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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, October 28.
- World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies (“Key UN reports published in last two days warn urgent and collective action needed – as oil firms report astronomical profits” Yep, humanity is f**king up our only home. Brilliant.)
- An influential energy group sees reason for climate optimism
- When wind and solar replace fossil fuels, we will use less energy, save money, and won’t be as sick
- EU strikes deal to ban the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars from 2035
- Climate Protester Glues His Head to ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ Painting (Asinine.)
- Biden decries Putin’s nuclear rhetoric; U.S. says no evidence of ‘dirty bomb’ plan
- Russia’s anti-satellite threat tests laws of war in space
- Russia’s elite begins to ponder a Putinless future
- Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine
- Russia’s security service works to subvert Moldova’s pro-Western government
- Russia’s Putin says he won’t use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
- Putin Rails Against ‘Western Elites’ in Speech Aimed at U.S. Conservatives
- Russia continues funding media in the U.S.
- Russia’s hope for Ukraine win revealed in battle for Bakhmut
- Cracks in US support for Ukraine risk helping Putin
- Pentagon’s Strategy Says China and Russia Pose Very Different Challenges
- N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea, Seoul says
- U.S. Unveils Strategy for Nuclear Threats from China and Russia
- What happened to China’s former leader Hu Jintao?
- Xi’s totalitarian power grab bodes poorly for U.S.-China relations
- Xi’s ‘action men’ now lead China’s military. Here’s what that means for Taiwan
- Taiwan urges China to stop sabre-rattling and start talking
- Fed Seen Aggressively Hiking to 5%, Triggering Global Recession (“Three-quarters say the Fed will err by doing too much”)
- President Biden on Third Quarter GDP Report: “today we got further evidence that our economic recovery is continuing to power forward” (“Our economy has created 10 million jobs, unemployment is at a 50 year low, and U.S. manufacturing is booming.”)
- Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids
- Why everybody you know is sick right now (“What’s behind the early surge in RSV and flu — and what’s to come.”)
- Biden predicts student loan forgiveness checks will go out within two weeks
- Chevron Reports Huge Profits as Oil and Gas Prices Remain High
- New US state voting laws present most intense voter suppression threat in decades (“Proliferation of new legislation comes in response to false claims about the 2020 election” So much for being a democracy?)
- Appeals Court Upholds House’s Effort to See Trump’s Tax Returns
- Appeals court clears way for IRS to turn over Trump tax returns to House committee (Corrupt insurrectionist Clarence Thomas to the rescue?)
- “We regret to inform you” that Donald Trump is cashing in on white America’s death wish (“Donald Trump’s superpower: He understands white America’s impulse toward self-destruction — and mainlines it”)
- First on CNN: January 6 committee moves forward with Secret Service interviews
- Georgia prosecutor urges Supreme Court to clear way for Lindsey Graham testimony
- Man Who Dragged Officer Into Jan. 6 Mob Is Sentenced to 90 Months
- The legal system is working better against Trump than you might think
- The 2022 Race for the House, in Four Districts, and Four Polls
- Officials brace for unprecedented efforts to disrupt 2022 vote
- Roger Stone Warns Ron DeSantis It Would Be ‘Treachery’ To Run Against Trump
- New York Post Fires Staffer Who Posted Racist, Violent Messages to Website and Twitter Account
- How Elon Musk Could Actually Kill Twitter (“There is, both inside and outside the company, an apocalyptic feel to the ordeal.”)
- Top Twitter executives fired as Elon Musk takeover begins (This is not going to go well at all.)
- Media Twitter Stares Down the Musk Era
- Why I Don’t Think Elon Musk Is Going to Open the Nazi Floodgates on Twitter (“Breaking the platform he just bought could be very expensive, and he only likes to score political points when they’re cheap.”)
- Whelp, Elon Musk Officially Owns Twitter Now. Here’s What Might Change.
- Twitter braces for Donald Trump’s return as Elon Musk takes over platform
- EU Commissioner tells Elon Musk that Twitter must ‘fly by our rules’
- Elon Musk tells advertisers he doesn’t want Twitter to become ‘free-for-all hellscape’
- Elon Musk Takes Twitter, and Tech Deals, to Another Level (“Silicon Valley moguls used to buy yachts and islands. Now they are rich enough, and perhaps arrogant enough, to acquire companies they fancy.”)
- Musk begins his Twitter ownership with firings, declares the ‘bird is freed’
- Musk Is Said to Take Twitter CEO Role, Reverse Life Bans
- What next for Twitter under Elon Musk?
- Elon Musk now in charge of Twitter, CEO and CFO have left, sources say
- Lucianne Goldberg, Who Helped Expose Clinton Affair, Dies at 87
- Tim Ryan Thinks Everybody Is Wrong. Is He Right?
- Head of Republican Party mocks speaking abilities of Fetterman, Biden (Republican Party leaders are like the worst bullies you remember from 7th grade.)
- Zeldin Campaign Investigated Over Charge of Coordinating With Super PACs
- Trump Plans to F–k Over Ron DeSantis Two Days Before the Midterm Elections
- Donald Trump Seems to Be Using Republican Candidates to Line His Own Pockets
- Battle for Senate control marked by volatility as midterms near
- The midterms aren’t just a toss-up — they’re a mystery
- Republicans have shown who they are. Voters should believe them.
- A hot mic caught Chuck Schumer chatting election strategy with Joe Biden — and saying that the Pennsylvania Senate debate “didn’t hurt” Democrats “too much.”
- Michigan GOP nominee’s 6-minute monologue invoked conspiracy about Covid-19 and the Civil War
- Michigan GOP candidate Tudor Dixon wants a new book ban: No divorced characters
- Hand vote count on hold after Nevada high court says illegal
- RNC head repeatedly appears on Steve Bannon’s podcast to cast doubt on elections, recruit poll watchers
- Democrats will swing at Oz with an abortion ad during the World Series
- GOP’s Cheney endorsing Michigan Democrat Slotkin in a first
- Kanye West has a disturbing history of admiring Hitler, sources tell CNN
- Kanye West Destroys Himself
- A QAnon supporter is leading an effort to harass people at ballot drop boxes — and using QAnon influencers to help her
- Video: In New Ad, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) Rips Her Far-Right Opponent for “even support[ing] letting states block women from crossing state lines to get an abortion”
- A neck and neck race in 2nd District between Luria and Kiggans
- NEW TV AD: Spanberger Touts Commitment to Virginia’s Economy, Accountability in “Country First”
- Yesli Vega Admits to Having No Plans for Economy, Public Safety, & Border Security
- Glenn Youngkin to Campaign for SD Gov. Kristi Noem, a “Big Lie” Promoter Who Said a 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Should Be Forced to Have the Baby
- Glenn Youngkin to Campaign on 10/31 in NY for “staunch Trump ally” Lee Zeldin, Who Supported Overturning Roe, Voted to Overturn the 2020 Presidential Election, Voted Against Marriage Equality and Gun Background Checks, etc.
- Davis: Stop fearmongering about test scores (In fact, “Virginia is performing as well as most every other state in the union, and better than a significant number.”)
- Editorial: Be wary of political spin on ‘nation’s report card’ results (Youngkin’s “spin” is completely full of it, for one obvious reason: the decline in test scores happened in EVERY state, “red” and “blue,” due to the COVID pandemic.)
- Virginia guidelines limiting rights for transgender students delayed (It would be really helpful if a supposed “news” organization like the WaPo would tell its readers, clearly, what’s factual and what’s not. But apparently, this “news” organization doesn’t believe in doing that.)
- Supreme Court of Virginia upholds decision on Dominion carbon market charge
- Editorial: A frightening scenario (“The flooding predictions facing Hampton Roads are scary and the region must respond with urgency to protect at-risk communities.”)
- School bus driver charged with DWI while transporting kids from a Va. pumpkin patch
- Legacy nightclub given access to its own surveillance footage from Aug. 5 shooting, but it won’t be made public
- Richmond nonprofit receives grants to implement Operation Ceasefire
- The ‘missing middle’ is a crucial piece of Arlington’s housing puzzle
- A rash of chases by Fairfax and state police have sped through Arlington
- D.C.-area forecast: Highs near or above 60 through the weekend
