by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 25.
- How Climate Change Drives Conflict and War Crimes Around the Globe
- Beam Solar Energy From Space? These Scientists Achieve a Breakthrough
- Earth close to ‘risk tipping points’ that will damage our ability to deal with climate crisis, warns UN
- Biden Seeks Extra $1 Billion in Aid as Wars Threaten Food Supply
- How climate is helping repair the U.S.-China relationship
- Israel’s allies fear it could be walking into a trap in Gaza as Hamas and its backers seek a wider conflict
- Is This the End of the Netanyahu Era? (“A biographer of Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister on how the country’s government has responded to the crisis in Gaza—and what comes next politically.”)
- Israel’s Strikes on Gaza Are Some of the Most Intense This Century (“Israel says it has struck more than 7,000 targets in Gaza since the Hamas attacks, prompting scrutiny of the campaign’s scale, purpose and human cost.”)
- UN Security Council Rejects Dueling Pushes to Pause Gaza Fight
- America Is Lucky Biden’s in Charge (“Everyone is looking to Washington for leadership in the Middle East.”)
- Let’s not forget the Palestinian Authority’s role in this catastrophe
- Why did major news outlets take Hamas’s word on the Gaza hospital strike? (“They moved too fast, and without sufficient skepticism or caution.”)
- Biden’s post-war plan: Talks on a two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Israeli troops carry out hourslong ground raid into Gaza ahead of expected wider incursion
- Israel: From the Six-Day War to the Six-Front War
- Fresh off a hearty Putin handshake, Orban heads into an EU summit on Ukraine (Orban is evil.)
- In the Amazon, communities next to the world’s most voluminous river are queuing for water
- Remarks by President Biden and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia in Joint Press Conference
- Acapulco residents are left in flooded and windblown chaos with hurricane’s toll still unknown
- White House to unveil sweeping AI executive order next week
- White House increases outreach to Muslim and Arab-Americans in face of criticis
- Opinion | The Unexpected Climate Policy That Could Tackle Both National Debt and China (“Carbon pricing has the potential to become a bipartisan policy that could help address three major U.S. challenges.”)
- 71% of Americans believe the climate crisis is harming people now, poll shows (And the other 29% are completely clueless?)
- Biden administration advances Colorado River conservation proposal
- GDP Data to Show Temporary Boost from Summer-Spending Frenzy
- Ford, UAW reach tentative deal to end labor strikes
- Justice Thomas’s R.V. Loan Was Forgiven, Senate Inquiry Finds (In addition to being an extremist/nutjob, Clarence Thomas is totally corrupt and has ZERO business being on the Supreme Court.)
- ‘Get the right cases to the supreme court’: inside Charles Koch’s network
- House Speaker Mike Johnson Doubts Climate Science (That SHOULD be an automatic disqualifier for anyone to hold public office in America. Note that numerous Virginia Republican candidates are also climate deniers/minimizers.)
- As House speaker, Mike Johnson is as dangerous as Jim Jordan
- Jeffries calls Mike Johnson an ‘extreme right-wing ideologue’
- Mike Johnson Said Same-Sex Marriage Would Lead to People Marrying Their Pets, Wanted to Sentence Abortion Doctors to “Hard Labor” (This guy’s completely insane.)
- New Speaker Mike Johnson Is Much More Troubling Than His Benign Appearance Suggests (“Come for the Noah’s Ark theme park, stay for the relentless efforts to strip women’s and LGBTQ+ rights.”)
- Gaetz: Johnson victory proves MAGA power over Republican party
- With Rep. Mike Johnson, the House Elected a Fanatic As Speaker
- The New House Speaker Is a Far-Right Extremist Who Helped Plot 2020 Coup
- Mike Johnson’s 20-year paper trail is an opposition researcher’s dream
- Johnson Played Leading Role in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
- Mike Johnson Would Rather Not Discuss His Attempts to Overturn the Election
- FLASHBACK: Would-be Speaker Mike Johnson’s Fox interview as Trump’s mob stormed the Capitol
- The Far Right Gets Its Man of the House (“The new speaker, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, is virtually unknown to most Americans, but he can be expected to press a hard-right social and fiscal agenda.”)
- ‘I’ve prayed for each of you’: How Mike Johnson led a campaign of election denial
- How new House Speaker Mike Johnson spent years fighting against gay rights
- A fifth-string speaker suits up for House Republicans
- Mike Johnson played a central role in trying to overturn the 2020 vote
- Mainstream media ignores new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s history of anti-LGBTQ extremism
- The New Speaker is Everything Voters Hate about the GOP
- In Electing Anti-Abortion Absolutist, Climate Science Denier, Insurrectionist, etc. Mike Johnson as Speaker, House Republicans Have Gone Full MAGA/Extremist
- New speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex
- How Mike Johnson’s main strength will become his biggest liability
- Trump is forced to play by the rules in court and doesn’t like it
- Trump leaves courtroom in a huff after Cohen contradicts testimony in New York fraud trial: Recap
- Exclusive: Fulton County DA has discussed plea deals with at least 6 more Trump co-defendants
- Special counsel urges judge to reimpose Trump’s federal gag order
- The One Simple Trick For Avoiding Prison Could Be Slipping Out Of Reach For Trump (“As the coup-attempting former president’s co-defendants continue taking plea deals, his bargaining position for a deal of his own gets weaker.”)
- Judge orders Trump to take the stand in N.Y. fraud trial, fines him $10,000 for violating gag order again
- Trump’s Allies Pledged Loyalty to Him. Until They Didn’t.
- Jenna Ellis and Michael Cohen: What happens when Trump’s co-conspirators become his victims (“Ellis’ sobbing in court is hard to swallow — but her tears may matter a lot more when she testifies against Trump”)
- McConnell faces internal GOP battle over Israel, Ukraine funds
- Hundreds of police search for Maine gunman as 16 feared dead
- Massive manhunt underway after gunman kills at least 16 in Maine
- Fox News’ Newt Gingrich uses ongoing mass shooting in Maine to push less restrictive gun laws (This guy is truly heinous.)
- At Least 16 Dead and Suspect at Large in Maine Shooting
- Report: The GOP Frontrunner for Governor in North Carolina Posted a Lot of Antisemitic Stuff
- Students project anti-Israel, anti-GW messages onto library, sparking outcry
- Senate Intelligence Chairman Announces New Staff Director, Deputy Staff Director
- Sen. Kaine pushes for stronger enforcement against animal abuse with ‘CARE for Animals Act’
- DCCC: Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Puts New Extreme Speaker and His Agenda Over Virginians (“Kiggans has endorsed Johnson’s extreme agenda that bans abortion nationwide, propagates conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, and cuts Social Security.”)
- Are Virginia open records laws weaker than other states?
- Youngkin orders Virginia Inspector General to investigate voter removals
- Virginia Republicans want to restrict reproductive care for servicewomen, spouses, and veterans
- Virginia abortion battle could come down to how voters feel about the word ‘ban’ (Actually, it comes down to whether any voters fall for Republicans’ “bait-and-switch” on abortion, given that we know they want to ban it.)
- Are These ‘Reasonable’ Republicans Privately Plotting an Abortion Crackdown? (“GOP candidates in Virginia are running on a 15-week ban, but behind closed doors they suggest they’re open to going further”)
- Nearly two-thirds of Virginia Head Start centers beyond walking distance for toddlers
- What Virginia college students need to know about voting
- Richmond-area House and Senate elections heat up
- Video: Russet Perry Campaign Releases New Ad “which contrasts Perry’s priority from her time in law enforcement putting away dangerous criminals with Segura’s focus on criminalizing abortions”
- One Virginia jurisdiction is leading the way on early voting (“House District 71 includes James City County, Williamsburg and parts of New Kent County on the peninsula. It also has something special; the highest number of early ballots cast so far”)
- All qualifying Virginia students will get free tuition at Radford University, starting next fall
- Portsmouth discusses infrastructure funding, renter protection for 2024 legislative priorities
- Editorial: Data hub will be a welcome addition to Newport News’ Jefferson Lab
- GUEST OPINION: Va. must limit data centers, boost affordable housing, make school meals free (By Del. Danica Roem and Josh Thomas)
- Henrico: Sheriff Gregory faces Ford, a former Richmond officer
- D.C.-area forecast: Plenty of sun and impressively warm through the weekend
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