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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 25.
- ‘We need to get China’: John Kerry calls for return to bilateral climate talks
- World is in its ‘first truly global energy crisis’ – IEA’s Birol
- Police arrest German climate protesters who threw mashed potatoes at Monet painting (Morons.)
- EU countries agree to hike climate change target next year</li
- Narwhals adapting to climate crisis by delaying migration, study finds
- Why experts say you shouldn’t bag your leaves this fall (“Leaves are full of nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium…Those nutrients are being returned to the soil”)
- Recycling plastic is practically impossible – and the problem is getting worse (We need to slash our consumption of this crap.)
- Omicron keeps finding new evolutionary tricks to outsmart our immunity
- Exclusive: U.S. considers HAWK air defense equipment for Ukraine
- Three Inquiries, but No Answers to Who Blew Holes in Nord Stream Pipelines
- Putin’s Threats Worry Ukraine’s NATO Allies as Sign of Russian Desperation (“Russian troops continue to lose ground.”)
- Russia’s ‘Dirty Bomb’ Ploy (“By groundlessly suggesting that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb,” the Kremlin is testing the West—and potentially provoking a nuclear standoff.”)
- Ukraine claims Russian forces are preparing for ‘potential retreat’ in city of Kherson
- This is no time to go wobbly on resisting Russian aggression
- Why Russia’s strategic defeat is in the cards
- West sees Russia’s ‘dirty bomb’ claims as pretext for possible Ukraine escalation
- Why Putin hopes for a GOP victory, as explained by a top Russia expert
- The midterms are a referendum on democracy in America and Ukraine (They should be, but they’re actually not.)
- The Remote Control Killers Behind Russia’s Cruise Missile Strikes on Ukraine
- Ukraine cites success in downing drones, fixes energy sites
- Russian court hears appeal by Griner against 9-year sentence
- German president visits Kyiv as West mulls rebuilding plan
- Russia accused of sabotaging Ukraine water pipe to Mykolaiv (War crime.)
- Rishi Sunak Becomes Prime Minister of Britain (“Faces Twin Challenges of Fractured Party and Battered Economy”)
- Liz Truss resigns, Rishi Sunak to become U.K. prime minister
- Rishi Sunak to become U.K. prime minister, first person of color in role
- UK’s Rishi Sunak inherits an inbox of anarchy as he takes over as PM of country in crisis
- Can Rishi Sunak end the chaos and restore Britain’s credibility? (Unlikely, given that the UK already make the fatal error of “Brexit”)
- Will Rishi Sunak find the fractured Tory party is ungovernable?
- China’s solar cell production capacity may reach 600 GW by year-end
- China’s strongman is here to stay. And weaker than he looks. (“Xi is facing slowing growth and implementing politicized economic policies that could become his Achilles’ heel.”)
- Chinese spy duo charged in Huawei case as US condemns ‘egregious’ interference
- Garland announces charges against 13 Chinese spy suspects
- Most in US want more action on climate change: AP-NORC poll
- Fed Lines Up Another Big Hike While Mulling Eventual Downshift
- Plummeting US test scores aren’t a red state vs. blue state thing
- Why the Price of Gas Has Such Power Over America (We need to ditch this sh*t once and for all, switch to electric vehicles powered by solar, wind, nuclear, etc.)
- Why White evangelicals won’t recoil against the worst MAGA pols (“They’ve yet to hit rock bottom.” It’s all about power for these people, zero about morality, ethics, or certainly anything Jesus taught.)
- Wait, What Is Really Up With Gen X’s Politics? (“Some recent evidence suggests they’re a specifically MAGA-y generation. Is it right?”)
- Why I Keep Coming Back to Reconstruction (“Du Bois’s mode of analysis can help us (or, at least, me) look past so much of the ephemera of our politics to focus on what matters most: the roles of power, privilege and, most important, capital in shaping our political order and structuring our conflicts with each other.”)
- Alito Assured Ted Kennedy in 2005 of Respect for Roe v. Wade, Diary Says (Alito flat-out lied.)
- Clarence Thomas freezes order for Lindsey Graham to testify before Georgia grand jury investigating 2020 election (Clarence Thomas has no business being on the Supreme Court. He is an absolute disgrace, as is the entire Court at this point.)
- Clarence Thomas Bails Lindsey Graham Out of Testifying Against Trump, Because Of Course He Does
- Clarence Thomas Might at Least Try to Maintain a Veneer of Non-Partisanship (“He’s not one justice under that robe, just a stack of axes in want of grinding.”)
- Congressional investigation needed into Clarence and Ginni Thomas (Ginni Thomas should be in prison for treason, insurrection, etc.)
- AIPAC, GOP leaders silent on Trump’s warning to US Jews to ‘get their act together’ on Israel (Appalling.)
- Trump Drops Some Early Privilege Claims in Seized Records Fight —
- Prosecutors Pressure Trump Aides to Testify in Documents Case
- Scoop: Democrats deploy Biden and Obama to lock down Pennsylvania
- Don’t Congratulate Republicans If Voter Suppression Fails (“The only way to defeat restrictive voting laws is to make a big deal out of them.”)
- Most Candidates Who Think 2020 Was Rigged Was Are Probably Going To Win In November (This really could be the end of US democracy. Do enough people even care?!?)
- Cheney imparts 5 critical observations on the eve of the midterms
- Biden Says Democrats Can Still Stave Off House, Senate Losses
- CNN Polls on key Senate races find tight contest in Wisconsin and a narrow Democratic edge in Pennsylvania
- CNN Polls show Democrats are ahead in races for governor in Michigan and Pennsylvania, with no clear leader in Wisconsin
- “The House isn’t out of reach, and expanding the Senate is well-within our grasp. We just have to vote.” (Meanwhile, Republicans are engaged in “coordinated fear-mongering from their well-oiled propaganda machine, voter suppression, and a war on schools”)
- Ex-Capitol Police officer charged with obstruction tells jury he is ‘embarrassed’ over Facebook chat with Jan. 6 rioter
- Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled. He has some prominent Republican fans.
- Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman plead guilty to felony for 2020 election robocalls targeting Cleveland voters (“Two right-wing conspiracy theorists who placed thousands of robocalls with false information to largely minority and Democratic voters in Cleveland in the months before the November 2020 election pleaded guilty on Monday to a felony charge.”)
- Confederate flag-toting rioter’s son gets 2 years in prison over Jan. 6
- Tucker Carlson Goes Full QAnon With Deranged Attack On Democrats (Youngkin’s gone on this show multiple times. That really says it all.)
- Trumpworld Coddles Tucker Carlson’s Nepotism Baby (Of course they do.)
- Adidas to End Kanye West Partnership After Controversies (Boycott anyone still in business with this anti-Semitic scumbag.)
- Conspiracy pushers target races for local election posts
- Murkowski, Peltola cross party lines to endorse each other in tight Alaska races
- Five things to watch in the only Pennsylvania Senate debate between Fetterman and Oz
- Tom Brady and Ron DeSantis Are Said to Be on Texting Terms
- Five takeaways from the only Florida governor debate between DeSantis and Crist
- Crist to DeSantis: Will you run for president? Florida governor refuses to say in caustic debate
- Sarah Palin’s Personal Grudge May Hand Alaska’s House Seat to Dems
- NEW: Yesli Vega Commits to Stripping Coverage for Virginians with Pre-Existing Conditions (“Vega Pledged to ‘Defund’ the Affordable Care Act without Any Replacement”)
- NEW: Extremist Yesli Vega Would Release, Seek Compensation for January 6 Insurrectionists if Elected to Congress
- Hampton Roads could help decide control of the House of Representatives
- Vested interest: Cao, Youngkin don red vests at Loudoun campaign event (So ridiculous.)
- Gov. Northam’s Secretary of Education, Atif Qarni, Rips Gov. Youngkin for “Lying,” “Spreading Misinformation,” “Beating Up on Public Education” (In fact, test scores fell during the COVID pandemic in “Republican-controlled states as well as Democratic-controlled states.”)
- Why Are Governor Youngkin’s Allies Continuing to Push False Narrative that Virginia Public Schools Are Failing? (At the same time, “right-wing news outlets continue to push this narrow ‘parental rights’ narrative”)
- Youngkin decries sharp drop in Virginia’s test scores in reading and math (Youngkin is completely full of crap to blame the declining scores – which happened in EVERY STATE – on supposed failures of Democrats in Virginia. Also note that *Republicans* controlled the state legislature until 2020.)
- Virginia’s Youngkin Hauls in Cash, Campaigns Cross-Country
- Youngkin won as a pragmatic Trump alternative. He’s showing his cards. (Mark Rozell, as is often the case, is completely wrong about Youngkin having ever been some sort of “pragmatic Trump alternative,” but he is correct that Youngkin is now on a “quest to please far-right activists who dominate the GOP presidential nominating process for a possible national run” and “has forfeited the political middle in Virginia and likely made himself unelectable statewide should he later opt to challenge one of the state’s two Democratic U.S. senators, either in 2024 or in 2026.”)
- Virginia Department of Elections awards contract for new voting information system
- Chesterfield and Henrico voters each have $500M bond initiatives to consider
- In a win for conservation, Nansemond Indian Nation is given back ancestral land (“Last week, the Nansemond Indian Nation was given back 504 acres of their ancestral lands in Suffolk County.For the seven federally recognized Tribes in Virginia, getting back ancestral lands for conservation is key to their sovereignty.”)
- Roanoke council election tests voter feelings on Democratic leadership (“No Republican has won a council seat in the Star City since 2000. Democrats are saying stay the course, but Republicans (and some independents) are making the case for change.”)
- Editorial: Injuries to Hampton firefighters puts spotlight on profession’s bravery
- D.C.-area forecast: Clouds hang around as temperatures warm
