Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, November 8. Polls opened at 6 am and close at 7 pm – make sure you vote!
- Cop26 one year on: how much progress has been made? (“As the UN’s Cop27 summit begins in Egypt, there are warnings more must be done to avert climate breakdown”)
- The World Is Falling Short of Its Climate Goals. Four Big Emitters Show Why.
- Money speaks louder than ever at this week’s UN climate negotiations
- Developing countries ‘will need $2tn a year in climate funding by 2030’
- Some power stations still believe they will be burning coal and polluting in 2050 (That’s completely unacceptable and sociopathic.)
- African Countries Say Richer Nations Fall Short on Climate Pledges
- Cop27 day two: world leaders call for urgent action, saying ‘nature lashing out and citizens losing patience’ – live
- Leaders push for climate action, fossil tax at UN talks (Also, ditch every single subsidy – direct or indirect – to fossil fuels, immediately!)
- Ukraine is reason to act fast on climate – PM
- Britain opens the door to climate change reparations for poorer nations
- Europe’s Energy Crunch Will Trigger Years of Shortages and Blackouts
- Fear of Nuclear War Has Warped the West’s Ukraine Strategy
- Russia Denies Reports of Devastating Losses (Which almost certainly means they HAVE suffered devastating losses.)
- As Ukraine Bears Down, Life Worsens in Occupied Areas
- Zelensky Sets Conditions for ‘Genuine’ Peace Talks With Russia (“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was open to negotiations with Russia if they are focused on safeguarding Ukraine’s territorial integrity, involve compensation from Moscow to Kyiv and bring to justice perpetrators of war crimes.”)
- Zelenskiy open only to ‘genuine’ talks with Russia
- Russia’s heavy casualties in Ukraine spark outcry and rare official response
- Putin just backtracked under pressure. That’s a hopeful sign for Ukraine.
- Taiwan Prepares to Be Invaded (“If China wants to do something drastic, President Tsai Ing-wen told me, ‘Xi has to weigh the costs. He has to think twice.’”)
- China’s Xi Jinping Plans Visit to Saudi Arabia Amid Global Reshuffling
- N. Korea denies US claims it sent artillery shells to Russia
- Israel, Jordan, UAE sign new MOU on deal to swap solar energy for desalinated water
- Effects Of Climate Change In The U.S. Already Terrible And Widespread, Report Finds (“The draft version of the fifth National Climate Assessment remains hopeful that the worst impacts can still be avoided with dramatic cuts to emissions” Right, but we need drastic cuts to fossil fuel usage ASAP, and we’ve got one part – the Republicans – who still deny/minimize the climate crisis. That alone should be disqualifying, by the way.)
- Climate change threatening ‘things Americans value most,’ U.S. report says
- Report: Drastic changes needed for U.S. to stymie climate change’s effects
- EIA sees 23% of U.S. coal generated power capacity retired by end of 2029 (Good, but let’s make sure we replace that capacity with CLEAN energy.)
- 115 of President Biden’s and the Democrats’ Top Accomplishments in Just Two Years (!) (“Look what [Democrats] accomplished with a 50/50 Senate, and imagine what they can do with a real majority. Vote accordingly.”)
- Democracy Is on the Ballot. The Democrats Are the Only Choice
- US midterms: Millions of Americans to vote with Congress at stake
- TV news braces for election night chaos
- As Democrats press ‘threat to democracy’ in campaign’s final days, few GOP candidates still want to talk about 2020 (Gotta love how NBC News puts “threat to democracy” in quotes, as opposed to just stating it as a fact. Very telling?)
- Election Day Opens With Americans Set to Deliver Verdict on Biden Agenda (That’s really not what’s going on, but sure…)
- Biden’s Economy Is Second Only to One at Midterm (“More than a dozen measures of relative prosperity show this administration has outperformed six of its last seven predecessors.”)
- The 3 Big Questions I Still Have About Election Day
- Don’t think the election will be over when the polls close
- These scenarios could play out on election night
- How Trump’s Lies Forever Changed Elections
- Here’s a breakdown of the shifts we might see as votes are counted in six battleground states
- Biden makes final plea for high stakes midterms: ‘Next year will shape our lifetimes’ (“In his final speech before election day, the president attacked Republicans on the economy but also offered a hopeful note”)
- Exclusive: Kevin McCarthy previews Republicans’ plans for the majority – starting at the border (If Republicans take over, it’s going to be bad. Period.)
- Seven races to watch for early signs of House results
- Justice Department to Monitor Polls in 24 States for Compliance with Federal Voting Rights Laws
- Republicans Are Laying The Groundwork (Again) To Reject Elections They Lose (“Republican candidates who’ve pushed Trump’s lies about voter fraud and stolen elections are using a strategy right out of his playbook.” Yeah, we can’t run a democracy like this.)
- The Final 2022 Midterms Polling Forecast (“While there’s talk of a GOP wave, there’s also potential for big Democratic wins.”)
- Many Races Teeter on Razor’s Edge
- ‘I never thought it would be Paul’: Nancy Pelosi reveals how she first heard her husband had been attacked (Utterly horrifying.)
- Pelosi on attack: Political future ‘will be affected about what happened’
- Ketanji Brown Jackson issues her first written opinion as a Supreme Court justice — a dissent
- Trump Spent the Weekend Giving the DOJ Even More Reasons to Indict Him (“It’s generally considered a bad idea to confess to the crime you’re being investigated for.”)
- Oath Keepers Put Their Money Where Their Mouthpieces Are (“Oath Keeper members are united behind their support for Republican candidates.”)
- Oath Keepers’ leader Rhodes denies conspiracy to enter Capitol on Jan. 6
- No One Forced Republicans to Do Any of These Things
- A MAGA America Would Be Ugly
- Hundreds of Candidates Believe Trump Won in 2020. What Happens if They Lose Tonight?
- Even the Polling Experts Say the 2022 Midterm Polls Don’t Tell Us Anything. Ha! Ha. (“What does our country want? Don’t ask our country.”)
- Donald Trump teases ‘big announcement’ amid speculation about 2024 presidential run
- Trump spooks GOP with abandoned talk of presidential launch on eve of vote
- The Trump-DeSantis feud just got worse. A hidden factor is driving it.
- Expect the Trump-DeSantis animosity to evolve into open warfare after midterms
- Report: Police Facebook pages overrepresent Black suspects
- U.S. judge suspends many of New York’s new gun restrictions
- Six races for governor that could make history this midterm election
- John Fetterman’s Pa. Senate campaign is suing to have undated and misdated ballots counted
- Pennsylvania voters scramble to cast new ballots after GOP lawsuit (Republicans love throwing our elections into chaos.)
- Black voters in Florida express fear, confusion as DeSantis election laws kick in (Which is exactly what Republicans’ goal is – to suppress the Black vote.)
- Michigan Democrat Says Election Threat Might Make State Unsafe for Her If She Loses (“Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s opponent, a MAGA darling who denies the 2020 election results, has said he wanted to jail her if he wins.” Total insanity.)
- Detroit judge dismisses Karamo lawsuit, calls it ‘false flag of election law violations and corruption’
- Steve Bannon’s final message before the midterms: Mail-in ballots and Democratic votes are illegitimate (How on earth is this guy not in prison, let alone still allowed to run around subverting American democracy? Pathetic.)
- Nikki Haley says Warnock should be deported at Walker rally (Yet again, the media doesn’t understand English grammar – this headline should be “At Walker rally, Nikki Haley says…”)
- Some of NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s top donors privately sound alarm over GOP candidate Lee Zeldin surge
- The Most Worrisome Election This Cycle (“The Arizona secretary of state race is alarming for what it portends could happen next.”)
- Arizona’s GOP Senate Candidate Masters is Noncommittal on Supporting McConnell as Leader
- Republicans hope Michigan is proof-of-concept for an LGBT backlash (Disgusting.)
- Cortez Masto makes a final push with Latina voters in close Nevada Senate race
- Musk discusses putting all of Twitter behind a paywall
- Musk Shares a Nazi Meme and Then Tells Twitter to Vote Republican (Musk is a fascist and a wacko.)
- Elon Musk Is Bad at This (“The Musk era of Twitter has so far been defined by unhinged tweets, fleeing advertisers, and botched layoffs.”)
- ‘Musk’s Twitter Buy Makes No Sense – Unless It’s Part of Something Bigger’
- Elon Musk wanted to go to Mars. Now he’s distracted by blue check marks.
- What We’ve Learned About Elon Musk (All really, really, REALLY bad.)
- The GOP’s corrupt bargain with Elon Musk
- Elon Musk’s flaming Twitter fiasco is what the US will look like if MAGA wins the midterms (“I don’t think we’re ignoring the impending doom of democracy when we gawk at Musk ruining Twitte”)
- Elon Musk Says the Quiet Part Out Loud, Tells His Minions to Vote GOP
- Users can leave before Twitter degenerates further
- Black leaders are protesting Tiffany Cross’s firing from MSNBC
- Nets give Kyrie Irving six requirements to fulfill before he can return from suspension, per report
- McCarthy zeroes in on Virginia battlegrounds in ‘last stop’ before the midterms (Yuuuuuck.)
- Video: First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Sen. Tim Kaine Hold Day-Before-Election Rally for Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) (First Lady Biden: “What happens here tomorrow…will help decide the future of our country…So put voting first on your to-do list.”)
- On Election Eve, VA02 GOP(Q) Nominee Jen Kiggans Rallies with “Radical Prophet of the Big Lie”/the Man Who “Destroyed American Politics,” Newt Gingrich (Among many other things, Gingrich called the 1/6 committee a a “lynch mob,” called for the arrest of poll workers in PA, etc.)
- NEW: Reasons Why Prince William County Voters are Voting Against Prince William County Supervisor Yesli Vega (“This year, he said, they were both voting for Spanberger in an effort ‘to keep the country from taking a radical turn'”)
- Ahead of Election Day, Rep. Abigail Spanberger Makes Clear Contrast with Yesli Vega on the Right to Choose (Vega “Doubts Women Who Are Raped Can Become Pregnant,” Backs Constitutional Amendment for Nationwide Abortion Ban”)
- Anti-Abortion-Extremist Yesli Vega Continues to Deny the Existence of Audio Recording Where She Doubts Likelihood of Rape-Related Pregnancies
- 3 Virginia Democrats in Congress fighting GOP challengers (Actually, several others are fighting Republican challengers as well, but those three are the most competitive races.)
- Inside how Virginia Congressional candidates spend big on social media to get your vote
- Open Forum: Youngkin showed true colors with Pelosi comment
- Election deniers worry Virginia poll workers, officials
- U.S. House races and bond initiatives: A 2022 VPM News voter guide
- Election Day is today. Here’s what to know.
- The 2022 election will have many, new firsts in Virginia (“In many ways, this election will be an election of firsts. It’ll be the first time Virginia has same-day voter registration. And it’ll be the first time that early votes will be recorded in the precinct where the voters live instead of a jurisdiction-wide at-large precinct.”)
- Virginia report shows more teachers leaving the workforce than entering it
- Report: Pandemic caused “unprecedented disruption” to Virginia’s classrooms
- Opinion: In metro Richmond, the silence is deafening
- Virginia oaks in danger
- In the Fairfax City Mayor’s Race, Don’t Fall for the Right-Wing Republican Mayoral Candidate’s Fake “Non-Partisan” Spiel; Vote for Democrat Catherine Read Instead!
- The Silver Line to Dulles is opening Nov. 15. Here’s what to know.
- Fairfax City Council, Mayor Candidates Square Off: See Key Races
- D.C.-area forecast: Not as warm over the next few days before late-week rain
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