Following a team of vigilantes who want to stop the rise of megalomaniac superheroes, The Boys satirizes the likes of Marvel and DC, showing what could happen if Superman and Batman weren't so heroic.
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Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
22 Dec. 2024
Bond vigilantes have been signaling concerns over several areas: 1) inflation, 2) deficits and 3) tariffs and 4) tax cuts.
Black-robed Trump nemeses emerged as a menacing force during the first Trump administration.
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Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
In The Incredible Hulk, Hurt portrayed Bruce Banner’s (Edward Norton, before Mark Ruffalo took over the MCU role) nemesis Gen. Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross, who is also the father of Bruce’s scientist love interest Betty Ross (Liv Tyler).
They were united in protesting two U.S. leaders — Elon Musk and President Donald Trump — and one scourge: fascism.
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Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
Within minutes on Wednesday morning, San Francisco got a new mayor — and a new plan for an emergency declaration intended to combat the fentanyl scourge that has killed thousands of people in the city over the past five years and has turned some neighborhoods into sidewalk drug markets.
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