by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 19.
- Plastic is a climate change problem. There are ways to fix it.
- Climate Science in Arctic ‘Broken’ as US and Europe Isolate Russia
- Climate Crossroads Fiscal Policies in a Warming World
- More than 50,000 companies to report climate impact in EU from 2024 after pushback fails
- Greta Thunberg joins second climate protest in London this week
- Russia detains Radio Free Europe journalist with dual U.S. and Russian citizenship (Under Putin, Russia is a lawless, terrorist state.)
- Putin’s prominence and the shadow of conflict: Key takeaways from China’s Belt and Road Forum
- Ukraine’s Economy Starts to Rebound as It Adapts to War (“Economists predict a return to growth, but many challenges lie ahead, including the rebuilding of war-torn cities and labor shortages.”)
- Essay | In Israel, a New War Summons Old Traumas
- U.S., Experts Say Evidence Suggests Palestinian Militants’ Rocket Hit Gaza Hospital (“Analysts dispute claims that deadly explosion was due to Israeli strike; anger builds in Middle East”)
- Survivors of kibbutz attack turn their ire on Netanyahu
- Biden’s pick for ambassador to Israel spars with Republican opponents
- Gaza hospital blast: Initial U.S. intel assessment is Israel “not responsible”
- Egypt agrees to allow aid into Gaza as Biden prepares for Oval Office address
- Hezbollah Watches and Waits (“To understand the lull in Lebanon, look to Iran.”)
- What’s Next in Gaza (“A ground invasion seems all but certain—but then what?”)
- Inside Biden’s talks with Netanyahu, Israel’s war team
- Israel to allow entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza from Egypt after U.S. pressure
- Anger boils and desperation widens as war continues
- Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza
- Palestinians trapped in Gaza find nowhere is safe during Israel’s relentless bombing
- Sunak condemns ‘horrific terrorism’ as he meets leaders in Israel
- Sunak Arrives in Israel Hoping to Build on Biden’s Progress
- “Biden has preserved the leverage”: Aaron David Miller on how to wield “influence with the Israelis” (“The president’s trip to Israel following a Hamas terror attack buys the U.S. some time — but the clock is ticking”)
- Jeremy Bowen: Joe Biden’s search for a Middle East solution just got harder
- Al-Ahli Arab hospital: piecing together what happened as Israel insists militant rocket to blame (“Justin Bronk, the senior research fellow for airpower and military technology at RUSI in London, said that while the results were not conclusive, no crater or obvious shrapnel pattern consistent with standard JDAM bombs was visible in images of the aftermath. ‘If this is the extent of the damage then I’d say an airstrike looks less likely than a rocket failure causing an explosion and fuel fire'”)
- Biden announces Gaza aid deal, will address U.S. response in speech tonight
- US vetoes UN’s call for ‘humanitarian pause’ and corridors into Gaza (“Ambassador says text was unacceptable as it did not mention Israel’s right to self-defence”)
- ‘Support our people’: growing frustration at Palestine’s leadership in West Bank
- Gaza ground war could be ‘Mogadishu on steroids,’ says former US General Petraeus
- Biden Cannot Give Netanyahu a Blank Check
- Pro-Hamas extremists and neo-Nazis flood social media with calls for violence
- U.S. lashes out at social media companies over Israel-Hamas content, as EU acts (“Violent images and misinformation are flowing — and highlighting Washington’s powerlessness.”)
- What Biden did and didn’t achieve during his trip to Israel
- In emotional speech, Biden hits notes of loyalty, emotion — and caution
- Israel was judged guilty of bombing a Gaza hospital before the evidence was in (Social media’s obviously a hot mess, but the news media also has major problems, including moving too fast and not having the expertise needed to determine what’s true and what isn’t true.)
- Xi Calls for Gaza Ceasefire in First Public Comment Since Crisis
- Mapped: The Deep Ties Between Big Ag and Europe’s Right-Wing Politicians
- Biden eases sanctions on Venezuelan oil and Republicans howl
- Argentina braces for election with economy in ‘intensive care’ (“The country goes to the polls on Sunday in a three-way race between shock libertarian front-runner Javier Milei, Peronist economy minister Sergio Massa and conservative Patricia Bullrich, with voters angry amid a harsh cost-of-living crisis.”)
- Border security looms as obstacle to Israel, Ukraine funding
- Republicans Use Israel Attack to Stoke Fears About U.S.-Mexico Border (Of course they do; Republicans are nothing if not the “stoke fear about immigrants” party.)
- Utility, charging company battle over EV fast chargers slows deployment amid massive needs
- Republicans Are Blaming Democrats for the Shitshow Dumpster Fire of Their Own Making
- Jim Jordan Is Failing to Unite the Rudderless GOP
- Jim Jordan fails to become House speaker after spending career failing to pass any bills
- Jim Jordan’s curious rise: A tale of how Christian nationalism consumed the GOP
- Senate fills the void as House GOP burns from within
- Why House Republicans Can’t Function, According to a House Republican
- Joe Biden Gets Laughs With 4 Blunt Words For Jim Jordan’s Speaker Struggles (“‘I ache for him,’ the president snarked after a reporter asked for a comment on Jordan’s struggles.”)
- Authoritarianism Expert Warns Where Threats Against Jim Jordan Opponents Will Lead
- Vulnerable Republicans face lose-lose situation with Speaker race
- Republicans who voted against Jordan’s speakership bid report menacing calls and threats to their offices
- Threats fly as US House Speaker race turns ugly
- GOP scrambles for escape hatch as Jim Jordan falls short again
- The Threat to Democracy Is Coming From Inside the U.S. House
- Why the GOP Can’t Unite
- Republicans Fear Jordan Speaker Bid Could Cost Them House Majority (Rs don’t appear to have a substantive problem with the fact that Jordan was a heavily involved 1/6/21 insurrectionist or that he covered up the sexual abuse of college wrestlers…)
- Sean Hannity signals retreat in his campaign to elect Jim Jordan as House speaker (“I’d like it to be Jim Jordan, but if you guys pick someone else, that’s up to you”)
- Jim Jordan’s detractors say they’re just getting started
- Jim Jordan’s zombie campaign for speaker
- A resounding ‘no’ for Jim Jordan
- Boehner, Gingrich: House should empower McHenry as interim Speaker
- Jordan says House must choose between Republican speaker or coalition with Democrats (House Republicans SHOULD do a coalition, but of course they won’t.)
- As Jordan wobbles, House GOP eyes potential next speaker candidates
- Jim Jordan Is About As Done As a Hunk of Brisket
- Hundreds arrested after Pro-Palestinian demonstrators flood Cannon Rotunda, Capitol complex
- Muslims And Arabs Are ‘Petrified’ After 6-Year-Old Boy Killed In Hate Crime
- Derided As Feeble And Bumbling, Biden Has Now Made 2 Visits To Active War Zones
- In case you had any lingering doubts about what Fox News is… (“As Jim Jordan tried to ascend to speaker of the House, Sean Hannity and Brian Kilmeade showed their true color: MAGA red”)
- The Real Reason Trump’s Challengers Are Still Hanging on
- Man Who Spread Misinformation on Trump’s Behalf Sentenced to 7 Months (“A digital-age dirty-trickster who used Twitter posts that looked like Hillary Clinton ads”)
- Social Media Influencer Douglass Mackey Sentenced after Conviction for Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Not Ready for Prime Time
- Trump Told Mitt Romney’s Son He Would ‘Drop’ Melania: Book
- Cornel West draws max donation from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow (This is the guy who collects Nazi memorabilia and also donated a wad of cash to Glenn Youngkin.)
- Is X Worth $1? (“Elon Musk has a big new idea to make all active users pay a small fee.”)
- Sen. Mark Warner: Senate Intel Committee Concludes “the explosion [at a Gaza hospital] was the result of a failed rocket launch by militant terrorists and not the result of an Israeli airstrike”
- Former Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn Announces Run for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District (“As a Jewish American, I have deeply felt the tragedies of the past few weeks. Congress has been left rudderless at a time of global uncertainty.”)
- Filler-Corn announces bid for congressional seat
- Former Speaker Filler-Corn to run for Congress, not governor (Actually, the governor’s race isn’t until 2025, so this 2024 run for VA10 doesn’t necessarily preclude a run for governor in 2025; it depends if Filler-Corn wins VA10 or not.)
- Mike Pompeo thinks Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin would be a “really good” president (Pompeo is horrible, including being wrong about pretty much EVERYTHING.)
- Gov. Glenn Youngkin courts donors ahead of high-stakes Va. elections
- Glenn Youngkin’s Plan to Save Gas Cars (I’m including this only because: a) it’s an example of the anti-environmental, anti-clean-energy, pro-fossil-fuels Wall Street Journal; b) the WSJ is owned by Rupert Murdoch, one of the most evil people in the world and someone who seems to have taken a fancy to Glenn Youngkin…)
- Youngkin event planner helped organize Jan. 6 rally at US Capitol
- Dominion Energy rebuilds aging power lines, preps for next gen power transfer
- Landowners ask court to pause construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Plan Langston Boulevard is a chance to make Arlington more inclusive (Absolutely – it’s looong past time to move ahead with transforming Langston Boulevard into something FAR better than it is now.)
- Senate District 31 race: Republican Juan Pablo Segura vs. Democrat Russet Perry
- Virginia municipalities crack down on short-term rentals
- How Roanoke’s minor league hockey team kept its fan base during a pandemic shutdown (“Even though a season was canceled, the owners kept paying the staff, which spent the time revamping the team’s operations.”)
- Jail board approves motion to close Hampton Roads Regional Jail by April
- D.C.-area forecast: A touch of warmth into Friday before some showers
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