by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, November 28.
- Biggest Climate Talks Ever Confront Global Chaos and Record Heat
- Fossil fuel lobbying in the spotlight at COP28
- Former world leaders seek $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damage (“Gordon Brown leads those signing letter to Cop28 and G20 presidents calling for levy to help fill ‘loss and damage’ fund”)
- 1.5 Degrees: A Tiny Number With a Global Effect
- Here’s How the World Looks When We Use Up All of Our Water
- How to end plastic pollution on Earth for good
- McConnell faces difficult test leading GOP on Ukraine
- ‘At what cost?’ Ukraine strains to bolster its army as war fatigue weighs
- Speaker Johnson says he’s ‘confident’ Ukraine, Israel aid will pass House
- Putin hijacks Israel-Gaza war to fuel tensions in the West
- Netanyahu Welcomes Elon Musk to Israel After Antisemitic Post (Netanyahu is a disgrace to Israel and to the Jewish people.)
- Elon Musk wants to be a world leader. His own behavior is holding him back (Musk is a bigot and a buffoon, among other things.)
- CIA director pushes big hostage deal in secret meeting with Mossad chief
- Biden’s bear hug worked with Israel
- Elon Musk Wields Starlink in Israel to Curb Uproar Over Antisemitism (F*** Musk)
- Gaza Is Falling Into ‘Absolute Chaos,’ Aid Groups Say
- Israel and Hamas Extend Their Truce as Blinken Heads to Region
- Israel and Hamas extend their truce, but it seems only a matter of time before the war resumes
- First of Three US Flights Carrying Gaza Aid Will Arrive in Egypt
- Teenage siblings freed from Hamas captivity, only to learn their mother had been murdered (“Siblings Noam and Alma Or were freed from Hamas captivity on November 25, only to discover their mother had been murdered”)
- Gaza crisis ‘catastrophic’ as truce enters fifth day, UN warns
- Israel and Hamas prepare to exchange more captives amid extended cease-fire deal
- Southeast Asian dynasties are rising again. That’s troubling news.
- North Korea, US envoys engage in rare, public sparring match at UN
- Rescuers successfully drill through to trapped men in Himalayan tunnel in breakthrough for perilous operation
- 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India for 17 days are on verge of rescue, official says
- France vow to tackle ultra-right after teen killing
- Gold Bars and Tokyo Apartments: How Money Is Flowing Out of China
- Vietnam Is Jailing Environmentalists Who Helped It Secure Billions (Wildly unacceptable.)
- Americans Love Avocados. It’s Killing Mexico’s Forests. (“Illegal deforestation for avocado crops points to a blood-soaked trade with the United States involving threats, abductions and killings.”)
- “Carbon Cowboys” Chasing Emissions Offsets in the Amazon Keep Forest-Dwelling Communities in the Dark
- US production of planet-heating fuels hits record levels
- Two US projects highlight divide over carbon removal’s role in climate fight
- Biden condemns shooting of Palestinian students: ‘No place for violence or hate in America’
- Man pleads not guilty in shooting of 3 Palestinian American students in Vermont
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Strengthen America’s Supply Chains, Lower Costs for Families, and Secure Key Sectors (“These efforts helped unsnarl supply chains, re-normalize the flow of goods, and lower inflation.”)
- ‘Stop the price-gouging’: Biden hits corporations over high consumer costs
- Biden campaign jumps into ObamaCare fight
- The Case That Could Destroy the Government (“What was once a fringe legal theory now stands a real chance of being adopted by the Supreme Court.”)
- The Rule Of Law Is The Only Thing That Matters In 2024
- Pence told Jan. 6 special counsel harrowing details about 2020 aftermath, warnings to Trump: Sources
- Judge denies Trump’s ‘fishing expedition’ to subpoena Jan. 6 committee records
- Bid to hold Trump accountable for Jan. 6 violence stalls at appeals court (Trump should have been in prison a LONG time ago. These constant delays are f’ed up.)
- Judges in the Trump Jan. 6 Trial Need a Rocket Docket (Exactly; this is all going WAAAAAYYYY too slowly.)
- Trump’s New Gambit to Delay His Trials Isn’t Quite Working
- With Trump moving closer to renomination, rewriting Jan. 6 attack gains urgency (And by “rewriting,” the headline really meant to say “wildly lies about.”)
- In Countdown to Iowa, Trump Is Coasting, as DeSantis and Haley Clash
- Jonathan Braun, the drug smuggler Trump pardoned, once flew to California to beat an associate with a belt, prosecutors alleged
- Trump Organization no longer prepares financial statements at heart of trial, executive testifies
- Georgia prosecutors oppose plea deals for Trump, Meadows and Giuliani
- Antagonisms flare as red states try to dictate how blue cities are run
- It’s a good thing women won’t date Trump voters (“Now the Washington Post has joined a campaign to shame women for having the bare minimum ‘no Trump voters’ standard”)
- Let’s Stop Treating Polls as Actual News Events (“The stakes of 2024 are too important for the media to obsess over every ‘snapshot’ of the electorate, writes Molly Jong-Fast.”)
- GOP faces ominous signs in effort to avoid January shutdown
- Expelling George Santos: Democrats May Force GOP’s Hand
- Johnson speaks to Santos ‘about his options’ amid threatened expulsion
- Mike Johnson Spoke to George Santos About His “Options” Right Around the Time Santos Accused His Colleagues of Being Drunk Felons Who Have Sex With Lobbyists Every Night
- Nikki Haley Is Coming for Your Retirement
- Nikki Haley’s Latest Terrible Idea (Does Haley ever have an idea that *isn’t* terrible? If so, what is it?)
- Florida state official lay collapsed for 24 minutes outside Ron DeSantis’s office (“Peter Antonacci, the chief elections fraud official, died after a heated meeting in the governor’s office and slumped in the hallway”)
- Kevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via War (“The former House Speaker appears to know very little about U.S. history.”)
- Fox News misleads about its own reporter’s question to Biden (Fox “News” is a complete joke and should be treated accordingly.)
- Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers (Bizarre.)
- In Alabama, another small-town paper hit in ‘open season’ on free press (Unacceptable.)
- US presidents and first ladies to gather for tribute to Rosalynn Carter
- Prince William County Supervisor Margaret Angela Franklin Launches Campaign for VA07 Democratic Nomination (VA07 “is consistently ranked one of the most competitive Congressional Districts in the country”)
- Pr. William supervisor Margaret Franklin joins race for Spanberger seat (“Franklin is a former congressional aide who earlier this month was reelected to her second term on the Prince William County board.”)
- Virginia’s battleground 7th Congressional District draws a large number of hopefuls (“Nine competitors have filed statements of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission as of Monday morning. That number includes five Republican candidates and one Independent, along with three Democrats who filed within days of Spanberger’s announcement that she will not seek re-election.”)
- Community college enrollment rises in Virginia but remains below pre-pandemic levels
- Editorial: Virginia needs your help to secure its share of federal internet funding
- As respiratory virus season hits Virginia, physicians offer advice
- State report says welfare programs help get people jobs but those jobs don’t get them out of poverty
- Southside lacks crucial infrastructure. Are city priorities, history holding it back?
- A need for speed? Behind Virginia’s drive to boost auto racing
- Voting starts this week in Virginia Beach City Council special election
- Western Loudoun Power Line Proposal Stirs New Community Concerns
- Martinsville-area drug court focuses on treatment over punishment for cases that stem from addiction
- D.C.-area forecast: Winter chill through tomorrow, then somewhat milder into the weekend
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