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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 13.
- A just transition depends on energy systems that work for everyone
- COP27 What to Watch: Climate Progress Hinges on Crucial Week Two (“Many of the big names have now left the climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. That means the real work is about to start.”)
- Food firms’ plans for 1.5C climate target fall short, say campaigners (“Major producers of soya and beef accused of failing to deliver on pledges to stop deforestation”)
- Ukraine uses Cop27 to highlight environmental cost of Russia’s war (“Delegation at climate summit tell of destruction of protected areas and carbon toll of invasion and rebuilding”)
- Albanese and Biden discuss climate action and Aukus pact ahead of G20 summit (“In a 40-minute meeting, the prime minister also invited the US president to address federal parliament next year during meeting of the Quad”)
- Mediterranean marine heatwaves threaten coastal livelihoods
- Cop27: US ‘totally supportive’ of moves to address loss and damage, says Kerry
- Russia rejects G20 focus on security (Yeah, whatever.)
- Ukraine’s Kherson races to restore power, water after Russian retreat
- Western countries hail Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson
- Zelensky Urges Vigilance as Kherson Celebrates Russian Retreat
- No water, power or internet – only euphoria in newly liberated Kherson
- After Kherson success, Kyiv vows to keep driving out Russia
- Donetsk battles are ‘hell’, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says as Kherson mops up
- Sunak promises to call out Putin’s regime at G20 (Everyone should.)
- Ukraine war, tensions with China loom over big Bali summit
- China wants to mend ties with the U.S. But it won’t initiate. (“Repairing the two countries’ relationship won’t happen just through goodwill. Experts say China wants agreement on fraught issues such as the fate of Taiwan.”)
- Biden Set to Meet Xi in Bid to Avert a Full Rupture in US-China Ties (“The US leader said he won’t make ‘fundamental concessions,’ while China calls for the US to play a ‘responsible role.’”)
- Ahead of Xi meeting, Biden calls out China (“While not mentioning China by name, Biden’s message is clearly aimed at Beijing.”)
- Biden-Xi summit: What Biden wants, what Xi wants
- U.S. intel report says key gulf ally meddled in American politics (“The United Arab Emirates steered U.S. foreign policy in its favor through a series of legal and illegal exploits, according to an unprecedented U.S. intelligence document”)
- US, Japan, SKorea vow unified response to North Korea threat
- North Korea Sees New Opportunities in ‘Neo-Cold War’
- Netanyahu formally tasked with forming new Israeli government (This is going to be a disaster.)
- The Federalist Society’s Lackeys on the Supreme Court Aren’t Hiding their Stripes (“The pretense of nonpartisanship should be well and truly shattered for everyone.” These “justices” are not legitimate.)
- Extremists in Uniform Put the Nation at Risk
- Biden celebrates Democrats holding the Senate on second day of Asia summits
- Biden reacts to Dems’ Senate victory: ‘I am incredibly pleased’
- Democrats maintain control of Senate, NBC News projects, defeating many Trump-backed Republicans
- Democrats keep Senate majority (“Continued edge will help Biden enact parts of his agenda; House control still up in the air” Still no mea culpa from the WaPo about its ridiculous, irresponsible, “red wave”/”horserace” 2022 election coverage.)
- America’s first Latina senator just saved Democrats’ Senate majority
- Control of the House remains on a knife’s edge. Here’s how it could break. (“There are 10 seats still in doubt. And both parties have a shot.”)
- After Disappointing Midterms, GOP Faces Leadership Decisions
- Why Independent Voters Broke for Democrats in the Midterms (Because Trumpist Republicans are completely insane?)
- Republican rivals start plotting a post-Trump future
- How Joe Biden and the Democratic Party defied midterm history
- Democrats Just Held the Senate. Here’s What We Do Next.
- A Senate in Democratic hands clears the path for Biden to keep remaking the courts (Judges, judges and more judges!)
- Midterms Live Updates: Democrats Keep Control of Senate With Victory in Nevada
- How a surprising Democratic strategy may have staved off the midterm red wave
- Cortez Masto defeats Laxalt in Nevada, handing Democrats control of the Senate
- In election 2022, the party of Trump pays for being the party of Trump
- The Emperor of Chaos Has No Clothes (“One of the bright spots of the election is that a lot of people seemed to turn their back on crazy. Let’s hope that Republicans will get the message and move on from the King of Crazy before he gets another shot at destroying democracy.”)
- How the fall of Roe shattered Republicans’ midterm dreams
- Voters Reject Election Deniers Running to Take Over Elections (In stark contrast, Glenn Youngkin actually campaigned for these enemies of our democracy! Truly heinous.)
- Democrats surged to flip state legislatures, defying past GOP gains
- What to know about control of Congress and outstanding votes in other races
- Senate Stays Blue – NV Seals It — House Headed for Photo Finish
- Five lessons from the midterm exit polls (“Abortion was a huge issue…Trump was a big drag on the GOP,” etc.)
- The Republicans’ Post-Midterm Reckoning with Donald Trump (“Will the era of Stop the Steal—and the G.O.P.’s overt challenges to democracy—finally start to recede?”)
- New generation of candidates stakes claim to Democratic party’s future
- Customs and Border Protection commissioner resigns
- ‘It’s time to move on’: have the US midterms finally loosened Trump’s grip on the Republican party? (“After the party came up short in another election, Ron DeSantis may be poised to become its new leader” DeSantis is an authoritarian, bigot, extremist, etc. No better than Trump, really.)
- Trump’s Election Gambit to Avoid Charges Isn’t So Sound (“Donald Trump may think he can never be indicted as a political candidate. But former prosecutors say they fully expect charges.”)
- Trump Angst Grips G.O.P. (Again) as 2024 Announcement Looms (“While Republicans pick up the pieces from the midterms, former President Trump is already forcing them to take sides in the next election.”)
- Mo Brooks says Trump ‘dishonest, disloyal, incompetent, crude’ (Just figuring this out? It’s been glaringly obvious since the first minute Trump announced his presidential bid in 2015. Duh.)
- Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez defeats Republican Joe Kent in WA House race
- Bass widens her lead over Caruso in L.A. mayor’s race
- MAGA Election Denier Jim Marchant Just Lost His Bid for Nevada Secretary of State (Thank goodness; this guy is batsh**t.)
- Democrat Cisco Aguilar defeats Trump-backed election denier Jim Marchant in Nevada secretary of state race
- In 2022, Glenn Youngkin Campaigned Relentlessly Against America’s Democracy. That Should Never Be Forgotten – or Forgiven.
- Video: VA Sen. Amanda Chase (R) Says She’d “Absolutely” Back Trump Over Youngkin for President; Says Youngkin “irritated a lot of people” By “apologiz[ing] and send[ing] letters to Nancy Pelosi” (On Trump saying “Young Kin…sound Chinese,” Chase mentions Carlyle Group, says Trump comment was “good fun and joking…wasn’t meant to be derogatory”)
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “Even though hospital numbers are lower than last winter, people are still dying of COVID” (Dr. Silverman: “I am incredibly happy that so many people have read and appreciated these posts over the last 2 ½ years”)
- Virginia education department proposes major changes to social studies standards (“The standards are full of overt political bias, outdated language to describe enslaved people and American Indians, highly subjective framing of American moralism and conservative ideals, coded racist overtures throughout, requirements for teachers to present histories of discrimination and racism as ‘balanced’ ‘without personal or political bias,’ and restrictions on allowance of ‘teacher-created curriculum,’ which is allowed in all other subject areas”)
- Scrimp, scroll, square off: First-time homebuyers in Virginia face rising prices and fierce competition
- Editorial: Local voters assembled a House delegation to fight for area’s interests (This is idiotic, completely almost ignoring the massive negatives to replacing the superb Elaine Luria – who fiercely fought for the area’s interests – with the abysmal Jen Kiggans.)
- Fairfax County approves additional funding to complete Silver Line extension
- Roanoke Republicans call council results disappointing, but see progress
- After Silver Line, Tysons makes progress in becoming less car-centric
- Norfolk’s newest council member, a bail bondsman, rose from the city’s poorest neighborhoods
- D.C.-area forecast: Blustery and bright today as colder air settles in for the week
