, Lorena Borjas, ” Esseks, “ Chase, she’s, She’d, Izzy Lowell, general’s, who’d, Lowell, it’s, Robert Nickelsberg, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Thurgood Marshall, ” Strangio Organizations: CNN, ACLU, Republican, Tennessee State Capitol, Supreme, Tennessean, National Health Service, Prevention, American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Civil, Getty, Fund, US, St, Court Locations: United States, Tennessee, Nashville, Skrmetti –, Washington ,, Latina, New York City, California, Texas, Florida

☆ I've started using an AI notetaking app, and it's changed my meetings
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementA few months ago, I started using an AI notetaking app, Granola, in meetings. A few minutes after I'd hopped on a call with a tech founder, he mentioned that he'd started using an "amazing" AI notetaking app. AdvertisementI've been using Granola since midsummer, and it's changed my meetings. In fact, given the whac-a-mole way many of us work — quickly triaging the messages that bombard us throughout the day — AI notetaking apps could have our back. That's notable, in part, because in a recent survey, 57% of Granola users reported being in leadership roles.

Persons: I'd, he'd, Lizzie Widhelm, it's, Granola, I'm, Chris Pedregal, —, Pedregal, Slack, He's, I've Organizations: Google Locations: Granola, London

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☆ Women are playing key roles in protests across South Asia. The backlash they face is often heavily gendered
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Jerome Taylor | Esha Mitra | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

The event was part of a wave of increasing participation and leadership from women in protests across South Asia, activists and organizers say. But just as notable is a gendered backlash to that wave, involving tactics seemingly intended to subdue female dissent. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty ImagesBangladeshi women protesters hold candles during a protest against rape in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 17, 2024. Nazifa JannatIn Bangladesh, women deal with daily harassment, says Nazifa Jannat, a student and political activist. According to student-protester Jannat, while women have previously participated in protests in Bangladesh, this time many women, including her, played a leadership role.

Persons: ” Meghamala Ghosh, It’s, it’s, ’ ”, leering, Ghosh, Meghamala Ghosh, ” Heather Barr, Dibyangshu Sarkar, Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury, afflict women’s, Nazifa Jannat, Nazifa, Deanne, Sammi Deen Baloch, Baloch, ”, Barr, Mola Bakshsh, ” Akbar Nasir Khan, “, ” Baloch, Uyangoda, Imran Khan, Sabir Mazhar, Khadijah Shah, Khan, Bushra Bibi, Shah, ” Shah, ” Barr, Sheikh Hasina's, K M Asad, Sheikh Hasina, Jannat, ” Jannat, ” Uyangoda, ” Ghosh, they’re Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN —, Human, Getty, Defenders, Human Rights, Baloch, CNN, Interior Ministry, Former, Anadolu Agency, Dhaka University Locations: New Delhi, West Bengal, South Asia, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kolkata, AFP, Dhaka, Afghanistan, Kabul, Nazifa Jannat, ”, Asia Pacific, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan’s, Islamabad, Faisal, Karachi

☆ Notre Dame is back – but not quite as you knew her
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Joseph Ataman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Five years after the flames roared and the world held its breath, Notre Dame cathedral is coming back to life. CNN teams have visited Notre Dame several times since the fire, even as the work ploughed on through Covid-19’s stranglehold on France. But for those soon to revisit Notre Dame, this improbable victory is best seen by looking up. The oak frameworks and lead roofing of the nave, choir and transept of Notre Dame were reconstructed to look exactly like the originals, according to Rebuild Notre Dame. “We use the same materials, oak and stone, and with the same techniques.”The nave of Notre Dame cathedral.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Paris ”, “, ” Philippe Jost, “ There’s, ”, Benoit Tessier, Notre Dame de Paris, Jost, Sarah Meyssonnier, Emmanuel Macron, Mark Esplin, Saskya Vandoorne, Eugène Viollet, –, Ed Jones, Virgin Mary, Patrick Chauvet, Louise Delmotte, Macron, ” Jost, Stephane de Sakutin, Viollet, Louis XIII, Marie Parant, Christophe Petit Tesson, Guillaume Bardet, Saint Louis, Sylvain Dubuisson, Brigitte Macron, Laurent Ulrich, Anne Hidalgo, King Louis the IX, It’s, it’s, Thomas Hubert, SIPA, Joel Saget, Geoffroy Van der, Ian Langsdon, Geoffroy Van Der, Nicolas Liponne, Notre, Notre Dame – Organizations: Paris CNN, Notre Dame, Notre Dame de, CNN, Notre, Workers, Reuters, National Forestry Office, Carpenters, Getty, Paris, Shutterstock Workers, Dame Locations: Notre, Paris, Covid, France, AFP, France’s, French, Geoffroy Van der Hasselt, Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt

☆ Auli’i Cravalho on ‘Moana 2’ and Making Her Broadway Debut
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Sarah Bahr | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a chilly November evening, wearing a light leather jacket and a scarf, Auli’i Cravalho was freezing as she plunged through a pair of gleaming doors into a candlelit bar in Midtown Manhattan. “I do not know how people layer here — I’m in total awe,” said Cravalho, who had just come from a photo shoot at a park on the Lower East Side. Like the plucky young heroine she voices in Disney’s “Moana” films — the sequel, “Moana 2,” hits theaters on Wednesday — Cravalho grew up in a tropical climate, in Kohala, Hawaii. But recently she had been living in an apartment in Hell’s Kitchen, with her partner and her best friend, while starring in the Broadway revival of “Cabaret.” Cravalho plays the singer Sally Bowles in the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical about a Berlin nightclub during the rise of fascism. That night would be her first back in the show after sitting out a few performances after she “had come this close to vocal hemorrhaging.”

Persons: “, ”, Cravalho, “ Moana, ” Cravalho, Sally Bowles, John Kander, Fred Ebb Organizations: Broadway Locations: Midtown Manhattan, “, Kohala, Hawaii

☆ 5 big questions about how tech will look under Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

He sought to swat down legal protections for tech platforms. Many Republicans are eager to see the Trump administration address what they see as “censorship” of right-leaning voices by many mainstream social media platforms. That could mean reforming or reinterpreting Section 230, which shields tech platforms from liability for their users’ posts and allows the platforms to moderate content as they see fit. In essence, Carr could attempt to pass a rule that would make it possible to sue tech platforms under that new interpretation. Ultimately, that could mean hamstringing tech companies’ efforts to reduce hateful or false content on their platforms.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, – —, Trump’s, TikTok, Mark Zuckerberg, He’s, it’s, Elon Musk, Will TikTok, “, he’ll, Shou Zi Chew, Kent Nishimura, Alan Rozenshtein, ” Rozenshtein, You’re, doesn’t, isn’t, Will Trump, … we’ve, ” Musk, Joe Biden, Biden, ”, John Villasenor, Brendan Carr, Carr, Gigi Sohn, Tom Wheeler, Evan Greer, Lina Khan, JD Vance, Musk, Khan, Tayfun, – Khan, ” Villasenor, ” Greer, Republican Sen, Marsha Blackburn of, Democratic Sen, Richard Blumenthal, Mike Johnson Organizations: New, New York CNN, Google, Big Tech, Trump, Bloomberg, Getty, University of Minnesota, Apple, CNN, “, Fox News, Republican, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law, Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Democratic, Federal Trade Commission, Biden, White, Trump White House, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Kroger, Albertsons, FTC, Department, DOJ, TV, Senate Locations: New York, United States, —, Washington ,, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Connecticut

☆ Trump made unprecedented inroads in Silicon Valley this election
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Silicon Valley, long considered a progressive stronghold, has begun to shift toward Donald Trump, according to new voting data analyzed by Business Insider. These numbers show that Trump and Republicans are still a long way off from gaining any real majorities in Silicon Valley. While Elon Musk is based in Texas these days, many of his companies, including Tesla, are still very active in Silicon Valley. Trump, with Musk in support, has promised to cut regulations, which could help Silicon Valley startups grow more quickly. The trend toward Trump in the Silicon Valley electorate mirrors statewide and national trends.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Joe Biden, Hilary Clinton, Francisco county's, Trump, Democrat —, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Horowitz, Elon, Tesla, reelect Trump, JD Vance, Peter Thiel, Ben Narasin, we've, voteshare Organizations: GOP, Business, San, Apple, Google, Nvidia, State, Facebook, Meta, Republican, Trump, Democrat, Democratic, Venture, PayPal, Elon Locations: Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco counties, Silicon, San Francisco Bay, California, San Francisco, San Mateo county, Silicon Valley, Texas, Atherton

A national CBS News/YouGov poll conducted last week found that 71% of people plan to avoid political discussions at Thanksgiving. Voss was among the dozens of people on social media who posted videos about how they are opting out of their family Thanksgiving plans. Van Bavel is director of NYU’s Social Identity and Morality Lab, which studies the dynamics of shared social identities. “There’s way more diversity among Republicans than most Democrats believe, and there’s way more diversity among most Democrats than most Republicans believe,” Van Bavel said. Jay Van Bavel, psychology professor at New York University“One of the biggest fears people have is being socially ostracized,” Van Bavel said.

Persons: Donald Trump, it’s, ”, Alexis Voss, Voss, she’s, “, …, Yale, Amanda Calhoun, MSNBC’s Joy Reid, I’m, ’, Jesse Watters, Elon Musk, Jay Van Bavel, Van Bavel, ” Van Bavel, ” Diana Rodriguez Wallach, Kamala Harris, Wallach, Jordan Williams, MAGA, Williams, Scott Walker, Walker, they’re Organizations: Trump, CBS, Fox News, New York University, Democratic, New York University “ One Locations: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rican, California, United States

☆ Buzzy French voice startup PyannoteAI is in talks to raise around $10 million in funding, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementPyannoteAI is in talks to raise $10 million in initial funding, sources told Business Insider. The startup's AI platform detects and identifies speakers in audio transcriptions. Voice AI is gaining traction, with startups like ElevenLabs in talks to raise significant funding. A French startup developing voice intelligence models is in talks to raise around $10 million in initial funding, Business Insider has learned from two people with knowledge of the deal. Voice-cloning startup ElevenLabs is looking to raise funding at a $3 billion valuation, Business Insider first reported.

Persons: Lizzie Widhelm, Vincent Molina, Hervé Bredin, Bredin, buzzy, Dealroom, OpenAI, ChatGPT Organizations: Business, BI Locations: France

☆ How Jared Goff hitting rock bottom became his and the Detroit Lions’ salvation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Michael Silver | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +25 min

Summoned to Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell’s office on a late-October Tuesday in 2022, Goff feared the worst, and with good reason. And he’d done it in his first season with Matthew Stafford, the Lions’ longtime starting quarterback who’d been swapped out for Goff. AdvertisementIn May, the Lions signed Goff to a four-year, $212 million contract extension, with $170 million guaranteed. AdvertisementIn the lead-up to the game, Goff tried hard not to make the story about him. We’re f—ing different than all 31 in this league.”We found a way pic.twitter.com/lzSSpJVMfM — Detroit Lions (@Lions) November 11, 2024Later, Goff harkened back to the trying times he, many of his teammates and their coaches have experienced together, and the resolve it fostered.

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☆ Musicians are increasingly forgoing the major-label system. The problem is that most can't afford to.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementDespite the democratization of music in the streaming era, it's still very expensive to record an album. Although many artists are forgoing record labels, it's nearly impossible to become a superstar without one. When I did my album, I don't even know how much the producers got paid — it just was done," Chinouriri says. Advertisement"I don't know how I'd be able to do all of this and then have to think of the cost," Chinouriri adds. "I don't know how Raye does it, I don't know how Tinashe does it.

Persons: it's, yearn, Raye, Tinashe, Lizzie Widhelm, You've, there's, Donald Passman, everybody's, They'll, Passman, Long, Derek White, who's, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Alexis, Rachel Chinouriri, would've, Chinouriri, I've, she's, I'd, Tinashe's, they've, Solitro Organizations: Music, Spotify, The Recording Academy Muni, Fifth Harmony, Apple, Parlophone, Atlas Artists, Polydor, RCA Locations: Atlanta, London

TEL AVIV — The Israeli government failed in its “primary duty to protect its citizens” in the lead-up to and during the Oct. 7, terrorist attacks, according to an Israeli civilian report released Tuesday. Some 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage during the attacks as Hamas fighters infiltrated Israel from southern Gaza and launched thousands of rockets. The Israeli report also identified a "major cause" of the Oct. 7 tragedy as a "glaring failure" by Israeli intelligence branches. It specifically pointed to Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security agency, and military intelligence for their inability to provide timely warnings or act on those that were issued. Israeli soldiers near houses that were destroyed during a Hamas attack on the kibbutz in Be'eri, Israel.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Netanyahu “, Shin Bet, Tsafrir, Benny Gantz, Netanyahu's, Shin Bet’s, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Amir Levy, “, ” Roni Lifshitz, ” Omer Bekin, Freddie Clayton Organizations: Civilian, of, Hamas, NBC, AFP, Getty, NBC News, West Bank Locations: TEL AVIV, Palestinian, Israel, Qatari, Gaza, Israeli, Sderot, Be'eri, Be’eri, Tel Aviv, London

☆ Dozens of audios reveal high-ranking Brazilian officers pressured Bolsonaro to stage a coup
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | 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: +4 min

The audios are not directly related to the Nov. 21 formal accusation by Brazil’s police that Bolsonaro and 36 others attempted to stage a coup. In a voice message to Gen. Fernandes, Col. Reginaldo Vieira de Abreu used an expression frequently repeated by Bolsonaro to argue the country’s constitution should be ignored. In an audio from Dec. 8, Bolsonaro’s aide-de-camp, Lt. Col. Mauro Cid, is heard telling Gen. Fernandes that time was running out to keep his boss in office. He waits, waits, waits, waits to see where it is going. We have popular support.”Thousands of Bolsonaro followers camped outside army facilities to pressure military leaders to side with the then-president.

Persons: Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Alexandre de Moraes, Lula, —, de Moraes, de Moraes ’, Roberto Raimundo Criscuoli, Mario Fernandes, ” Criscuoli, “, Bolsonaro, Fernandes, Reginaldo Vieira de Abreu, ”, Bolsonaro’s, Col, Mauro Cid, Gen, ” Cid, ” De Moraes ’, Cid, Walter Braga Netto Organizations: Federal Police, Associated Press, United, Bolsonaro’s, Media Locations: Brasilia, Audios

☆ Transgender Activists Question the Movement’s Confrontational Approach
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Jeremy W. Peters | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To get on the wrong side of transgender activists is often to endure their unsparing criticism. When J.K. Rowling said that denying any relationship between sex and biology was “deeply misogynistic and regressive,” a prominent L.G.B.T.Q. group accused her of betraying “real feminism.” A few angry critics posted videos of themselves burning her books. allies last year to discuss new limits on the participation of transgender student athletes, one activist fumed on the call that the administration would be complicit in “genocide” of transgender youth, according to two people with knowledge of the incident. Now, some activists say it is time to rethink and recalibrate their confrontational ways, and are pushing back against the more all-or-nothing voices in their coalition.

Persons: cooperator, ”, J.K, Rowling, “, Biden, fumed Organizations: Democratic, Nazi

☆ ‘We enjoy this sometimes’: The rhetorical battle between Justices Alito and Kagan at the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —The morning after Donald Trump was reelected president, Justices Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan began jousting more than usual. More than other justices on their respective sides, conservative Alito and liberal Kagan are sharp-tongued strategic questioners. As usual, Alito and Kagan began referring to each other’s questions but with barely a glance toward the other at their elbow. Skeptical of the litigants’ case, Alito asked their lawyer Deepak Gupta why Huang would have put out financial information that could be quickly exposed as wrong. Then Alito said, “Well, I don’t want to derail … Justice Kagan had a number of hypotheticals, but I don’t want to interrupt that.”Kagan seemed miffed, but only slightly.

Persons: Donald Trump, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Alito, Kagan, Trump, Anthony Kennedy, ”, ” Alito, you’ve, ” Kagan, it’s, gesturing, John Roberts, improvidently, Jensen Huang, Deepak Gupta, Huang, Gupta, “ Huang, “, “ You’re, ” Gupta, Biden, Elizabeth Prelogar, Bostock, Biden’s, John Sauer, Sauer, Noel Francisco, Francisco, Amy Coney Barrett, Dobbs, George W, Bush, Alito’s, “ Sam, ” Bush, Barack Obama, Adam Unikowsky, Edmund LaCour, LaCour, “ Let’s, …, general’s Organizations: CNN, Kagan, Trump, Meta, Investors, Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, Amalgamated Bank, Department, Nvidia, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Alabama, Alabama Supreme Locations: America’s, Trenton , New Jersey, Swedish, Clayton County, Bush, Alabama

☆ One major challenge facing Trump’s chosen health leaders: Keeping politics separate from science
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

A key challenge for all of the Trump administration’s new public health leaders, the experts said, will be keeping politics out of science. CNN has reached out to Nesheiwat and Makary for comment and did not receive a response. Some said that could put them at odds with Kennedy, whom Trump has chosen for the nation’s top health post as HHS secretary. It doesn’t seem that he has much experience working in the field of public health,” said Castrucci, an epidemiologist who is president and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, a nonprofit focused on strengthening the US public health system. The US surgeon general typically serves as the voice of the administration’s public health policy while promoting their own agenda of issues that they feel are important to the health of American people.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Johns Hopkins, CNN —, Janette Nesheiwat, David Weldon, Marty Makary, Makary, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Weldon, Trump’s, Katie Miller, Trump, Mr, Kennedy, ’ Dr, Ashish Jha, Joe Biden, Jha, “, ” Jha, “ There’s, ” Weldon, ” Dr, Jerome Adams, Weldon’s, ” Adams, Peter Hotez, ” Hotez, “ That’s, ”, Jennifer Nuzzo, Amesh, ” Adalja, Brian Castrucci, he’s, there’s, That’s, ” Castrucci, Paul Offit, Weldon “, you’d, Offit, ” Offit, hasn’t, Hotez, Nesheiwat, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, ” Nuzzo, CNN’s Jacqueline Howard, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell Organizations: CNN, Fox News, US Centers for Disease Control, US Food and Drug Administration, Public, FDA, US Department of Health, Human Services, CDC, Trump, HHS, Brown University’s School of Public Health, White, US Public Health Service, Texas Children’s, Covid, Pandemic, Brown University School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, “, de, Foundation, Assurance, Agency for Vaccine, Disease Control, Vaccine Education, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Weldon, Studies, CNN Health, Kennedy’s, RFK Jr, Health Locations: New York, Florida, Weldon, Texas, Tampa, CDC’s

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