Extra, Extra

Sizing Up: “The study … reveals the striking rise of obesity rates nationwide since 1990 — when just over half of adults were overweight or obese — and shows how more people are becoming overweight or obese at younger ages than in the past.” NYT (Gift Article): Three-Quarters of U.S. Adults Are Now Overweight or Obese. It will be interesting to see how the proliferation of Ozempic (a drug that seems to make people three-quarters of themselves) will impact these numbers over time.

+ Having it Both Ways: “Muslims in Michigan began seeing pro-Israel ads this fall praising Vice President Kamala Harris for marrying a Jewish man and backing the Jewish state. Jews in Pennsylvania, meanwhile, saw ads from the same group with the opposite message: Harris wanted to stop U.S. arms shipments to Israel.” Inside the Republican false-flag effort to turn off Kamala Harris voters. (Dark money efforts like this work, especially when there’s a hell of lot of the dark money.)

+ Dimon in the Rough: I don’t want to give the impression that everyone is upset about Trump’s win. Jamie Dimon says bankers are ‘dancing in the street‘ after Donald Trump’s election win. (It’s been interesting to watch the market reaction, from surge to meh, over the past week.) And Sylvester Stallone called him a second George Washington at a Mar-a-Lago event. Oy, Adrian.

+ A Dish Best Served Cold: Joel Stein says he’s done with news (and, believe it or not, I don’t think that’s a bad decision — even if I wish he had included a carveout for NextDraft): It’s Going to Be a Small World After All.