Morning Jolt: Big Tech Presses a Button, and America Goes Nuclear Again

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October 18 2024

Big Tech Presses a Button, and America Goes Nuclear Again

On the menu today: Hamas's Yahya Sinwar needed to start a war with Israel like he needed another hole in the head, and in the end, he got both.

The editors of National Review declare the arrival of long-delayed justice in Gaza; as our Jeff Blehar put it, "A just world required this man to die, and ideally without dignity." And our Noah Rothman concludes, "The Israelis have brought the Gaza Strip closer to its day of liberation from the tyranny of an illegitimate terrorist regime than all the combined efforts of the peace processors in the global diplomatic corps ever achieved."

But to close out the week, today's newsletter will look at a trend getting crowded out of the headlines by the presidential race and Middle East news: the sudden announcement of multiple plans to restart shuttered nuclear plants. And ...

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