by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 4. Also, thanks to Memeorandum for today’s cover image and also for making these news clips a lot easier to do every morning!
- September shattered global heat record — and by a record margin (Horrifying.)
- Pope Francis calls out fossil fuel companies, says climate action is too slow (Waaaayyyyy too slow.)
- Climate Change and Its Human Causes Cannot Be Denied, Papal Document Says
- Pope calls for binding, verifiable climate targets at next UN meeting, warns warming world nearing ‘point of no return’
- Pope Francis on climate: ‘Irresponsible’ Western lifestyle must change
- Trio wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on quantum dots, used in electronics and medical imaging
- Prepare for ‘stalling and divergent’ global growth in 2024, UN trade arm warns
- Inside Ukraine’s Strategy to Weaken Russia’s Military in Crimea
- Trump is no ghost of the past — he’s haunting Ukraine’s present
- Opinion: Why Putin wants a ‘forever war’
- The West’s united pro-Ukraine front is showing cracks
- What does speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ousting mean for US aid to Ukraine?
- Russia says it has foiled a major Ukrainian drone attack as concerns grow about weapons supplies
- Ukraine seizes nearly $5.5 million in Russian defense company’s assets
- Western ammo stocks at ‘bottom of the barrel’ as Ukraine war drags on, NATO official warns
- Some veterans say Ukraine needs to face up to prospect of long war
- US warns of Chinese global disinformation campaign that could undermine peace and stability
- The Senate begins to stand up to Egypt’s dictator
- Europe Just Launched the World’s First Carbon Tariff. Will the United States Follow Suit?
- 10-year Treasury yield trades near levels not seen since 2007, 30-year bond rate trades above 5%
- A ‘war on American energy’? So why is oil production near record highs? (The U.S. is a net energy EXPORTER, while basically every form of energy production has been soaring. In short, when you hear Republicans attacking the Biden administration for supposedly waging a “war on energy,” it’s a great example of the Big Lie – repeat it often enough, and people will believe it, no matter how completely/wildly false it is.)
- How red-state politics are shaving years off American lives
- Drugmakers agree to negotiate drug prices with government, White House says
- Payday Lenders Get Their Asses Handed To Them During Anti-CFPB Supreme Court Arguments
- The Supreme Court’s uncharacteristic moment of sanity
- ‘A travesty’: Clarence Thomas refuses to recuse in case that could benefit billionaire benefactor
- Amy Coney Barrett’s Weird Church’s Latest
- How the Supreme Court’s next gun case could deal a blow to originalism
- House Is Paralyzed, With No Speaker After McCarthy’s Historic Removal
- McCarthy’s Extraordinary Downfall Reflects an Ungovernable G.O.P.
- Kevin McCarthy’s Craven Speakership Is Over (“Republicans in disarray!”)
- McCarthy’s gone. Republican dysfunction is here to stay.
- Kevin McCarthy Is Out. The House GOP’s War Is Just Starting. (“Kevin McCarthy’s ouster from the speakership has thrown the House GOP into chaos, with multiple members already running for the job and no one close to having the votes.”)
- McCarthy stoked the extremism that felled him
- Kevin McCarthy’s embarrassing lesson: MAGA torches everything it touches — and will destroy itself (“Democrats get it: Don’t get in the way when your opponents are self-destructing”)
- Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster as US House speaker was a tragedy foretold
- Senate Republicans watch McCarthy ouster with alarm, disbelief
- Kevin McCarthy Got What He Deserved (Very much so. What a slimeball.)
- Kevin McCarthy’s Brief Speakership Meets Its End (“A revolt by right-wing Republicans toppled the leader of the House in an unprecedented vote.”)
- The rudderless GOP careens toward 2024 (“Kevin McCarthy’s undoing underscores a bigger problem — the inability to govern itself — that risks imperiling the party’s chances in 2024.”)
- Kevin McCarthy, the Ultimate Sucker
- There’s no historical analog for what happened to Kevin McCarthy
- House Republicans Are in a Driverless Clown Car
- GOP tensions explode after McCarthy bows out of speaker race
- The Only Sin That Republicans Can’t Forgive (“The fall of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy today demonstrated again that the one sin that cannot be forgiven in the modern Republican Party is being seen as failing to fight the Democratic agenda by any means necessary.”)
- House in uncharted territory after ousting of McCarthy
- Kevin McCarthy’s CBS interview, where he blamed Democrats for the near-government shutdown, tanked any hope of them saving his speakership
- The House GOP Is a Failed State
- McCarthy Ends Third-Shortest Tenure as Speaker After Ouster
- McCarthy won’t run for Speaker again
- House in Chaos: Kevin McCarthy Ousted From Speakership
- Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry Is Trusted McCarthy Lieutenant
- The next US Speaker will inherit a poisoned chalice
- McHenry ordered Pelosi to leave her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday (What a pathetic, no-class move by this @#$@!!$%^.)
- ‘Petty S**t’: Acting GOP Speaker Slammed For ‘Despicable’ Move Against Pelosi (“Patrick McHenry is coming under fire for targeting the former House speaker in one of his first moves.”)
- McCarthy Exit Means More Turmoil Before New US Shutdown Fight
- Kevin McCarthy’s ‘original sin’: What drove the House speaker’s historic downfall
- McCarthy’s Ouster Highlights Deeper GOP Dysfunction (“A small group of radicals used a quirk in the rules to boot a leader who enjoyed the support of the vast majority of the Republican conference.”)
- Texas Republican will nominate Trump for Speaker of the House
- Trump Being Nominated for House Speaker Is Becoming a Real Possibility
- Trump Posts (Then Deletes) Attack Against Judge’s Clerk During Trial
- Trump Ordered Not to Comment on Judge’s Staff in Fraud Case
- Judge Kicks Reporters Out of Courtroom to Talk to Trump and AG
- Judge issues gag order and rebukes Trump after social media post attacking his clerk
- Opinion: Matt Gaetz broke Kevin McCarthy for sport
- Donald Trump Drops Off The Forbes 400 For Second Time In 3 Years
- “A clarion call to arms”: Experts on why MAGA remains impervious to anti-Trump Republicans’ message (“Trump’s lies are perceived to be verbal weapons in the war” Completely deranged.)
- Fulton prosecutors float plea deals to Trump defendants
- Video: New Biden-Harris 2024 Ad Touts Lower Costs for Middle-Class Families (“While MAGA Republicans pretend they’re fighting for America’s middle class, President Biden and Vice President Harris are actually delivering”)
- Ramaswamy says chaos not ‘a bad thing’ after McCarthy ousted as speaker (This guy’s a total nutter.)
- Fox News’ The Five melts down over Rep. Gaetz’s successful removal of Rep. McCarthy as speaker of the House
- Arizona to cancel leases allowing Saudi-owned farm access to state’s groundwater
- Kari Lake Files to Run for Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate Seat in Arizona (Glenn Youngkin probably thinks that’s “AWESOME,” which is what he called Kari Lake last fall.)
- Sinclair stations aired a sponsored segment featuring a white nationalist who supports killing journalists (Make sure you know which one of your local news stations is owned by Sinclair – and do NOT watch it! For instance, in Northern Virginia, it’s WJLA7 – definitely do NOT watch it or treat it as real news in any way/shape/form.)
- Leonard Leo says he will not cooperate with D.C. Attorney General tax probe
- 5 shot at Morgan State University campus in Baltimore
- Seven of Virginia’s 11 House members vote to oust Speaker McCarthy
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger Statement: “In the Absence of Any Desire by Speaker McCarthy to Reverse Course and Focus on Governing, the Answer is No.” (“Speaker McCarthy’s lack of leadership has not only threatened America’s economy and national security, but it has imperiled his own speakership.”)
- Sen. Warner urges Congress to pass budget agreement
- Virginia election officials acknowledge voters mistakenly removed from rolls
- Youngkin Administration Illegally Purges Registrations of Unknown Number of Voters Amid Early Voting (“Let’s be clear: If they take total control in November, MAGA Republicans will do everything in their power to take away the right to vote”)
- Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s PAC raises over $4 million in 48 hours from billionaire donors
- Virginia Gov. Youngkin Gains Third $1 Million Donation From GOP Megadonor Who Wants Him to Make White House Bid
- Up for a vote in this election: clean energy, data centers and utility influence
- Virginia begins crafting new plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (“Federal funds from Inflation Reduction Act will go to state, three regions and Monacan Indian Nation”)
- Youngkin’s political fortunes on the line in battle for control of the Virginia Legislature
- Right-wing media dismiss “nonsense” idea of Youngkin 2024 presidential campaign
- Virginia Seniors to See Lower Drug Costs as Medicare Price Negotiations Advance
- Youngkin’s lab school board advances more applications
- Progressive groups blast Virginia Municipal League over traffic stop stance
- Video: New Ad by HD30 Democratic Nominee Rob Banse (Accurately) Calls Out His Opponent as “dangerous,” “far-right extremist who headlined ‘Stop the Steal’ rallies”
- How successful are write-in campaigns in Virginia?
- A ‘warning sign’ for Hampton Roads: Region trails other metros in employment growth
- A liberal Black city has become Va. Gov. Youngkin’s unlikely project (What the WaPo chooses to focus on – and NOT focus on – is fascinating. One thing’s for sure, they are HUGE Youngkin fanboys and fangirls, for whatever reason…maybe Jeff Bezos?)
- Fairfax County police present recommended reforms to elected officials
- Liberty University failed to disclose crime data and warn of threats for years, report says
- Franklin, Obenshain clash on abortion, climate, guns and taxes
- ‘Tiger King’ animal trainer sentenced to $10K fine, no jail time for trafficking lion cubs in Frederick Co.
- Judge rejects Loudoun school board member’s disability discrimination suit
- Arlington Declared Official ‘Book Sanctuary’ As Book Banning Surges
- D.C.-area forecast: Warm through Friday, chance of showers late Friday into Saturday
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