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☆ Israel’s body collectors encounter horrors beyond their worst nightmares
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Weeks on, as the war continues to rage, ZAKA volunteers are still collecting remains. The aftermath of the attack is so gruesome that only the most experienced ZAKA volunteers are allowed to take part in body collection. On Friday, he and other ZAKA volunteers were combing through homes in Be’eri for the second time, finding more victims and collecting remains left behind during their first visit. As ZAKA volunteers worked in Be’eri, several busloads of foreign journalists arrived, escorted by the IDF. Most ZAKA volunteers say that they haven’t begun to process the trauma, and when they can step away, they don’t want to think.

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The fallout was quick: Nevada, which saw a 44 percentage-point jump in congenital syphilis from 2021 to 2022, was supposed to get more than $10 million to bolster its STD program budget. In 2021, there were 77.9 cases of congenital syphilis per 100,000 live births. Doing so in a timely manner can prevent congenital syphilis. Mississippi is also seeing an uptick in congenital syphilis cases, which a recently published study showed rose tenfold between 2016 and 2022. Agency head Dr. Dan Edney said one of his top priorities now is finding money from other parts of the state's health budget.

Persons: they’d, Dawn Cribb, ”, Sam Burgess, Deneshun Graves, Lupita Thornton, Graves, Thornton, “, Dan Edney, Rebecca Scranton, ” Scranton, Robert Wood Johnson Organizations: Nevada Division of Public, Behavioral, Associated Press, Louisiana Department of Health, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Houston Health Department, Health, Mississippi State Department of Health, Agency, of Health Services, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AP Locations: U.S, Nevada, . Mississippi, Arizona

☆ ‘You Think of Dying at Any Time’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Raja Abdulrahim | More About Raja Abdulrahim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But those who fled found that the south, too, was perilous as Israel kept up airstrikes on the area. They went to Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City where for three days, she stayed with her husband and four children in the hallway. From a window, she said, she watched a constant stream of dead and wounded being rushed into the hospital. A week ago, the family went to Khan Younis, where Israeli airstrikes continued to rain down. “They say: ‘Go to a safe place.’ But then they strike the place they told us to flee to,” Ms. Kurd said.

Persons: ”, Israel, Kurd, Khan Younis, ” Ms, António Guterres Organizations: Al Shifa Locations: Israel, Gaza, Gaza City, Israeli

☆ Republicans are desperate for attention — and it's decimating their ability to govern
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

In the end, the only man who could unify House Republicans behind him was a relatively little-known and mild-mannered evangelical Christian from Louisiana. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs the speaker saga wore on, it provoked questions among some House Republicans: How could it be that they had failed to elect a speaker for so long? While Gaetz maintains otherwise, his angry GOP colleagues have plenty of evidence to make their case that it was an attention ploy. Rep. Matt Gaetz surrounded by reporters and cameras after the House voted to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership. The attention economy doesn't preclude an ability to govern — an effective politician might seek to harness their celebrity towards worthy ends.

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☆ Influencer model infects US political fundraising
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Ben Winck | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In turn, leaders like former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Republican Speaker Paul Ryan collected tens of millions of dollars to divert to politically valuable campaigns elsewhere in the party. Florida Republican Matt Gaetz has raised nearly $2 million this year, helped by fundraising emails sent in the lead-up to his successful effort to remove Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy as House speaker. Vocal conservatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert have raised $2.7 million and $2.4 million, respectively, for their 2024 House campaigns. McCarthy raised 2.9% of House Republicans’ cash in the 2022 elections. Republican Representative Garret Graves criticized Representative Matt Gaetz on Oct. 3 for using his vote to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as a fundraising opportunity.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Nathan Howard, –, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Ryan, Florida Republican Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, McCarthy, John Boehner, Taylor, Garret Graves, Matt Gaetz, Graves gestured, Gaetz, ” Gaetz, Lauren Silva Laughlin, Sharon Lam Organizations: Republican, U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Representatives, Democratic, Florida Republican, Republicans, U.S . House, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Florida, U.S

That has allowed forests to become four to seven times more densely wooded than they once were, Safford said. Fire scientists advocate more deliberate burning at low-to-moderate severity to clear vegetation that makes forests susceptible to big fires. Susan Britting, executive director of one of the groups, Sierra Forest Legacy, acknowledged any cutting triggers skepticism because loggers historically took the largest, most marketable trees. But she said thinning trees up to a certain diameter is acceptable, though she prefers prescribed burning. Homeowners are anxious prescribed fires will jump perimeters and destroy houses.

Persons: ” Hugh Safford, Davis, John Muir, What’s, Safford, “ We're, ”, Brandon Collins, Chad Hanson, there's, Hanson, Christy Brigham, ” John Muir, Jeffrey, “ John Muir, ” Safford, gesturing, “, it's, Weeks, Susan Britting, ” Britting, John Muir Project's Hanson, Safford —, that's, what’s Organizations: University of California, Eldorado National, Sierra, U.S ., American Geophysical Union, John Muir Project, Earth Island Institute, Sequoia, National Parks, National Park Service, U.S . Forest Service, Service, Forest Service, Infrastructure Law, Sierra Forest Locations: Calif, Lake, Eldorado, Sierra Nevada, U.S, California, . California, Yosemite, Sequoia, Canyon, —, Berkeley, Lake Tahoe, Safford, New, Sierra

☆ Stars cruise past Penguins for third straight win
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/42] Oct 24, 2023; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Dallas Stars left wing Mason Marchment (27) takes the ice to warms up before the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsOctober 25 - Jason Robertson and Thomas Harley each had a goal and an assist Tuesday to help the visiting Dallas Stars down the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 for their third straight win. Ryan Graves forced a turnover in the Stars' end and got the puck to defense partner Kris Letang. From the bottom of the left circle, Guentzel set up Rust in the slot, and Rust shoveled it past Oettinger for his team-leading fifth goal. Matt Duchene, near the crease, got the puck through two Penguins to Dadonov, who threaded it inside the right post.

Persons: Mason Marchment, Charles LeClaire, Jason Robertson, Thomas Harley, Evgenii Dadonov, Wyatt Johnston, Jake Oettinger, Bryan Rust, Alex Nedeljkovic, John Ludvig, Radek Faksa, Oettinger, Rust, Ryan Graves, Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, Guentzel, Robertson, Nedeljkovic's, Dadonov, Matt Duchene, Nedeljkovic, Harley, Johnston Organizations: Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, PPG Paints, Stars, Dallas, Penguins, Pittsburgh, NHL, The Penguins, Thomson Locations: Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, USA, Dadonov

Now some families are using bracelets in the hope of finding their loved ones should they be killed. The El-Daba family has tried to reduce the risk of being struck down during the heaviest-ever Israeli bombardment of Gaza. The Israeli military has told people to leave the north of the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely-populated places in the world, and head south because it is safer. "But, ultimately, Hamas has entrenched itself among the civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip. Israel's military intensified its bombing of southern Gaza overnight after one of the deadliest days for Palestinians since Oct. 7.

Persons: Ali Daba, Khan Younis, Ali El, Lina, Daba, Michael Georgy, Janet Lawrence Organizations: IDF, Israel Defense Forces, Thomson Locations: Gaza, GAZA, Israel, Gaza City, Israeli

☆ The best places — and best times — to take a safari
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Harriet Akinyi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

KenyaFor more than 25 years, professional safari guide Geoff Mayes has taken tourists to the best parks in Africa. Amboseli National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is known for its massive elephant population and spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro. In those three, one can track mountain gorillas in Mgahinga National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Another park to consider is the Kidepo Valley National Park, with its sweeping plains and valleys overshadowed by the brooding Mount Morungole. ZimbabweApart from the renowned Hwange National Park, I have also visited Matobo National Park, which has a wide diversity of fauna and plenty of white rhinos.

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☆ Even Before the Israel-Hamas War, Being Palestinian Was Controversial - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Hala Alyan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

I’d had the privilege of a youth — adolescence and young adulthood — in countries where being Palestinian was fairly common. The task of the Palestinian, we’ve seen in the past two weeks, is to audition for empathy and compassion. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve watched Palestinian activists, lawyers, professors get baited and interrupted on air, if not silenced altogether. What is the word of a Palestinian against a machinery that investigates itself, that absolves itself of accused crimes? Diasporically or not, being Palestinian is the quintessential disrupter: It messes with a curated, modified tape.

Persons: I’ve, I’d, hadn’t, we’ve, they’ve, dehumanized, You’ve, I’d humanized, Al Jazeera, “ It’s, it’s, infographics, I’m Organizations: NBC Locations: United States, Kuwait, Palestine, Manhattan, Gaza, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, I’m, Palestinian

☆ Skeletons unearthed in ‘incredibly rare’ 5,000-year-old Scottish tomb
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The ruins of an “incredibly rare” 5,000-year-old tomb have been uncovered on one of the Scottish Orkney Islands, National Museums Scotland said in a statement on Tuesday. “In the Neolithic, it would have been an incredibly impressive 15 meter diameter, enormous mound, very substantial stonework, very impressive architecture. Those cells are real feats of engineering,” Hugo Anderson-Whymark, one of the excavation’s co-directors and senior curator of prehistory (Neolithic) at National Museums Scotland, told CNN. National Museums ScotlandOnly 12 other similar tombs are known to exist in Orkney, referred to as Maes Howe-type passage graves. There’s nothing on the surface to suggest this tomb ever existed there but it would have once been an incredible monument.

Persons: ” Hugo Anderson, Whymark, Vicki Cummings, Maes Howe, James Walls Cursiter, ” Anderson, “, they’ve, ” Organizations: CNN, National Museums Scotland, Cardiff University, Museums Scotland Locations: Scottish Orkney Islands, Holm , East Mainland, Orkney, Britain

Shadi Tabatibi/Reuters Relatives mourn for a family killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 21. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Palestinians inspect a destroyed area following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on October 21. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times A morgue worker arranges body bags at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12. Erik Marmor/AP Six-month-old Sama Alwadia is rescued from the rubble in Gaza City on October 9.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful Haitian gang leader has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with ordering the kidnapping of an American couple from their home in Haiti that left the woman dead, authorities said Tuesday. Armed gang members stormed their home, and Marie Franklin was shot and killed in the kidnapping. The latest indictment charges Innocent with conspiracy to commit hostage taking resulting in death, aiding and abetting hostage taking and attempted hostage taking resulting in death by the U.S. Justice Department. Among those recently kidnapped is the secretary general of Haiti’s High Transitional Council, which is charged with organizing long-awaited general elections. Authorities said gang members dressed as police officers abducted Anthony Virginie Saint-Pierre last week.

Persons: Vitel’homme Innocent —, Haiti —, Jean Franklin, Marie Odette Franklin, Marie Franklin, Jean, Innocent, “, ”, District of Columbia Matthew Graves, Graves, Anthony Virginie Saint, Pierre, Danica Coto Organizations: WASHINGTON, Authorities, Attorney, District of Columbia, Christian, U.S . Justice, United Nations, Transitional Council, Associated Locations: Haitian, Haiti, Tabarre, Port, Washington, San Juan , Puerto Rico

EIN BOKEK, Israel (AP) — For evacuees of Kibbutz Be’eri, the salty waters of the lowest point on earth, known for their healing powers, are little comfort for a grief that feels bottomless. Kibbutz leaders recite the names that have officially migrated from lists of the missing to lists of the dead. Only 3,000 hotel rooms across the country are still available, according to the Israel Hotel Association, and many evacuated border communities have scattered to find shelter. Kibbutz Be'eri, too, is named after Katznelson. "But where were they?”___Sam McNeil contributed from Kibbutz Be'eri.

Persons: EIN BOKEK, ”, Nir Shani, Amit, Shani's, Ruvi Dar, ” Dar, “ We’re, “, They’re, we’re, Simon King, King, carting, He’s, ” Shani, Birdsong, Alon Pauker, Kibbutz Be'eri, ” King, Sam McNeil Organizations: —, Israel Hotel Association, David, Hamas, Rescue, Beit Berl College Locations: Israel, Be’eri, Gaza, Israel’s, “, Be'eri, israel

☆ Researchers investigating a medieval burial site found Christian symbols tattooed on one of the bodies' feet
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Researchers recently discovered a rare Christian tattoo while studying a medieval site in Sudan. The tattoo was found on the top of the foot of a body found at a nearby burial site. AdvertisementAdvertisementArcheologists studying a burial site near a medieval monastery spotted a rare find when examining one of the bodies: the faint remains of a series of Christian symbols tattooed on the person's foot. The researchers released images of the tattoo taken with a full-spectrum camera and digitally enhanced to show the outline of the early Christian symbols. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe team was investigating the Ghazali monastery, a well-preserved archeological site located in Sudan, according to the University of Warsaw's statement.

Persons: —, Kari A, Ghazali, Guilbault, bioarchaeologist Robert Stark, LiveScience, Jesus, Stark Organizations: Alpha, Omega, Service, Purdue University bioarchaeologist, University of Warsaw, Rho, University of, Sudanese, Polish, of Locations: Sudan, Polish

☆ Are vampires real? Scientists have linked diseases and decomposition to all the historical tropes of Nosferatu
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Vampires were very real to people in the past, but there are many ways science can explain their characteristics, whether they come from folklore or fiction. But many modern notions of vampires started with the 1700s media frenzy and continued with "Dracula" and other tales. "It's not like a vampire disease where people are wandering the earth for years and years getting to look more and more like vampires," he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile sunlight sapped the count's powers, it was not until the 1922 film "Nosferatu" that the sun's rays killed vampires. As scientists began to learn and understand more about the body and death, stories about vampires started to evolve.

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☆ An opulent ancient Egyptian tomb containing 5,000-year-old wine may have belonged to a long-forgotten female pharaoh
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A female royal from the first ancient Egyptian dynasty was found buried in a lavish tomb. Researchers think she may have been the first female pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Now researchers excavating her grave in Abydos, Egypt, say that the sheer extravagance they have discovered suggests she may have been the first female pharaoh in ancient Egypt. AdvertisementAdvertisementIf proven to be right, Meret-Neith would then become the first female Pharaoh of Egypt, rewriting the ancient Egyptian dynasty. The next known female pharaoh was Neferusobek and then Hatshepsut, who ruled about 500 years after Neferusobek.

Persons: —, King Djet, Ronald Leprohon, Neith, EC, Christiana Köhler, Margaret Maitland, Elizabeth Carney, Pharaoh of Egypt, Hatshepsut Organizations: Service, University of Vienna, University of Toronto, National Museums Scotland, Science, Clemson University Locations: Egypt, Abydos, Meret, South Carolina

☆ U.S. government wants to move conversation around UFOs from speculation to science
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Magdalena Petrova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, have captured the imagination of Americans for decades. But much of the conversation has been confined to science fiction movies and novels. A big one suggests the U.S. has been concealing alien life and technology in secret compounds like Area 51 in Nevada. A 2019 poll found 68% of respondents believed the U.S. government knows "more about UFOs than it is telling us." Then, in June 2022, NASA convened an independent expert panel to help study UAP incidents and advise the Department of Defense on how to gather and interpret data on UAPs.

Persons: Ryan Graves, Graves Organizations: UAP, Safe Aerospace, U.S . Navy, UAPs, National Intelligence, Pentagon, NASA, of Defense, DoD Locations: Nevada, U.S, Washington

Israel has unleashed the fiercest bombardment on the Gaza Strip to hit back at the Palestinian militant group Hamas after it carried out the deadliest attack on Israel for decades. “The hospital morgue can only take 10 bodies, so we have brought in ice cream freezers from the ice cream factories in order to store the huge numbers of martyrs,” said Dr. Yasser Ali of the Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah. The freezer trucks, whose sides still show advertising images of smiling children enjoying ice cream cones, are normally used to make deliveries to supermarkets. Authorities in Gaza said Israeli air strikes had killed more than 2,300 people, a quarter of them children, with nearly 10,000 wounded so far. “The Gaza Strip is in crisis and if the war continues in this way we will not be able to bury the dead.

Persons: Stringer, ”, Yasser Ali, Ali, ” Ali, Salama Marouf, Michael Georgy, Giles Elgood Organizations: REUTERS, Health, Hamas, Authorities, Government Media Office, Shifa, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Aqsa, Deir Al

SITRIYA, Israel (AP) — Rarely do rabbis spend the Sabbath counting bodies. But on Saturday, a week after Hamas militants blew easily past Israel’s fortified security fence and gunned down hundreds of Israelis — at music festivals, in their homes, in cars while trying to flee — Israel’s military rabbinate made an exception. At Shura military base in central Israel, bodies have been coming in faster than the rabbis can identify them. “Generally, Jewish law says that you cannot break the Sabbath for a dead person,” said Rabbi Israel Weiss, who is helping lead the operation. Nearly two decades later, the militant group is still in power in Gaza, and the rabbinate was again at work on the Sabbath.

Persons: —, ”, Israel Weiss, Maayan Mualem, Maayan, gunning, Raz Mualem, Weiss, “, Avigail, Mount Herzl Organizations: Shura, Soroka, Palestinian Authority Locations: SITRIYA, Israel, partygoers, Tel Aviv, Gaza, Israel's, Jerusalem

☆ Poland’s goodwill toward Ukraine is eroding. The far right is taking advantage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

The group is capturing voters from the ruling populist party, forcing a hardening in the government's tone towards Ukraine. Anna Martynenko fled to Poland with her sons, in the first weeks of the war in Ukraine. “In our relationship, between Poland and Ukraine, there were many things that were not solved – for years,” he adds, with some weariness. But whoever enters power next week, displaced Ukrainian Martynenko believes – and hopes – that Poland’s support will not waver further. When Poles welcomed her last spring after she fled Ukraine, “I knew that everything is OK,” she said.

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The main Martyrs Cemetery in Khan Younis was already nearly full long before the latest bout of warfare brought new pressure for grave sites. Like many other Gaza cemeteries, a "Burial is prohibited here" sign hung on its fence. We have to bury them in random areas scattered around between the houses or in empty lots donated by landlords," said Adel Hamada, a volunteer helping with burials at Khan Younis in southern Gaza. CONSTANT BURIALSThe Samour family was killed on Wednesday night when a strike hit their house in Khan Younis. In Khan Younis, a group of people stood atop the debris remaining from the destruction of a house by an airstrike.

Persons: Khan Younis, Adel Hamada, Gravediggers, morgues, Abdelaziz al, Abu Mustafa, peeped, Fabrizio Carboni, Hanan al, Attar, Nidal al, Angus McDowall, Nick Macfie Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Shifa, International Committee, Thomson Locations: GAZA, Gaza, Israel, U.N, Khan, Gaza City, morgues

☆ Israel's Gaza Bombardment Fills Cemeteries as the Living Flee Homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

Persons: Nidal, Khan Younis, Adel Hamada, Gravediggers, morgues, Abdelaziz al, peeped, Fabrizio Carboni, Hanan al, Attar, Nidal al, Angus McDowall, Nick Macfie Organizations: Hamas, Shifa, International Committee Locations: GAZA, Gaza, Israel, U.N, Khan, Gaza City, morgues

☆ Ukraine accuses two men of helping guide missile that killed dozens in Hroza village
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Ukraine's domestic intelligence service on Wednesday accused two villagers who fled to Russia of helping guide a missile strike that killed dozens of people, mostly civilians, at a soldiers' wake in the Ukrainian village of Hroza. The Oct. 5 strike was the deadliest attack in Ukraine this year, and one of the worst since Russia invaded in February 2022. The SBU said the men fled to Russia shortly before Ukraine regained control of the village in September last year. After this, the agency said the men continued to work for Russia by building a network of informants in Ukraine. When Reuters visited the village last Friday, two residents said that SBU officials had visited the village and checked residents' phones after the attack.

Persons: Thomas Peter, Dmitry Peskov, SBU, verity, Max Hunder, Timothy Heritage, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Ukrainian, Security Service of Ukraine, Defence Forces, Thomson Locations: Hroza, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Moscow

☆ Analysis: Canada's Trudeau, far behind in polls, remains the Liberals' best chance
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Steve Scherer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the close of the Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada August 25, 2023. Right now, most opinion polls show Trudeau significantly trailing his newest rival, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. But none are perceived to be as scrappy and determined at retail politics as Trudeau is, Liberal insiders and pollsters say. No Canadian prime minister since Wilfrid Laurier in 1908 has won four consecutive elections. In 2015, Ekos had the Liberals down 22 percentage points in the spring and Trudeau won a majority in the fall.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Chris Helgren, Liberal Party's, Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre, Chrystia Freeland, Mark Carney, Wilfrid Laurier, Frank Graves, I'm, HOUDINI, Poilievre, Angus Reid, Shachi Kurl, Darrell Bricker, It's, Ekos, We've, we've, Kurl, Houdini, Steve Scherer, David Ljunggren, Denny Thomas, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Seventh Assembly of, Global Environment, REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, Canadian, Liberal, Conservative, Conservatives, Liberal Party, Ekos Research, Angus Reid Institute, Liberals, Ipsos Public Affairs, Thomson Locations: Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, Trudeau's, British Columbia, New Delhi

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