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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
