Wednesday News: “Draft of U.N. Climate Accord Calls for Tougher Action”; “Judge Rejects Trump’s Bid to Keep Papers Secret in Jan. 6 Inquiry”; “Do Dems have [a] messaging problem or do we have [a] media problem?”; VA GOP “games the redistricting system”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, November 10.

• Draft of U.N. Climate Accord Calls for Tougher Action
• Cop26: world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report
• Cop26 draft calls for tougher emissions pledges by next year (“Move is recognition of gap between current pledges and goals but critics say it does not go far enough”)
• Draft agreement puts pressure on big emitters
• Trust Is Hard to Find at the U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow (“Young activists are right to doubt the pledges of governments, financial firms, and the fossil-fuel industry.”)
• Greta Thunberg and the Teens Go for Broke in New UN Climate Emergency Petition (“The teens have escalated their all-out push to get the world to take their future seriously as UN climate talks continue”)
• The Climate Summit Has Me Very Energized, and Very Afraid
• ‘America Is Back’ Pelosi Says at Glasgow Climate Talks
• At COP26, Youth Activists From Around the World Call Out Decades of Delay (“Young people from around the world strike at home and in Glasgow to protest climate inaction from government leaders.”)
• 5 things to know about the big climate conference in Glasgow (“Why the last week of the COP26 climate change negotiations is so critical.”)
• Nations Most Impacted by Global Warming Kept Out of Key Climate Meetings in Glasgow (“Concerns about equal access spur sharp letters from United Nations officers and rebukes from developing nations of the COP26 process.”)
• How a just transition can make India’s coal history
• Google loses antitrust battle with EU as court upholds 2017 order to pay $2.8 billion fine
• Polish PM blames Vladimir Putin for Belarus border crisis
• Stranded migrants try to breach Polish border many times as EU readies Belarus sanctions
• The World Is Fed Up With China’s Belligerence
• Xi says China is ready to work with U.S. to manage differences
• Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148 mln payment falls due
• Will China Really Invade Taiwan? (“In March, one senior U.S. admiral warned that it could happen ‘in the next six years,’ setting off a freakout among some in D.C. But how likely is it?”)
• Nearly 1 million kids ages 5-11 will have their first COVID shots by the end of today
• MAGA denialism on covid-19 is killing its adherents
• Yes, Biden has the power to require vaccines or testing in private businesses
• Pfizer Asks F.D.A. to Expand Booster Eligibility to All Adults (“In a turnaround, the agency is expected to grant the request before the winter holiday season, giving access to all 181 million fully vaccinated people.”)
• Yellen Says Fed Wouldn’t Allow Repeat of 1970s-Level Inflation
• The Question We’ve Stopped Asking About Teen-Agers and Social Media (“Should they be using these services at all?”)
• Victory for spotted owl as Trump-era plan to reduce habitat is struck down (“Biden administration move halts plan to allow logging in forests where imperiled bird lives”)
• Merrick Garland’s Dangerous Example (“By not taking action against Steve Bannon, the A.G. could make it harder for the Jan. 6 committee to compel testimonies.”)
• Trump suffers blow in January 6 case but keeps trying to outrun the clock ahead of 2022 midterms
• Trump White House records can be turned over to House Jan. 6 investigative committee, judge rules
• Judge Rejects Trump’s Bid to Keep Papers Secret in Jan. 6 Inquiry
• At the Willard and the White House, the Jan. 6 Panel Widens Its Net
• Select Committee Subpoenas Former Officials with Close Ties to the Former President
• January 6 committee issues 10 more subpoenas including to Stephen Miller and Kayleigh McEnany
• Why on Earth are Republicans still blocking voting rights bills? (Because they’re fundamentally anti-democracy?)
• Trump’s taxpayer-funded political machine
• The Man Who Made January 6 Possible (“The story of Johnny McEntee – the ‘deputy president’ who rose to power at precisely the moment when democracy was falling apart”)
• Republican Presidential Hopeful Soft-Launches 2024 Campaign on Premise That Men Are Masturbating Too Much (“Josh Hawley has once again tapped into the discourse.”)
• A year later, an obviously illegal campaign stunt is determined to have been illegal (This takes waaaayyyy too long and doesn’t result in serious punishment, which it should.)
• 13 Top Trump Officials Who Conducted Illegal Political Activity Face No Consequences (“The former president and his inner circle exploited the Hatch Act like never before.”)
• Trump Inauguration Corruption Case Involving Ivanka and Don Jr. Moves Ahead (“They could end up on the witness stand”)
• At least 13 Trump officials illegally campaigned while in office, federal investigation finds
• Cheney: Trump is trying to ‘unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic’
• Rep. Liz Cheney Says Trump Is At War ‘With The Rule Of Law’ (“The Republican congresswoman said the challenge now is whether citizens will do their duty and ‘defend the Constitution and stand for truth.'”)
• Dissident Republicans must leave the GOP unless they want to enable it
• Extremists seize back control of the Republican Party’s message machine
• Kellyanne Conway falsely claims ‘there wasn’t a supply chain crisis’ under Trump (Does Kellyanne Conway ever tell the truth about ANYTHING?)
• Rep. Paul Gosar may face ethics probe over anime-style video of him killing AOC (“Nancy Pelosi calls for multiple investigations into violent video from leading member of ‘Insurrection Caucus'”)
• The Memo: Experts warn of new violence amid Gosar storm
• GOP floats punishment for its 13 apostates
• Tensions rise among Republicans over infrastructure bill and whether any agreement with Biden should be tolerated
• Sununu exit underscores uncertain GOP path to gain Senate majority
• New Hampshire governor won’t run for Senate, making GOP takeover more difficult
• Chris Sununu knows: It’s no fun being a Republican in the Senate (“Unless your highest aspiration is to yell about liberals on Fox News, there may be better ways to spend your time.”)
• Prince Harry says he warned Twitter CEO that a coup was about to happen a day before the Capitol riot
• Reuters unmasks Trump supporters who terrified U.S. election officials
• America cannot give evangelicals what they want (“They have become antithetical to American ideals.”)
• This Story Makes Me Feel Completely Hopeless About the Future of This Country (“The level of violence humming barely below the surface of our politics is intensifying.”)
• School board members face dark new reality of abuse, threats from parents
• Gosar tweet reveals a double standard in cable news’ coverage of extremism and civility
• GOP Rep. Upton receives death threats after backing bipartisan public works bill (Lock up the people sending the threats.)
• Max Cleland Did Not Deserve What Rick Wilson Did to Him (Nope, it was absolutely disgraceful and unforgivable.)
• Anchor Brian Williams is leaving MSNBC and NBC News
• ‘The End of the GE We Knew’: Breakup Turns a Page in Modern Business History (“CEO Larry Culp resisted splitting up the company that began the 21st century as the most valuable conglomerate in America”)
• Facebook Allows Stolen Content to Flourish, Its Researchers Warned (“About 40% of traffic to pages in 2018 went to those with content that was plagiarized or recycled, and Facebook has been slow to crack down on copyright infringement”)
• CNN Poll: Three out of four adults think Facebook is making society worse
• NFL fines Green Bay Packers, QB Aaron Rodgers and receiver Allen Lazard for not following Covid-19 protocols
• Newsmax tries to assuage furor of conservative hosts over vaccine mandate
• Kaine, Luria tout potential impacts to Hampton Roads from infrastructure bill
• Spanberger faces tough prospects heading into midterm elections (Yep, that’s a tough district.)
• 10 Thoughts, Questions and Hypotheticals From the 2021 VA Elections (For instance, did McAuliffe’s decision to focus his messaging heavily on tying Youngkin to Trump help him, hurt him, or was it a “wash?” What if Dems had nominated a Hampton Roads candidate or two?)
• McAuliffe Campaign Post-Election Memo: Dems Saw “Historic” Turnout, But Youngkin Capitalized on “the Democratic stalemate and the Fox News/conservative media echo chamber” to Drive Turnout From Heavily Trump-Supporting Areas (Also: Dems were actually “underwater on education at the start of the race” due to “fatigue” over COVID-related school closures.)
• Northam, state officials make European trade trip (“Governor and delegation visit Spain, Belgium, Germany”)
• Republicans usher in conservative agenda after election night sweep
• ‘I’m going to serve’: Lt. Gov.-elect Sears tours Capitol and Senate chamber to prepare for transition
• Republicans planning to resume House rule, but majority not yet secure; Gilbert in line for speaker
• Tuesday (11/9) Virginia Data on COVID-19: 1-Day New Cases +1,448; 10-Day New Cases +13,605; Hospitalizations at 857 (Lowest Since Mid August)
• Maybe now we can lay the ‘election integrity’ talk to rest (Why the word “we?” In fact, it’s not “we,” it’s “Trumpists,” “conspiracy theorists,” etc.)
• In Virginia, the GOP games the redistricting system (The shit-for-brains WaPo editorial board finally figures that one out, but STILL hasn’t apologized for pushing the fatally flawed redistricting amendment last year, and STILL is spewing out idiocy about generic “partisanship” and “political tribalism,” which completely dodges what the real problems were – the fatally flawed amendment and Republican bad faith.)
• Editorial: Redouble efforts to curb violence (“Recent shooting in Norfolk serves notice that we can, and should, do more to tackle violent crime as a public health crisis deserving a comprehensive strategy.”)
• Former Charlottesville Police Chief Brackney files discrimination complaints against city, wants $3 million settlement
• Mayor Levar Stoney and Richmond School Board continue fight over rebuilding George Wythe
• Spotsylvania School Board orders libraries to remove ‘sexually explicit’ books (What are these people so afraid of?)
• Charlottesville climate assessment will identify areas of vulnerability
• D.C.-area forecast: November warmth continues through Friday; cooler this weekend