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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, November 1.
- ‘Planet killer’ asteroid spotted hiding in the sun’s glare
- Ahead of COP27, New Climate Reports are Warning Shots to a World Off Course (“The gaps between climate promises, including last year’s global methane pledge, and emissions are growing, while the coming climate negotiations may be distracted by world events and disinformation.”)
- World’s Nations Face Shrinking Odds of Taming Climate Mayhem (Aren’t they *lengthening* odds/shrinking chances?)
- Europe is seeing its warmest weather on record so late in the year
- A 42-year study shows wind and solar droughts in 100% renewable grid not as bad as thought
- BP rakes in quarterly profit of $8.2 billion as oil majors post another round of bumper earnings
- Why Putin Would Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine (“The more the Kremlin has signalled its readiness to drop a nuclear bomb, the more the rest of the world has sought a reason to believe that it will not.”)
- Kyiv reels as ‘massive’ wave of missile strikes hit Ukrainian cities; wheat prices rise as grain deal stalls
- Russia announces wider evacuation of occupied southern Ukraine
- Ukrainians grapple with power outages as winter approaches
- Inside the growing Republican fissure on Ukraine aid
- Iran preparing to send weapons including ballistic missiles to Russia to use in Ukraine, officials say
- Finland urges Turkey, Hungary to swiftly approve Swedish, Finnish NATO bids
- Modi to visit India’s bridge collapse site as families mourn
- Amid rising autocracy, Latin American democracy is holding on
- After Defeat, Bolsonaro is Silent, and Brazil Braces for Turmoil
- Why Bolsonaro’s stunning loss should give humans a glimmer of hope
- Trump’s Big Liars Urge Brazil’s Bolsonaro to Refuse to Concede
- Why Brazil’s election is a major victory in the fight against climate change
- Brazil election: Bolsonaro supporters block roads after poll defeat
- Brazil Protests Grow With Bolsonaro Silent After Election Loss
- Lula wins, Bolsonaro shuts up (“Brazil’s political elite — including Bolsonaro’s allies — have acknowledged Lula’s win defeating the incumbent.”)
- Iran to hold public trials for up to 2,000 detained in protests
- Israelis vote again, as political crisis grinds on
- Netanyahu eyes comeback as Israelis head to the polls (Ugh, no.)
- Ketanji Brown Jackson asks the right question about affirmative action (She is superb. Unfortunately, the right wingers on the Court are horrendous, and they have the majority.)
- The Supreme Court Is Ready to Gut Affirmative Action (“Justices are holding oral arguments for two cases involving race-based admissions, with the court’s leading conservatives — including Clarence Thomas — expected to roll back decades of precedent.”)
- The Supreme Court discovers that ending affirmative action is hard (“Not that anything is likely to stop them from doing it anyway.”)
- The Supreme Court Has No Reason to End Affirmative Action. They’re Doing It Anyway. (This court is completely f’ed up.)
- Nothing Can Stop This Supreme Court from Ending Affirmative Action—Not Facts, Not Law, Not Originalism
- Why Scientists Must Stand for Affirmative Action and against Scientific Racism
- Supreme Court seems open to ending affirmative action in college admissions
- Justice Clarence Thomas Doesn’t Even Know the Meaning of the Word “Diversity”
- Biden threatens oil companies with ‘higher tax’ if they don’t increase production
- Here’s what should worry you about midterm voting (“Disinformation, denial and intimidation remain major concerns.”)
- Elections aren’t only about ‘the economy, stupid’ — and never were
- Violent crime is a key midterm voting issue, but what does the data say? (“Annual government surveys from the Bureau of Justice Statistics show no recent increase in the U.S. violent crime rate…The FBI also estimates that there was no increase in the violent crime rate in 2021…Despite the increase in the nation’s murder rate in 2020, the rate remained well below past highs, and murder remains the least common type of violent crime overall.”)
- Well, America, You Were a Nice Idea While You Lasted (“The GOP have finally abandoned the last shreds of common decency, the rule of law and other American ideals.”)
- Police: Pelosi suspect wanted to break speaker’s knees
- Republicans have made violence part of their brand
- The attack on Paul Pelosi is the latest menace to US democracy
- New Details of Nancy Pelosi’s Attempted Kidnapping, Husband’s Hammer Attack Are Terrifying
- Yes, Trump and the Republican Party Own the Attack on Paul and Nancy Pelosi
- The horrifying attack on Paul Pelosi is an attack on democracy
- Opinion/Editorial: Pols quiet on Pelosi’s attack are big cowards (Or they’re really, really cruel, sadistic, evil.)
- The right-wing ecosystem that created the Paul Pelosi conspiracy theory
- How the Absurd Conspiracy Theory That the Attack on Paul Pelosi Was a Lover’s Quarrel Took Over the Right (These people are really, really sick.)
- YouTube is making money from false conspiracy theories about the Paul Pelosi attack
- Republicans Continue to Spread Baseless Claims About Pelosi Attack (Why do news organizations use weak words like “baseless” instead of just saying “LIES?” So bizarre.)
- Prominent conservatives share online disinformation about Paul Pelosi assault (And by “disinformation” Politico means WILD LIES.)
- Key feature of GOP midterm ads: Half-truths and misleading claims
- Jewish leaders call on GOP candidates to reject antisemitic comments
- The Biden gap and the partisan poll flood: Breaking down the latest Senate surveys (So many right-wing “polls” out there…probably best to ignore them.)
- ‘Greed and cheating’: Prosecutor outlines tax fraud allegations against Trump Organization
- Clinton wants Trump to pay her legal fees after tossed conspiracy lawsuit
- The Right-Wing Mothers Fuelling the School-Board Wars (“Jatia Wrighten, a political scientist at Virginia Commonwealth University, told the Washington Post that Youngkin had ‘activated white women to vote in a very specific way that they feel like is protecting their children.'”)
- Right-wing media are supporting Republican attacks on democracy
- Elon Musk considers charging Twitter users $20 a month for verified accounts (“World’s richest person plans revamp of social media platform, asking users if he should bring back Vine”)
- Elon Musk, with his bombastic tweets, is filling the void vacated by Trump on Twitter (And by “bombastic,” CNN means FALSE and DANGEROUS.)
- Elon Musk’s Disastrous Weekend on Twitter (“Things are only going to get worse.”)
- Elon Musk’s epic bumbling is a daily reminder that America is not a meritocracy (“As the Supreme Court considers affirmative action, Musk’s antics show exactly how white privilege works”)
- Elon Musk dissolves Twitter’s board and makes himself ‘sole director’
- Musk’s Twitter: ‘This is exactly what many of us were worried about’
- Twitter Limits Content-Enforcement Tools as US Election Looms
- Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 Tesla employees into his Twitter takeover
- Feds Hit Parler With Search Warrants for Enrique Tarrio and Other Proud Boys, New Court Filings Reveal
- 3 ex-Proud Boys hired as Miami-Dade poll workers. Insurrection indictment costs 1 the job
- Justice Dept. says ballot drop box monitoring in Ariz. is likely illegal
- Top GOP Secretary of State Candidates Hobnob with Extreme Conspiracy Theorists
- Poll: Sisolak, Cortez Masto narrowly lead GOP opponents in days ahead of election
- In Nevada’s Senate Race, Energy Policy Is a Stark Divide Between Cortez Masto and Laxalt
- Letters, Tweets, TV: How Midterm Disinformation Has Washed Over Pennsylvania (Of course, the NY Times headline leaves out the crucial word, “REPUBLICAN,” as in “Republican Disinformation.”)
- Two leaders of True the Vote jailed by federal judge for contempt of court
- An evangelical GOP House candidate in Texas wrote a novel about Anne Frank finding Jesus (Utterly bizarre.)
- Atlanta Preacher Gives Herschel Walker the Business in Fiery Sunday Sermon (This speech is INCREDIBLE. Check it out if you haven’t already!)
- Stephen Miller’s Group Is Running a White-Grievance Ad Campaign in Georgia
- Democrats and tech leaders spend big on independent in Utah
- Kari Lake Jokes About Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Lack Of Protection’ As Paul Pelosi Recovers In ICU (“The Trump-backed GOP nominee for Arizona governor made the joke days after Pelosi’s husband was attacked by an intruder searching for the House speaker.” Youngkin campaigned for this sociopath.)
- Democrats rush aid to deep-blue seat in Upstate New York
- I Watched J.D. Vance Try to Charm Voters in Ohio. I Finally Get Why He’s So Angry.
- Company Backed by J.D. Vance Gives Platform for Russian Propaganda
- Senator Tim Kaine returns from congressional delegation visit in Latin America
- Statement of U.S. Sens. Warner and Kaine on Silver Line Expansion Opening Date
- Silver Line extension to open Nov. 15 in time for Thanksgiving travel (“The 11.5-mile extension has been delayed by more than four years of construction issues.”)
- Video: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Releases “Your Candidate,” Highlights Her Commitment to Upholding Her Oath (The contrast in this race really couldn’t be starker. Go Luria!)
- Elaine Luria’s tightrope walk down the center path (“Voters like the member of Congress from Norfolk. Is that enough for her to get reelected?”)
- ICYMI: Yesli Vega’s Fellow Co-Chair of “Latinos for Youngkin” Slams Her Candidacy (“In Recent Column, Mr. Daniel Cortez Calls Out Vega’s Nonstop Hypocrisy”)
- Jen Kiggans’ Republican Ally Amanda Chase Set To Introduce Total Ban on Abortion and Certain Contraceptives
- NEW: Amanda Chase Announces Plan to Introduce Total Abortion Ban in Richmond that Yesli Vega Promised to Cosponsor in Washington (“This is a coordinated attack against the rights of women across Virginia, and Yesli Vega is not only complicit — she is a part of it.”)
- Glenn Youngkin and the Emasculation of the American Right (Republicans Glenn Youngkin and Ted Cruz cannot exist in a meritocracy, and so have to do everything they can do destroy one.)
- Virginia 9th District Congressional Race: ‘Uphill battle’ for Griffith challenger DeVaughan (It’s one of the reddest districts in America, sad to say.)
- 5th congressional debate features two very different candidates and a surprising conclusion by one (Why was it “surprising?” No clue.)
- Some Virginia lawmakers outraged after Gov. Youngkin jokes about Nancy Pelosi after violent attack
- Youngkin campaigns for Zeldin in New York (Another far-right candidate.)
- Virginia’s Governor, a Rising Republican Star, Walks a Fine Line (Here we go again with the b.s. media narrative about Youngkin supposedly being a “rising star” and supposedly walking a “fine line.”)
- Video: Glenn Youngkin’s Close Ally Amanda Chase’s “Special Announcement” Is That She Will Introduce Legislation in 2023 to BAN ABORTION in Virginia (Sen. Ghazala Hashmi: This is why “you must vote for Democrats in Congressional races this year & for Democrats in VA’s GA elections next year. The other side has told us how far it will go.”)
- Sen. Chase plans to introduce bill to ban abortion
- Virginia NAACP Demands Attorney General Disclose Records Concerning “Election Integrity Unit” (“The Virginia NAACP will not allow the Attorney General’s Office to escape public scrutiny, and we will not be bullied”)
- Dominion, ratepayer advocates propose settlement over potential wind project costs
- Dominion settles with Walmart, others on potential cost overruns for $9.8B offshore wind project (“‘Today’s settlement strikes a much better balance between shareholders and ratepayers that enables the project to move forward,’ said Will Cleveland, a Southern Environmental Law Center senior attorney.”)
- Virginia’s Black and Latino students hit hardest by pandemic learning loss
- Locke tries again for automatic rights restoration
- Column: Virginia needs a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
- Virginia elections office finds another 149,000 records affected by IT glitch
- Va. officials processing 149,000 ‘motor voter’ applications after glitch
- Fairfax Democrats Respond to Yet Another Voter Registration Scandal (“The flailing Youngkin Administration has once again proven that they either don’t know what they’re doing or are willfully neglecting their duties to the people of the Commonwealth.”)
- Virginia receives more than $20 million to reclaim mine sites
- Fairfax County’s cash bail reform is open for public judgment
- Editorial: Pharrell’s Mighty Dream could elevate economy in Hampton Roads
- Salem candidate says he’s not sure 2020 Biden election was properly vetted
- D.C.-area forecast: Welcoming November with warmer weather
