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☆ Jewish settlers storm town and pepper spray Israeli soldiers in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Jewish settlers stormed through a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said Thursday, throwing stones at Palestinian cars and using pepper spray on troops who were trying to disperse the settlers. Israeli settlers walk with batons during clashes in which Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents and shops in the town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank last week. Meanwhile, the Palestinians launched a general strike throughout the West Bank and east Jerusalem in response to the death of a suspected Palestinian attacker. Tamimi was the subject of a more than weeklong manhunt that culminated when he opened fire at a security guard at a West Bank settlement Wednesday. Some 500,000 Jewish settlers now live in the West Bank in some 130 settlements.

☆ Leslie Grace ‘couldn’t resist’ sharing ‘Batgirl’ behind-the-scenes footage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —“Batgirl” may have been scrapped, but that hasn’t stopped interest in the film. The movie’s star Leslie Grace shared a video montage of some behind-the-scenes moments on her verified TikTok account. “I couldn’t resist,” she wrote in the description of the video, set to the Omar Apollo song “Evergreen.”The montage shows the “In The Heights” star in various stages of production, including rehearsing fight choreography and dressed in the Batgirl costume. It was announced in August that Warner Bros. Studios would not be releasing “Batgirl,” which had completed production. (CNN and Warner Bros. share the same parent company)“The decision to not release ‘Batgirl’ reflects our leadership’s strategic shift as it relates to the DC universe and HBO Max,” a Warner Bros. spokesperson said in a statement at the time.

☆ Nancy Pelosi says a congressional stock trading ban is coming this month, but skepticism abounds among key advocates: 'I can't say I'm confident'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Nancy Pelosi says that a bill to ban members of Congress from trading stocks is coming this month. "I'm concerned about the lack of detail as to what is being planned," said Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois. Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois is urging vigilance amid the potential rollout of legislation from Democratic leadership. "I think that coalescing is a very real internal dynamic," Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told Insider last week. "We have not heard exactly what's happening," said Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

The scale of the Russian military’s and political leadership’s setbacks in Ukraine have become too vast for even state media and pro-war activists to ignore. With Russian forces on the retreat, more and more they are accusing the leadership of betraying the troops. As Ukraine retakes territory, videos are appearing online appearing to show massive amounts of equipment abandoned by retreating Russian soldiers. Radical right-wing bloggers calling for Putin to take the gloves off in Ukraine are not a direct threat to the regime, Stanovaya said. The Russian elite is used to seeing Putin as a strong man, someone who deals with challenges and always knows where he’s taking the country.

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