by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 20.
- U.N. negotiators reach deal to help vulnerable nations with climate disasters (“Wealthy nations agreed to a fund to assist developing countries, with many details to be worked out.”)
- In a First, Rich Countries Agree to Pay for Climate Damages in Poor Nations
- COP27 summit yields historic deal on climate damage fund
- UN climate deal: Calamity cash, but no new emissions cuts
- Success or COP-out: How do this year’s climate talks rate?
- Historic deal struck to help countries worst-hit by climate change
- Climate change: Five key takeaways from COP27
- COP27 Approves Last-Ditch Deal for Historic Climate Damage Fund
- Biggest Win Yet at COP27? Calls to Reform Multilateral Lenders
- COP27 deal delivers landmark on ‘loss and damage’, but little else
- Summit yields ‘historic win’ for climate payments, but also a push for natural gas
- COP27 leaves world on dangerous warming path despite historic climate fund
- Cop27: members ‘deeply disappointed’ by summit outcomes despite historic loss and damage fund – live
- Cop27 backfires for Egypt as signs of repression mar attempt to bolster image (“Harassment of climate summit delegates and holding pen for protesters mar country’s attempt to polish international reputation”)
- Did the world make progress on climate change? Here’s what was decided at global talks (“Delegates reached a last-minute deal to pay vulnerable countries for damages caused by climate change. But the final agreement does not put humanity on track to avoid catastrophic warming.”)
- How to Pay for Climate Justice When Polluters Have All the Money
- Collapsed FTX owes nearly $3.1 billion to top 50 creditors
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could start a race for nukes, Austin says
- Kyiv’s mayor: Extraordinary, in extraordinarily tough times
- Ukraine’s Kherson Win Reshapes Entire Front With Russia
- The U.S. seeks to support Ukraine, but contain the war
- Hundreds of Protesters in Iran Blinded by Metal Pellets and Rubber Bullets (This regime is really, really horrible.)
- Iran will help Russia build drones for Ukraine war, Western officials say
- Despite its brutal tactics, Iran’s regime fails to contain mass protests
- Michael Bloomberg apologises for Boris Johnson speech criticising China (Bloomberg apologized for Johnson telling the truth about China being an autocratic, communist tyranny?)
- In Stark Display of Partisanship, Incoming PM Netanyahu Addresses Republican Jewish Confab (Netanyahu is a disaster.)
- Israeli far-right’s demand for defence post hinders Netanyahu’s coalition bid
- Explosive tirade from FIFA boss threatens to overshadow World Cup opener (Bizarre.)
- “Today, I Feel Gay. Today, I Feel Disabled,” Says FIFA’s President, Who Is Neither
- The Federalist Society controls the federal judiciary, so why can’t they stop whining? (“All they do is win, win, win, no matter what. So why are America’s most powerful lawyers so unhappy?”)
- Justice Samuel Alito Leaked Hobby Lobby Decision On Contraception In 2014: Report (“News of the alleged leak eight years ago comes as the high court still claims to be investigating who leaked its anti-abortion decision earlier this year.”)
- Progressive Judicial Groups, Democrats Call For Investigation Into Alleged Alito Leak (“This comes after a New York Times report that Justice Samuel Alito leaked his 2014 Hobby Lobby decision to wealthy evangelicals.” Alito absolutely should not be on the Supreme Court.)
- Dobbs Might Not Have Been the Only Supreme Court Decision That Leaked (“And it turns out Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion on this one, too.”)
- Report of second major U.S. Supreme Court leak draws calls for probe
- Christie rebukes Trump: ‘It is time to stop whispering… It is time to stop being afraid of any one person’
- Democracy’s Dunkirk (“The fight to preserve American democracy continues.”)
- Will the New Special Counsel Bring Donald Trump to Justice? (“The task for Merrick Garland—and now Jack Smith—is to ignore political considerations and resolve the investigations as speedily and equitably as possible.
- For experts, the evidence in two probes compels charging Trump
- Trump, Macho Macho Victim
- President Biden Is Turning 80. Experts Say Age Is More Than a Number.
- Biden at 80: A ‘respecter of fate’ mulls 2nd White House bid
- Bidens Host Rare White House Wedding for Granddaughter, Guests
- Trump snubs Twitter after Musk announces reactivation of ex-president’s account
- Elon Musk says he will let Trump back onto Twitter (Musk is unhinged, extreme and a really bad person.)
- CBS News Suspends Twitter Posting ‘In Light of the Uncertainty’ About Musk-Owned Social Platform
- The showdown between Senator Ed Markey and Elon Musk
- This Week, Billionaires Made a Strong Case for Abolishing Themselves (Is there any good reason for a single person to have billions of dollars?)
- Kari Lake Claims Her Voters Were Disenfranchised. Her Voters Tell a Different Story. (“…a review by The New York Times shows that most of them successfully cast their ballots.”)
- Leaked call shows clash between Kari Lake campaign and Maricopa County
- Herschel Walker Called on Biden to Take a Mental Fitness Exam. But He Won’t Do the Same. (There’s literally zero chance Walker would pass.)
- Georgia Governor Takes to the Stump on Behalf of Herschel Walker (Disgraceful.)
- 5 killed in shooting at gay nightclub in Colorado (“At least 18 people were injured in the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs”)
- A week after 4 students were killed, there are mounting questions and few answers
- Western New York gets buried under 6 feet of snow
- Combined RoVA and NoVA Volunteerism Power Rep. Abigail Spanberger to a Third Term in a Redistricted 7th CD
- Gibson: Trump creates dilemma for Va. GOP in 2023 (Larry Sabato: “If Donald Trump is still on the stage next fall, he won’t help and will probably hurt Republicans from competitive districts in urban and suburban areas.”)
- Youngkin responds to backlash over proposed Virginia school history standards
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “The Tripledemic that you’re hearing about on the news is real” (“The combination of COVID, Flu, and RSV is bringing more people to hospital ERs and causing more hospitalizations than we’ve seen over the last few years.”)
- ‘1619 Project’ creator claims Gov. Youngkin blocking CRT in schools to ‘protect feelings of White children’ (“Nikole Hannah-Jones claimed CRT is demonized thanks to propaganda efforts by the conservative movement”)
- UVa alerted students quickly to active shooter, a reversal from Virginia Tech massacre
- What was U-Va. shooting suspect’s motive? Clues offer possibilities.
- U.Va. holds memorial in honor of 3 student-athletes killed in shooting
- Editorial: Another shooting gives us the chance to work toward peace (“The shooting in Charlottesville reminds us that the path to a safer community is through compromise.”)
- Five months after the Dobbs decision, Bristol has become a microcosm of the national abortion debate(“Bristol is split between Tennessee, which has a near-total ban on abortion, and Virginia, where it remains legal. Anti-abortion activists are proposing changing city code for Bristol, Virginia, to bar future abortion clinics from opening.”)
- Missteps plague top Norfolk prosecutor: Ramin Fatehi under scrutiny for mishandled cases, rejected plea deals (“A series of courtroom missteps, including several high-profile murder trials that fell apart in the courtroom, has put a target on Fatehi’s back since he took office in January.”)
- Fairfax Co. first responders vote to unionize for the first time in 40 years
- D.C.-area forecast: A chilling taste of winter today, but a warm-up in sight
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