by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 4.
- Parking lots are becoming as important as cars in climate change efforts (“France will require all parking lots with 80 or more spaces to be covered by solar panels…Solar carports and rooftop solar are the design options that businesses from grocery stores to warehouses are more likely to deploy as costs come down.”)
- Jabal: the new wheat scientists say can withstand extreme heat and drought
- Cutting energy prices will take years – power boss
- OPEC+ agrees no change to oil policy, sources say (Reminder: we need to get off of oil for several major reasons.)
- Biden and Putin just said they’re open to talks. Don’t count on it happening soon.
- Russia says it won’t accept oil price cap and is preparing response
- US intel chief thinking ‘optimistically’ for Ukraine forces
- Ukraine war: Fighting set to slow for winter months, says US intelligence
- U.S. intel chief say Russia is using up ammunition in Ukraine faster than it can replace it
- President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said the $60-a-barrel price cap set on Russian oil was too high.
- Top EU Fraud Cop Turns Sights on Russian Sanctions Evaders, Billions in Tax Fraud
- As Macron Loses His Sheen at Home, Harmonious U.S. Visit Is ‘Regenerative’
- Iranian athlete’s family home demolished by officials, media outlet says (This government is disgusting.)
- Iran Suspends Morality Police That Sparked Massive Protests
- Iran locked into ‘vicious cycle’ over protests and arming Russia, says US
- Iran executes four men convicted of cooperating with Israel, state media report
- Elon Musk’s Twitter risks opening floodgates of hate speech and extremism in India (“You just don’t know what he is thinking. And it is scary”)
- China reports 2 new COVID deaths as some restrictions eased
- Pentagon chief: US faces pivotal years in countering China
- What the Chinese People Are Revealing About Themselves
- A new generation of Chinese dissenters might be rising to challenge Xi
- The Chinese Dream, Denied: Harsh Measures Shake Beijing’s Social Contract (“Strict Covid restrictions exemplify how Xi Jinping has rewritten an implicit bargain with China’s people that provided stability and comfort.”)
- Taiwan Faces Its Ukraine Moment (“The island’s people seem blissfully oblivious of a looming conflict with China. The U.S. can’t afford that luxur”)
- Revealed: UK has failed to resettle Afghans facing torture and death despite promise
- Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ policies, explained
- We’re America’s most loyal ally in Syria. Don’t forget us.
- Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa leader won’t resign, says spokesman
- Biden attempts to restore America’s global standing with state dinner pageantry
- Biden, Macron and the end of the Reagan-Thatcher era
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: Since COVID Started Three Years Ago, “6.6 million people have died of COVID with 1.09 million deaths in the US”
- From chicken wings to used cars, inflation begins to ease its grip
- UVA Prof. Larry Sabato: “Every single Republican candidate and officeholder” Should Be Asked If They Support Trump’s “treasonous desire to ditch our Constitution so that he can illegally be restored to power” (“No answer = agreement with Trump”)
- Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post
- Trump Calls For ‘Termination’ Of Constitution Over Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ Leak
- POLITICO Playbook: Trump’s pre-runoff message: Terminate the Constitution
- White House rebukes Trump’s suggestion to suspend Constitution over 2020 election
- Trump: Constitution should be terminated due to “massive” election fraud (In fact, there was essentially ZERO election fraud.)
- After the January 6th Committee (“It will cease to exist, as a result of the Republicans’ regaining control of the House. Can the committee’s work move forward without the committee itself?” It needs to.)
- Donald Trump ought to face the same charges the Oath Keepers did (Absolutely, and he should receive a similar verdict.)
- Some Trump Jewish Backers at Breaking Point After Kanye West, Nick Fuentes Meeting (If you’re Jewish and you back Trump, just…WTF?!?)
- Non-religious voters wield clout, tilt heavily Democratic (“And they’re voting in large numbers. In 2022, some 22% of voters claimed no religious affiliation, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 94,000 voters nationwide. They contributed to voting coalitions that gave Democrats victories in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona.”)
- How Democrats’ New Primary Calendar Changes the Chessboard
- North Carolina’s dubious constitutional theory could undermine elections
- Scoop: Senate plots pro-pot move for lame-duck
- The surprise winner in the new Democratic primary calendar (“If Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) wins his runoff Tuesday, expect rising buzz he could be a promising Democratic presidential candidate in 2024, if President Biden doesn’t run, or beyond.”)
- Georgia Senate runoff smashes early voting records — and attracts new voters
- ‘I’ve never been hiding’: Walker defends campaign ahead of Tuesday’s runoff (Walker may be the single worst Senate candidate – most disgraceful, unqualified, unhinged, etc. – in U.S. history.)
- The shadow race is on to succeed Feinstein
- The Twenty-Seven Most Embarrassing Reactions to Taibbi Thread About Twitter Censoring Hunter Biden Tweets
- Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson Don’t Understand the First Amendment (“Twitter is a private company—not the federal government.” Exactly, and the First Amendment says that CONGRESS “shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech” Did CONGRESS do that in this case? Absolutely not. Nor did the executive branch or the U.S. government in general.)
- Elon Musk’s promised Twitter exposé on the Hunter Biden story is a flop that doxxed multiple people (Pure evil.)
- ‘SNL’ Goes Off on Kanye West for Declaring ‘I Like Hitler’
- Tobias: Confirm Judge Robert Ballou to the Western District of Virginia
- Editorial: Spanbeger is reviving politics as public service (Yep, the Free Lance-Star misspelled “Spanberger” in its headline.)
- Check Out the Right-Wing Groups, Including the “tiny Christian college…driving the right’s nationwide war against public schools,” Which Helped Write Youngkin’s Godawful Draft History Education Standards (Del. Schuyler VanValkenburg: “that’s who Governor [Youngkin] asked to write – in secret – our [history education] standards.”)
- Column: Schools have a moral (and legal) obligation to resist ‘divisive concepts’ ban (“Let’s be clear: Youngkin’s executive order does not constitute a change in any state laws, and local school divisions do not need to follow any of the directives in policy or practice.”)
- Mayor Stoney returns to Richmond after attending Mayors Against Antisemitism Summit in Greece
- After a Va. queer bar shooting, LGBTQ residents decided they’d had enough (“The shooting galvanized the LGBTQ community and the city how has more LGBTQ elected officials than any locality in Virginia.”)
- Opinion: People with disabilities need more from Norfolk
- As methane levels increase globally, two Southwest Virginia companies respond
- Northern Va. garbage collector shutters, residents left to clear trash strewed streets
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny but colder today; shower chances Tuesday and beyond
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