by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 26.
- Rich nations have promised to pay for the climate crisis – but will they?
- The Science for Determining Climate-Change Damage Is Unsettled
- Greta Thunberg joins climate lawsuit against Sweden
- Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow probably firing cruise missiles with nuclear warheads removed, says UK (“Use of ageing missiles highlights how depleted Russia’s stocks of long-range missiles are, says UK Ministry of Defence”)
- Ukraine war: Russia atrocities bring Nato members closer
- Ukraine war: Facing a harsh winter on the front line
- Ukraine works to restore water, power after Russian strikes
- Five crucial questions as Russia-Ukraine war enters winter
- Russian Strikes Leave Six Million in Ukraine Without Power
- Western sanctions catch up with Russia’s wartime economy
- Artillery Is Breaking in Ukraine. It’s Becoming a Problem for the U.S. (“Ukrainian soldiers are firing thousands of shells daily, forcing the Pentagon to replace gun barrels across the border in Poland.”)
- French vote for right to abortion in constitution
- Trudeau defends use of emergency powers to quell trucker protests
- China Xinjiang: Urumqi rocked by Covid lockdown protests after deadly fire
- Iran’s Khamenei praises Basij forces for confronting ‘rioters’ -TV
- Too many German voters are gravitating to the political extremes
- Omicron boosters may not be effective against mild illness, but will likely prevent hospitalizations
- At Protests Across America, Guns Are Doing the Talking (“Armed protesters are increasingly using open-carry laws to intimidate opponents and shut down debate, a Times analysis found. We looked at 700 armed demonstrations and found that, at about 77 percent of them, people openly carrying guns represented right-wing views.”)
- Storming Capitol was ‘really stupid,’ Oath Keeper testifies
- Kanye West Pals Up with Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes, Travels to Meet Trump at Mar-A-Lago
- Trump Hosts Kanye West, White Nationalist Nick Fuentes For Dinner
- Trump was ‘very taken’ with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes’ and they fawned over each
- Trump’s Latest Dinner Guest: Nick Fuentes, White Supremacist
- Ye is Running for President And Asked Trump to Be Running Mate (“As to be expected, the request to collaborate didn’t end well.”)
- Kanye West announces 2024 presidential bid amid far-right ties (“Declaration comes amid Adidas investigation and fashion brands dropping the rapper over antisemitic comments”)
- Donald Trump, the GOP’s Leader, Had Dinner with a “white supremacist and Holocaust denier.” Have Any Republicans Condemned This? (How about Glenn Youngkin, who last year said “President Trump represents so much of why I’m running”)
- Trump talks with white nationalist Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago dinner
- ‘F—ing nightmare’: Trump team does damage control after he dines with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes
- An Early Clue on Trump’s Republican Support
- Elite Conservatives Have Taken an Awfully Weird Turn
- Why Republican donors on Wall Street are abandoning Donald Trump
- Democrats Are Ready for GOP to Make Hunter Biden the New Benghazi
- For evidence that GOP ‘angertainment’ isn’t working, take a look at Colorado
- Democrats aim to keep spotlight on abortion as focus shifts to 2024
- Ex-Prosecutor Says 7 Words Should DQ Pence From Holding Office Again
- House Republicans’ Slim Majority Creates Extra Challenges for Party Leaders
- Backers of Farmworker Visa Overhaul Make Year-End Push for Immigrant Labor Deal
- Elon Musk and the Narcissism/Radicalization Maelstrom (“It’s a fascinating thing to watch far-right radicalization unfold in real time. I’ve been watching the Elon Musk and Twitter drama with a mix of fascination and awe.”)
- Twitter has lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers since Elon Musk took over, report says (The other 50 need to leave immediately.)
- Musk Says He’d Back DeSantis for President If He Makes 2024 Run
- Elon Musk says Twitter’s ban on Trump after Capitol attack was ‘grave mistake’
- The Trumpification of the GOP in a Nutshell: Former VA State Sen. Glen Sturtevant, Formerly Considered a Fairly “Moderate” Republican, Lurches Far Right (Nowadays, Sturtevant is busy ranting about “election integrity,” COVID vaccines, the “woke agenda,” “transgender awareness,” etc.)
- Walmart Shooter Wrote a “Death Note” Before Mass Shooting In Virginia
- Chesapeake police release note from Walmart shooter, who says he felt ‘mocked’ by coworkers
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunshine and mild today, then showery Sunday
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