by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 26.
OMG. He really said this!
Dr. Oz: Women’s reproductive decisions should be between a woman, her doctor, and her local political leaders.
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) October 26, 2022
- Current emissions pledges will lead to catastrophic climate breakdown, says UN
- As Climate Pledges Fall Short, a Chaotic Future Looks More Like Reality (“Just 26 of 193 countries that agreed last year to step up their climate actions have followed through with more ambitious plans, the United Nations found. Severe disruption from more intense flooding, wildfires, drought and heat waves would be hard to avoid on the current trajectory.”)
- Report: Fossil fuel addiction killing millions and worsening climate crisis
- Oil companies are standing in the way of a ‘livable future,’ doctors say in new report
- World’s biggest offshore wind company enters Australia with big project plans
- Gas crunch eases in Europe — but the respite might not last
- Video: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Addresses NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Rips “timid souls” Who Argue “we’re going to have to come to terms with Vladimir Putin” (Rep. Connolly declares: “Let us make sure all of us can say to our grandchildren, I stood with Ukraine”)
- Russia’s chaotic draft leaves some out in cold, without gear
- Ukraine Calls for More Air-Defense Help as Russian Barrages Continue
- Inside the hospitals that concealed Russian casualties
- Russia digging in for ‘heaviest of battles’ in Kherson – Ukrainian official
- Bernie Sanders: House progressives were wrong on Ukraine
- House progressives retract Russia-diplomacy letter amid Dem firestorm
- How A Progressive Bid To Shape Ukraine Policy Imploded
- Russia’s Recruiting Afghan Commandos
- Ukraine Latest: Russia Flags Plan to Hold Regular Nuclear Drills
- Arab voters key to breaking deadlock in Israeli election
- Herzog invited to address Congress as Israel turns 75
- A Secret Deal, Wishful Thinking: How the U.S.-Saudi Relationship Ruptured
- Biden and Sunak vow to support Ukraine and counter China in first call
- How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe (“Britain chose finance over industry, austerity over investment, and a closed economy over openness to the world.”)
- Sunak’s rise to U.K. prime minister holds lessons for U.S. politics (“Economic ideologues and hyper-partisan primaries are both bad news when it comes to choosing government leaders.”)
- UK leader Sunak faces opposition in Parliament for 1st time
- Sunak Delays UK Economic Plan to Set Strategy
- Xi’s Vow of World Dominance by 2049 Sends Chill Through Markets
- China Launches A COVID-19 Vaccine That’s Inhaled Through The Mouth
- Brazil election: bellwether state could have future of democracy in its hands (“Lula, the leftwing favourite, and Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right incumbent, are campaigning hard in Minas Gerais, which has a long history of picking the president”)
- UN: Syria Facing ‘Acute Violence,’ Worst Economic Crisis Since War Began And A Cholera Outbreak (This is largely thanks to Putin as well.)
- U.S., Japan, S. Korea warn of ‘unparalleled’ response if N. Korea holds nuclear test
- It’s a Bad Time to Be a Booster Slacker (“Americans aren’t getting the new bivalent COVID shot. What does that mean for the looming winter wave?”)
- Biden’s student debt cancellation program is in grave danger from a Republican judiciary
- Republicans Denounce Inflation, but Few Economists Expect Their Plans to Help
- The Midterms Could Set A New Record For Female Governors — And Send Fewer Women To Congress
- The Most Important Elections Of 2022 Could Be In State Legislatures
- Extremist groups are going local to disrupt the midterms
- Why Does the Wing-Nut Branch of the Republican Party Keep Winning? (“The craziest faction of the party is rapidly gaining control. What’s poor Mitch McConnell to do?”)
- As midterms near, Trump shifts focus to 2024 and his own political future
- Trump’s antisemitism has nothing to do with people being Jewish. That doesn’t make it less dangerous.
- ‘Absolutely F—ing Not.’ Trump’s Team Scrambled to Talk Him Out of Jan. 6 Testimony
- DOJ asks judge to force Trump White House lawyers to testify in Jan. 6 probe
- 5 Candidates Who Could Help Trump Steal the Presidency (“In state and local elections across the country, democracy is truly on the ballot.”)
- Mainstream media coverage of crime pushes right-wing narratives that blame Democrats, but crime is worse in GOP-controlled areas (“Crime is rising in rural areas, cities, and states run by Republicans despite GOP claims that progressive policies are to blame”)
- Justice Alito says leak of abortion opinion made majority ‘targets for assassination’
- Steve Bannon threatens Dr Fauci and his family will be ‘hunted’ after midterms: ‘Paybacks across the board’
- Trump 2024 campaign seeks to recruit man who smeared John Kerry – reports (“Ex-president eyeing Chris LaCivita, whose 2004 ‘Swift Boat’ campaign questioned Kerry’s Vietnam war record”)
- Harris will announce awards for electric school buses for all 50 states
- Exclusive: Two in five U.S. voters worry about intimidation at polls -Reuters/Ipsos
- No, Latinos aren’t abandoning the Democratic Party
- Dems hit Republicans from the right with “Trump traitor” ads
- Exclusive: Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show
- Latinos could tip the scales in Nevada’s senatorial and gubernatorial races: Univision poll
- Billionaire No More: Kanye West’s Antisemitism Obliterates His Net Worth As Adidas Cuts Ties
- Ye, Adidas and the trap of celebrity anti-Semitism
- Right-Wing Operatives Plead Guilty in Voter-Suppression Scheme
- How Wisconsin Became the GOP’s Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy
- Debate night takeaways: Abortion, crime and inflation dominate clashes across 4 states (“Big debates in Pennsylvania, Michigan and two more states featured similar fault lines.”)
- What we didn’t learn from the Fetterman-Oz debate (“The limitations of the debate format meant the event didn’t yield much new information.”)
- Mehmet Oz says abortion should be decided between ‘women, doctors, local political leaders’ during debate with John Fetterman
- Why I’m taking the bad faith debate over Fetterman’s health so personally (“While aphasia is often temporary and can sometimes be cured, it’s less clear that shaming can.”)
- Key takeaways from the Pennsylvania Senate debate (“The first and only debate between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz quickly devolved into a series of personal and biting attacks”)
- Fetterman Struggles and Oz Bullies in Pennsylvania’s Senate Debate
- Dr. Oz Says Abortion Should Be Between Women, Doctors And… Local Politicians
- Abortion rights take centre stage as Oz and Fetterman clash in Pennsylvania Senate debate
- The Fetterman-Oz Debate Was a Rorschach Test (“The Democratic nominee for Senate has no choice but to bet on Pennsylvania voters identifying with his health struggles, instead of viewing them as disqualifying.”)
- There is no compromise with election deniers. And that’s the problem. (“When liars want to be told they are truth tellers, no accommodation is possible.”)
- As FBI warns of threats to state poll workers, right-wing media and denialist groups spread conspiracy theories about Pennsylvania’s elections
- Florida GOP Paid Thousands To Far-Right Charlottesville Attendee
- More than 1 million vote early in Georgia, a dramatic increase from 2018
- In Georgia, Warnock’s Climate Activism Contrasts Sharply with Walker’s Deep Skepticism
- Arizona GOP Candidate Kari Lake Airs an Ad Featuring a Homophobic and Extremist Pastor (“He heads a church that calls for the ‘submission’ of wives.” Glenn Youngkin campaigned for Kari Lake…)
- Video: Anne Holton Explains Why She’s “so proud of [her husband] @timkaine and all he’s accomplished in the past ten years in the Senate” (“For those of us who know Tim, we see that public service is his life’s calling. And the only way forward is together.”)
- New VA-07 Ad: Yesli Vega Defends the Violent Criminals on January 6 (“If she can’t tell the difference between right and wrong when it comes to a violent, cop-killing mob, then she is too extremist to represent Virginia in Congress”)
- Video: Three New Ads Rip Jen Kiggans, Yesli Vega for Supporting Abortion Bans, Defending 1/6 Insurrectionists Over Law Enforcement
- Rep. Elaine Luria Decisively Wins Third and Final VA-02 Debate, Highlights Bipartisan Record of Delivering for Coastal Virginia (“Jen Kiggans made clear again tonight that she’ll be a rubber stamp for some of the most extreme voices in her party.”)
- VA05 Dem Nominee Josh Throneburg Releases New TV Ad, “Future”
- Truth Tracker: Kiggans refuses to explain Senate Bill 421
- Luria’s campaign contributions, spending outpace Kiggans
- Ted Cruz and his firebrand father make dire warnings at Vega rally (The word “firebrand” is pretty much meaningless and should be banned from political reporting. Instead, say what people like Cruz and his father are – extremists, fascists, etc.)
- 6th District congressional candidates Cline, Lewis talk issues in Lexington
- Elaine Luria, Jen Kiggans to face off in final debate tonight: Here’s how to watch
- Youngkin to Campaign for Trump-Endorsed, Far-Right OK Gov. Stitt, Who Signed Into Law “the most restrictive ban on elective abortion in the United States.” (Stitt also is a big fan of hydroxychloroquine and an opponent of COVID vaccines…)
- Editorial: State Supreme Court ruling a win for openness (“By ruling that a judge erred by closing a hearing to the public, the state Supreme Court made an important statement about openness.”)
- Mountain Valley Pipeline’s permit to cross streams in West Virginia faces legal challenge
- Power supplier for Virginia electric co-ops building five new solar projects
- How will Virginia’s new Office of Trails spend $89 million?
- AG’s office wanted to limit in-person comments on Youngkin’s proposed transgender policies
- Metro approved for more trains, plans to open Silver Line by Thanksgiving
- Safety commission approves Metro plan to put more trains in service
- Amid scrutiny, Richmond police Chief Gerald Smith resigns
- Details of proposed Petersburg casino remain a mystery
- Lynchburg gears up for highly contested council election
- NFL Hall of Famer Bruce Smith says Rudee Loop proposals raise questions of cronyism, ‘backroom deals’ in Virginia Beach
- D.C.-area forecast: Clouds are slow to clear today with a light shower possible
