by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, December 2.
- We looked at 1,200 possibilities for the planet’s future. These are our best hope.
- OPEC+ to consider deeper oil output cuts ahead of Russia sanctions and proposed price cap
- Biden says he would talk to Russia’s leader but only in consultation with NATO.
- Russia ‘open’ to talks on Ukraine but presses demands after Biden comment
- Russia and Ukraine are fighting the first full-scale drone war
- EU Asks Members to Set Russia Oil-Price Cap at $60
- Official says over 10,000 Ukrainian troops killed in war (“A top adviser to Ukraine’s president has cited military chiefs as saying 10,000 to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the country’s nine-month struggle against Russia’s invasion, a rare comment on such figures and far below estimates of Ukrainian casualties from Western leaders.”)
- Belarus’ top diplomat buried as his death raises suspicions
- Mexico owes its young democracy to its elections institute. The president wants to dismantle it
- Joint Statement Following the Meeting Between President Biden and President Macron
- At state dinner, Biden and Macron stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’
- Biden and Macron seek to heal trade rift and present united front on Ukraine (“US president promises ‘tweaks’ to Inflation Reduction Act that has led to French and European concern over state subsidies”)
- As Officials Ease Restrictions Amid Protests, China Faces New Pandemic Risks
- Chinese Solar Manufacturers Dodged U.S. Tariffs, Probe Finds
- China’s Covid narrative is backfiring
- China security forces are well-prepared for quashing dissent (“When it comes to ensuring the security of their regime, China’s Communist Party rulers don’t skimp.”)
- How Qatar built stadiums with forced labor (“And hurt thousands of migrant workers.”)
- Politifact VA: Gun homicides 22 times more common in US than EU
- Stocks Meander in Build Up to Key US Jobs Report: Markets Wrap
- November job growth slowed but will still show strength despite layoffs, hiring freezes
- Senate votes to avert costly rail strike
- Gas Prices Are Expected to Fall Even Further
- The Hill’s Morning Report — Biden poised to sign bill to avert rail strike
- Trumpists are vowing to sabotage Biden. Act on this now, Democrats.
- Supreme Court to Decide Whether Biden Administration Can Provide Mass Student-Loan Forgiveness (Any time you see, “Supreme Court will decide,” it’s almost certainly going to be bad.)
- Trump’s very bad week leaves him teetering on the brink of disaster
- Jan. 6 panel meets to mull potential criminal referrals for Trump, others
- Trump’s classic delay and divert legal strategy is running out of road
- Appeals Court Scraps Special Master Review in Trump Documents Case
- Trump Mar-a-Lago special master struck down by appeals court
- 2 House Trump investigations, 1 month, many loose ends
- GOP tension builds over House speaker race as McCarthy and critics prep for floor fight
- Progressives warm to Jeffries as new Democratic leader
- The GOP’s 2022 “autopsy” won’t pull it out of its right-wing media bubble
- The MAGA cult should face facts: America will never be theirs ‘again’ (“The GOP keeps fighting the culture wars, but it’s already lost.”)
- Kanye West, Donald Trump’s Dining Companion, Tells Alex Jones, “I’m a Nazi,” Lists Things He Loves About Hitler (“In a sign of how horrifyingly antisemitic the rapper’s remarks were, they appeared to make Jones, a professional troll, as uncomfortable as the audience.”)
- It Took Ye Praising Hitler Before the House Judiciary GOP Took Down Its Infamous Tweet
- Kanye West and the end of “wink-nudge” antisemitism
- Kanye’s tragicomic, antisemitic Alex Jones meltdown: Absurdism in the service of fascism (“Fascism thrives on gruesome caricature — and it’s tough to beat a pro-Trump Black rapper praising Adolf Hitler”)
- Uh, Politico? Biden didn’t make Marjorie Taylor Greene “the face of the GOP” — Republicans did (“Between blaming Democrats for MAGA Republicans and celebrating Trump’s babysitter, media keeps coddling GOP” The political media in this country is a disgrace.)
- Media Industry Ends 2022 With Bad News for Journalists (“CNN and Gannett staffers face layoffs, NPR announced a near-total hiring freeze, and The Washington Post is killing its award-winning Sunday magazine.”)
- Report Suggests Tax Audits of Trump Foes Were Random, but Leaves Questions
- Newt Gingrich warns GOP: Biden’s winning
- Biden pushes South Carolina as first primary state, elevates Georgia and Michigan
- Kanye West Tells Alex Jones: ‘I Like Hitler’
- House Judiciary Republicans delete ‘Kanye. Elon. Trump.’ tweet as rapper praises Hitler
- Kanye West’s Deal to Buy Parler Has Been Terminated
- Elon Musk suspends Kanye West from Twitter for inciting violence
- Musk’s Beloved Twitter Polls Are Bot-Driven Bullsh!t, Ex-Employees Say (That’s been glaringly obvious all along.)
- Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg gets 11 years as probe into congressman stalls, sources say
- Cochise vote totals OK’d; reluctant supervisor joins colleague to certify results
- Five reasons why the Georgia Senate runoff matters
- Obama closes for Warnock in Georgia Senate race (“Just weeks since his last visit to energize Democrats in the southern state, Obama acknowledged that voters have reason to be weary.”)
- Trump Saddled Republicans With Herschel Walker And Has Now Abandoned Him In Runoff (“Some Republicans believe Trump’s involvement would hurt Walker on Dec. 6 — but he hasn’t even spent money to turn out the vote.”)
- Why Democrats should like the early voting patterns in the Georgia Senate runoff (“So far in early voting, Black voters make up a little more than 33% of the electorate, while White voters account for 54%. At a roughly similar point in the general election based on the number of early votes cast, about 31% of voters were Black and about 57% were White.”)
- CNN Poll: Warnock holds a narrow edge over Walker in final undecided Senate contest (“Overall, 52% of likely voters say they plan to support Warnock in Tuesday’s runoff and 48% pick Walker.”)
- Eric Adams’s mental illness plan isn’t enough. Demand more, and better.
- High-profile Democrats backing Spanberger for battleground leadership position (“The signatories to the letter are Reps. Susie Lee (Nev.), Jared Golden (Maine), Elissa Slotkin (Mich.), Jennifer Wexton (Va.), Mikie Sherrill (N.J.), Ann Kuster (N.H.), Kim Schrier (Maine) and Josh Gottheimer (N.J.). Most of the signers won in closely contested races in the midterm elections last month.”)
- Virginia’s Historic Opportunity to Elect a Black Woman to the US House of Representatives (“State Senator Jennifer McClellan has more legislative experience and successes than virtually any other potential candidate.”)
- Pope & Schapiro: McEachin’s legacy and what happens next
- Virginia reports first monkeypox death
- Virginia Tourism Corporation has pattern of no-bid contracts (“Tourism board spent up to $11.8 million on no-bid contracts since 2017.”)
- Miyares’ integrity unit is sop to election deniers
- VA House Dems’ Leader Don Scott: “It is unacceptable that the leader of our state would support legislation that poses a direct threat to the lives of half our population” (“But we’ve come to expect the unacceptable from Youngkin.”)
- Opinion: Blaming localities for the housing crisis is misguided
- 40 Groups Call on Forest Service, BLM Not to Rush Enviro Reviews on Mountain Valley Pipeline (Karenna Gore: “The government should not hand over public land to private interests who damage it — all for the sake of a project that not only does not benefit the public, but could do considerable harm.”)
- Virginia hemp panel suggests tougher rules on unregulated THC products
- Around Virginia, transit agencies navigate the transition to electric buses
- Editorial: Book banners in Spotsy just warming up
- Editorial: In love with Hampton Roads
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunshine is dominant ahead, with a bit of rain intermixed
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