by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 4.
- Deep Rifts at UN Loss and Damage Talks Cast a Shadow on Upcoming Climate Conference
- Politicians who delay climate action must live with consequences, says WHO expert
- Republicans are playing dangerous games with aid for Israel and Ukraine
- Ukrainian troops battle exhaustion as war drags into second winter
- Ukraine fears being left in cold as Congress battles over Israel
- Blinken Shifts Israel Message With Backlash Growing Over Gaza Deaths
- Israel Latest: Blinken Urges ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in War
- Blinken meets Arab leaders as UN says ‘no safe places in Gaza’
- Republicans Introduce Bill To Expel Palestinians From The United States
- Netanyahu: No temporary ceasefire without our hostages released; no fuel into Gaza
- Hezbollah leader: wider Middle East conflict ‘realistic possibility’
- Hezbollah’s role in the Israel-Hamas war, explained (“Why would Hezbollah enter the fight against Israel?”)
- Congressional Democrats grow critical of Israel’s war effort
- Scoop: Blinken tells Israelis humanitarian pause will buy Israel time for Gaza operation
- The Theory of Hamas’s Catastrophic Success (“Both Hamas and Israel are making up strategies as they go.”)
- Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza denies Israeli assertion that ambulances were used by fighters
- Gaza ceasefire talks ongoing despite Israeli PM rejecting ‘pause’, says US
- Four weeks on, horror lingers in Israel’s silent kibbutzim (“Daily funerals bring little solace to a traumatised nation grieving for communities such as Kfar Aza, Ofakim and Sderot that took the brunt of the 7 October attack”)
- More than 1,000 craters: satellite images show destruction of northern Gaza Strip
- Lack of clean drinking water for 95% of people in Gaza threatens health crisis (“Polluted water supplies and salty groundwater are making people ill, with UN warning of threat of child deaths from dehydration”)
- The President of Israel: This Is Not a Battle Just Between Israel and Hamas
- Israeli settlers drive a new wave of anti-Palestinian violence in the occupied West Bank (Totally unacceptable.)
- The Dangerous History Behind Netanyahu’s Amalek Rhetoric (“His recent biblical reference has long been used by the Israeli far right to justify killing Palestinians.” The far right really sucks – everywhere.)
- Israel Must Loudly Arrest the Murderous West Bank Settlers (Agreed, do so immediately – and given them LOOONG prison sentences!)
- Israeli leaders shouldn’t neglect the history of fights against terrorism (“There is a right way to defeat Hamas. So far, this isn’t it.”)
- Blinken to Work Toward Containing the Israel-Hamas War While in Jordan
- Israel admits airstrike on ambulance near hospital that witnesses say killed and wounded dozens
- Israel Faces a More Potent Hamas Than in Last Invasion (“Militant group returned in force with drones, homegrown missiles and fortified tunnels”)
- In the Middle East, Despair Is Not an Option (“A source of inspiration is that era of history, not so distant, when leaders and movements, for all their flaws and failures, agreed to agree.”)
- Drought Saps the Panama Canal, Disrupting Global Trade
- Rescuers struggle to find Nepal quake survivors, deaths at 137
- Jim Webb Talks About Threat of China to U.S. (“Webb says the U.S. should stand up to China, particularly on cyberattacks”)
- Half of Europe’s family homes could be energy self-sufficient with solar and storage
- Similar to Mexico’s Hurricane Otis, Storm Ciarán Took Europe by Surprise (“Climate attribution is tricky. But a growing body of evidence suggests climate disasters are cropping up in unexpected places where such severe weather was thought to be rare.”)
- Dow pops more than 200 points on Friday to cap the best week for stocks so far this year
- UAW has Tesla, Toyota in its sights after contract wins at Detroit automakers
- Supreme Court to review Trump-era ban on gun ‘bump stocks’
- Appeals court pauses Trump gag order in federal election interference case
- In NY fraud trial, Eric Trump says he relied on others to verify documents
- It Just Got Worse—Again—for Donald Trump
- Judge finds Eastman culpable for ethics breaches in 2020 bid to keep Trump in power
- Here’s What Biden Can Do to Change His Grim Polling (“The president has a popularity problem. He needs to remind Americans who he isn’t.”)
- Q&A: The League of Conservation Voters’ Take on House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Voting Record: ‘Appalling’
- Does Mike Johnson Even Want to Avoid a Government Shutdown?
- Speaker Johnson needs to get serious — and fast (So far, Johnson’s been as bad as you’d expect him to be.)
- The People’s House is back in business — and crazier than ever
- House GOP approves cutting EPA budget by nearly 40 percent (These people are completely insane. And evil.)
- Democrats rage at Speaker Johnson over pairing Israel aid with IRS cuts
- During a Trip to Israel, Mike Johnson Connected With Far-Right Extremists
- Mike Johnson’s speakership marks a new phase in the white evangelical-GOP alliance
- ‘I refuse to put people over politics’: Speaker Johnson fundraises with apparent typo (That’s not really a “typo,” it’s reversing the words “people” and “politics” in a sentence.)
- Republicans, fed up with Tuberville, plot ways to bust his military blockade
- Tommy Tuberville Says Coaching College Football Was Just as Taxing as Leading the Military (Nutjob.)
- Jan. 6 rioter accused of ripping officer’s gas mask sentenced to 7 years in prison
- Trump appointee who assaulted Capitol officers on Jan. 6 sentenced to nearly 6 years
- Mark Meadows sued by book publisher over false election claims
- RFK Jr. comes ‘home’ to his anti-vaccine group, commits to ‘a break’ for U.S. infectious disease research (Deranged.)
- Jamie Raskin Marks Up George Santos’ Thank-You Note With Corrections
- Santos to run for reelection even if expelled and downplays past lies
- John Fetterman unleashed: ‘I’ve already been dead once’
- This Extremist Group Calls Itself A ‘Parental Rights’ Org. Now It’s Targeting School Boards In 1 Key State. (“Moms for Liberty is attempting to take over entire school boards in at least three Pennsylvania districts, HuffPost found.”)
- Following FBI raid, Adams defends his ‘very bright, energetic’ fundraiser (“Brianna Suggs had a big role in the campaign, and Adams says she’s staying on his reelection campaign.”)
- Of Course This Is Happening to Eric Adams (“Dogged by investigations for his entire political life, Eric Adams encounters the biggest one yet.” Adams has always been a slimeball…and continues to be a slimeball. It’s really incredible that anybody voted for him, when there were much better options available in the Dem primary.)
- Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Argues That Israel “has a right and responsibility to defend itself,” But Its “current approach…is untenable and threatens undermining our shared goal to defeat Hamas.”
- With 1 day left in early voting, data reveals Virginia’s early voting numbers are lower than in previous years
- Va Democrats renew call for gun safety laws following Maine shooting
- Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration is sending out tax rebates during election week (“Democrats are crying foul, suggesting the timing of the rebates is political in nature.”)
- Video: At Fundraiser with VA State Sen. Mamie Locke, MD Gov. Wes Moore Says, “respectfully to my colleague, Gov. Youngkin – you should not have a say [in women’s reproductive healthcare decisions]!” (Gov. Moore says Youngkin’s “literally throwing out random numbers [10 weeks? 12 weeks/ 15 weeks?],” but in fact “women who should be the ones making the actual decisions”)
- Schapiro: Assembly election, no doubt, is referendum on governor (“Anything less than restoration of full Republican control of the General Assembly — the GOP has to flip one, ideally two, seats in the Virginia Senate and hold the House of Delegates, where it has a three-seat edge — will be viewed as an absolute defeat for Youngkin, who doesn’t as much play to win as not to lose.”)
- Video: VA House Dems Leader Don Scott, Sen. Mamie Locke, Sen. Scott Surovell Rip Youngkin Administration for “trying to buy, steal and cheat their way through this election” (Del. Scott: “[Republicans] do want some people to vote early – they just don’t want people that look like me to vote early.”)
- Virginia white voters’ mail-in ballots face fewer challenges, Democrats say
- Youngkin looking at potential spending cuts to save money for next budget
- FINAL Flip and Defend-A-District Friday of 2023: Volume XX (Del. Clint Jenkins, Stella Pekarsky, Del. Suhas Subramanyam, Chris Falcon)
- Path to power in Virginia’s elections runs through a handful of suburbs
- 4 Virginia legislative candidates, including ex-congressman, are accused of violence against women
- Richmond casino promoters make racially inflammatory remarks on local radio
- Urban One addresses ‘horrible and offensive’ antisemitic remarks made against Richmond casino opponent
- Casino developer apologizes for antisemitic remarks against project’s critic
- Teacher shot by 6-year-old student can sue school district, Newport News judge rules
- UVA Law School searches for victims of rogue cop in Norfolk
- State Department asks UVA architecture students to help rebuild Ukraine
- GOP candidate Tim Griffin defies Lynchburg court orders after canceling children’s health insurance
- Coal dust continues to plague Newport News and Norfolk communities. Residents are skeptical change will come.
- D.C.-area forecast: Lots of pleasant fall weather ahead
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