by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, October 24.
- Saudi Arabia wants to be top supplier of hydrogen – energy minister (Fine if it’s GREEN hydrogen. Not fine if it’s hydrogen produced from dirty natural gas.)
- In Germany, global warming is changing more than just the climate. It’s changing politics, too. (“In the latest elections, the environmentalist Green Party won more votes than ever, giving it a seat at the table as a new government is formed.”)
- The Global Stakes at Glasgow
- China Climate Envoy Urges Developed States to Back Other Nations
- China Expects New Covid Outbreak to Worsen in Coming Days
- Facebook Services Are Used to Spread Religious Hatred in India, Internal Documents Show (Facebook is a menace to humanity. Rein it in, break it up, shut it down, etc. Oh, and maybe prosecute some of its top executives, like Zuckerberg?)
- In India, Facebook Struggles to Combat Misinformation and Hate Speech
- How Facebook Led a New User to Fake News and Beheadings
- Glasgow summit raises stakes for Biden deal
- Turkey to expel U.S. envoy and nine others, Erdogan says
- Energy-Stock Surge Tests Investors’ Focus on Climate
- Is China in Big Trouble? (“Basically, China has masked underlying imbalances by creating an immense housing bubble. And it’s hard to see how this ends well.”)
- China’s debt-ridden Evergrande resumes work on more than 10 property projects
- COVID-19 cases recorded in eastern Europe hit 20 million
- Colombia’s most wanted drug lord Otoniel captured
- Pakistan using informal intelligence channels to prop up Taliban fight against ISIS
- Biden is increasingly becoming an object of vitriol from Trump backers (Trumpism is all about “vitriol” – and grievance, rage, etc.)
- Deal On Biden’s $2T Plan Edges Closer; Harris Is `Confident’ (“I am confident, frankly ― not only optimistic, but I am confident that we will reach a deal”)
- ‘Finally doing right’: Democrats’ big bill offers Sanders chance to deliver
- Sinema’s silence on spending bill vexes many Democrats while she digs in on talks out of public view
- Bannon’s subpoena defiance is illegal, yet the ‘law and order’ party defends it
- Biden Delays the Release of JFK Assassination Records (“Even after almost 60 years, the CIA is still sitting on its secrets.”)
- 58,000 Dead, and Depraved DeSantis Is Just Getting Started (Youngkin thinks DeSantis is amazing, a model governor. WTF???)
- Film crew voiced complaints before fatal on-set shooting
- Travis Tritt, who is against vaccine mandates, to sing national anthem before Game 6 of NLCS (Totally unacceptable. WTF, MLB?)
- Virginia Democrats sue USPS over delayed delivery of election-related material
- With 10 Days Until Virginia’s 2021 Election, Early Voting Picks Up, with Major Uptick in “Blue” Fairfax; NOVA Finally “waking up?”
- Video, Photos: With 10 Days Until Election Day, Former President Barack Obama Campaigns for the VA Democratic Ticket at VCU in Richmond
- ‘Don’t sit this one out’: Obama stumps for Virginia governor candidate Terry McAuliffe
- Obama Attacks GOP Candidate’s ‘Phony Culture Wars’ in Virginia
- Obama decries GOP’s ‘meanness’ while campaigning for McAuliffe in Va. (“The former president criticized Republican gubernatorial hopeful Glenn Youngkin for indulging in 2020 election conspiracies.” But the media itself won’t decry it, because they have to stay faux-“neutral.”)
- President Obama Announces Support for Virginia Legislative Candidates
- Glenn Youngkin has failed the test of character
- Obama rallies Dems for McAuliffe, attacks Youngkin during VCU rally
- Obama gives fiery speech for McAuliffe: ‘Don’t sit this one out’
- Virginia’s gubernatorial race tests the fear-of-Trump factor as a political motivator
- Obama casts Virginia fall election as a historic turning point, but can his energy get enough Democrats to the polls? (The media is addicted to this headline formulation, where they say something and then follow it with “BUT…” It’s like a cliche at this point.)
- Introducing the McGuire Virginia Turnout Model (Predicts turnout of 2.6-2.7 million. This compares to former Arlington Treasurer Frank O’Leary’s prediction of 2.65-2.9 million votes. So the two models are pretty close.)
- Editorial: Redistricting hopes dashed (Npte that the Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press were two of the newspaper editorial boards which moronically and wrongly pushed for the fatally flawed Amendment 1 last year. Still looking for a full-fledged “mea culpa” from these people – also the Roanoke Times, WaPo, etc.)
- Qasim Rashid Attempts to Have a Conversation with a Republican Pushing a Petition to Ban “Critical Race Theory” in Public Schools; Concludes, “You really have no idea what CRT is and you’re just using it to demonize Black and brown people.”
- COVID hospitalizations are down 36% in Virginia, but hospitals still feel taxed due to staffing issues and patient transfers
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “Moderna has generally performed slightly better than Pfizer and both are more effective than J&J”
- Pipeline’s efforts to unmask critics by subpoena met with silence from Facebook
- Candidates in 88th House District race to take part in virtual debate
- White nationalists stand trial on Monday in Charlottesville for Unite the Right violence
- In a high dollar, unfriendly race, Jason Ballard attempts to unseat incumbent Chris Hurst
- 7th District: Veteran and Trump loyalist ready for battle
- D.C.-area forecast: One more fairly quiet October day before more active weather returns
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