by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, November 28.
- Climate Change Summit Leaves Hope for Limiting Global Warming (“Governments at COP27 didn’t make deal for sharper cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, but analysts say 1.7 degrees is achievable”)
- COP27 climate summit missed chance for ambition on fossil fuels, critics say
- Water as Part of the Climate Solution (“A study from Sweden summarizes the enormous role water plays in climate mitigation, from wetlands that take up carbon to untreated wastewater that emits methane.”)
- China, US Can Cooperate on Climate Issues Despite Tensions, Experts Say
- Exclusive: U.S. weighs sending 100-mile strike weapon to Ukraine
- Ukraine told it must prepare for new Russian attacks; ‘ugly’ clash erupts between top Kyiv officials
- Rare protests against China’s ‘zero covid’ policy erupt across country
- China’s Xi faces threat from public anger over ‘zero COVID’
- Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests
- China’s zero-Covid protests create a rare nationwide coalition of interests
- Protesters Angered By Lockdowns Call For China’s Xi To Step Down (“The protests are the most widespread show of opposition to the ruling party in decades.”)
- China Covid protests explained: why are people demonstrating and what will happen next?
- China Covid protests: Fury and fear of virus puts Xi Jinping in a bind
- Xi Has Few Good Options to End Historic China Covid Protests
- China faces dilemma in unwinding zero-COVID
- China affirms zero-COVID stance, eases rules after protests
- Iran want USA banned for ‘offending country’s dignity’ over World Cup flag
- Iran calls for US to be kicked out of 2022 World Cup (LOL)
- Iran rejects U.N. investigation into protests – spokesperson
- Prince William focuses U.S. trip on climate amid Harry row (“Prince William and the Princess of Wales will make their first trip to the U.S. in eight years this week, hoping to focus attention on their Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators”)
- Police smash European cocaine ‘super cartel,’ arrest 49
- The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths (Car-dependent, sprawling, suburban/exurban development patterns will do that…)
- “Collapse” in home prices is coming, experts say
- Green Factories Are Changing Minds in More Conservative US States (“At least $25.7 billion of clean-energy factories are in the works, and the jobs they generate are winning over more Americans to solar, batteries and EVs.”)
- After more than 600 mass shootings this year, let’s be honest about guns
- Congress Won’t Be Able to Ban Assault Weapons Anytime Soon. Sen. Chris Murphy Has Another Idea. (“He proposes refusing to fund counties that aren’t following current gun control laws.”)
- FBI and DHS failing to address threat of domestic terrorism, according to new Senate report (“White supremacists and other extremists are a ‘persistent and lethal’ threat — and law enforcement hasn’t adjusted”)
- The guy who got the midterms right explains what the media got wrong (“The media fell for a false ‘red wave’ narrative.” And they didn’t listen to anyone who pushed back against their moronic narrative.)
- A Trump judge seized control of ICE, and the Supreme Court will decide whether to stop him (“Judge Drew Tipton’s order in United States v. Texas is completely lawless. Thus far, the Supreme Court has given him a pass.”)
- Analysis: Attorney General Merrick Garland is subtly shifting his approach to the Trump inquiries.
- Key Trump 2024 Rivals Silent After His White Supremacist Meeting
- GOP lawmakers hushed on Trump’s dinner with white nationalist
- ZOA Deplores Pres. Trump for Dining with Jew-Haters Kanye West & Nick Fuentes, and Demands he Condemn Them
- ‘Not an accidental meeting.’ GOP Arkansas governor blasts Trump for hosting white supremacist
- Republicans shrug off Trump ’24 bid: ‘The excitement’s just not there’
- The GOP’s great Trump reckoning begins at the state party level (“There are already recriminations. Whether they will amount to a course change remains unclear.”)
- McCarthy’s pursuit of speaker’s gavel comes at a high cost (Disgraceful.)
- Strong Election Showing Eases Democrats’ Fears of Biden ’24
- The far right is losing. That’s why America has never been so dangerous.
- House Dems on GOP’s thin majority: Welcome to hell
- Manchin’s side deal on brink as GOP seeks his 2024 ouster
- Juan Williams: DeSantis is 2022’s most important politician, unfortunately
- Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker Get Ready To Rumble In Upcoming Senate Runoff (“Tens of thousands of early voters have already cast their ballots ahead of the December 6 election.”)
- Ga. Senate runoff between Warnock, Walker has bitter closing (Moronic, “both sides” b.s. headline and framing by the AP, as usual.)
- Musk’s Twitter amnesty raises new fears over online hate
- 2 people are rescued from a plane that crashed into a Maryland transmission tower
- Congressman Bobby Scott reflects on his time as House Education and Labor Committee chair
- Column: Youngkin’s energy plan would set Virginia back
- Video: On MSNBC, VA Sen. Jennifer McClellan and Loudoun NAACP President Michelle C. Thomas Rip Youngkin Administration’s Whitewashing of History Education (“What it makes it so disgusting, what makes it so dangerous, is that from K to 5, most of our Black history is stripped away.”)
- After Virginian-Pilot Calls Him Out in Editorial, “LGBTQ Americans need public support against efforts to erase them” VA Del. Tim Anderson (R) Goes on Tirade Against “woke, Marxist liberal mob intent on sexualizing and confusing children”
- Experts say Virginia is capable of building a small modular nuclear reactor today if approvals were in place. Here’s how. (“Small modular nuclear reactors are about a third of the size of typical reactors. There are no SMRs operating in the U.S., but experts say Virginia is equipped to build one if approvals go through.”)
- Virginia skill-game lawsuit pushed back again over disputed budget amendment
- For people with disabilities, public emergencies are challenging. Virginia is looking for ways to better support them.
- ‘They’re not alone’: Victims’ families, store employees attend church vigil after Chesapeake Walmart shooting (“Hundreds of people gathered Sunday night at a prayer vigil held at a Chesapeake church to remember the six employees killed in a shooting at a local Walmart earlier this week. The event was organized by the Chesapeake Coalition of Black Pastors.”)
- For first time in centuries, Nansemond Indian Nation owns portion of Suffolk land where their ancestors once thrived
- D.C.-area forecast: A mainly tranquil week with up-and-down temperatures
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