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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, November 23.
- This Year’s Emissions Drop Is a ‘Tiny Blip,’ UN Agency Says
- Next Year May See Global Respite, Economic Growth After Trade War, Virus
- Trump aims to box in Biden abroad, but it may not work
- Trump’s overarching Middle East strategy reaches a disastrous dead end
- Putin Says He’s Unable to Recognize Biden as U.S. President (Screw you.)
- Israeli PM flew to Saudi Arabia for meeting with Pompeo and crown prince
- U.S. coronavirus hotspots far outpacing Europe’s
- Astra-Oxford Vaccine Prevents Average of 70% of Covid Cases
- Oxford University says its coronavirus vaccine is up to 90% effective
- Trump Exits Open Skies Treaty, Moves to Discard Observation Planes
- ‘A pivotal moment’: Democracies urged to band together to resist China (“But simply revitalizing traditional institutions and treaties won’t be enough, global leaders concluded at three-day gathering.”)
- Longtime diplomat says Trump conspiracies hurt U.S. more than Russia, China
- Biden Chooses Antony Blinken, Defender of Global Alliances, as Secretary of State
- Biden to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.N. ambassador
- Biden push to restore U.S. global role starts with Blinken
- Biden makes secretary of state pick, emphasizing experience and the foreign policy establishment
- More Republicans are losing patience with Trump’s legal absurdities
- Biden Team, Pushing Quick Stimulus Deal, Prepares for Renewed Recession
- Business Leaders, Citing Damage to Country, Urge Trump to Begin Transition (“More than 100 chief executives plan to ask President Trump’s administration to acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and begin a transfer of power.”)
- Trump lashes out at fellow Republicans as his legal challenges to election results fail
- Chris Christie calls the conduct of Trump’s legal team a ‘national embarrassment’
- Trump campaign cuts Sidney Powell from president’s legal team (Powell appears to be a seriously insane person.)
- Dominion Rep Swats Down Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories: Team Trump Hasn’t ‘Offered a Scintilla of Proof’ Against Us (Right, well that won’t stop the conspiracy theorists, sad to say…)
- Why is Joe Biden considering this man to help fight the climate crisis? (“The Biden transition team is facing pressure not to hire people with fossil fuel ties, like Obama’s energy secretary Ernest Moniz”)
- Trump Is Running Out Of Time As Key States Set To Certify That Biden Won
- Vote certification in Michigan and Pennsylvania in question (“Trump faces a critical week in his last-ditch effort to cling to power as key states are on the brink of certifying their results”)
- Trump’s Legal Farce Is Having Tragic Results (“There is nothing funny about the Republican Party’s multipronged attack on voting rights.”)
- What Makes Trump’s Subversion Efforts So Alarming? His Collaborators (“The president has been trying to dismantle our shared beliefs about democracy. And now, his fellow Republicans are helping him.”)
- What We Know About How White and Latino Americans Voted In 2020 (“The urban-rural and education divides are stronger than they were in 2016.”)
- Carl Bernstein Names Names: 21 Republican Senators Who’ve Privately Ripped Trump (“The legendary reporter calls out the ‘craven public silence’ that ‘has helped enable Trump’s most grievous conduct.'”)
- A Great Election, Against All Odds
- Giuliani keeps peddling debunked falsehoods on behalf of Trump
- Murkowski calls on Trump to begin transition process, decries ‘pressure campaign on state legislators’
- Republicans plot to sink potential anti-Trump nominees including Vindman, Yates
- Trump’s election lies are an attempted coup. Biden and other Democrats should say so. (“Regardless of how you define the word, now is not the time for academic debates.”)
- Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich Says GOP Is ‘Afraid’ Of Trump
- Republicans Rewrite an Old Playbook on Disenfranchising Black Americans
- Breaking: In Federal Case in Pennsylvania, Trump Campaign Seeks Very Limited Emergency Remedy in Third Circuit, and Does Not Ask for a Delay in Certification (“Just bizarre and weak.”)
- Trump team making false argument about his 2016 transition
- Trump requests Georgia recount; FBI, GBI investigate threats
- Key GOP Michigan canvassing board member expected to vote against certifying results
- In last-gasp maneuver, Trump campaign tries to invalidate thousands of votes as Wisconsin recount gets underway
- Newsom faces pressure to fill Harris seat with woman of color instead of presumed favorite
- Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11): @GSAEmily “may be a federal employee, but she’s…no public servant” (Connolly: @GSAEmily’s a “Trump loyalist, through and through”)
- Redistricting: How the new process will work in Virginia
- Audio: 2017 Dem LG Candidate Gene Rossi Interviews 2021 Dem LG Candidate Del. Hala Ayala
- VEC Shuts Down Extended Unemployment Benefits Program
- ‘You’re Basically Pulling the Rug Out From Under Us’ – Extended Unemployment Ends
- Redactions to watchdog report on Va. Parole Board came after governor’s office got notice of FOIA requests
- Sunday (11/22) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +2,117 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 217,796), +29 Hospitalizations (to 14,046), +0 Deaths (to 3,938) (Highest 3-day (7,009) and 10-day (19,769) totals for new cases since pandemic began.)
- As coronavirus cases surge, Virginia leaders urge caution around the holiday
- Nursing homes thankful for state shipment of rapid tests for COVID-19 as holiday approaches
- Loudoun County Chair Phyllis Randall Sends Letter to Sheriff, Commonwealth’s Attorney re: Trump Supporter Who Intentionally Coughed on Women Protesting Outside Trump’s Golf Course Saturday
- Update: Sterling Man Charged with Assault After Maskless Cough on Protesters
- Alexandria’s T.C. Williams High could have new name following Monday vote (“According to an information page on the school system’s website, Williams resisted desegregation and argued that Black and white students learned differently and should remain in separate schools.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Chilly weather to start this week, with chance of rain early on Thanksgiving
