Saturday News: “Global Climate Talks Inch Closer to Final Deal”; “Steve Bannon F*cked Around and Found Out”; “Trump Is Now Openly Pro-Capitol Riot”; “As Rittenhouse trial winds down, polarizing judge lashes out”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 13.

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— Amanda Guinzburg (@Guinz) November 12, 2021

• Third draft of Cop26 text retains key goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C
• ‘Where Will Our Bones End Up?’ From COP26, a Pacific Islander’s Plea (“For the island nation of Tuvalu, climate change isn’t a problem of the future. It’s already here.”)
• The U.N. climate process is cumbersome and chaotic — and the world’s best hope
• The New Politics of Climate Hyperbole (“Are the world’s leaders talking a big game on climate because they want to take action, or because they don’t?”)
• South Africa’s Coal Deal Is a New Model for Climate Progress (“The agreement is the most impressive thing to come out of the COP26 climate summit.”)
• EU Is Out to Prove Saving the Planet Doesn’t Have to Hurt Growth
• Global Climate Talks Inch Closer to Final Deal: COP26 Update
• New draft as climate talks enter overtime
• Climate Hype Might Be the Ticket to Decarbonization (“Glasgow is a spectacle. That’s kind of the point.”)
• In France, Kamala Harris Asserts Herself as a Diplomatic Asset
• Merkel ‘Very Worried’ as Cases Surge Across Europe: Virus Update
• Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’ Shifts Focus to Hold Off Desert
• Daughter of Philippine President Duterte files candidacy for vice president
• As Belarus Strongman Goads the West, Russia Grows Increasingly Wary (“Last year, Vladimir Putin helped save Aleksandr Lukashenko’s Belarusian regime. But Russia now has an ever-more-erratic ally and risks ongoing entanglement.”)
• ‘We’re here to deliver’: Biden touts infrastructure win as midterms loom
• Ships Keep Coming, Pushing U.S. Port Logjam and Waits to Records
• Will Kids Vaccines Get the Pandemic in Check?
• Appeals Court Extends Block on Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Employers
• Federal court halts vaccine requirement for businesses
• Covid vaccine holdouts are caving to mandates — then scrambling to ‘undo’ their shots
• The Covid-19 numbers seem stuck. That doesn’t bode well for winter, experts say
• Documents reveal new details of Trump political interference in COVID-19 response
• No, Constitutional Scholars Are Not “50/50” in Agreement With Donald Trump About Jan. 6
• Trump Is Now Openly Pro-Capitol Riot (“He thinks the people chanting ‘Hang Mike Pence’ had a point”)
• Trump Had No Issue With Insurrectionists Threatening To ‘Hang’ Mike Pence (“The president was totally fine with a mob wanting to kill his vice president, according to a newly released interview.”)
• The Republican Party’s violence problem
• The big warning signal Stephen Bannon’s indictment sends
• Merrick Garland Sends a Steve Bannon–Shaped Message to Trump Lackeys: Don’t F–k With Us
• Steve Bannon F*cked Around and Found Out
• Stephen K. Bannon Indicted for Contempt of Congress
• Bannon Indicted on Contempt Charges Over House’s Capitol Riot Inquiry
• Mark Meadows’ “defiance” could lead to contempt referral, Jan. 6 panel says
• Menace Enters the Republican Mainstream (“Threats of violence have become commonplace among a significant part of the party, as historians and those who study democracy warn of a dark shift in American politics.”)
• This Guy Became Prime Minister of Bizarroworld (“The saga of Johnny McEntee is an illuminating one.”)
• House Republicans put party over country, once again
• The Washington Post corrects, removes parts of two stories regarding the Steele dossier
• Does CNN still stand by its reporting on the Steele dossier?
• ‘They See Us as the Enemy’: School Nurses Battle Covid-19, and Angry Parents (Ugh.)
• Trump scores legal wins with one lawsuit dropped and another dismissed
• Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant Zervos abruptly ends lawsuit against Donald Trump
• Steve Bannon: “We’re taking over all the elections” (Bannon: “We’re going to get to the bottom of three November and we’re going to decertify the electors. OK? And you’re going to have a constitutional crisis”
• After Nearly 14 Years, Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Ends
• Andrew Cuomo Reportedly Considering Bid for New York Attorney General (Hell no.)
• Jon Gruden sues NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell
• The judge in Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial is considering lesser charges. Here’s what that means
• Fox News Anchors Are Defending “Good Kid” Kyle Rittenhouse
• Beneath the Rittenhouse trial: Grim truths about the state of America (“If the Kenosha killer gets off, it won’t be because of this trial. It will simply reflect what America has become”)
• As Rittenhouse trial winds down, polarizing judge lashes out
• The Memo: Rittenhouse trial exposes deep US divide
• A defense lawyer in Arbery’s killing says he doesn’t want Black pastors in court
• Scott, Luria talk bipartisan infrastructure bill’s impact on Hampton Roads’ public transportation
• BREAKING: Virginia Supreme Court Disqualifies One VA GOP Redistricting “Special Master” Nominee, Also “Has Concerns” About the Others as Too Partisan
• Virginia Supreme Court disqualifies one GOP nominee tapped to redistrict maps (“The court cast doubt on all three Republican picks and also asked Democrats to submit one additional nominee.”)
• Statistical Analysis by Data Scientist Lenny Bronner of the WaPo: “It looks like what happened is that Youngkin hit one of very few paths he had to win.” (Also interesting: “Democrats did lose proportionally more in rural precincts, but it’s simply not enough to have cost them the election.”)
• Youngkin asks former GOP governor infamous for racist slur to join his transition team
• Northam heads to hostile terrain — VMI — to speak to 1,700 cadets
• Weekly COVID-19 update: Statewide infections rise slightly over last week, pace still slowing
• William L. Murray column: Positioning Virginia as the leader in offshore wind
• Virginia Supreme Court agrees to hear Daily Press, Virginian-Pilot media access case; papers win rulings in two other cases
• Moderna booster dosage concerns prompted cancellation of Virginia Beach employee-only vaccine clinics, spokesperson says
• Governor Northam Announces 83 Percent of Adults Have Been Vaccinated, 75 Percent Are Fully Vaccinated
• Diversity Richmond employees are ending their strike after the nonprofit met their demands
• Fredericksburg officials face tight timeline for redistricting
• Rally lawsuit namesake takes the stand, pushes back against defendants
• Louisa Buzzing Over Electric Buses
• D.C.-area forecast: November chill returns as skies are mixed with clouds this weekend