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Democrats have 11-point lead among likely voters as Trump’s approval rating craters – live — Lord Vickon Ryswell writes

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Source: World news | The Guardian — https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/21/donald-trump-south-carolina-data-centers-midterms-ukraine-witkoff-russia-latest-news-updates

Look, the report gives two pieces of news under one live headline. A new poll puts Democratic candidates 11 percentage points ahead of Republicans among likely voters, while Trump is campaigning in South Carolina. The report also says the Israeli military detained about 80 volunteers—US, Israeli and British—who were helping Palestinians harvest olives near Bethlehem.

Right, among those detained were Brad Lander, described as the New York Democratic congressional nominee, several rabbis, and Israel’s former deputy attorney general. The report says this from Jerusalem. It does not say why the volunteers were detained, how long they were held, or what happened to them afterward.

Look, the small but telling detail is how far the headline’s political contest sits from the event in the report: a poll and a campaign in South Carolina, then volunteers harvesting olives near Bethlehem. The poll’s 11-point figure is specific, but we are given no other polling details to measure it against. And the report does not say that the detention had anything to do with the poll or the campaign.

I know what a lost harvest feels like; mine went when the river froze. That does not make these circumstances the same. Still, the word “harvest” catches the eye, and the report leaves the fate of the people doing it unstated. What else can be said without pretending to know more?

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