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If former President Donald Trump and his campaign choose to attack Taylor Swift, he'll have to defeat a far scarier and more dangerous force than President Joe Biden's reelection campaign: her scorned fans.

A Morning Consult survey from March estimated that 53% of US adults considered themselves Swift fans, an astoundingly large support base.

To put that into perspective, the 2020 US census found there were about 258.3 million adults in the country.

If just a small fraction of Swift's Republican fans defect over such attacks, it could help Biden secure a second term in the White House.

If Trump and his circle go ahead with their "holy war" against the pop star, they should be prepared for the worst. »

New Polling Shows How Much Global Support Israel Has Lost

Authored by time.com

China, South Africa, Brazil, and several other countries in Latin America all went from viewing Israel positively to negatively.

And many rich countries that already had net negative views of Israel—including Japan, South Korea, and the U.K.—saw steep declines.

Washington's support for Israel carries a cost in global public opinion, however, particularly in Arab countries, the surveys show. »

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League taken offline for the second time, eating through players' early access playtime

Authored by gamesradar.com

Suicide Squad: Kill the justice League has been taken offline for indefinite maintenance for the second time since its early access window began yesterday.

There'll be a bigger influx of players later this week when Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League gets its full release on February 2.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's Warner Bros bosses want a closer relationship between DC's movies and games. »

Mother jailed 3 years for splashing boiling water on porn-watching son

Authored by freemalaysiatoday.com
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PETALING JAYA: A woman was sentenced to three years’ jail by the Melaka sessions court for splashing boiling water on her son after she caught him watching pornographic videos on her phone.

Sinar Harian reported that judge Sabri Ismail handed down the sentence on the 38-year-old woman, who pleaded guilty after the charges were read.

She was charged with intentionally inflicting severe injuries on her then 13-year-old son by splashing boiling water at a house in a civil servants’ residential area at Sungai Udang, Melaka, around 2.56am on June 27, 2022. »

The U.S. Is Considering Giving Russia’s Frozen Assets to Ukraine

Authored by foreignpolicy.com

In the early days of the war, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen dismissed the idea of seizing Russian assets as not “legally permissible.”

The European Union has agreed in principle to the idea of seizing at least the interest earned from frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction.

The G-7 will further discuss using Russian money to rebuild Ukraine at a meeting next month. »