by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, November 25.
- Over 20,000 died in western Europe’s summer heatwaves, figures show
- Michael R. Bloomberg: Climate Progress Is Happening, Just Not Fast Enough (“The COP27 conference was a win for the planet, but more work — and investment — is crucial.”)
- Universal flu vaccine may be available within two years, says scientist (Good; we need that against COVID too.)
- Europe fears its industries will jet to the U.S. as energy costs force plant closures
- Global Growth to Be as Weak Next Year as 2009, IIF Forecasts
- Australian court recommends against new coal mine on climate concerns
- After decades as a nuclear powerhouse, France makes its play in offshore wind
- Russia’s parliament passes law banning ‘gay’ and ‘pedophilia’ propaganda (And by “propaganda,” they definitely do NOT mean “propaganda,” but ANYTHING that talks about LGBTQ people in a neutral or positive way.)
- Pope Francis compares Russia’s war against Ukraine to a devastating Stalin-era famine.
- Zelenskyy vows Ukraine will withstand Russian attacks on power networks
- Ukraine Scrambles to Restore Power After Russian Missile Strikes
- Bombed, not beaten: Ukraine’s capital flips to survival mode
- Ukraine struggles to restore power as Russia targets energy grid
- Iranian advisers killed aiding Russians in Crimea, says Kyiv
- Ukraine war: Merkel says she lacked power to influence Putin
- I’ve seen the unannounced casualties of the Ukraine war (“Abandoned pets roam the streets of ruined front-line towns and villages.”)
- Jeffrey Epstein Accusers Sue Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan
- Scoop: Israel lobbies allies with intel on Iranian arms transfers to Russia
- Israeli far-right leader promised key cabinet job (“Under a deal with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud, the head of Jewish Power will be security minister.” Disastrous.)
- China shows no sign of budging on zero-Covid as anger rises
- With record covid cases, China scrambles to plug an immunity gap
- Iran government supporters confront protesters at World Cup
- UK voters warm to new leader Sunak, but not to his party
- FTX’s Collapse Takes Heavy Toll on an Island Nation (“The Bahamas encouraged crypto companies such as FTX to set up shop. The firm’s collapse has left many islanders feeling frustrated.”)
- Climate advocates see a path forward in the farm bill: Lining farmers’ pockets (“Republicans are skeptical of making the farm bill a climate bill, but a group of lobbyists thinks they’ve struck gold with a message even the most skeptical can’t hate: Regenerative agriculture will make farmers richer.”)
- The lame duck could be the last chance for election funding before 2024
- The very human, very troubling stories we tell ourselves about crime (“I’m safer now in New York than nearly any other year I’ve lived here. Why don’t people believe it?” People simply refuse to believe the voluminous statistics showing violent crime near decades-long lows.)
- After the Colorado Springs attack, LGBTQ people are furious at the rhetoric targeting them
- There is a growing shadow campaign to defend Joe Biden from House Republicans
- WHIP LIST: McCarthy searches for 218 GOP Speakership votes
- Six million Americans carried guns daily in 2019, twice as many as in 2015 (“The trend is expected to continue, after the supreme court ruling earlier this year overturning strict limits on public gun-carrying”)
- Biden says he will try to move on gun control during lame-duck session
- Crime coverage on Fox News halved once US midterms were over (Funny how that works, huh?)
- E. Jean Carroll sues Donald Trump for alleged 1990s rape under New York Adult Survivors Act
- The DOJ Wants to Know What Mike Pence Knows About January 6 (“Prosecutors investigating Trump’s attempt to stay in office reportedly want Pence to testify, which could be big trouble for his former boss.”)
- The House GOP’s Investigation Conundrum (“A slim Republican majority might spite itself to own the libs.”)
- Club Q co-owner: Shooting shows LGBTQ people face “different type of hate”
- Midterms free of feared chaos as voting experts look to 2024
- ‘Opening the gates of hell’: Musk says he will revive banned accounts (That will basically turn Twitter into “TruthSocial,” “Parler,” “4Chan,” etc.)
- Musk’s Twitter “amnesty” plan for suspended accounts alarms activists (Very weird framing by Axios, as if this is mostly or all about “activists,” when it’s really about Musk moving far right and destroying a major social media outlet.)
- Sarah Palin Loses as the Party She Helped Transform Moves Past Her (The proverbial “leopard” proverbially ate her face.)
- Herschel Walker Has a History of Standing Up For Violent Men (“The Georgia Senate candidate said OJ Simpson should mentor kids.” Walker should literally get ZERO votes.)
- Kyle Rittenhouse Marks Thanksgiving Promoting Violent Video Game Starring Himself (Heinous.)
- Pope & Schapiro: Primary season is underway
- Youngkin warns of recession but vows to pursue tax cuts — cautiously (Another WaPo whitewash of Youngkin’s policies?)
- Editorial: We’re stronger together (“Even in the absence of the annual UVA-Virginia Tech game, the commonwealth should show its support to the university community.”)
- Several Virginia museums participating in national effort to get more people in the door
- With youth voter turnout up, Rasoul proposes lowering local voting age (This will go nowhere.)
- Survivors and investigators are spending Thanksgiving questioning the motive behind a mass shooting in a Virginia Walmart that left 6 workers dead
- Here’s what we know so far about the 6 people killed in the Chesapeake Walmart shooting
- The deadly tragedy in a Virginia Walmart unleashed an outburst of trauma in yet another mass shooting
- Three Virginia teens create a ‘period pantry’ for free pads, tampons
- D.C.-area forecast: Brief showers today. Saturday’s the pick of the weekend.
