by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 5.
- The world is going to miss the totemic 1.5°C climate target
- The climate is already collapsing in Africa – but its nations have a plan (“Africa is the continent most vulnerable to climate breakdown, but with the right support it can build a stronger, greener future.”)
- An inconvenient truth: Climate change won’t be solved in this desert
- ‘Drop Fossil Fuels,’ Over 400 Scientists Tell PR Firm Handling UN Climate Talks
- ‘Wilful Ignorance’: Indigenous Delegation Incredulous At Bankers’ Attitude to Fossil Fuel Impacts
- How a sand battery could transform clean energy
- Climate ‘loss and damage’: why it’s such a big deal at Cop27
- Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests’ (“Spurred by Lula’s election, the three countries, home to half of all tropical forests, will pledge stronger conservation efforts” They need to stop deforestation and start REforestation.)
- Spate of global assassination attempts hints at a violent new era
- New renewables record as UK wind generation blows past 20GW (“70% of energy was zero carbon (Nuclear, Wind, Hydro, Solar & Storage).)
- Pentagon will pay to upgrade dozens of Soviet-era tanks for Ukraine
- Iran acknowledges sending drones to Russia for first time
- Ukraine war: Putin endorses evacuations from occupied Kherson
- Ukrainian forces brace for bloody fight for Kherson
- Russian missile strikes overshadow cyberattacks as Ukraine reels from blackouts
- U.S., Allies Vow to Protect Ukraine’s Infrastructure From Russian Attacks
- G7 says Russian oil price cap to be ready ‘in the coming weeks’ (“Officials likely to set fixed figure rather than floating rate”)
- G7: Russia would face ‘severe consequences’ for any use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons
- N. Korea fires more missiles as US flies bombers over South
- China to ‘Unswervingly’ Keep to Covid Zero Policy, Dashing Hopes
- The Israel We Knew Is Gone (“…we are truly entering a dark tunnel.”)
- Netanyahu’s Israeli victory shows how not to stop Trump
- U.S. economy adds 261,000 jobs in October as labor market stays solid
- Jobs Report Shows Payrolls Grew 261,000 in October
- Here’s where the jobs are for October 2022 — in one chart (“The health-care and social assistance sector enjoyed strong gains, adding 71,100 jobs last month. Manufacturing posted a strong month after adding 32,000 jobs, boosted by increases in the durable goods industry.”)
- This RSV season is scary. Hospital staffing shortages are scarier. (“Surging cases highlight cracks in America’s health care workforce.”)
- A Tripledemic Could Be on Its Way This Fall
- Barrett again denies emergency bid to block student loan forgiveness plan
- Nancy Pelosi Speaks Publicly For First Time About Horrific Hammer Attack On Husband (“The House speaker read poetry and urged unity as she revealed Paul Pelosi’s recovery will be ‘a long haul.'”)
- Climate Change Eclipsed by Inflation, Crime, Abortion in US Midterm Races (Ugh.)
- The plan to save America by killing the partisan primary
- Senate battle intensifies in final days with control of the chamber up for grabs
- This is not a normal election. Voters should keep that in mind.
- The three reasons American elections are always so close
- This Is What Happens When Republicans Tear Off Their Masks
- The tragedy of John Roberts (“As the chief justice begins his 18th term, he is at times an isolated and even tragic figure.”)
- “Under Democratic government [the] economy is stronger & crime is lower: those are the facts” – Despite What Republicans and the Media Falsely Tell You (In stark contrast, crime was VERY high when Reagan was president, and “Ten of the last 11 recessions began under Republicans”)
- DOJ Mulls a Special Counsel for Trump, the Election Is Coming, and What’s Next Is Anybody’s Guess
- Scoop: Trump team eyes Nov. 14 announcement
- House January 6 committee interviewing Secret Service agents in Trump’s motorcade on day of attack
- House January 6 committee gives Trump more time to turn over subpoenaed documents
- Why isn’t Trumpism hurting the GOP? Some Democrats see vexing answers.
- Trump ally Tom Barrack found not guilty on foreign lobbying charges
- Another Trump appointee provides a lesson in ethical misconduct
- Trump’s Rumored 2024 Kickoff Could Mean Trouble for Republicans (“While an imminent Trump announcement might force the hands of potential Republican rivals, it could also affect a Georgia runoff — and help Joe Biden.”)
- The Case For A Democratic Surprise On Election Night
- Democrats’ ‘optimistic apostle’ offers hope for the midterms (“Veteran Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why he’s Twitter’s apostle of liberal optimism and how early midterm voting data is giving him hope.”)
- Between Kanye and the Midterms, the Unsettling Stream of Antisemitism
- Chuck Schumer’s Final Call (“The Senate Majority Leader navigated one of the most sweeping legislative sessions in memory—why haven’t voters seemed to notice?” Uninformed?)
- Opinion: It’s not OK for armed election deniers to intimidate voters
- MSNBC Cuts Ties Unexpectedly With Weekend Host Tiffany Cross
- Twitter’s Advertisers Pull Back as Layoffs Sweep Through Company
- Biden Says Musk Bought Platform That ‘Spews Lies’ Around World
- Twitter Cuts Spur Concerns About US Midterms, Human Rights
- Elon Musk Tries to Win Advertisers Back by Threatening Them
- Elon Musk’s Twitter Layoffs Are Brewing Up a Perfect Storm for the Midterms (“Misinformation experts are sounding alarms as the tech billionaire sets out to reportedly axe half the company’s workforce and blow up its blue-check verification system ahead of Election Day. ‘Comms has gone dark,’ one reporter tweeted. ‘To say I’m worried for next week’s election doesn’t even begin to cover it.'”)
- Twitter’s mass layoffs, days before US midterms, could be a misinformation disaster (“Internal chaos at the company – and the decimation of its staff – has created ideal conditions for falsehoods and hateful content”)
- Elon Musk plunges Twitter into chaos ahead of midterms (“Mass layoffs swept though the company’s worldwide offices, including operations that police misinformation and malicious content.” Musk is unhinged.)
- Twitter layoffs raise questions about future of infrastructure and moderation
- Twitter layoffs gutted election information teams days before midterms
- Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted
- Days before the midterms, Twitter lays off employees who fight misinformation
- Twitter, cut in half
- Confusion and Frustration Reign as Elon Musk Cuts Half of Twitter’s Staff
- Twitter: Musk defends deep cuts to company’s workforce
- Twitter suffers “massive drop in revenue,” Elon Musk says (Look in the mirror, dude.)
- Twitter Recommends Ye as Top Follow on ‘The Jews’ as Company Does Mass Layoffs (Yeah, Twitter’s probably going to be toast in a very short timeframe.)
- What Twitter’s Shake-Up Could Mean: Midterm Misinformation Run Amok
- Ohio 2022: Vance Extends Lead Over Ryan for US Senate
- Oregon 2022: Independent Candidates’ Support Melts As Democrat Tina Kotek Leads Republican Christine Drazan by Four for Governor
- Nike Cuts Ties With Kyrie Irving Over ‘Hate Speech’
- Kyrie Irving’s ‘apology’ doesn’t cut it. He needs to go. (Yep, and get rid of all the racists too.)
- Tucker Carlson primes his audience to suspect fraud if the GOP doesn’t sweep the midterms (Heinous.)
- One of Fox’s biggest conspiracy theorists will be providing live commentary on election night (Fox is completely deranged.)
- Rumble is profiting off of ads running on QAnon, extremist, and white nationalist channels (Disgusting.)
- Oprah rejects her protégé Dr. Oz and backs Democrat John Fetterman in Pa. senate race
- Arizona GOP Candidate Mark Finchem Nurtures Ties to Extremists Engaged in Voter Intimidation (“And he’s vying for a job overseeing the state’s elections.”)
- Laxalt’s fiery closing pitch illustrates Nevada GOP’s pro-Trump transformation (“Republicans talk of combatting traitors within their own party at the same time they’re trying to thwart Democrats from keeping the governorship and a key Senate seat.”)
- Florida Restricts Doctors From Providing Gender Treatments to Minors
- Biden, Obama, Trump make final midterm push in Pennsylvania
- Leading Asian American Voting Rights Advocates Condemn Hateful, Racist Mailers by Stephen Miller’s American First Legal Ahead of 2022 Midterms (“As Asian American political influence grows in Virginia, it is not surprising that bad actors are seeking to stifle or take advantage of our power for their own nefarious means”)
- Sen. Tim Kaine and Josh Throneburg encourage students to vote (“Kaine and Thronebrug discussed the importance of youth voters, climate change and the future of U.S. democracy”)
- Donald Trump’s Likely to Announce for President on 11/14; Would Jen Kiggans Support Him? (“It‘s clear she’s just another MAGA-lackey like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert.”)
- Triston Chase O’Savio: Our Democracy Depends On Everyone Getting Out to Vote, Even If Barriers Are Put In Our Way (For instance, AG Jason Miyares “Voter Integrity Unit” could have a chilling effect on voter registration and turnout, especially for low-income Virginians and communities of color.)
- Will Jen Kiggans Stand Up for Ukraine? (Answer: highly unlikely.)
- Virginia sees record early voting compared to past midterm elections (This is really, really dumb. In fact, the last midterms took place when there were COMPLETELY different – and much more restrictive – rules for early voting. So you really can’t and shouldn’t compare 2022 to 2018.)
- In Virginia, candidates in tight congressional races make closing pitches
- Three Va. congresswomen try to survive possible red wave (This framing is annoying; in fact, right now there’s no particular sign of a “red wave,” but instead a LOT of uncertainty and more than anything the urgent need to VOTE. Also, in general, why does the “mainstream media” mostly cover US politics as a “horse race,” instead of focusing on the issues that really matter?)
- Schapiro: In toss-up U.S. House races, geography as destiny
- VA07 Far-Right Republican Nominee Yesli Vega: If Trump Runs Again, “Absolutely, I would support the President”
- Youngkin no longer can walk the tightrope he perfected in 2021
- West Point teacher fired for refusing to use trans student’s pronouns asks Virginia Supreme Court to restore lawsuit
- Virginia Supreme Court hears case of teacher who refused to use students’ pronouns (“Peter Vlaming’s attorney said the former teacher’s right to free speech had been violated.”)
- Doctors urge home care, prevention during respiratory virus surge
- Portsmouth City Manager alleges disparaging behavior from mayor, councilman
- Lots of partisan money in Northern Va. city’s nonpartisan mayoral race (The bottom line is that these elections are nominally “non-partisan,” but in reality they’re VERY partisan.)
- Petersen Employee Dropped Off Sample Ballots At Fairfax City Polls (WTF?)
- Pharrell’s Mighty Dream Forum gives Black startups a platform — and $2.5 million: ‘I finally felt seen and heard.’
- ‘It’s a village that’ll never be replaced’: Newport News airport mobile home tenants pack up and move on
- D.C.-area forecast: Oddly warm and humid through the weekend
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