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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, November 30.
- Giving up on 1.5C climate target would be gift to carbon boosters, says IEA head (“Exclusive: Fatih Birol says claims that limit is dead are ‘factually incorrect and politically very wrong’”)
- The global energy crisis is driving a surge in heat pumps, bringing energy security and climate benefits
- Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab hailed as momentous breakthrough (“The research breakthrough ends decades of failure and shows a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s – the most common form of dementia – is possible. Yet the medicine, lecanemab, has only a small effect and its impact on people’s daily lives is debated.”)
- Scientists Revive 48,500-Year-Old ‘Zombie Virus’ Buried in Ice
- Eurozone Inflation Eases for First Time Since Mid-2021
- NATO seeks to shore up Russia’s neighbours as Moscow attacks Ukraine on multiple fronts
- Ukraine Steps Up Push for International Tribunal to Hold Russia Accountable (“Kyiv is trying to persuade world leaders to prosecute Russian soldiers and top Moscow officials for atrocities in Ukraine.” Do it.)
- US Is Weighing a Terrorism Label for Russia’s Wagner Group Mercenaries
- Ukraine’s Power Shortages Force Millions of Refugees Into Lengthier Exile
- Xi Jinping will order a crackdown. It will probably work.
- The Long Odds Facing China’s Protesters
- ‘Breach of the Big Silence’: Protests Stretch China’s Censorship to Its Limits
- China vows crackdown on ‘hostile forces’ as public tests Xi
- China Covid: Unrest continues in Guangzhou as lockdown anger grows
- Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies at 96
- As Haiti Unravels, U.S. Officials Push to Send in an Armed Foreign Force
- Biden should respond boldly to a radical Netanyahu government (“If a far-right-wing government is installed in Israel, President Biden will need to firmly and clearly communicate U.S. interests in keeping peace.”)
- ‘The Godfather, Saudi-style’: inside the palace coup that brought MBS to power
- Watch: An excited Biden returns to the podium to announce World Cup win
- The U.S. Pulled It Off (“They survived a nerve-wracking second half and a major injury to beat Iran”)
- With French President Macron’s state visit, expect a mix of diplomacy and glamour
- Brexit Britain trapped in the middle as US and EU go to war on trade
- Rail unions decry Biden’s call for Congress to block strike. Businesses praise the plan
- U.S. House to vote to block rail strike despite labor objections
- Discrimination Seeps Into Every Aspect of Home Buying for Black Americans
- How a bipartisan group of senators got same-sex marriage protections passed
- Senate passes bill to protect same-sex, interracial marriages
- America’s sudden change of heart on same-sex marriage
- 47 GOP senators vote to let anti-LGBTQ people discriminate if they claim religious reason
- Not Only is the Right Unapologetic For Violent Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric — It’s Doubling Down
- In Legislative Elections, Democrats Defied Recent History
- A rogue Trump judge has thrown the Supreme Court in disarray (“Arguments in United States v. Texas dwelled on whether to upend one of the judiciary’s longstanding procedures in order to neutralize the most reactionary judges.”)f
- The court’s supremely obtuse response to its ethical problems
- Law enforcement is failing to crack down on domestic terrorism (“Imagine the outrage if law enforcement failed to take foreign terrorism after 9/11 seriously.”)
- A momentous day for democracy also underlines its fragility (“Oath Keepers’ leader and a subordinate were found guilty of seditious conspiracy and other charges in what the DOJ said was a plot to keep Trump in power”)
- Oath Keepers Leader Convicted of Sedition in Landmark Jan. 6 Case
- Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
- Senate GOP battles over spending strategy
- Trump fires back at ‘loser’ McConnell, says Fuentes’ views ‘wouldn’t have been accepted’ if raised at dinner
- The inside story of Trump’s explosive dinner with Ye and Nick Fuentes
- How Donald Trump Excuses His Bigotry (“His excuse for hosting Kanye West and Nick Fuentes is incredibly familiar.” Totally inexcusable, no matter what bullshit Trump spews.)
- Donald Trump’s dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes was much more than a gaffe (“Trump’s long history of enabling white supremacy, explained.”)
- McCarthy Condemns White Supremacist, Stopping Short of Faulting Trump
- House Republicans Face a Triple Threat
- Whip count: Here’s how much trouble Kevin McCarthy is in
- U.S. House Democrats set to elect Hakeem Jeffries as first Black party leader
- Conservatives sharpen their knives as McCarthy works to peel off skeptics
- Republicans Are Betting on the Same Old Losers to Save Their Party in 2024 (“The Republican National Committee plans on conducting a midterm postmortem led by Blake Masters, Kellyanne Conway, and far-right religious lobbyist Tony Perkins.”)
- Never Trump Means Never
- S.C. court directs Meadows to appear before Fulton grand jury
- New Trumpist threats in Arizona make electoral college reform urgent
- NYC Media Might Have Cost Democrats the House (“They hyped rising crime to an unreasonable degree” F*** the NY Times.)
- Twitter ends its ban on covid misinformation
- Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk
- Republicans: Leave the World’s Richest Man Alone! (“Ron DeSantis and Kevin McCarthy want everyone to “stop picking on Elon Musk.” They’ve barely said anything about Trump dining with antisemites.”)
- Twitter’s advertising losses are piling up
- Elon Musk is harming free expression on Twitter, not protecting it
- Elon Musk Is Turning Twitter Into a Haven for Nazis
- Tesla is still dominant, but its U.S. market share is eroding as cheaper EVs arrive (“S&P forecasts Tesla’s EV market share will decline to less than 20% by 2025” – Literally buy ANY other electric vehicle than one of fascist Musk’s.)
- Democrats have doubled GOP spending on Georgia runoff ads
- ‘Is He for Real?’: Warnock Hits Walker in New Ad, but Lets Others Do the Talking
- Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker described himself as living in Texas during 2022 campaign speech
- Arizona set for legal battles after county refuses to certify midterm results (“Republican officials face two lawsuits, likely court intervention to force their vote and potential criminal penalties” Throw the book at them.)
- Biden to honor tribes with Nevada national monument, his biggest yet (“President Biden is preparing the designate a huge national monument in southern Nevada that enjoys broad support, but could limit renewable energy development.”)
- The powerful gay man behind Tucker Carlson’s bloodcurdling hate
- Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman must spend 500 hours registering voters as penance for phony robocalls targeting Black voters in Cleveland
- QAnon Leader Inadvertently Outs Himself as a Groomer (“QAnon leader Phil Godlewski carried on an inappropriate relationship with a minor that police records suggest turned sexual.”)
- Appreciation: Congressman A. Donald McEachin
- Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Abigail Spanberger React to Senate Passage of “Respect for Marriage Act” (“I…urge my colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass it and send it to the President’s desk soon.”)
- McEachin remembered as friendly ‘social justice champion’
- Rest in Peace Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA04): “A gentle giant, a compassionate champion for underdogs, a climate warrior, a Christian example, an understanding dad, a proud husband, a loyal brother”(Rep. McEachin had battled colorectal cancer for years.)
- “It’s a huge loss,” remembrances pour in for Congressman Donald McEachin
- Williams: Rep. A. Donald McEachin did the village that raised him proud
- ‘Tonight, he lost that battle’: Congressman Donald McEachin dies at 61
- As tributes to Rep. McEachin pour in, Youngkin weighs special election (“Youngkin said he had yet to select a date for a special election after the death of Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) on Monday.”)
- Editorial: Bay intervention is needed, and time is running out (“EPA intervention may be the option of last resort to protect the Chesapeake Bay, but alternatives are dwindling and time is running out.”)
- Separation of Virginia history standards and curriculum causes questions
- After Paying $20,000 Deposit to Obtain Records Regarding AG Miyares’ “So-Called ‘Election Integrity Unit’”, VA NAACP Calls for Unit to Be Disbanded (“This Unit is plainly a paper tiger—a public-relations ploy to pander to the election deniers and conspiracy theorists who are the real force undermining public confidence in our elections.”)
- Miyares’ office withholds records related to election integrity unit
- After $9.5K FOIA bill, NAACP releases records on Virginia’s election integrity unit
- What has AG Miyares’ newly formed Election Integrity Unit found so far? Virginia NAACP says not much
- Manchin’s deal on Mountain Valley Pipeline is in jeopardy
- Inova sees ‘unprecedented patient volumes’ post-Thanksgiving
- Former Arlington/Falls Church Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Josh Katcher Announces Democratic Primary Challenge to Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti
- Roanoke County’s first red flag defendant will get his guns back
- Walmart gunman exhibited threatening behavior for months, lawsuit says
- Consulting firm Technomics adding 150 jobs in Arlington in HQ expansion
- D.C.-area forecast: Mild and breezy today with showers, then rather chilly tomorrow
