by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, November 9.
- Climate talks focus on getting money to developing countries
- US to climate summit: American big steps won’t be repealed
- Who’s Driving Climate Change? New Data Catalogs 72,000 Polluters and Counting
- Lawyers Press International Court to Investigate a ‘Network’ Committing Crimes Against Humanity in Brazil’s Amazon
- China Producer Prices Turn Negative in Warning Sign for Global Economy
- In Ukraine, it’s too early even to be talking about talking
- Ukrainian Forces Move Into Key Town North of Kherson
- Putin’s ‘Fierce’ Navy Stranded in Hiding After Major Attack
- Brittney Griner Is Being Moved to Penal Colony, Lawyers Say (Wildly unacceptable.)
- New French law will require parking lots to install solar panels
- Race for U.S. Congress is tight, no Republican ‘red wave’
- The Red Whimper And 4 Other Takeaways From Election Night (“The “red wave” never materialized for Republicans as Donald Trump-endorsed candidates floundered across the country.”)
- Republicans scramble to climb blue wall in poor midterm performance (“Control of House and Senate remains on knife edge as ‘red wave’ fails to take hold in surprising outcome of historically predictable elections”)
- Election Takeaways: Missing Republican Wave, Trump’s Bad Night, DeSantis’ Win
- GOP’s Gain Is Short of a Wave as Biden Dodges Worst-Case Outcome (The media wanted a wave SO badly!)
- Election takeaways: No sweep for the Republicans after all
- No Signs of ‘Red Wave’ That Republicans Expected
- Analysis: Why the Expected G.O.P. Rout Fell Short (“Expected” by dumbasses in the media.)
- The vaunted red wave never hit the shore (The political media in this country is pathetic.)
- How election deniers are faring in key midterm races
- Voting was largely uneventful despite fears of intimidation and conspiracies
- The Midterm Elections Deliver a Stunning Return to the Status Quo (“The red wave never materialized, Trump’s handpicked candidates underperformed, some new faces emerged—but the country appears as evenly divided as ever.”)
- The Midterms Are a Shocking Vote of Confidence in Democrats (“Or at least a lack of confidence in the alternative.” Both?)
- Democrats Defy Gravity
- Democrats’ Elevation of Election Deniers Worked (“The party played with fire and avoided any burns with its midterm election strategy.”)
- ‘Interesting evening’: Trump has little to say as Republicans fail to deliver (“The normally talkative former president appears uneasy at Mar-a-Lago election night event”)
- Midterms bring major constitutional wins for abortion rights
- The red wave that wasn’t (“Five takeaways from a disappointing night for the GOP.”)
- Midterms 2022: How Trump endorsements worked out
- Lindsey Graham: “Definitely not a Republican wave, that’s for darn sure”
- Who Will Control The House And Senate? Here’s What We Can Say At 4:30 a.m. (“And based on simulations using FiveThirtyEight’s final forecast, the projections we do have suggest Democrats are now slight favorites to maintain their narrow edge in the Senate while ABC News estimates that Republicans have 207 seats to the Democrats’ 188, putting the GOP in position to win a majority. Still, it’s likely to be some time until we know whether those outcomes have actually happened and what the final numbers will be in each chamber.”)
- McCarthy’s victory party turns into a dud
- We Still Don’t Know Who Won, But Republicans Lost
- Biden appears to avoid the midterm Democratic purge many in his party feared
- Dems show surprising strength; control of Congress unclear (“Surprising” mostly to the media.)
- Meet the history-makers of the 2022 midterm elections
- Trump Hoped for a Celebration but Did Not Have Much to Cheer
- Trump absorbs GOP losses, while DeSantis glows with landslide victory
- Trump Threatens to Reveal Unflattering Information About DeSantis if He Runs
- Trump blasted across media spectrum over Republicans’ midterms performance: ‘Biggest loser tonight’
- For Republicans, Crime Pays, No Matter What Else Happens (Democrats need to go on the OFFENSE on this, because Republicans have an abysmally bad record on crime.)
- Trump Says He Would Support Representative Kevin McCarthy for Speaker
- Trump Keeps Musing About Journalists Being Raped in Prison — He’s Not Joking (Trump is a fascist. Period.)
- Gov. Ron DeSantis cruises to re-election, solidifying GOP hold on Florida politics (Florida is a disaster.)
- Florida Is a Red State Now (Yep.)
- ‘Not a Republican wave’: Fetterman wins in Pa. diminishing Republican hopes
- The Total Humiliation of Dr. Oz—and Trump—in Pennsylvania (“Why John Fetterman’s win is so satisfying.”)
- John Fetterman’s Unlikely Victory
- John Fetterman Sends Dr. Oz Packing Back to New Jersey (“There’s no place like home”)
- Fetterman Defeats Oz as Race for Congress Remains Tight
- After Historic Win, Hochul Confronts Challenges and Some Second-Guessing
- Maura Healey claims historic victory to become first elected woman governor in Massachusetts
- Maura Healey makes history as first openly lesbian U.S. governor and first woman elected governor of Massachusetts
- Crucial Georgia Senate race is too close to call (Leaning Warnock, though, according to the NY Times’ “needle”)
- Hochul Wins Full Term in New York Amid a Wave of Discontent (“Gov. Kathy Hochul became the state’s first woman to be elected governor, prevailing in a contest that was the closest New York has seen in decades.”)
- Democrat Josh Shapiro Clobbers Election Denier To Win Pennsylvanian Governor’s Race (Rising star!)
- NY Attorney General Who’s Become A Thorn In Trump’s Side Wins 2nd Term
- Kansas governor’s race not yet called, Kelly holds lead
- Far-Right Election Denier Doug Mastriano Refuses to Concede
- Nevada results to be delayed by Clark County ballot processing
- Vermont votes to be 1st state to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution
- Video With votes outstanding, Cortez Masto says she’s ‘confident’
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders 1st woman elected Arkansas governor (Just godawful.)
- The first Gen Z member of Congress — and several other historic firsts (“Maxwell Frost, Maura Healey, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders are among the candidates who’ve made history.”)
- Lauren Boebert’s reelection race is too close to call
- James Roesener Shatters Lavender Ceiling; First Trans Man Elected to a State Legislature in U.S. History
- Stacey Abrams Concedes to Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia
- Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet defeats Republican Joe O’Dea in Colorado, NBC News projects
- Trump-backed J.D. Vance wins Ohio Senate race against Tim Ryan (Massive mistake by Ohio voters – Tim Ryan was far, far, FAR superior to the sociopathic, deranged JD Vance.)
- Beto O’Rourke loses another marquee race, this time for Texas governor (Texas is maddening.)
- Democrat Wes Moore elected governor in historic Maryland race (Finally a Democratic governor of Maryland!)
- Maryland just voted to legalize marijuana — and 4 other states could, too
- Democrat Hobbs leads Republican Lake for Arizona governor
- In Arizona, a MAGA victory party takes a sour turn
- Meta Lays Off More Than 11,000 Employees Amid Financial Struggles
- Zuckerberg Says ‘Sorry’ as Meta Begins Slashing Over 11,000 Jobs
- Elon Musk sells $3.95 billion worth of Tesla stock
- Live Blog: Virginia Election Results 2022
- Virginia Midterms Election Day 2022: Open Thread
- Wexton fends off GOP challenge in Virginia House bellwether
- Democrat Jennifer Wexton wins Virginia’s 10th Congressional District race
- Who is Jen Kiggans, the Republican who ousted Rep. Elaine Luria? (She’s a political chameleon who morphed from being a supposed “moderate” to far-right extremist. MASSIVE downgrade from the superb patriot Elaine Luria.)
- Kiggans ousts Luria, but Democrats keep Virginia losses to a minimum (And that one loss was largely due to the moronic, fatally flawed redistricting amendment that VA Democrats failed to kill, for some bizarre reason.)
- 2022 Virginia election: Kiggans projected to unseat Luria in 2nd District; Spanberger to win in 7th, Wexton in 10th
- Spanberger notches third term, defeating Vega in the 7th District
- Abigail Spanberger again shows how to win as a centrist Democrat
- Pope & Schapiro: Overnight analysis of Virginia’s congressional races
- Rep. Ben Cline easily wins reelection in 6th District (Cline is horrendous.)
- 9th District Rep. Griffith handily wins seventh term in Congress (Griffith is an embarrassment.)
- Good grabs 5th, Throneburg concedes and says he will pray for Good (Good is one of the worst Congressmen in the country, horrible in literally every way.)
- Republicans pick up one House seat in Virginia Congressional races
- Jen Kiggans unseats Rep. Elaine Luria in Virginia’s 2nd District
- Spanberger celebrates ‘night to remember’ in Fredericksburg
- Local Virginia zoning efforts to restrict abortion aren’t new
- Shared solar is coming to Virginia. Just not all of Virginia.
- Editorial: Funding witness protection program should be top priority for General Assembly
- De Ferranti wins second Arlington term; Read leading in Fairfax City mayor’s race (“De Ferranti won more than 60 percent of ballots cast, a share of the vote on par with other Democratic incumbents in recent years”)
- DEVELOPING: Democrats poised for another sweep in Arlington, though Clement claims a few districts
- 135 Votes Separate Loudoun School Board Candidates After Election Day (“A Loudoun School Board race is too close to call, as 135 votes separate the candidates. Some mail-in ballots will be added to the tally.”)
- Read Claims Victory Over Yi In Fairfax With 8 Of 9 Precincts Counted
- Roanoke Democrats cheer another sweep
- Republicans sweep Lynchburg City Council races (“Tuesday’s results give the GOP a 5-2 majority on the council.”)
- Electric trucks are already running daily routes in Southwest Virginia
- D.C.-area forecast: Not bad today and tomorrow, then Nicole brings a rainy Friday
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