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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 20.
I was told by people who’ve known Youngkin for years that he was a decent human at his core. They were mistaken. https://t.co/uBHbMRlJhc
— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) October 19, 2022
- Insurers withdraw from fossil fuel projects amid climate change fears
- A Showdown on Reparations Is Looming for UN Climate Talks
- Victoria fast-tracks coal exit with target for 95 pct renewables by 2035 (This is what every city, state and country should be doing.)
- Scientists rush to create vaccine for world’s biggest animal disease outbreak
- “Dirty” cows are destroying the Amazon rainforest (“The beef industry is flattening the Amazon, even when companies tell you it’s not.” The answer: slash beef consumption immediately.)
- Germany’s Dependence On Russian Gas Coincided With Drop In Wind Investment (So f’ing stupid.)
- EU leaders head into divisive summit on energy crisis
- U.S. Sees Opportunity for Ukraine to Capitalize on Russian Weakness
- U.S. has viewed wreckage of kamikaze drones Russia used in Ukraine
- Ukraine’s utilities threatened by Russia in war’s new phase
- US busts network providing technology to Russian military
- Justice Department Announces Charges and Arrests in Two Cases Involving Export Violation Schemes to Aid Russian Military
- US Calls for Security Council Briefing on Russia, Iranian Drones
- Vladimir Putin’s Place in the Culture Wars
- Kevin McCarthy Threatens Ukraine Aid, So We Know Just How Much his Party Values Freedom
- GOP leaders McConnell, McCarthy headed for collision on Ukraine aid
- Devastation on Ukraine’s eastern front as Russian mercenaries make gains
- Putin declares martial law in four occupied regions as Kyiv presses offensive
- Welcome to Britaly — A country of political instability, low growth and subordination to the bond markets
- Containing China is Biden’s explicit goal
- China Summons Chip Firms for Emergency Talks After US Curbs
- Liz Truss clings to power as chaos in Westminster escalates
- Truss’s Government on Brink as Tories Agitate for Her to Go
- Iran’s Protesters Challenge the Regime’s Legitimacy
- EXCLUSIVE Deadly Iran jail fire erupted as police clashed with inmates
- False claim that CDC would require covid vaccines for kids goes viral (Lies spread MUCH faster than fact checks online. That’s one of the numerous reasons why social media has turned into a disaster.)
- Biden implores US oil companies to pass on record profits to consumers
- Home solar panel installations are soaring in the US. What’s driving the rise? (“A January survey by the Pew Research Center found that 39% of US homeowners have given serious thought to installing solar panels over the past year.”)
- Margaret Sullivan Has a Message for Journalists (“In a talk at Cooper Union, the veteran media columnist discussed her new memoir-manifesto, Newsroom Confidential, tough times critiquing the New York Times, and now trying her hand at detective fiction.”)
- Trumpists want you to be cynical — it’s how they’ll destroy democracy (“Polling data shows the reason Americans won’t fight for democracy is they doubt it can be saved”)
- The Battle Between Pocketbooks and Principles (“What is the point of a cheaper tank of gas, if it must be had in a failed democracy that polices people’s most intimate choices about their own bodies?” Also note that Republicans have ZERO plans to lower the price of gasoline, or anything else. Z-E-R-O.)
- Pro-Trump conspiracy theorists hound election officials out of office
- They were elected to stop Trump. Now they’re fighting for their lives.
- The mystery of the missing anti-MAGA majority (“Why the plight of Democrats elected in the 2018 anti-Trump wave is so frightening.”)
- Debates are revealing the parties aren’t in the same political universe
- McCarthy is already revealing the havoc the GOP could wreak with a majority
- Did the Jan. 6 hearings even matter? Maybe to history — but they haven’t turned the tide
- The Conservative Stalwart Challenging the Far-Right Legal Theory That Could Subvert American Democracy
- Pence warns of ‘unprincipled populists,’ ‘Putin apologists’
- Mike Pence Suggests He’d Vote For ‘Somebody Else’ Over Trump In 2024
- GOP holds big leads on key economic issues ahead of the November elections, CNBC survey shows (This is overwhelmingly the result of massive media failure and bias. In fact, the US economy has performed MUCH better under Democrats than under Republicans for decades now.)
- UVa political panel said ‘Big Lie’ of stolen elections was part of disinformation campaign to damage U.S. democracy
- Democrats grumble it’s too little, too late with Obama (Agreed; he should be doing a LOT more to help save our democracy, especially after his overconfidence about the 2016 election – Obama, along with many others, just “assumed” that Hillary Clinton would win – helped lead to Trump becoming president in the first place.)
- How the Diploma Divide Is Remaking American Politics (“Education is at the heart of this country’s many divisions”)
- Judge: Trump signed court document that knowingly included false voter fraud stats (How many crimes has Trump committed? Yet he’s still not in prison…)
- Judge Says Trump Signed Statement With Data His Lawyers Told Him Was False
- Jan. 6 committee has yet to find a Trump lawyer who’ll accept service of subpoena, sources say
- Trump questioned under oath over rape accuser’s defamation case
- Trump deposed in E Jean Carroll lawsuit accusing him of rape
- In 2021 Video, Trump Asks, ‘Is This a Good Jewish Character Right Here?’ (“Donald Trump made bigoted remarks about Jews and Persians at an event in 2021, in a new video provided by a British documentary filmmaker”)
- Study: Fox hosts turn crime into a political cudgel against Democrats (“Roughly 11% of Fox prime-time segments have discussed violent crime in recent weeks”)
- Texts from Loeffler’s phone shed light on activities ahead of Jan. 6 and 2021 runoff
- Arizona GOP Candidate Arrested For Allegedly Masturbating In Truck Near Preschool
- Georgians Are Voting Early in Record Numbers (“Turnout so far is on track to outpace that of the 2020 presidential election.” That SHOULD be good for Democrats, but we’ll see…)
- Walker’s Mental Health Battle Does Not Excuse His Behavior, Experts Say
- Musk says excited by Twitter deal despite overpaying
- How Did Kanye Get Here? A Short History of Provocation and Extreme Rhetoric
- Fox’s Sean Hannity hosted a TV campaign rally to promote Herschel Walker, who skipped a real debate the night before (“Hannity hosted a so-called ‘town hall’ in which the cheering audience never asked questions and the U.S. Senate candidate spoke for a total of only 8 minutes”)
- Right-Wing VA02 Republican Jen Kiggans Endorses Kevin McCarthy’s Plan to Cut Social Security and Medicare (“I think it’s a great plan!” – Jen Kiggans)
- Rob Wittman’s missing Republican label
- Glenn Youngkin Campaigning Today in Arizona for Extremist, Election Denier Who Favors Total Abortion Ban, “has called for the jailing of journalists,” Falsely Believes COVID Vaccines Are Dangerous, etc. (And no, Youngkin is not in any way/shape/form a “moderate.”)
- Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin embraces Kari Lake in Arizona, despite election denialism
- Last Night in Oregon, Glenn Youngkin Shout/Screamed an Ugly, Angry, Falsehood-Filled Speech Reminiscent of Trump’s “American Carnage” (Among other things, Youngkin bizarrely claimed that Democrats came “really close to stamping out the spirit of Virginia.”)
- Climate Denier Glenn Youngkin Is Killing the Planet, So We’re Having a Mock Funeral for Mother Earth in Richmond on Friday
- Schapiro: State workers jumping rather than risk being pushed? (“One possible solution: telework. Youngkin presumably knows this first-hand. Otherwise, he couldn’t spend all that time out of state multi-tasking: running for president — and running Virginia.”)
- Jason Miyares: Why I created an Election Integrity Unit in Virginia (“Let’s be clear: Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, and there was no widespread voter fraud in Virginia or elsewhere in the country. But that has nothing to do with my Election Integrity Unit.” Huh, ok.)
- VA Democrats say they will not introduce controversial LGBTQ bill criminalizing parents
- Amid climate change pressures, Virginia reexamines septic regulations
- Virginia Explained: How the state got its parents’ rights law
- Virginia history learning standards delayed for 3rd time
- Youngkin’s superintendent of schools asks for another delay in updating history standards
- BREAKING: Silver Line Phase II could start ‘in time’ for Thanksgiving, but more trains needed, Metro says
- Loudoun Co. top prosecutor, sheriff call for better inter-office communication following man’s improper release
- Three forums on calendar for Roanoke council candidates before Election Day
- How Richmond Community Hospital went from Black-owned to underfunded
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and trending milder until a cloudier Sunday
