{"id":33453,"date":"2024-08-01T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/thursday-headlines-elementary-my-weird-watson#id33209"},"modified":"2024-08-01T13:07:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:07:00","slug":"thursday-headlines-elementary-my-weird-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/thursday-headlines-elementary-my-weird-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday headlines: Elementary my weird Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran and its proxies are meeting to discuss potential retaliation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iranians-mourn-hamas-leader-haniyehs-assassination-2024-08-01\/\">against Israel.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Spencer Ackerman: If Harris wants to be different on Israel, she quickly needs to choose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forever-wars.com\/if-harris-will-be-different-from-biden-on-israel-this-is-her-chance-to-show-it\/\">&#8220;active deescalation.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Forever Wars<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why are you being so weird?&#8221; Inside the Democrats&#39; new &#8220;big weirdo&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/inside-the-big-weirdo-political-strategy-that-democrats-are-using-to-taunt-republicans\">political strategy.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Vanity Fair<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related: &#8220;They&#39;re weird. 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