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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and others, for Tuesday, November 7 – Election Day 2023. Make sure you VOTE DEMOCRATIC today and remind everyone you know to do the same; the future of Virginia, and all of our rights, really depends on it!
- Just 4% of top companies meet UN climate target guidelines, study says
- 85% of people worry about online disinformation, global survey finds (Social media is a disaster.)
- Russia formally withdraws from key post-Cold War European armed forces treaty
- Blinken tries diplomacy built on empathy
- Israel says it is open to pauses in Gaza fighting
- Pressure on Israel over civilians steps up as ceasefire calls rebuffed
- U.S. diplomats slam Israel policy in leaked memo
- A disgraced former Trump official wants to deport Palestinians
- Netanyahu faces rising anger from within Israel after Hamas attack
- Netanyahu says Israel to have ‘security responsibility’ for Gaza after fighting
- Civilians Trapped in Gaza Are Running Out of Food, Fuel and Hope
- The world is turning against Israel’s war in Gaza – and many Israelis don’t understand why
- A deadly cascade: how secret Hamas attack orders were passed down at last minute (“Plan drawn up by handful of leaders was unknown to men who would carry it out until morning of attacks on Israel a month ago”)
- ‘I could never dream such a nightmare’: Gaza in grip of humanitarian disaster (“UN official, medics and displaced people tell of overcrowding, panic and lack of essentials as bombardment continues”)
- U.S. struggles to exert influence over raging war in Gaza
- What will it take to free the hostages in Gaza? Many Israelis support a prisoner swap
- US Attack Submarine Enters Persian Gulf in Message to Iran
- How the Israel-Gaza Conflict Can Avoid Ending in Stalemate
- IMF raises China GDP forecast after Beijing’s policy moves
- China Is Lending Billions to Countries in Financial Trouble
- White House says Orsted remains ‘committed’ to US offshore wind
- Solar Manufacturing Lured to U.S. by Tax Credits in Climate Bill
- WeWork, once a $47bn firm, files for bankruptcy after accruing $2.9bn debt
- Biden administration urges SCOTUS to hear trans care cases, strike down bans
- “Nightmare scenario”: Legal scholars alarmed over Trump’s “plot to abuse his power” for revenge (“Trump is ‘clear that he will curtail liberties in manners that have not been pronounced since before the Civil War'”)
- Why Does the Right Hate America?
- TV news networks are giving Trump a pass on his extremist statements (“Cable and broadcast news networks largely failed to cover Trump’s alarming statements about migrants, ‘liberal Jews,’ and Hezbollah” The “news” media in this country mostly is worse than worthless.)
- On The Stand, Trump Admits To Adjusting Property Valuations
- Trump seeks to fuel outrage with NY witness stand appearance (That’s almost all Trump EVER does – seeks to fuel outrage. The question is, why does anyone fall for it?)
- Trump claims financial statements at heart of $250m fraud trial are ‘worthless’
- Opinion: Why Trump is so ill-suited for giving testimony today
- Trump’s day in court paints a dark preview of the national ordeal ahead
- Trump Shouts at Judge and Lawyers in Wild Day on Witness Stand
- Grievances, insults, tangents: Trump brings his 2024 campaign into the courtroom
- Trump belief that 2020 election was stolen is not a defense, DOJ says
- Trump doesn’t just want to win. He wants revenge.
- Jan. 6 riot was ‘culmination’ of Trump conspiracies to overturn 2020 election, special counsel says in new filing
- Prosecutors Assail Trump’s Bid to Have Federal Election Case Dismissed (“Prosecutors said that Mr. Trump’s barrage of motions to have the case tossed out were full of ‘distortions and misrepresentations.'”)
- 3 early takeaways from Trump’s testimony
- Trump Forgets What Years He Was President While on the Stand in NY Trial (Just imagine if Joe Biden did something like this!)
- ‘I’m not a windmill person’: Trump takes the witness stand and doesn’t break character
- The Problems for Trump’s Legal Team Just Got Way Worse
- ‘He’s a child’ Trump is imploding because he thinks ‘rules don’t apply to him’: biographer
- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says Trump can’t win in 2024 as she endorses Ron DeSantis
- Trump kids’ blame claims don’t match with fraud case facts: reporter
- What Trump stands to lose in his New York civil fraud trial
- Judge Engoron Made the Right Call: Let Trump Rant and Rave
- Mike Johnson Said He and His Son Monitor Each Other’s Porn Usage, and Yeah, It’s Exactly as Weird as It Sounds (“My accountability partner right now is Jack…he and I get a report of all the things that are on…our devices once a week.” The fact that this nutjob is Speaker is beyond disturbing.)
- Dems see a big upside to Johnson’s conservative funding push (“The new speaker has leaned into the right flank’s spending crusade, giving House Democrats plenty of election messaging on cuts to education, Amtrak, LGBTQ policies and abortion rights.”)
- “Apocalypticism”: Polling expert reveals the root of “panic among conservative White Christians” (Total insanity.)
- Democrats Are Getting Really Stressed About a Trump-Biden Rematch
- Some Democrats worry Biden’s team is ignoring political warning signs
- 5 candidates qualify for the Miami GOP debate, with Doug Burgum missing out
- Michigan Poised to Join States Requiring 100 Percent Clean Electricity
- Voters Head to Polls Tuesday for Big Races in Virginia, Kentucky
- The Democrats’ Most Surprising Southern Foothold (“If Governor Andy Beshear can stave off his Republican challenger, Democrats will retain the most powerful job in one of the nation’s reddest states.”)
- Moms for Liberty members call the cops on Florida librarians (“Moms for Liberty” is a huge fan of Glenn Youngkin, by the way.)
- Jewish man dies after hitting head in altercation at dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies in California
- Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02), House Republicans Propose Cuts to Amtrak, Threatening Essential Transportation for Coastal Virginians
- Today Could Change Everything for Glenn Youngkin
- Glenn Youngkin hopes to make abortion a winning issue for Republicans
- Gov. Youngkin Accedes to Virginia NAACP Records Requests, Documents Show Voting Rights Withheld from Thousands Without Explanation or Justification (“The newly produced documents underscore the arbitrariness of the process, with Governor Youngkin apparently failing to follow even what little his administration has shared publicly about the purported bases for his decisions.”)
- Youngkin administration offers more details on rights restoration process (Ridiculous headline which whitewashes what actually happened.)
- Will Glenn Youngkin Run For President? 2024 Virginia Elections a Key Test
- Video: With Hours to Go Until VA Polls Open, DLCC Says “these races are on a razor’s edge and…some races may not even be called until about a week after the election” (Also: “We’ve got multiple paths to victory in the House in Virginia”)
- A guide to the 2023 Virginia general election: What to know before you vote
- Former SEIU Virginia 512 President David Broder: Republicans Will “move us backwards to being the worst state for working families in the nation” (“That’s why it’s so important that you make your voice heard and vote”)
- Virginia State Police prepares election ‘watch team’ for voter removals
- What happens after polls close: A 2023 VPM News voter guide
- Editorial: Don’t make excuses. Cast a ballot in today’s pivotal legislative election.
- It’s Election Day in Virginia. Here’s what you need to know about voting.
- Virginia’s statewide general election is Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know to vote. (“Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters can cast ballots as long as they are in line by 7 p.m.”)
- Abortion and Taxes Are Key Issues Driving the Fight for Legislative Control
- Why the Entire Country Should Pay Attention to Virginia’s Elections on Tuesday
- Susanna Gibson: The real reason why the Virginia GOP wants to silence and shame me (“I know that if extreme MAGA Republicans like my opponent, David Owen, win this election, we will see an abortion ban in Virginia”)
- One of Virginia’s key election battlegrounds involves a candidate who endured sex scandal
- Virginia’s capital city voting again on whether to allow a casino
- Richmond voters decide Tuesday if developers can build a casino
- UPDATED: Arlington office building housing Israeli defense firm vandalized
- Hampton Roads schools try to figure out how to comply with Youngkin’s latest order on student overdoses
- Early voting in Fredericksburg area, state lower than in 2021 (Well obviously, given that 2021 was a gubernatorial election year!)
- Virginia’s only Palestinian-American legislator condemns Israel’s actions in Gaza war (“…it was his tweet blaming Israel for an explosion at a Gaza hospital that left hundreds dead that sparked controversy online. He walks a fine line with the Democratic Party’s pro-Israel stance, political analysts say.” In fact, multiple investigations by independent news organizations, U.S. intelligence, etc, etc. found that the hospital parking lot was hit by an errant rocket fired from within Palestinian-held territory in Gaza.)
- Albemarle GOP posts, then removes endorsements of Bryce, McDermid (“Berlin and Spillman seized on the moment, painting their opponents as Republicans in disguise.”)
- Virginia Tech president acknowledges criticism from pro-Palestinian protesters on campus
- 11 candidates vie for Chesterfield supervisor seats
- Much of Roanoke’s historic Black neighborhood was lost to urban renewal. One artist’s drawings bring it back to life.
- D.C.-area forecast: Warmer-than-normal weather returns
