{"id":33439,"date":"2024-07-24T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-its-the-same-old-wrong#id33202"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:52:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-its-the-same-old-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-its-the-same-old-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: It\u2019s the same old wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big new Dexter Filkins article on whether Israel and Hezbollah, i.e., Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2024\/07\/29\/will-hezbollah-and-israel-go-to-war\">will go to war.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: How October 7 unraveled a landmark <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/international\/project-prosperity-israel-war-gaza-landmark-mideast-climate-deal\/\">Mideast climate deal.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Grist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Israel&#39;s Netanyahu to speak &#8220;in one of the few places he can count on for support&#8221;&mdash;among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/24\/nx-s1-5049499\/israel-benjamin-netanyahu-us-congress\">Republicans in Washington.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ NPR<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Explaining the GOP&#39;s claims of being a working-class party. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonnolan.com\/p\/how-the-working-class-republican\">&#8220;It is very dumb.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ How Things Work<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unrelated: A visual history of <a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/929139\/the-delightfully-saturated-history-of-color-charts\/\">color charts.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Hyperallergic<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The number of unwanted Paris Olympics tickets available for resale has hit more than a quarter <a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2024\/07\/france-faces-glut-of-unwanted-olympics-tickets.html\">of a million.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Marginal Revolution<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Olympic athletes show off the free clothing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/22\/style\/olympians-unboxing-sponsored-gear.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U0.CAGR.Ek7MQdLgB4xf&amp;smid=url-share\">they receive<\/a>, also <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/diver-tom-daley-shows-off-214313572.html\">their cardboard beds.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The New York Times [+], Yahoo Sports<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why are CDs so popular in Japan? 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