by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 31. Happy Halloween!
- Inside the Complex Climate Politics Facing John Kerry at COP27
- Two-thirds of US money for fossil fuel pours into Africa despite climate goals (That needs to stop, immediately.)
- Greta Thunberg to skip ‘greenwashing’ Cop27 climate summit in Egypt
- Vestas unveils mammoth 15MW turbine blade as European wind sector struggles towards 2030
- Euro zone inflation hits record high of 10.7% as growth slows sharply
- Turtlenecks, shared showers and wetsuits for indoor pools: Europe grapples with energy crisis
- China Is Doubling Down on Coal Despite Its Green Ambitions (“Nation could add more new coal capacity than the rest of the world combined, even as it prepares to relegate the fossil fuel to a backup role.”)
- Barrage of Russian strikes hits key Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russians Used a US Firm to Funnel Funds to GOP in 2018. Dems Say the FEC Let Them Get Away With It.
- What causes armies to lose the will to fight? Here’s what history tells us – and what Putin may soon find out
- World leaders rush to congratulate Lula on Brazil election victory (“Biden, Macron, Trudeau and Maduro were among those quick to share their congratulations”)
- Germany’s Scholz congratulates Lula on winning Brazil election
- UK PM Rishi Sunak congratulates Lula on Brazil election victory
- China’s foreign ministry congratulates Lula on Brazil election win
- EU leaders welcome Lula’s return as Brazil’s president
- Russia’s Putin congratulates Brazil’s Lula on election win
- Explosions in Kyiv as Russia attacks Ukraine infrastructure
- Lula da Silva will return to Brazil’s presidency in stunning comeback
- Lula stages astonishing comeback to beat far-right Bolsonaro in Brazil election
- Poverty, housing and the Amazon: Lula’s in-tray as president-elect of Brazil
- Biden Congratulates Lula on Brazil Election Win
- Jail Term to Third Term: The Inside Story of Lula’s Comeback
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro loses bid for second term in fiercely contested presidential vote
- Lula’s victory likely means big changes for Brazil, though his specific plans are vague.
- We Might Finally Be Free From the Madness of Bolsonaro
- EU examines classifying Iran Revolutionary Guards as terrorists – Germany
- In Israel, tiny swing could determine outcome of tight race
- Witnesses describe ‘a hell’ inside South Korean crowd surge
- South Korea probes Halloween crowd surge as nation mourns
- Elon Musk, Free Speech Absolutist, Is Silent About His Saudi Partners
- China Dismisses ‘Fabricated’ Virus Leak Theory Revived by Report (“China said the report was driven by politics in the US.”)
- White House invites dozens of nations for ransomware summit
- Biden is making the most of good economic news
- Supreme Court takes up race-conscious college admissions (Remember, this court is far-right and largely illegitimate.)
- Overturning Roe Has Meant At Least 10,000 Fewer Legal Abortions
- Opinion: Obama just gave Democrats their perfect closing message
- “The Country Is Teetering”: What the Midterms Could Mean for America (“The GOP has been very open about what it will do if in power, from cutting popular federal programs, to political investigations and changing the elections process. ‘They’re bomb-throwers. They’re crazy,’ one Democratic lawmaker told Vanity Fair of the Republicans who could soon be calling the shots.”)
- GOP bracing for Trump indictment soon after Election Day
- Juan Williams: Democracy hangs in the balance in the midterms
- Senate Control Hinges on Neck-and-Neck Races, Times/Siena Poll Finds
- January 6 committee obtains eight emails showing possible planning of post-election crime
- The cynicism of the American political media
- Pelosi, Vilified by Republicans for Years, Is a Top Target of Threats
- Donald Trump Remains Silent On The Violent Assault Against Paul Pelosi (“Even the former president’s son had something to say about the incident — and it wasn’t sympathetic.”)
- Don’t blame ‘both sides.’ The right is driving political violence.
- Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack had list of targets, law enforcement sources say
- Top Republicans reject any link between GOP rhetoric and Paul Pelosi assault (And, of course, “top Republicans” are 100% wrong.)
- The Pelosi attack is the culmination of longtime GOP hate-mongering
- ‘Stop the Steal’ conspiracies are coming for swing state ballot boxes (Interfering with people’s ability to vote is a federal crime, right?)
- Zip ties found at the scene of Pelosi home invasion, police say
- Elon Musk tweet promotes baseless anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack
- Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack
- Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack
- Musk’s inner circle worked through the weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans (“The first round of layoffs is expected to target 25 percent of Twitter’s workforce.”)
- Elon Musk, in a Tweet, Shares Link From Site Known to Publish False News
- Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, tweets conspiracy theory about attack on Paul Pelosi
- Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification (Why would anyone in their right mind pay $20 a month to get a meaningless blue check mark from Elon Musk? LOL)
- Musk’s Twitter takeover isn’t going the way you think (“The new owner talked a big game to his fanbase, but he’s already dodging regulators and backing down from the big questions.”)
- Belief in the Ballot: Republicans in Arizona running on claims of election fraud
- Five takeaways from the debate between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp
- Laxalt campaign paid thousands to political operative linked to Twitter account that denigrated Jews, women
- How Election Subversion Went Mainstream in Pennsylvania (“In the state’s midterms—which could determine the balance of the Senate and the integrity of the Presidential race in 2024—Democrats are fighting for the vote. Republicans are fighting to undermine it.” That tells you all you need to know about the two parties, and should be automatically disqualifying of Republicans.)
- EDITORIAL: District 5 must be represented by someone great, not Good (“Josh Throneburg will fight for every member of his district — something Bob Good has never done” Superb headline by the Cavalier Daily, which as is often the case, is much better than the corporate media!)
- Bob Good runs on plan to cut government spending, with record of partisanship
- Throneburg supports health care access, better broadband, more solar farms
- A study says Virginians rank third nationally in political engagement. We’ll see in 8 days. (The “analysis” is by “WalletHub,” so not sure how seriously I’d take it.)
- Around Virginia, respiratory illnesses surge among children (“Hospitals face pressure as pediatric cases rise”)
- More Virginia colleges make SAT, ACT exams optional
- Disabled kids fighting school placements ‘almost always lose,’ Va. suit says
- Arlington’s sole county board race a proxy war over ‘missing middle’
- Smith: The missing voices in Virginia’s changing energy landscape
- Domestic violence trending upward in Fairfax Co.
- Stepson of Hampton police official accuses Norfolk officers of retaliation in federal lawsuit
- Why Virginia student says she was suspended for 5 days: ‘I didn’t have time to say no’
- D.C.-area forecast: Showers scatter about, but probably not a Halloween washout
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