by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 3.
- Earthshot fund gives £1m to UK scientists fighting climate crisis
- Countries split on plastics treaty focus as U.N. talks close
- Should you not have kids because of climate change? It’s complicated. (“According to one study, the emissions reduction from having one fewer child dwarfs all other individual actions.”)
- Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant, WHO says
- Defaults Loom as Poor Countries Face an Economic Storm
- US Seeks to Reassure Oil Market Before Russian Price Cap Hits
- Ukraine war: Price cap on Russian oil will hit Putin immediately – US
- After Kherson, Ukraine’s military ponders new push south and east (“A logical step for Ukraine would be to press south through the Zaporizhzhia region and sever the ‘land bridge’ between Russia and Crimea.”)
- Biden not planning to speak to Putin for now, G7 agrees oil price cap
- Edward Snowden swears allegiance to Russia and receives passport, lawyer says (How do you spell Snowden? T-R-A-I-T-O-R)
- Ukraine Clamps Down on Orthodox Church Linked to Moscow
- Oligarch’s $200m superyacht to be sold at auction to benefit Ukraine
- China continues lifting Covid restrictions despite near-record case numbers
- After Fanning Covid Fears, China Must Now Try to Allay Them
- Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China
- FBI director raises national security concerns about TikTok
- Finland PM Sanna Marin says Europe is ‘not strong enough’ without the US
- Macron says he had ‘clear and honest’ discussion with Musk on Twitter policy
- Biden vowed ‘consequences’ for Saudi Arabia after oil production cut. But the U.S. has no plans to follow through. (That’s a mistake.)
- Gas Prices Are Dropping: Here’s How Much Lower They Might Go
- The blazing hot jobs report just put the Fed on a tightrope
- Jobs Growth, Wage Gains Remained Strong in November
- All but six states are experiencing high respiratory virus levels
- Is the American West Finally Ready to Kill the Lawn? (“A historic agreement to save the Colorado River by tearing up more grass is a small step, but a crucial one.” Everyone should replace their lawn – which is bad in pretty much every way – with native plants, etc.)
- GOP coalesces behind nameless, faceless Thing that is not McCarthy
- The GOP is stuck in a doom loop begun 30 years ago
- As Pelosi bows out, chaos enters (stage right) (“Pelosi is leaving in a burst of productivity before the House becomes a lawmaking dead zone.”)
- Kevin McCarthy reveals exactly how the GOP House will protect Trump
- The Senate Sandbagged Biden with No Deal on Sick Days for Rail Workers (Actually, it was Senate *REPUBLICANS* who did that.)
- Biden Urges Politicians to Call Out and Reject Anti-Semitism
- The GOP Can’t Hide From Extremism (“A perfect storm is brewing among Trump, Fuentes, Ye … and Twitter.”)
- Both sides see high stakes in gay rights Supreme Court case
- Pentagon reveals secretive B-21 bomber in California (“The B-21 Raider is expected to be more advanced than any other aircraft now in the U.S. military’s arsenal.”)
- Dems move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st voting state
- Democrats Approve Biden-Backed Plan to Change Presidential Nominating Calendar
- DNC moves forward with dramatic change to presidential primary calendar
- Democrats Elevate South Carolina, Michigan In New Presidential Primary Schedule
- Harris’ comms director, Jamal Simmons, is set to depart from office
- Warnock focuses on turnout as early voting ends in Georgia runoff
- Walker, Warnock, and the Epic Battle for Georgia’s Soul (If you vote for the deranged, violent, completely unqualified Herschel Walker, there’s something seriously wrong with you.)
- In Georgia runoff, GOP worries about Walker, Trump and party’s future
- Georgia shatters single-day early voting record again
- Trump Is Going to Have to Find a New Way to Scam the Legal System
- What happened during closing arguments in the Trump Org. criminal trial
- Donald Trump, Running for President in 2024, Defends Violent Mob That Broke Into the Capitol Over His 2020 Loss (“File this under the billionth reason the man should not be allowed to enter the District of Columbia ever again.”)
- Trump’s legal woes just keep piling up
- The Mysterious Fourth Man At The Trump-Ye Dinner Tells His Story
- The Memo: Trump’s 2024 campaign stumbles out of the gate
- MSNBC’s cancellation of Tiffany Cross sends a chilling signal
- The New York Times Newsroom Gets Ready to Walk Out
- Elon Musk’s Big ‘Twitter Files’ Reveal Turns Into Snoozefest
- In Elon Musk’s chaotic Twitter reign, right-wing extremists and conspiracy theorists are back
- Twitter’s former safety chief warns Musk is moving fast and “breaking things”
- Twitter Is Regressing Into a Cesspool of Climate Misinformation
- Elon Brings One of America’s Most Prominent Nazis Back to Twitter
- Twitter unbans neo-Nazi who said women should be ‘raped and locked in cages’
- Twitter Keeps Missing Its Advertising Targets as Woes Mount
- Elon Musk’s ‘amnesty’ pledge brings back QAnon, far-right Twitter accounts
- Under Elon Musk’s new “general amnesty” plan, right-wing accounts pushing misinformation are brought back to Twitter
- The Truth about Kanye West Is Now Indisputable
- Ron DeSantis stays silent on the Trump-Ye fiasco. Now why could that be? (Youngkin, who views DeSantis as a role model, has also been silent.)
- N.Y. Attorney General’s Top Aide Resigns After Sexual Harassment Claims
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Touts Long, Impressive List of 2022 Accomplishments, Calls for Additional Progress (A truly historic list of major accomplishments by our superb US Senator!)
- Who Are the Possible/Likely Democratic Contenders in VA04? Will Youngkin Set an Early Special Election Date, or Try to Keep Seat Vacant for Months?
- Schapiro: Even when time was short, McEachin played a long game
- Virginia nearing a labor crisis, Richmond Fed president says
- On economic development, Youngkin says Virginia needs to stop ‘playing small ball’ to beat other states (Youngkin’s so dumb. In fact, Virginia hasn’t been “playing small ball,” as evidenced by the massive successes we had under governors McAuliffe and Northam.)
- List shows who provided input on Youngkin draft history standards
- Faced with questions about Kari Lake, Youngkin says candidates should ‘move on’ at end of election process
- “Delete this antisemitic filth”: VA Dems Respond to VA GOP’s Tweet Attacking Del. Don Scott For Receiving Donation From George Soros (Rep. Elaine Luria: “The GOP continues to use antisemitic signaling language to its base just like their leader Donald Trump.”)
- VA Dem SD31 Candidate Russet Perry Rips Sen. Jill Vogel (R-SD31) for Her Role in Kanye’s 2020 Presidential Campaign, Calls for Investigation (Perry: It’s “jaw-dropping” that Vogel was part of “an operation driven by dark money, bigotry and extremism”)
- US Navy investigating 4 apparent suicides in a month at same facility
- Should Virginia lower its voting age for local elections? One delegate thinks so
- Chesapeake wants to make it easier to perform traffic stops in legislative wish list
- Virginia county poised to take unusual step to preserve Confederate statue (“The Mathews County Board of Supervisors is moving ahead with unusual plans to deed the public land under a Confederate statue on the historic courthouse green to a private preservation group, aiming to prevent any future residents from taking it down.” What a joke.)
- Fairfax County has a police officer shortage. A youth program may help
- Traffic shift on I-66: 3 people required to use HOV lanes
- D.C.-area forecast: Morning raindrops to midday winds, then colder air spills in
