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<h1 data-aos="fade-down" id="daily-dose">Daily-Dose</h1>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" id="contents">Contents</h1>
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<li><a href="#from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-vox">From Vox</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</a></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The L.A. City Council and the Limits of Identity Politics</strong> - The ongoing scandal pits old-school ethnic politics against the multiracial progressivism of young upstart politicians. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-la-city-council-and-the-limits-of-identity-politics">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Extreme Economic Pain of Running a Restaurant in the U.K.</strong> - In a country where eating out is seen as more of a luxury than a necessity, it is one of the first expenses that people forgo in hard times. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-extreme-economic-pain-of-running-a-restaurant-in-the-uk">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Why Is High Inflation Proving So Persistent?</strong> - The final Consumer Price Index before the midterms came in higher than expected, but price rises are likely to moderate in the months ahead. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-is-high-inflation-proving-so-persistent">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Why Oakland Parents Are Flocking to a Chinese-Immersion School</strong> - The success of Yu Ming Charter School shows how our usual ways of thinking about diversity and equity in American schools are becoming outmoded. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-oakland-parents-are-flocking-to-a-chinese-immersion-school">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>A Humiliating End to Trussonomics</strong> - The British government’s dramatic U-turn shows how policy mistakes can be rapidly punished in times of global economic uncertainty. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/a-humiliating-end-to-trussonomics">link</a></p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-vox">From Vox</h1>
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<li><strong>Lea Michele in Funny Girl: Yes, she is that good.</strong> -
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Lea Michele as Fanny Brice in <em>Funny Girl</em>. | Matthew Murphy, 2022.
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There are 3 things you need to be a great Fanny Brice. Lea Michele has 2 of them.
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The atmosphere at Broadway’s <em>Funny Girl</em> revival right now is not so much electric as it is delightedly salacious, the audience salivating for sweet, sweet gossip. After all the <em>Funny Girl</em> drama this summer — <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/23205237/lea-michele-beanie-feldstein-funny-girl-casting-controversy">the rapid ousting of sweet Beanie Feldstein</a> as Fanny Brice, the musical’s lead, and her replacement with reputed bully Lea Michele — everyone in that theater has put up their cold hard cash to find out: Was it worth it? All the scandal, the bad optics? Could Lea Michele possibly be <em>that</em> good?
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She’s not exactly Streisand. But she comes pretty damn close.
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<em>Funny Girl</em> is a bizarre show, a hackneyed hagiography to a vaudeville star whose Isobel Lennart-penned book is the midcentury equivalent to <em>Glitter</em>’s screenplay. Despite its cliché-ridden plot about a poor girl who becomes a star, only to risk her stardom for her marriage to a man who wasn’t worthy of her, <em>Funny Girl</em> became immortal when it debuted on Broadway in 1964. Mostly, that was thanks to the twin pillars of its glorious Jule Styne songs and Barbra Streisand’s iconic performance in the lead role. (Bob Merrill provides the just-okay lyrics.) Every production since then has had to live in the shadow of their legacy.
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Streisand proved that <em>Funny Girl</em> can be great, if you make the songs work and if you have a terrific Fanny Brice: someone who’s funny, who has a voice big enough to nail Styne and Merrill’s octave-spanning ballads, and who can make the audience believe unquestioningly in her theatrical genius and will to power. Lea Michele nails two out of those three qualifications, and that ain’t bad at all.
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Michele proved she had the vocal chops to pull off a convincing Streisand dupe way back in her <em>Glee</em> days, where she covered <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo8NqCmvb9s">a</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm5YibsjETA">series</a> of <em>Funny Girl</em> songs in performances that tended to ape Streisand’s distinctive phrasing and pronunciations. (“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ULgXjo4Yo">The sun’s a ball of buttah</a>,” anyone?) Now, at 36, she still has the pure, supple tone that made her a TV star, but she’s acquired the gravitas and confidence it takes to move past mimicry. She can interpret stone-cold classics like “People” and “I’m the Greatest Star” with a technique that nods to Streisand without copying her beat for beat, and her belt on “Don’t Rain On My Parade” fills the theater.
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Is this funny girl funny? Not exactly, but she makes the jokes charming. Michele approaches Fanny’s one-liners and extended physical comedy bits with a hint of despair that suggests she finds their self-deprecation humiliating. Regardless, she throws all her Rachel Berry A-student determination at her jokes (watch her try desperately to keep a fake mustache glued to her face while patter-singing in an old-timey Yiddish accent). The combination ends up feeling endearing: Look, she’s suffering for us.
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That determination, in the end, is what makes Michele’s Fanny Brice so compelling. <em>Funny Girl</em> is the story of Fanny’s will to succeed, her determination that she won’t be held back by her skinny legs, the men who can’t see past them, or her unworthy husband. It is the tale of ambition triumphing over all. That’s a quality Michele has always had in spades — and now, after the scandal in 2020 that saw her losing endorsement deals over her reported history of bullying on set, her ambition has been sharpened with a fine edge of desperation. She’s acting up on that stage like her career depends on it, which it probably does.
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The production surrounding Michele by and large doesn’t rise to her level. There are exceptions: Jared Grimes, who was nominated for a Tony for the supporting role of dance teacher Eddie, continues to bring a welcome shot of joy to the show with his exuberant tap solos. And Tovah Feldshuh, taking over for Jane Lynch as Fanny’s mother Mrs. Brice, gives an earthy and grounded performance that shows you exactly where Fanny came from.
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But even with the book reworked by Harvey Fierstein, the show still falls apart in Act 2, when the focus moves from Fanny to her sleazy gambler husband, Nick. Fierstein’s revisions attempt to flesh Nick out, but only succeed in giving him more unnecessary stage time, all of which feels wasted until we get back into Fanny’s perspective. (Ramin Karimloo, it must be said, gives a charming and creamy-voiced leading-man performance in the role; it is not his fault Nick is written so badly.)
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Michael Mayer’s direction tends to the flat and predictable, with confetti guns and proscenium lighting changes thudding emotional cues out at the audience with all the subtlety of a freight train. David Zinn’s scenic design, meanwhile, is if anything <em>too</em> subtle: A giant and powerfully ugly brick silo looms inexplicably in the center of the set, whether it’s representing Brooklyn or a luxury hotel or a theater. It’s less enigma than annoyance.
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Still, if <em>Funny Girl</em>’s legacy proves anything, it’s that this show can withstand a lot — a clichéd story, clunky lyrics, and a questionable set too, why not — as long as it keeps delivering the big moments.
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For <em>Funny Girl</em> to succeed, what it really needs is to land the panicked, nervous exuberance of the long build-up of “Don’t Rain on My Parade” (“Don’t tell me not to live, I’ve simply got to!”), the anxious delight of someone willfully ignoring the good advice of her friends and family to throw her arms around a bad decision that may well ruin her life, simply because she can’t bear not to do it.
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Right now, with Lea Michele at the helm, <em>Funny Girl</em> is landing the big moments. And every time it does, the ravenous, voracious audience rises up out of their seats to applaud, and the gossip starts mattering a little bit less.
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<li><strong>How to successfully shop a “final sale” section</strong> -
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<img alt="An illustration shows a woman looking at a large red slot machine labeled “Final Sale.”" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/sRimVdOg4sFuHncd8NqYX4EbIdU=/600x0:4200x2700/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71510187/V2_VoxFinal_10_14.0.jpg"/>
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Paige Vickers for Vox
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5 questions to ask yourself so you don’t wind up with stuff you hate.
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“Extra 40% off!” If you’re like me, you love getting these emails from your favorite brands. And if you’re like me, you’re inevitably disappointed when you start browsing the sale section and realize everything is marked “final sale.” Do you take a risk and buy something that might not work out? Or do you skip the sale altogether?
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“Final sale” means no returns or exchanges. Retailers use the tactic to get rid of excess inventory or last season’s stock. And retail experts say final sales may become more common as <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/retailers-excess-inventory-mean-big-bargains-shoppers-squeezed-inflati-rcna33750">retailers deal with swollen inventories</a> caused by supply chain issues and consumers seeking different kinds of merchandise.
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“Final sales can be a way to snag some of the deepest bargains out there,” says Kristin McGrath, a shopping expert at coupon site <a href="https://www.retailmenot.com/">RetailMeNot</a>. “You’ll often find them on super-out-of-season merchandise — think those bathing suits and patio furniture that are still not sold by October. But the rub is that you generally can’t return this stuff. Final sale means literally final.”
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Not accepting returns is a cost-saver for retailers. Processing and restocking product returns is expensive for brands, and some <a href="https://www.optoro.com/returns-blog/returns-report-powering-resilient-retail-in-2020/">returned inventory ends up getting thrown away</a>. Last year, more than $760 billion in merchandise, or 16.6 percent of all US retail sales, was expected to be returned by shoppers, the <a href="https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/retail-returns-increased-761-billion-2021-result-overall-sales-growth">National Retail Federation</a> estimated. That’s about 6 percent higher than in 2020.
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“It’s not cost-effective to the retailer to slash prices so low but then also accept the costs of taking returns, especially on items so out of season they won’t be able to sell them to anyone else,” McGrath says.
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For shoppers, final sales are a gamble. Deep discounts are attractive, but you’re taking a chance if the clothing doesn’t fit or the furniture doesn’t look quite right. However, if the price is low enough, it might be worth the risk. Shopping experts offered a few tips for shopping final sales without getting burned — and ideas for what to do if you end up with an unwanted or unusable item.
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How to shop a final sale
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Always read the fine print when shopping sales, says Trae Bodge, a <a href="http://truetrae.com/">shopping expert</a> based in Montclair, New Jersey, who has mixed feelings about final sales and shops them sparingly. Items are typically marked “final sale” on product pages or in your shopping cart. In stores, signs often note final sales. When in doubt, double-check with the retailer, she says. Here are five questions to ask yourself:
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<strong>1. Why do you want to buy something?</strong>
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“Cheap is never a reason to buy anything,” says Vanessa Valiente, a <a href="https://vanessavaliente.com/">personal stylist and fashion blogger</a> in San Diego. Before you buy anything, especially when it’s final-sale, think about whether it’s something you really need or want. Consider, too, that it’s often wasteful and potentially harmful to the environment to buy things you potentially can’t use.
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Avoid shopping when you’re overemotional, says Erica Seppala, a shopping and retail expert at business product comparison site <a href="https://www.merchantmaverick.com/">Merchant Maverick</a>. Retail therapy, whether you’re happy or stressed, often leads to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/20/shoppers-spend-over-300-a-month-on-impulse-purchases-despite-recession-fears.html">impulse buying and spending more</a>. “I recommend shopping when you’re feeling kind of neutral and levelheaded to make smart purchasing decisions,” she says.
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<strong>2. Are you familiar with the retailer or brand? </strong>
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Stick with brands that you know well. If you own several items from a clothing brand and are confident about your size, ordering something in another color on final sale is a great way to get a deal, Bodge says.
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Use final sales, too, for items that you’ve seen in person at a store. Valiente says she often tries on clothing in stores, takes pictures of herself wearing items, and orders them online once they go on sale since she knows what size to buy.
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<strong>3. Have you done your research? </strong>
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For clothing, measure yourself and compare it to size charts. For other items, like home decor, toys, or pet items, always read all product details, including size, dimensions, materials, and cleaning directions. Also, read reviews. Other customers will note if the color is off or the sizing runs big or small. McGrath suggests looking for reviews with photos, which show how clothing looks on a non-professional model’s body or how a throw pillow looks in different lighting.
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Look up reviews from bloggers or YouTube videos about the product to gather as much information as possible, Bodge says. “That extra research can be helpful in ensuring that you’re making the right choice, rather than taking a risk with a final sale.”
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<strong>4. Did you ask a friend? </strong>
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Not sure whether to buy something on final sale? “Enlist a shopping partner,” Seppala says. Send links to products or photos of yourself trying something on in a dressing room to a friend, sibling, or spouse to get their opinion. They might remind you that you have three other black dresses similar to that one, or that you don’t need another set of dishes. “Having someone that can hold you accountable and help you stay levelheaded,” will help you avoid impulse buys, she says.
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<strong>5. Are you getting the absolute lowest price? </strong>
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Just because something is on final sale doesn’t mean it’s the lowest possible price, Bodge says. Using coupon sites, like <a href="https://www.couponcabin.com/">CouponCabin</a> or RetailMeNot, or cash-back apps, like <a href="https://www.rakuten.com/">Rakuten</a> or <a href="https://home.ibotta.com/">Ibotta</a>, could save you even more. “If you see that there’s something final-sale that you definitely want to get, take a moment to go to a coupon site to see if there’s a coupon or cash-back offer that can be applied on top of that final sale,” she says.
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Seppala suggests also asking retailers about student or military discounts. And sign up for a brand or retailer’s reward program, which might let you earn points for discounts on future purchases.
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What to do with products you get stuck with
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Shopping final sales involves taking a risk, so think about whether you’re willing to deal with the hassle of getting things you can’t use. “Ask yourself honestly if the price is low enough that you won’t be upset if the item isn’t perfect,” McGrath says. If you do get stuck with unwanted items, there are some things you can do.
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First, regift the items to others in your life who might like them for birthdays or holidays. But be thoughtful about it, Seppala urges — don’t just wrap it up, slap a name tag on it, and give just to give. Make sure it’s truly something the recipient would appreciate. Otherwise, they’ll be stuck with something <em>they</em> don’t want, and the cycle continues.
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Or, resell purchases on sites like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marketplace">Facebook Marketplace</a>, <a href="https://poshmark.com">Poshmark</a>, <a href="https://www.mercari.com/">Mercari</a>, and <a href="https://www.therealreal.com/">The RealReal</a>, or at local consignment shops. Keep in mind that there are usually fees associated with reselling, and it can be time-consuming.
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Donating items in good condition to local homeless shelters, domestic violence organizations, or other charities is another option. And some retailers, like <a href="https://www.madewell.com/inspo-do-well-denim-recycling-landing.html">Madewell</a>, <a href="https://corporate.target.com/sustainability-esg/environment/waste-and-circular-economy/car-seat-trade-in">Target</a>, and <a href="https://www.staples.com/deals/it-s-recycling-day-every-day/BI3000592">Staples</a>, offer discounts to consumers who donate items to be recycled.
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Sometimes making small alterations will make a final-sale purchase work for you. For instance, have a jacket tailored or paint a bookshelf that’s not the right color, McGrath says.
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As a last resort, contact a retailer about taking the item back. Final sale usually means final sale, but that doesn’t mean you can’t ask. Just be courteous and apologetic. Exceptions may sometimes be made for damaged items, those with misleading product descriptions, or when the customer genuinely didn’t know something was final-sale. In these cases, retailers might be more willing to offer store credit or merchandise exchange, rather than a full refund.
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“It’s worth a shot,” Bodge says. “Some retailers have very hard and fast policies about that. But it’s obviously important to retailers to retain the consumer, instead of making them so upset that they never come back.”
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<a href="https://www.vox.com/authors/erica-sweeney"><em>Erica Sweeney</em></a><em> is a business and health journalist whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Men’s Health, Good Housekeeping, Business Insider, and more. </em>
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<li><strong>How Democrats can defend against Republicans’ soft-on-crime attacks</strong> -
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Hundreds gathered in downtown Los Angeles for a Black Lives Matter demonstration in September 2020. | Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
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If not “defund the police,” what should Democrats’ messaging on public safety be?
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In their closing arguments to midterm voters, Republican candidates have sought to connect their Democratic opponents to increases in crime and continued to misleadingly hammer Democrats of all stripes as supporters of the “defund the police” movement. It’s the latest rendition of age-old “soft-on-crime” attacks, and it appears to be effective.
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Republicans have escalated their attacks on Democrats’ record on crime in a number of Senate races that have tightened in recent weeks. In Wisconsin, Republican incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson has seen a rebound in the polls after his campaign and GOP groups <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/13/politics/wisconsin-senate-race-crime-debate">spent more than $4 million</a> on TV ads focused on crime in September alone. Similarly, in Pennsylvania, Republicans have also <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/fettermans-clemency-crusade-draws-soft-crime-attacks-oz-pennsylvania-s-rcna49055">spent millions</a> criticizing Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman for an increase in commutations and pardons on his watch.
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Crime isn’t the only issue on voters’ minds this fall, but it is a big one, with <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/05/midterm-voters-crime-guns-00060393">60 percent of voters</a> saying in an October Politico/Morning Consult poll that crime would play a major role in deciding who they would vote for. Only the economy and abortion were ranked as more important. An October <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-have-edge-crime-immigration-ahead-us-midterms-reutersipsos-2022-10-05/">Reuters poll</a> found that more voters think Republicans are better equipped to deal with crime than Democrats.
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Democrats have mostly turned against the phrase “defund the police,” with President Joe Biden <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/12/10/biden-audio-meeting-civil-rights-leaders/">blaming the slogan</a> for his party’s <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-2020-autopsy-midterms/2021/05/18/6114af82-b80d-11eb-a5fe-bb49dc89a248_story.html">lackluster performance down the ballot</a> in 2020. But they haven’t managed to deliver a coherent message on public safety in its stead. Part of that stems from the diversity of Democratic voters: Candidates often struggle to make the affirmative case for their platform without alienating the progressive element of their base or potentially persuadable, more moderate voters. But <a href="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24118037/Embargoed_Memo__Messaging_Research_on_Reimagining_Public_Safety__1_.pdf">new data</a> from Democratic consultancy groups Change Research and HIT Strategies suggests that it’s not only feasible for Democrats to have a pithy, unified anti-crime message, but actually advisable.
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“Democrats really need to approach this head-on and no longer run from it. Voters are receiving fear-based messaging because Democrats haven’t defined our stance,” said Ashley Aylward, a research manager at HIT Strategies. “So once we can explain that approach by focusing on the positive message that centers on investment in the community and on solutions, then I think it would really set us up for a much better pathway than avoiding the topic altogether.”
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It’s clear Democrats need to find a way to rebut Republican attacks; if they’re going to try out the strategy developed by Aylward and her colleagues, however, they will need to act quickly to make a meaningful difference in poll numbers before the November elections.
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A poll-tested proposal for messaging on crime
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The results of three different polls and six focus groups by Change Research and HIT Strategies make clear something moderate Democrats have been saying for some time: The phrase “defund the police” has become politically radioactive for them. The polls found just 27 percent of Americans support “defunding the police” with no explanation or definition of the phrase.
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The GOP has sought to exploit the unpopularity of the phrase in competitive races across the country, but it has played an outsized role in Senate races in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Nevada. Republican nominee Adam Laxalt is running <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3xWBErBo6g">an ad</a> in Nevada in which police groups who previously endorsed his opponent, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, and are now backing him claim Cortez Masto wants to defund the police.
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To counter those attacks, the groups say that Democratic candidates should be calling out America’s over-reliance on police to solve every public safety problem and arguing for prevention over punitive measures to combat crime — a frame that was particularly popular among Democratic base voters and the persuadable voters they identified.
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“The issue area where we do find division is when we highlight a villain,” Aylward said.
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Voters being told that Democrats are villainizing police likely doesn’t play well due to the high levels of trust many have in local law enforcement. According to the groups’ polling, 81 percent of Latinos and 77 percent of white people trust the police either “a great deal” or “a moderate amount.” Notably, however, only 54 percent of Black people said the same.
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In part due to disparate levels of trust in the police, the groups recommend candidates focus their messaging on the solutions rather than laying blame at the feet of police.
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They propose specific language for candidates to use, such as saying that “it’s just common sense that police are not the right answer to every single problem,” that there are “better-suited first responders for certain emergencies,” and that “spending limited city budgets on flooding the streets with cops” won’t address the root causes of crime.
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That’s a different tack than some Democrats have been taking, which has been to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3688971-republicans-ride-crime-wave-worries-in-midterms-home-stretch/">suggest Republicans are anti-law and order</a> because many failed to immediately and forcefully condemn the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol or to <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRyan/status/1537087893516210176">portray themselves</a> as “tough on crime.” It remains a question, however, whether a nuanced discussion of public safety reform will stick in voters’ minds the way that Republicans’ allegations that “Democrats want to defund the police” have.
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The groups say that it will in part because it isn’t just designed to respond to Republican attacks but also to draw back in people who <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/05/george-floyd-protests-created-surge-in-voter-registrations-groups-say.html">registered to vote</a> in big numbers following protests over the killing of George Floyd in 2020.
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“We think that by re-engaging in this conversation and actually working on the problem that turned out so many folks, we’d be able to bring them out to vote in this election or the next,” Aylward said.
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In fact, the pollsters found that — much as was the case in the wake of Floyd’s killing — there is a real audience for proposals to divert some police funding to first responders, education, anti-poverty measures, and housing. When given a choice between that option and maximizing funding to police departments, the firms found that 62 percent of Americans supported funding the alternatives. (That’s more than the <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/315962/americans-say-policing-needs-major-changes.aspx">47 percent</a> of Americans who supported reallocating police funding to social programs in a 2020 Pew Research poll.)
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Significant majorities also would rather that an alternative first responder be dispatched to address a substance abuse episode, to a homeless encampment, and to someone in mental or emotional distress than a police officer. Voters who were most supportive of those proposals were people under the age of 49, Black people, and Latinos.
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Some Democrats are already pursuing this crime messaging
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Many Democratic candidates, particularly those in close races, are already pursuing a similar strategy of focusing on public safety solutions and distancing themselves from the “defund the police” rhetoric.
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Senate hopefuls <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWT9Wsf8_to">Barnes</a>, <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/fetterman-crime-attacks-from-oz-gop-20220915.html">Fetterman</a>, former North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice <a href="https://www.wunc.org/politics/2022-08-30/cheri-beasley-sheriff-support-opposes-defund-the-police-senate-22">Cheri Beasley</a>, and Florida Rep. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/democrats-distance-defund-police-tv-ads-rcna33737">Val Demings</a> have explicitly said that they don’t support defunding. But they do support funding for alternatives to policing.
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Barnes has repeatedly said that he <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/kfile-mandela-barnes-signaled-support-abolish-ice/index.html">supports redirecting police funding</a>, telling a Wisconsin public radio show that funding should go to social workers and a “crisis intervener or a violence interrupter,” instead of police. Fetterman has <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/election-2022-pennsylvania-senate-oz-fetterman-criminal-justice/">said</a> that while he wants to make sure “law enforcement has the resources necessary to do their job,” he will “also prioritize oversight, accountability, and violence prevention.”
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Those messages, however, have suffered under GOP attacks; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpyDkrvUZ20">Barnes</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/DrOz/status/1553017631342530561?s=20&t=jx_4Q58W5Ul7Dkgb-5iiFw">Fetterman</a> have been labeled progressives, a group that has supported defunding, and each has been linked to the defund movement by their opponents.<strong> </strong>Beasley and Demings, on the other hand, have attempted to use their moderate positioning and past links to law enforcement — the former with the courts, the latter as a former police chief — to make the case that they have a nuanced insider’s view of how public safety could be improved.
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Beasley thinks more money, not less, should go into public safety overall, and that includes funding for community violence prevention programs and <a href="https://cheribeasley.com/issue/keeping-north-carolina-communities-safe/">alternative first responders</a> like mental health professionals and substance abuse counselors. Demings has supported <a href="https://demings.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-demings-police-funding-legislation-be-considered">legislation in the House</a> that would fund community violence intervention initiatives and train and dispatch mental health professionals to respond to emergencies involving behavioral health.
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Despite these efforts, the polling suggests Republican attacks on crime are resonating, and Democrats are running out of time to defend their records.
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Emperor Ashoka, Shivaratri, Star Romance, Glorious Grace, Royal Treasure and Royal Monarch excel</strong> -</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>ICC T20 World Cup 2022 | Sri Lanka thrash UAE by 79 runs to get campaign back on track</strong> - Although his team suffered a huge loss, UAE spinner Karthik Meiyappan took the first hat-trick of the 2022 ICC World Cup</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Shinde helps Andhra pull off a two-wicket win over Bihar</strong> -</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>ICC T20 World Cup 2022 | Netherlands inch closer to Super 12 berth, beat Namibia by 5 wickets</strong> - Bas de Leede’s all-round effort — he took 2 wickets conceding 18 runs and scored 30 not out of as many balls — helped the Dutch register their second straight win in the group stage of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Centre files affidavit on Uniform Civil Code in SC, says different religions following different laws affronting national unity</strong> - The government said the power to make laws is exclusively that of the legislature</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Six new spider species discovered from across the country</strong> - By arachnologists from Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>PM Modi calls for enhanced global cooperation to fight crimes against humanity</strong> - Prime Minister Modi was speaking during the inaugural address at the 90th Interpol General Assembly meet</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>NHAI to hold officials liable for fatal accidents due to poor road engineering works</strong> - NHAI in a circular said the authority has taken a serious view towards the dereliction of duty</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Ukraine war: Energy situation ‘critical’ after Russian attacks</strong> - The capital, Kyiv, and other cities are targeted, and officials say rolling power cuts are possible.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Nord Stream blast ‘blew away 50 metres of pipe’</strong> - Danish police say explosions damaged two pipelines built to bring Russian gas to Germany.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Ukraine war: US says Iranian drones breach sanctions</strong> - Western allies accuse Iran of supplying the explosive drones to Russia for attacks on Ukraine.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Russian warplane crash kills 13 in apartment block</strong> - The death toll has risen after the jet plunged into a residential area in the Russian town of Yeysk.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Paris shocked by murder of Lola, 12, found in box</strong> - The schoolgirl’s body was found in a container in the courtyard of her apartment building.</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Better than a V12: Rolls-Royce’s first EV is the 2024 Spectre coupe</strong> - Smooth, silent electric motors will only make Rolls-Royce’s cars better. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1890533">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Cheaper hearing aids hit stores today, available over the counter for first time</strong> - Often thousands of dollars and prescription only, aids now start at $199 at Walmart. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1890685">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>What it takes to re-create Rings of Power title sequence with Chladni figures</strong> - British science communicator Steve Mould first explored patterns in 2016 viral video. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1886376">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Coinbase users scammed out of $21M in crypto sue company for negligence</strong> - Nearly 100 users sue Coinbase for allegedly overlooking security flaw. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1890656">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Nvidia’s last-minute 12GB RTX 4080 rebrand will be a pain for GPU makers</strong> - Nvidia will shoulder at least some of the costs of rebranding all of the GPUs. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1890596">link</a></p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</h1>
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The guy downs the scotch in a single gulp and glancing nervously towards the doors says <strong>“Quick, give me another shot of you finest Scotch before the trouble starts”</strong>
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The guy downs that Scotch too and says, <strong><em>“Quick, another shot before the trouble starts”.</em></strong> The barman pauses and says <strong><em>“Ok but I need you to pay for the other shots first”</em></strong>
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The guy looks the barman in the eye and says <strong><em>“It looks like the trouble has started”</em></strong><strong><em>.</em></strong>
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Two blondes are sitting at a bar, obviously celebrating something. They wave over the bartender, and tell him to pour two more shots. Once poured, the two blondes clink their glasses together and say “42! YEAH!! 42!”.
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“Bartender, another round!”
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Same thing happens on this shot. They clink their glasses together and celebrate the number 42.
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“Bartender, another round!”
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Bartender walks over and says “sure! I’d be happy to pour you another shot. First though, I gotta know, what’s up with 42?”
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The blondes look at each other before proudly turning to the bartender and saying “We just completed a puzzle and it only took us 42 days! On the box, it said 4-6 years!!!”
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Once the plane has taken off, and the seatbelt signs have turned off, she gets up, takes her stuff, and moves a few rows forward to an unoccupied first class seat.
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One of the cabin crew approaches her, and politely says “excuse me madame, but you can’t sit here. This is a first class seat, and you’ve only paid for an economy seat. I must kindly ask you to return to the seat you paid for.”
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She looks up at the attendant, and quite pompously announces “I’m young, I’m beautiful, I’m flying to Los Angeles, and I want to fly first class, so I’m not moving.”
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The attendant retreats, somewhat flustered. He speaks to the cabin chief, who approaches the woman and tells her the same thing: “madame, please return to the seat you bought.”
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The same response… “I’m young, I’m beautiful, I’m flying to Los Angeles, and I want to fly first class. I’m not moving.”
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The cabin chief speaks to the cockpit crew. The copilot smiles and says, “don’t worry - I’m married to a blonde, I know how to speak to them.” He calmly gets up and approaches the woman, asking her to move. Same response. Then he bends down and whispers something to her, whereupon she promptly gets up, takes her belongings, and returns to her original seat.
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The cabin crew are stunned. The chief approaches the copilot and asks, “what the hell did you say to her?!”
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“It’s quite simple really. When she said she was flying to Los Angeles, I said: yes madame, but you see, first class isn’t <em>going</em> to Los Angeles, only economy is.”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Schwibby29"> /u/Schwibby29 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/y67nuc/a_blonde_boards_a_plane_flying_economy/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/y67nuc/a_blonde_boards_a_plane_flying_economy/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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