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Astros news: Joe Espada provides important Yordan Alvarez injury update

Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez is dealing with an ankle injury concern. Alvarez, a strong American League MVP candidate , is hoping to avoid a lengthy injury absence. While he did not play in Friday night’s 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, manager Joe Espada believes Alvarez could return to the lineup on Sunday, via Chandler Rome of The […] The post Astros news: Joe Espada provides important Yordan Alvarez injury update appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Sep 12 • 6:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kirk Herbstreit gives Lee Corso health update amid absence from public eye

Kirk Herbstreit revealed a recent connection with the legendary Lee Corso and provided an update on his health.

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Sep 12 • 9:38 AM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
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Mitch McConnell has been absent from Capitol Hill for three months. It’s still unclear when he’ll return

The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues.

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Sep 12 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Kerim Alajbegovic tipped to shine in Yildiz’s absence

Kerim Alajbegović was close to a move to Chelsea before Juventus poached him to add him to their squad this summer, and the Bosnian knows he has to deliver.Juve signed him for a good fee, and he is t...

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Sep 12 • 4:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Wrexham’s Max Cleworth Ruled Out For Eight Weeks

Wrexham AFC have a major absence for their upcoming game with West Ham United, as Phil Parkinson has confirmed that Max Cleworth will be out for approximately eight weeks with a hamstring injury.

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Sep 10 • 3:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Clement explains star man’s absence after Norwich City beat Birmingham

Philippe Clement says Norwich City left Mo Touré out of their squad for the 2-1 win over Birmingham to avoid risking another injury amid the Championship’s demanding schedule.Touré had been in imp...

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Sep 10 • 6:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Niko Tsakris flashes class as San Jose rekindle winning ways

By Ben SteinerIf absence makes the heart grow fonder, then Niko Tsakris's return to the scoresheet must have felt pretty sweet on Wednesday night.Guiding the San Jose Earthquakes to a 3–2 win over C...

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Sep 10 • 2:17 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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AS Roma XI vs Fenerbahçe – Predicted lineup and team news

AS Roma and Fenerbahçe are finally back in the UEFA Champions League after a lengthy absence, and they will meet in their first UCL game of the season on Thursday at Istanbul’s Chobani Stadyumu.AS ...

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Sep 10 • 1:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Three-time MVP Aaron Judge returns to Yankees

BRONX, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Sticking with the diamond, let’s move up to the major leagues where the Yankees are set to welcome back the captain tonight. Aaron Judge is making his return in the pinstripes tonight. No. 99 ironically had a 99-day absence after he suffered a broken rib. The three-time AL MVP missed 84 […]

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Sep 8 • 5:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Savannah Guthrie returns to “Today” after 2-week absence

Guthrie enjoyed some downtime at the close of summer.

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Sep 8 • 9:29 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Kelly Ripa returns to ‘Live’ for first time in over 1 month after painful gum surgery

Kelly Ripa finally returned to ‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ for the first time in over a month, following an extended absence due to painful gum surgery.

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Sep 8 • 9:08 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Ubisoft, Square Enix Opt Out of XBOX Disc to Digital Program

Ubisoft and Square Enix are not participating in XBOX's disc to digital program, players have discovered, with rumors of more big absences.

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Sep 8 • 5:32 AM EDT • Technology • insider-gaming.com
Six Real Madrid absences put Mourinho’s options under pressure

Real Madrid will be without Eduardo Camavinga, Arda Güler and Bernardo Silva for Tuesday’s Champions League league-phase opener against Inter Milan, with all three ruled out through suspension, acc...

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Sep 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Reynolds is selling fruity new vapes unauthorized by FDA

The decision to move ahead with new products in the absence of FDA authorization could spur other big manufacturers to do the same, one tobacco-nicotine expert said.

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Sep 8 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Panthers Optimistic Jonathon Brooks Plays Against Bears Despite Practice Absence

Carolina Panthers running back Jonathon Brooks missed his third straight practice with “general soreness," but coach Dave Canales remains hopeful he’ll be ready for Sunday’s season opener against the Chicago Bears

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Sep 7 • 5:03 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Commission to present long-awaited Innovation Act proposal

The European Commission will present its proposal for an EU Innovation Act on September 9, with a focus on strengthening public procurement as a driver of innovation and facilitating the use of intellectual property (IP) to secure financing.The proposal was initially meant to be published in March. No explanation has been given for the delay, but it may be linked to issues with the associated impact assessment.The Commission’s Regulatory Scrutiny Board issued a negative opinion on the draft impact assessment following its meeting on January 28, and again on February 27, according to a draft of the Innovation Act published by Agence Europe.In it, the Commission lays out the steps it has taken to address the board’s concerns, including avoiding overlap with the upcoming revision of the EU Public Procurement Directives and removing a mandatory target for EU member states to increase overall innovation procurement spending.The Innovation Act, which was included in last year’s start-up and scale-up strategy, is meant to reduce barriers to bringing innovative solutions to the market and speed up the path from research to commercialisation.Central to the initiative, according to the draft proposal, is the introduction of a harmonised EU framework for the procurement of R&D services by public buyers, including pre-commercial procurement. The plans would also introduce an EU preference in public R&D procurement.“Other leading economies in the world are investing five to eight times more in public procurement of R&D than the EU,” it notes. In Europe, the lack of harmonised rules has led to divergent practices across the bloc, legal uncertainty and limited use of joint, cross-border R&D procurement, it says.Related articlesCommission postpones European Innovation ActParliament draft report adds EU Inc safeguards to prevent fraud and regime shoppingThe text highlights a lack of clarity around the valuation and monetisation of IP as another barrier to the commercialisation of research results. Currently in the EU, IP is rarely used as collateral in financing, which restricts the growth potential of innovative firms. A key reason for this, according to the Commission, is the absence of a harmonised methodology for valuing IP.To address this issue, it plans to introduce an EU-wide IP valuation framework, a digital marketplace for commercialising IP, and a competence centre to help innovators access IP-backed finance.The issue was highlighted by a recent report by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, which referred to developing a “functional market for IP-backed finance” as a “core competitiveness imperative for the next decade,” and key to ensuring capital unlocked by other EU initiatives reaches innovative firms.The Innovation Act is one of several ways the Commission hopes to reduce fragmentation in the single market and help innovative companies to scale in Europe, complementing other initiatives such as the EU-wide corporate regime, dubbed EU Inc.The leaked draft is not the final version that will be published on September 9, according to a Commission official.

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Sep 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Burn's absence has not gone unnoticed

"We're on the telly!" Perhaps not the exact words uttered by Dan Burn Jr, but based upon his big smile and thumbs up once realising both he and his dad had made their way on to the St James' Park big screen on Saturday, I think I'm safe in my assumption. The VIP box was as close as Burn Sr got to the weekend's draw with Bournemouth. Injury has ruled him out of action until after the September international break, and his absence in the heart of the Newcastle defence hasn't gone unnoticed.

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Sep 7 • 4:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Joel Embiid’s Absence From Viral 76ers Workouts Sparks Early Controversy

Everyone seems to be busy working out and preparing for the season. Joel Embiid is conveniently missing, so could this be the start of something more?

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Sep 6 • 7:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tommy Edman’s Hot Streak Inspires Dodgers Amid Shohei Ohtani Absence

Los Angeles Dodgers utility man Tommy Edman hasn't missed a beat since taking over the leadoff spot during Shohei Ohtani's absence.

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Sep 6 • 5:07 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Shohei Ohtani's health continues to fuel speculation as Dodgers absence stretches on

Shohei Ohtani's absence keeps growing, and now the Dodgers are facing a decision they hoped to avoid.

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Sep 5 • 9:53 PM EDT • Health • marca.com
Dodgers notes: Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Tucker, Mark Walter

Shohei Ohtani has missed the last two games, just the second time he’s been out for multiple games with the Dodgers, along with a two-game stint on the paternity list in April 2025. But it looks like Ohtani will probably miss Saturday as well, which would mark his longest absence since coming to Los Angeles. […]

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Sep 5 • 8:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Red Sox Announce Ceddanne Rafaela News Amid Injury Absence

The Boston Red Sox shared a new timeline for center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela to return from his injury. The post Red Sox Announce Ceddanne Rafaela News Amid Injury Absence appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 5 • 1:43 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Alcaraz knows health a big part of his success

NEW YORK — Feeling better than he expected after a four-month absence, Carlos Alcaraz is planning to take more breaks during the tennis season. Alcaraz returned to play at the U.S. Open after being sidelined since April by a right wrist injury. The defending champion advanced to the fourth round Friday with a 6-3, 6-4, […]

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Sep 4 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • altoonamirror.com
Sasha Farber seemingly visits “DWTS” studio after claiming season 35 absence was ‘not my choice’

Farber was last seen as a pro on season 33 with celebrity partner Jenn Tran.

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Sep 4 • 12:23 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
'Dancing With the Stars' alum Sasha Farber speaks out on season 35 absence
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Sep 4 • 10:08 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
'Dancing With the Stars' alum Sasha Farber speaks out on season 35 absence
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GOP lawmaker says he expects McConnell will return to Capitol Hill later this month after lengthy absence

House Oversight Chair James Comer of Kentucky said Thursday that Sen. Mitch McConnell’s staff have told him they are hoping the senator – who has had an extended absence from Washington due to health issues – will return when the Senate comes back into session on September 14.

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Sep 3 • 12:06 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Ariana Grande cries during emotional farewell ahead of extended absence from public life

Ariana Grande cried on stage during her final ‘Eternal Sunshine’ concert, addressing fans in an emotional farewell ahead of an extended absence from public life: ‘Thank you for being by my side.’

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Sep 2 • 2:35 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Schooler's Absence Adds One More Question on Patriots Special Teams

All-Pro in 2024 will miss at least four games to start the regular season.

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Aug 30 • 5:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Red Sox get massive double boost just in time for playoff push

The Red Sox are getting healthy at the perfect time, with Roman Anthony and Trevor Story returning from lengthy injury absences as Boston prepares for a crucial September playoff push.

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Aug 30 • 1:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What courageous citizenship really looks like

By Vince Bzdek What exactly is courage? Ernest Hemingway famously called it grace under pressure. Mark Twain wrote that “courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear.” C.S. Lewis refined that even more: “Courage is not the absence of fear, but acting despite it.” Is there a particular kind of […]

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Aug 29 • 4:18 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Live Discussion – College Football Games Week ZERO

Welcome to the 2026 college football season. I know Nebraska’s first game ends until next week, but if you’re just returning after a long-winded absence, please be sure to say hello and how you’ve been. And are you looking forward to this college football season?

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Aug 29 • 11:42 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Carlos Alcaraz favored at US Open with Jannik Sinner injured

The return of Carlos Alcaraz and the absence of Jannik Sinner has had a significant influence on US Open betting futures. Alcaraz, the reigning champion, is +250 to retain his title according to DraftKings odds as of midday Thursday.

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Aug 27 • 1:53 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
'Bring back my money!' - SA sports minister Gayton McKenzie says he paid for VAR for PSL, so where is it?

South African Minister of Sport, Art & Culture, Gayton McKenzie has questioned the absence of VAR in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) for 2026-27, and threatened to recall a payment to the South African Football Association (SAFA).

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Aug 25 • 4:47 AM EDT • Sports • espn.com
'Bring back my money!' - SA sports minister Gayton McKenzie says he paid for VAR for PSL, so where is it?

South African Minister of Sport, Art & Culture, Gayton McKenzie has questioned the absence of VAR in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) for 2026-27, and threatened to recall a payment to the South African Football Association (SAFA).

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Aug 25 • 4:47 AM EDT • Sports • africa.espn.com
Christian McCaffrey says recent practice absences were planned as part of load management

Christian McCaffrey returned to practice on Sunday, his first time on the field with his teammates since Aug. 8.

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Aug 23 • 10:13 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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Analysis: Emery's side blown away

"Silence," said Emery when asked pre-match about Ollie Watkins' absence from the Villa squad. Goalkeeper Emi Martinez's future also remain uncertain following a failed move to Juventus and the arrival of Japan's Zion Suzuki. It lays bare the task Emery has to replicate last season's success, having also lost Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Lucas Digne and Ezri Konsa this summer - all core members of the group.

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Aug 23 • 11:25 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Joe Brady: Ed Oliver's absence is related to an injury, not his personal tragedy
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Aug 23 • 4:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trevor Story’s rough rehab could disrupt what the Red Sox built during his absence

Boston has a good thing going right now, and bringing Story back could throw a wrench in the gears.

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Aug 22 • 7:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kelly Ripa’s ‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ return date revealed for season 39 premiere

Kelly Ripa has set her ‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ comeback. EW has confirmed the host’s return date for the season 39 premiere after Mark Consuelos revealed his wife’s extended absence following surgery.

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Aug 21 • 11:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Cameroon’s 93-year-old president returns after a long stay abroad raises health concerns

Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, left the Central African country in June for what was said to be a brief stay in Europe but became the longest recorded absence of his 44-year presidency.

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Aug 21 • 1:12 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Jamal Musiala health issues, explained: Why Bayern Munich star's 'absence seizures' cause him to faint

Musiala has collapsed during play in two different matches as Bayern Munich prepare for the upcoming season, sparking serious concerns about his future on the pitch.

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Aug 18 • 5:25 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
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Jamal Musiala: Bayern Munich forward shares health update after collapsing during a match again

Bayern Munichs Jamal Musiala collapses during a game again; the Germany international collapses on the pitch for the second time in four days; Musiala reveals he is suffering from “treatable absence seizures”; the 23-year-old says there is no long-term health risk

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Aug 18 • 4:39 PM EDT • Health • skysports.com
10 Shows Like 'The 100' You Should Watch Next

The 100 remains our most thoroughly explored TV dystopia. In its absence, explore these other hellscapes near and distant, particularly when they involve throwing teenagers at apocalyptic problems.

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Aug 18 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • lifehacker.com
Geno Smith is on the field at Jets practice Monday

Geno Smith was a late scratch for the Jets' preseason opener due to a sore ankle, but there was no concern from the team about an extended absence and Monday brought good news about his condition.

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Aug 17 • 8:49 AM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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Arizona Cardinals RB Jeremiyah Love Facing Extended Absence

The Arizona Cardinals are now less than a week from entering the third game of the 2026 preseason slate.This one will seemingly be without April’s third overall pick in RB Jeremiyah Love, who is likely not playing this week – or the remainder of the preseason.ESPN insider Adam Schefter broke the news that Love is […] The post Arizona Cardinals RB Jeremiyah Love Facing Extended Absence appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 17 • 1:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hansi Flick identifies five alternatives to solve Barcelona’s striker absence

Barcelona find themselves in an unusual position heading into the new season.Following the departures of Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres, Hansi Flick currently has no natural senior centre-forwar...

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Aug 15 • 9:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mike Vrabel gives update on Christian Gonzalez’s health after Patriots preseason absence

What Mike Vrabel said about the health of Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez on Friday morning.

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Aug 14 • 11:46 AM EDT • Health • bostonherald.com
Inside Venezuela’s high-stakes political negotiations

Maria Corina Machado’s absence does not mean they will fail

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Aug 13 • 9:12 AM EDT • Politics • economist.com
Tigers Show Fight But Come Up Short in Loss

Spencer Torkelson’s clutch hitting and Gleyber Torres’s solo blast couldn't overcome Riley Greene’s injury absence and a shaky bullpen in a gritty divisional battle at Comerica Park.

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Aug 12 • 10:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kelly Ripa reveals graphic details of gum surgery amid ‘Live’ absence: ‘Caused gum recession’

Kelly Ripa revealed graphic details of her painful gum surgery amid her ‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ absence. She also explained her ‘good bad habit’ that led to health issue and ‘gum recession.’

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Aug 12 • 11:16 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
How Ted Lasso handles Jamie Tartt’s absence

After hinting at an explanation in the season 4 premiere, ‘Ted Lasso’ has revealed why fans won’t see Phil Dunster’s Jamie Tartt hanging around the Richmond pitch.

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Aug 12 • 9:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Browns Sign Ex-Eagles Tight End Amid Rookie’s Ongoing Absence

The Cleveland Browns added a new tight end amid uncertainty around the rookie's future. The post Browns Sign Ex-Eagles Tight End Amid Rookie’s Ongoing Absence appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 12 • 12:53 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Uniper's first-half core profit rises on stronger gas business

German state-owned utility Uniper on Tuesday reported that core ​profit nearly doubled in the first ‌half of 2026, boosted by the absence of negative impact on the group's ​gas business that had weighed ​on profits a year earlier.

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Aug 11 • 1:32 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Kelly Ripa is back on ‘Live’ after surgery... sort of

Here’s why Kelly Ripa is back on ‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ this week despite the star’s extended absence for surgery recovery over a painful gum procedure.

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Aug 10 • 11:41 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
49ers’ Kyle Shanahan makes Mike Evans guarantee amid injury absence

Mike Evans is dealing with a quad injury during training camp, but Kyle Shanahan still sees him playing a major role in the 49ers' offense.

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Aug 9 • 11:32 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Farm Bill falls to advance in McConnell’s absence

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has been away from the Senate since a fall in mid-June, has cast some votes "by proxy."

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Aug 9 • 11:29 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Yankees ‘Baby Bombers’ 2.0 have officially arrived

In the absence of their biggest stars, the Yankees are getting a big boost from their top offensive prospects.

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Aug 9 • 8:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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MLB World Reacts to Yankees’ Latest Giancarlo Stanton News

While the New York Yankees remain a very competitive team in the American League, they have been trying to stay afloat despite three injuries to their offensive core.Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and Cody Bellinger remain out due to injury. Despite their absence, the Yankees have found ways to win baseball games.Throughout their last eight games, […] The post MLB World Reacts to Yankees’ Latest Giancarlo Stanton News appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 9 • 1:32 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
COMMENTARY: Star Volunteer cornerback absent from practice again Saturday

Should Volunteer fans be concerned with Ty Redmond's absence?

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Aug 8 • 8:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lane Johnson is expected to practice on Friday

Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson's absence from training camp has come to an end.

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Aug 7 • 9:37 AM EDT • Sports • nbcsports.com
Business Restructuring Review Vol. 25 No. 4 July-August 2026

In This Issue New York Bankruptcy Court: Premature Allegations of Creditor Mistreatment Insufficient to Deny Chapter 15 Recognition of Foreign Restructuring Proceeding In In re ARD Finance, S.A., No. 25-12794 (MG), 2026 WL 817458 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Mar. 25, 2026), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York was presented with a petition seeking chapter 15 recognition of Luxembourg's recently enacted bankruptcy law governing judicial reorganization proceedings. The court granted the petition, turning aside challenges to recognition voiced by a creditor group arguing that recognition should be denied based upon allegations of unfairness to creditors in the Luxembourg proceeding that would make recognition manifestly contrary to U.S. public policy. According to the bankruptcy court, recognition was warranted because: (i) the rules and procedures governing the proceeding under Luxembourg law were fundamentally fair; (ii) the petition otherwise satisfied chapter 15's recognition requirements; and (iii) the creditor group's allegations were premature, given the fact that the Luxembourg court presiding over the debtor's restructuring proceeding had not confirmed a restructuring plan, and all creditors had the right to participate fully and voice their objections in the proceeding (including the right to appeal an order approving a plan). [read more …] Florida Bankruptcy Court Examines Scope of Discovery in Chapter 15 Cases In In re Banco Master, S.A., No. 25-24568-SMG, 2026 WL 931729 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. Apr. 6, 2026), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida granted in part and denied in part post-recognition motions filed by an insider of a foreign debtor seeking to bar or limit discovery sought by the debtor's foreign representative concerning allegedly voidable transfers involving the debtors' U.S. real property. According to the court: (i) although chapter 15 includes its own discovery provisions among the relief that may be granted to a foreign representative, the expansive discovery available in cases under other chapters of the Bankruptcy Code is also available in chapter 15 cases; (ii) the discovery sought by the foreign representative was permissible; (iii) discovery regarding matters that were the subject of a pending adversary proceeding had to be undertaken under the more restrictive rules applicable to such proceedings; and (iv) a discovery request would be barred to the extent that it sought production of documents or testimony from a subpoenaed entity that exceeded the geographic limitations specified in such rules. [read more …] Delaware District Court Affirms Chapter 15 Recognition Order Enforcing Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases In U.S. Int'l Dev. Fin. Corp. v. Credito Real S.A.B. de C.V. SOFOM, E.N.R. (In re Credito Real S.A.B. de C.V. SOFOM, E.N.R.), 677 B.R. 192 (D. Del. 2026), appeal filed, No. 26-2356 (3d Cir. June 5, 2026), the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware affirmed a bankruptcy court order granting chapter 15 recognition to a Mexican "concurso mercantile" proceeding and enforcing nonconsensual third-party releases approved by the Mexican court. Agreeing with the bankruptcy court that the releases were not manifestly contrary to U.S. public policy, the district court concluded: "It is well settled that U.S. bankruptcy courts can give effect to foreign orders in recognized foreign proceedings pursuant to the authority granted in Chapter 15, even when those orders contain relief unavailable under U.S. law. [The appellant's] arguments misconstrue the Supreme Court's narrow holding in Purdue, applicable in Chapter 11 cases, as well as the statutory framework of Chapter 15 and its core policy objectives. Accordingly, I will affirm the Enforcement Order." The ruling has been appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. [read more …] Fifth Circuit: Bankruptcy Court, Not State Court, Had Jurisdiction to Allow or Disallow Administrative Expense Claim In Storey Minerals Ltd. v. EP Energy E&P Co., LP (Matter of EP Energy E&P Co., LP), 169 F.4th 609 (5th Cir. 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed lower courts' rulings disallowing a creditor's administrative expense claim. It also rejected the creditor's argument that, because the claims were predicated on state law, a state court should adjudicate the merits of the state law causes of action before the bankruptcy court could allow or disallow the claim as an administrative expense. According to the Fifth Circuit, even though the causes of action were based on state law, the bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to determine whether the creditor's claims should be conferred with administrative expense priority in the debtors' chapter 11 case. [read more …] New York Bankruptcy Court: Dismissal of Involuntary Chapter 11 Case Filed Prior to Commencement of Foreign Restructuring Proceeding Unwarranted In In re Xinyuan Real Estate Co. Ltd., No. 25-10745 (PB), 2026 WL 592250 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Mar. 3. 2026), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York considered the bona fides of an involuntary chapter 11 petition filed by certain holders of U.S. dollar-denominated notes against a holding company for a group of Chinese property development companies that filed a restructuring proceeding in the Cayman Islands after the noteholders filed the involuntary chapter 11 petition. The court denied the debtor's motion to dismiss the chapter 11 case. Given the timing of the filing of the Cayman Islands restructuring proceeding, the absence of any progress in the proceeding for seven months, the debtor's need to restructure notes governed by U.S. law, and the debtor's lack of any meaningful contacts to the Cayman Islands, dismissal of the chapter 11 case was unwarranted under the applicable provision of the Bankruptcy Code, international comity, or the doctrine of forum non conveniens. [read more …] Bankruptcy Court Evaluates Trustee's Authority to Sell Avoidance Actions and Right of Target Defendants to Object In In re Law Enf't Officers Sec. Union, No. 24-70277-JAD, 2026 WL 560452 (Bankr. W.D. Pa. Feb. 27, 2026), a chapter 7 trustee sought court approval to sell certain avoidance actions to a creditor of the debtor's estate. Potential targets of the subject avoidance actions objected, arguing that such claims were nontransferable powers of the trustee rather than saleable estate property and urging the court to approve their competing settlement with the trustee. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania disagreed with the potential defendants, holding that they lacked standing to object to the proposed sale, that avoidance actions are indeed estate property, and that the sale—rather than the settlement—best served the estate's interests. [read more …] U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy Roundup in Brief In Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction Inc., No. 25-6, 2026 WL 1686028 (U.S. June 11, 2026), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Fifth Circuit decision judicially estopping a chapter 13 debtor from asserting a personal injury claim against a construction company because the debtor failed to disclose the claim during his bankruptcy case. In so ruling, the Court held that "[t]he Fifth Circuit erred by artificially narrowing its inquiry to whether the debtor had knowledge of the underlying facts or a potential motive to conceal the claim." It represents the first time that the Court has applied judicial estoppel in the bankruptcy context, although it has suggested in other contexts that it may be inappropriate where an inconsistent legal position resulted from "inadvertence or mistake." Also in June, the Court denied petitions for certiorari in a few notable bankruptcy cases. [read more …] Newsworthy Heather Lennox (Cleveland/New York) (Star Individual), Bruce Bennett (Los Angeles) (Senior Statesperson), Kevyn D. Orr (Washington) (Eminent Practitioner), Gregory M. Gordon (Dallas) (Band 1), Carl E. Black (Cleveland), Corinne Ball (New York) (Senior Statesperson), Brad B. Erens (Chicago), Jeffrey B. Ellman (Atlanta), T. Daniel Reynolds (Cleveland), and Dan T. 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He was identified as a Rising Star within the global cross-border restructuring community. Global Restructuring Review is a leading digital subscription service, news outlet, and information platform dedicated exclusively to cross-border insolvency and corporate restructuring law. Fabienne Beuzit (Paris), Rodolphe Carrière (Paris), and Isabelle Maury (Paris) were recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in France™ in the practice area Insolvency and Reorganization Law. An article written by Corinne Ball (New York) titled "Comity and Fairness are Critical to Granting Additional Assistance under Chapter 15: A Canadian Reverse Vesting Order and Related Releases in Proceedings Involving Canadian and U.S.-Affiliated Companies Are Approved" was published in the June 24, 2026, edition of the New York Law Journal. An article written by Caitlin K. 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Merrett (Atlanta) and Nathaniel Parr (Atlanta) titled "Southern District of Texas Clarifies Post-Purdue Course for Consensual Third-Party Releases and Gatekeeping Provisions" was published on June 11, 2026, in Lexis Practical Guidance. An article written by Corinne Ball (New York) titled "LMEs, Sophisticated Investors and Equitable Mootness: The Fifth and Third Circuits Warn Against Testing the Limits of Chapter 11" was published in the June 2026 issue of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. Nicholas J. Morin (New York) was quoted in an article titled "Serta Ruling Offers Damages Road Map in Lender-on-Lender Disputes," published by Bloomberg Law on July 7, 2026. The article discussed U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez's July 7, 2026, ruling that participating lenders in Serta Simmons Bedding's 2020 non-pro rata uptier exchange breached the credit agreement's ratable-sharing provision, and awarding excluded lenders more than $261 million in damages. The opinion resolves six years of litigation related to Serta's 2020 transaction, where it raised $200 million in new financing and exchanged $1.2 billion of term loans for $875 million in superpriority debt. Judge Lopez found that the debt-for-debt exchange constituted a "payment" under the credit agreement, requiring proportional sharing among lenders, and dismissed various defenses raised by the participating lenders. The case is Serta Simmons Bedding LLC v. AG Centre Street Partnership (In re Serta Simmons Bedding LLC), 2026 WL 1968535 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Jul. 7, 2026). The New York Law Journal has recognized Andrew M. Butler (New York) as a 2026 "Rising Star" in Restructuring/Bankruptcy as part of the New York Legal Awards. The Rising Star category recognizes New York's most promising lawyers age 40 and under who have distinguished themselves through exceptional legal work, leadership, and contributions to the profession. Lawyer Spotlight: Daniel J. Merrett Dan Merrett, a partner in the Atlanta Office, has spent nearly 20 years representing all manner of stakeholders in complex corporate restructurings and chapter 11 reorganizations. His practice extends to related transactions and disputes involving acquisitions; divestitures; credit facilities; securities; environmental obligations; and vendor, employee, and governance matters. Dan has substantial experience managing mass tort liabilities, including the restructurings and related chapter 11 cases of affiliates of Georgia Pacific and Johnson & Johnson, implemented to resolve asbestos and talc liabilities. He also represents key parties in energy and infrastructure matters, including facility owners, EPC contractors, and joint-venture parties. Dan was a key player in the restructuring teams in the historic bankruptcies of the City of Detroit and Chrysler. 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If Not AOC, Then Who?

What do we do if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decides not to run for president in 2028? It makes sense that many leftists are currently focused on calling on her to take the plunge. But the absence of a Plan B, or even much discussion about one, is worrisome. The US Left can’t afford to sit out the 2028 Democratic primary. Doing so in 2024 was a disaster: our abstention self-marginalized anti-billionaire politics from the national conversation and thereby gave space for Harris to pivot to the “center” (i.e. the policy preferences of corporate donors, establishment hacks, and AIPAC). Abstaining again in 2028 would be especially counterproductive since democratic socialists now have so much wind in our sails after our big electoral wins in NYC and across the country. It’s time to deepen our momentum, organization, and profile — not to retreat to the margins during America’s single most important political battle. Even more urgently, keeping Trump’s heir out of the White House may depend on whether leftists and the party’s unprecedentedly disenchanted base can force the Democrats in 2028 to take meaningful steps towards a very angry electorate and away from the corporate-consultant blob that has helped get us into this mess. If AOC (or Abdul El-Sayed) decides to run, we should enthusiastically go all in — DSA, fighting unions, progressive organizations, anybody who wants to see a better country and world. But, as far as I can tell from the outside, there’s a real chance that she doesn’t run. And we can’t just wait and see where she lands before discussing alternatives, since AOC’s decision might not come for quite a while, giving us little time to scramble at the last minute for an alternative. So we should start working now on getting a Plan B into motion, and recruiting a good candidate for the role. Here’s one idea. A Worker Candidate — Healthcare Not Warfare 2028 Run a union worker Leftists don’t need to always run experienced, well-known socialist politicians for high-profile contests. Lula, the current president of Brazil, began his political career as a metalworker militant who ran for governor of São Paulo in 1982. Especially in an era of institutional distrust, it’s possible to lean hard into making a virtue out of a working-class comrade’s distance from traditional politics. Experience abroad shows this clearly. Rachel Kéké — an immigrant hotel housekeeper — ran as the candidate of the leftist La France Insoumise for the National Assembly in 2022, defeating a former minister in the Macron government. The Belgian Workers’ Party in 2024 won its first Flemish seat in the European Parliament by running Rudi Kennes, a three-decade veteran of the Opel Antwerp auto factory. And the South Korean left in 2024 elected auto factory militant Yoon Jong-oh to the National Assembly. If a tiny French Trotskyist organization could make such a big splash in 2002 and 2007 by running a well-spoken postal worker cadre for office — the LCR’s Olivier Besancenot received about 1.5 million first-round votes — it’s not far-fetched to expect that a much larger organization like DSA, together with a broader coalition of the willing, could run this playbook to much greater effect. This is especially the case now that almost everything DSA does immediately becomes a national news story. We don’t need someone famous. We just need a charismatic, well-vetted comrade who works in a relatable working-class occupation — e.g. a nurse, or a worker in auto or construction, or at Amazon. Ideally, they have a compelling personal story or have been part of a significant strike or organizing campaign, but even those criteria don’t necessarily have to be deal-breakers. The main lesson of the Graham Platner fiasco isn’t that we should never run outsiders for office (the momentum he generated proves the exact opposite), but that they need proper vetting and roots in democratic membership organizations like DSA or a union. In any case, there are plenty of ways to signal working-class authenticity without resorting to Platner’s or Fetterman’s performative macho white dude affect. Better to have someone of any gender or race who is actually working class, with firm socialist politics, who can speak from experience about the day-to-day realities of trying to make it in America. There are surely at least a dozen such worker leaders in our movement nationwide; we just need to sit down and convince one that their personal sacrifice for the greater good (i.e. running for president) will be worth it. If we don’t have a frontrunner with a clear path to victory like AOC (or El-Sayed, were he to win Michigan), it’s better to embrace someone whose decision to run in itself tells an important story about US politics: workers have been iced out of our political system and are now fighting hard to break back in. The novelty factor, in itself, would generate press. And it would help democratic socialists signal to the American public that our movement’s defining characteristic is that we represent workers vs. bosses, not that we’re “the furthest left” force in American politics — a framework that suggests we’re extremists and that helps our opponents isolate us from non-college-educated voters by highlighting extremely minoritarian (and misguided) stances included in DSA’s platform like prison abolition. We don’t get many opportunities to speak to tens of millions of Americans; we need to use these opportunities to broaden our appeal beyond those already in our orbit. Run to polarize the 2028 primary and general election around “Medicare for All” and “End All Aid to Israel” Why should democratic socialists use our scarce time and volunteer energy to run in a race we’re unlikely to win? Running in the 2028 primary will not only recruit us scores of members (imagine having a DSA member intervening in eleven nationally televised primary debates!), but — more importantly — it has the potential to be a decisive leap forward towards an America that finally starts meeting the needs of working people instead of HMO and AIPAC billionaire donors. Polarizing litmus tests are good, actually — as long as they’re fought for around popular demands in a thoughtful and strategic way. Democratic socialists have an opportunity and responsibility to make the 2028 primary about two of the most widely and deeply felt issues of our moment: domestically, America’s unaffordable, family-breaking private healthcare system; internationally, America’s bankrolling of the genocidal Israeli government. A candidacy relentlessly demanding Medicare for All and No Aid to Israel would pose a sharp question to the American public, the Democratic Party, and other 2028 contenders: Why can’t working-class Americans afford their healthcare bills at the same time that our government is spending at least $3.8 billion yearly to fund an Israeli regime eager to keep dragging us and the world into more forever wars? Our candidate can agitate around a clear message: I’m running to give voice to all those working-class Americans who are struggling to get by. No matter what state you live in, who you voted for in 2024, or your background, it’s just plain common sense that we should make healthcare more affordable instead of spending billions to enable the Israeli government’s crimes against humanity. Every American who agrees with me when I say ‘Medicare for All — Not a Dime for Israel’ should make their voice heard through our campaign. Racking up a high number of votes for this agenda is a crucial way to show the Democratic Party and the country as a whole that we can’t keep supporting a life-destroying status quo in our healthcare system and in the Middle East. If we want to defeat Trump’s handpicked crony this coming November, we need to speak to ordinary people’s frustrations with the status quo — we can’t keep running the same tired establishment playbook and expecting a different result. For those highly engaged voters (or skeptical media pundits) who raise concerns about wasting votes, the candidate can take the time to explain why this isn’t the case: It's true I'm a long shot. But Zohran showed anything can happen — and voting for me is a pragmatic decision, not a wasted vote. In a heavily divided primary with a large number of candidates and a very discredited establishment, my campaign and the democratic socialist movement I’m part of are positioned to be the balance of power if we can get a large enough number of voters to loudly demand Healthcare Not Warfare. Since there’s a high chance no candidate will get to 50% in the 2028 primaries, the Democrats could very well be heading towards a brokered convention, where a disciplined, principled current committed to breaking from corporate donors can play an outsized role in making sure whoever ends up with the nomination raises the banner of single-payer healthcare and cutting aid to Israel. How exactly could running this sort of primary campaign be translated into actual leverage? The candidate replies: I’m aiming to win the nomination, but if I don’t achieve that goal, my delegates and I will pledge our support in the primary only for a candidate who agrees in the general election to call for ending US aid to Israel and establishing Medicare for All at home. These are both winning planks for November against the Republicans, and the only reason I can see that other candidates haven’t yet raised these is that they’re still more scared of the donor class than they are of the people. That needs to change. If Democratic leaders want young people, workers, and those sick of the status quo to show up in big numbers this November, they need to meet us halfway. In this way, whether or not we win the nomination, democratic socialists could still play a decisive role in 2028. The approach outlined here is similar to what radical left parties periodically do in parliamentary democracies like Denmark or Sweden when they find themselves as a junior partner electorally: they dictate to center-left allies what their terms would be for enabling, from the outside, the formation of a new government. Running a Healthcare Not Warfare candidate will make it significantly more likely that the 2028 Democratic candidate stands with ordinary people instead of donors on these two pivotal planks — a shift that will, in turn, make it easier to achieve the existentially important task of defeating MAGA’s heir in November. Look at how much popular traction the Uncommitted movement got with a similar strategy in 2024 with so little on-the-ground organization — surely we can go much further with a working-class candidate, a much bigger DSA, and a Democratic Party base that has turned against Israel, billionaires, and the hacks in the party who prop them up. Objections and Responses There are quite a few objections to this proposal, many of which are very reasonable. Let me briefly address each here. Socialists shouldn’t waste their scarce time and resources on a candidate unlikely to win. This is a good rule in general, but there are important exceptions, and presidential elections are the main one. There’s no other political contest that gets anything like this level of attention and engagement in the US, so if you want to be a serious force in nationwide politics, you basically can’t afford not to have a candidate. Far from being an overall drain on our resources, running a dynamic 2028 campaign would likely result in a major net increase in members and capacity. In that spirit, the very pragmatic Milwaukee sewer socialists — who mostly ran to win at home in Wisconsin — supported Eugene Debs’s propagandistic presidential campaigns, which they correctly saw as a crucial means of recruiting to the Socialist Party. And now that the (post-1972) Democratic Party gives more weight to voters than party operatives in determining its presidential nomination, it’s become feasible to run as a socialist in primaries without risking a split in the vote against the Republicans in November. We should just support Ro Khanna, who also supports M4A and ending aid to Israel. I like Ro Khanna and would enthusiastically vote and canvass for him for president were he to get the nomination. But there’s a real chance that Khanna’s bid for office doesn’t catch on; he lacks the grassroots organizational apparatus of DSA, and, because he’s not really of the Left or labor (despite his current very good positions), he’s unlikely to generate the type of buy-in and enthusiasm that a DSA candidate would. Moreover, Khanna would be running as an individual, not as someone emerging from and building an organized movement — his campaign would not likely focus on building sustained power from below, nor would it likely polarize the 2028 primary around M4A and Israel aid. Also, and not inconsequentially, the poor electoral results for Tom Steyer and Saikat Chakrabarti this spring suggest that there’s perhaps not much of a popular appetite in the Democrats’ base to support multi-millionaire class traitors. Much better, then, to run a democratic socialist worker. If by Super Tuesday it’s clear that our campaign has captured the main left lane in the primary, Khanna should drop out and endorse us; conversely, if he’s managed to capture this lane, DSA could at that point transform its Healthcare Not Warfare campaign into an independent campaign to elect Ro Khanna focused on winning (and holding him accountable to) those two critical planks. An openness to consolidating an anti-corporate candidate by Super Tuesday is a necessary component of the strategy I’m proposing, because otherwise we risk splitting the primary votes (per DNC rules, you need at least 15% to get any delegates to convention). We should convince Shawn Fain or Sara Nelson to run for president instead. I agree it’d be great if either ran for president, but my impression is that there’s basically no chance that will happen in 2028, because both are firmly focused on their union leadership duties (and, in the case of Fain, beating back a federal witch-hunt). This plan could have DSA end up endorsing a non-socialist, non-DSAer for president. That’s against our principles. It’s a myth, and bad politics, that socialists can’t ever support candidates who aren’t members of their organization and/or who don’t call themselves socialists. Bernie, after all, was not a DSAer. And socialists abroad regularly make tactical decisions about if and when supporting a non-socialist candidate makes sense from the standpoint of promoting working-class interests, defending democracy, and building a socialist current in the process. If your “principles” prevent you and DSA from helping achieve the momentous stride forward of having a Democratic candidate in 2028 run on Medicare for All and ending aid to Israel, those “principles” are not very good. In fact, they actively undermine the causes they’re aiming to support. We shouldn’t confuse principles (working-class independence) with tactics (the best way to advance this in a given context). In my recent article in Catalyst on Milwaukee sewer socialism (I’ve uploaded the full text here), I have a section showing how similarly rigid rules about endorsements had to be eventually discarded in the old Socialist Party nationwide after WWI because they tended to lead socialists towards a sectarian abstention from broader anti-corporate electoral insurgencies beyond their party’s control. For what it’s worth, Lenin’s current under Tsarism frequently backed bourgeois candidates in the second round of elections and Lenin himself advocated that British Communists support Labour Party candidates; for his part, Kautsky in 1912 defended the German Social Democracy’s electoral pact with the Progressives in the runoffs. If our predecessors could be that tactically flexible in an era before the limits of their underlying strategic assumptions about intransigent class politics in capitalist democracies were made clear, then there’s no need to insist on being more tactically rigid today, after a century’s worth of accumulated experience. As long as you maintain your own political profile and organization while engaging in broader coalitional efforts, there’s zero inherent contradiction with the principle of political independence. More specifically: DSA and allied organizations should enthusiastically back Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed if AOC declines to run and he throws his hat in the presidential ring. (I have no idea whether he’s even considering this path, but there’ll surely be chatter about it if he wins his Senate race this November.) Though he doesn’t call himself a socialist, El-Sayed is a principled Berniecrat, a consistent fighter for Palestine, and would have a clear path to victory. Using the “s” word is far less important than whether a campaign fights for the interests of working people at home and abroad — and whether actively participating in it can grow the organized working class and the Left. And the same holds true if a less anti-corporate candidate were, under pressure, to adopt our two Healthcare Not Warfare planks. Why focus only on M4A and ending US aid to Israel? There are so many other important issues to fight for! Obviously there are many pivotal issues beyond healthcare and Israel, and our candidate — and especially our organizations involved in the campaign — should be prepared to speak on all of these. But one of the crucial lessons of the Zohran campaign is that you have to relentlessly stay on message if you want to cut through the noise. CNN and Fox News will want to talk about DSA’s views on Venezuela and abolishing the police; we need to polarize the debate on the widely and deeply felt issues that are most favorable for growing the Left, isolating our opponents, and winning urgently needed changes. One recent poll found 63% of Americans support M4A, even after respondents were told it would raise taxes and eliminate most private insurance. Another found that 74% of Democrats opposed “providing additional economic and military support to Israel.” And focusing on two demands sets the campaign up to be able to leverage its mandate to make clear demands upon other candidates (which we can’t do if we run with a laundry list of demands). Talking about a Plan B is a distraction from the more urgent work of building a groundswell of calls on AOC to run. It’s good for DSAers, fightback unionists, and progressive organizations to try to convince AOC to run. This proposal is meant as an addendum to pushes to get AOC to run and to line DSA up for that eventuality, not as a substitute for those efforts. But I’m worried that, like in 2024, we might eventually find ourselves with no time to find a viable alternative unless we start now. DSA, with its abundant deliberative processes, moves slowly. The approach you’re suggesting seems risky. If a DSA candidate runs but doesn’t receive a lot of votes, it’ll undercut our current national momentum. This is a reasonable worry. All big initiatives always carry risks, and the path I’m advocating is certainly not free of these. That said, if a Healthcare Not Warfare campaign doesn’t catch on like we envisioned, it’s a pretty simple pivot in March 2028 to explain that in the future we really need our standard-bearers like AOC, or our growing bench of national electeds, to step up in presidential primaries. Moreover, it’s worth noting that the risk of my Plan B proposal is on the whole significantly less than the risk entailed by an AOC run. We should all back her if she runs, since she’d fire up the base, provide huge openings for organizing, have a real shot at defeating a Republican (especially given MAGA’s unpopularity), be a great standard-bearer for our issues, particularly M4A and ending aid to Israel, and be less willing than mainstream candidates to capitulate to any anti-democratic machinations from Trump and co. But it’s also true that AOC could lose, which would be a devastating setback to the country and the Left. Or she could win and find herself unable to pass much, if any, of her (and our) program, a demoralizing prospect. So if we’re willing to take these risks with AOC (and we should), it follows that we should be able to take lower-level risks if she doesn’t throw her hat in the ring. What’s Your Plan B? The US Left is facing its biggest opening for growth and influence since the 1930s. Initiatives that would have been impossible a few months ago are now potentially feasible. A President AOC is now easier to imagine, but if she ultimately assesses that the risks aren’t worth the potential reward in 2028, we can’t be left flat-footed. So even if you’re not convinced by the specifics of my Plan B, I hope you can at least agree that it’d be a disaster for us not to have one — and not to start getting a Plan B into motion. Hopefully other organizers and political currents will put forward their responses and alternative ideas ASAP. The stakes are too high to just wait and see. More As always, please share this article widely. This newsletter depends on all you lovely people to get the word out. Thank you! I uploaded the full text of my Catalyst article on Milwaukee sewer socialism here (it’s updated and 3x as long as the version published earlier on this substack). If you haven’t yet, please make sure to subscribe to Catalyst here; I read every issue front to back, highly recommend. 🌹🎵 Ivan Lins (arranged by Arthur Verocai) — “General da Banda” 🌹🎵

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Jonathan Greenard’s missed camp reps could complicate Eagles debut

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Kentucky governor says McConnell should disclose health details or resign

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) issued an ultimatum to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a Monday letter: address Kentuckians about his ongoing absence from Congress or resign.

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GOP senators express confidence in McConnell’s return as health scrutiny grows

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Friday offered Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) a public vote of confidence, as questions swirl about the former GOP leader’s health and prolonged absence from Congres…

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The Chicks crack joke about Mitch McConnell’s ongoing absence during New Jersey concert

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Kentucky governor presses McConnell on legacy-'ruining' health

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Record absence of world’s oldest head of state reignites health speculation

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Speak or resign: Beshear ups demand for McConnell health status

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has a message for Sen. Mitch McConnell, his state’s senior senator: Explain his long absence from the Senate and give details about his health, Beshear is insisting, or resign.

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McConnell faces growing questions about absence nearly six weeks after fall

Scant details have not quieted rumors and online speculation about the former Senate Republican leader’s condition.

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Jul 25 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
McConnell’s Absence is Grinding Some Senate Business to a Halt

Farm bill and government funding negotiations are at a standstill without Sen. Mitch McConnell, with just 10 legislative weeks left this year.

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Jul 23 • 5:04 PM EDT • Business • notus.org
Italy ‘hold talks’ with Pep Guardiola in bid to end 12-year World Cup absence

Guardiola said before leaving Manchester City that he wouldn’t take a new coaching job ‘for a while’

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Jul 20 • 11:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Josh Hawley criticizes Mitch McConnell over health-related absence

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, is criticizing former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over his "obligation" to America.

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Jul 19 • 9:54 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Nesbitt may face lengthy Falkirk absence

Falkirk manager John McGlynn fears midfielder Aidan Nesbitt may be out for 12 weeks. Nesbitt, 29, came off after 12 minutes of Falkirk's opening Premier Sports Cup win at Edinburgh City. The Bairns then lost to Ayr United and are still to play Alloa Athletic and Stranraer.

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Jul 19 • 5:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Are American politicians too old?

The debate about how old is too old to serve in public office has resurfaced this week after the shock death of the Republican senator Lindsey Graham and the surprise return of Mitch McConnell, the 84-year-old senator who published a photo of himself in hospital after a long absence from the spotlight

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Jul 17 • 7:15 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
The ’Gay’ Attacks on Lindsey Graham Are All About Politics

Was Lindsey Graham gay? As the author of a book about the history of gay Washington, D.C., it’s a question I’ve been asked frequently for years, and even more so since his sudden death last weekend. The South Carolina Republican’s lifelong confirmed bachelorhood, vocal intonation, and Southern dandy demeanor (if not sartorial choices) prompted many to conclude that he was, as they say in that part of the country, “light in his loafers.” Graham’s repeated attestations to the contrary had zero effect on those invested in the narrative that he was. Only about the matter of J. Edgar Hoover’s rumored cross-dressing (for which there is much circumstantial but no direct evidence) am I questioned more. Whenever I’ve been asked to speculate upon Graham’s sexuality—and speculate was all that I or anyone else could do—I always answered the question honestly. While my personal sense is that Graham was probably gay, as a journalist and a historian I cannot rely on my intuition to make factual assertions. (Gaydar hasn’t yet been scientifically perfected.) Given the absence of any known female or male romantic interests, Graham may very well have been a heterosexual unlucky in love. He might also have been asexual. Barring the highly unlikely postmortem emergence of a personal diary or some other unassailable evidence attesting to Graham’s innermost yearnings, we will never know the answer. As is depressingly the case these days when a public figure dies, a chorus of voices reveled in Graham’s passing, many of them making light of his presumed homosexuality.

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Jul 15 • 7:30 PM EDT • Politics • thefp.com
Thune says he defers to McConnell and team on health updates

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said there have been absences from members of Congress for extended periods of time on both sides of the aisle when asked by NBC News' Ryan Nobles if there needs to be more transparency.

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Jul 15 • 6:04 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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'This is not normal': AOC unloads on McConnell's prolonged absence

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questions whether Mitch McConnell's months-long Senate absence is legal, while GOP senators insist he'll return for key votes.

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Jul 14 • 3:53 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Savannah Guthrie returns to ‘Today’ after 4-day absence

Savannah Guthrie has returned to ‘Today’ following a four-day absence.

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Jul 14 • 8:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
McConnell's absence renews questions about lawmakers’ health, age in Washington
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Jul 13 • 5:44 PM EDT • Health • wjla.com
Lindsey Graham’s death triggers scramble to replace him as Congress returns

Lawmakers face obstacles, including demands from Trump, Mitch McConnell’s absence and Graham’s sudden death

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Jul 13 • 6:55 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Mitch McConnell Breaks Silence With Statement and Photo Amid Questions About Health Status

The former GOP leader explained his absence from the Senate, saying he intends to finish his term, but some critics still have questions.

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Jul 13 • 6:03 AM EDT • Health • time.com
McConnell provides health update after long unexplained absence; says he suffered fall

McConnell is the longest-serving party leader in Senate history.

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Jul 12 • 6:04 PM EDT • Health • cnbc.com
Dana White offers bizarre defense of Conor McGregor’s health status by citing social media views

UFC CEO Dana White got a bit defensive after accusations surfaced on Saturday night that star fighter Conor McGregor, who was making his return to the octagon after a five-year absence, had been injured prior to his fight with Max Holloway to headline UFC 329 in Las Vegas. McGregor lost to Holloway via TKO 69…

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Jul 12 • 6:00 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
US senator Mitch McConnell says absence due to fall and pneumonia

The Republican says in his first statement for weeks that he will not return to work just yet.

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Jul 12 • 5:51 PM EDT • Health • bbc.com