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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, Veterans Day, November 11.
- One Huge Contradiction Is Undoing Our Best Climate Efforts (“The math isn’t adding up.” Exactly; carbon emissions need to be FALLING at this point – fast – and they’re not!)
- Russia renews missile attacks on Kyiv, pounds Ukraine’s east and south
- As its counteroffensive stalls, Ukraine signals readiness for a long war
- Kyiv hit by first air attack in 52 days, says Ukraine
- Ex-Nato chief proposes Ukraine joins without Russian-occupied territories (“Former secretary general says partial membership would warn Russia it cannot stop Ukraine joining the alliance”)
- Israel-Hamas fake news thrives on poorly regulated online platforms (“Claims on X and Telegram include downplaying 7 October Hamas attack and allegations Palestinians are faking scenes of suffering”)
- Hamas antitank strikes show depth of ‘powerful’ arsenal facing Israel
- Blinken: More must be done to prevent Palestinian civilian deaths in Gaza
- France’s Macron urges Israel to ‘stop this bombing’ in Gaza
- Gaza’s main hospital goes dark in intense fighting as Israel’s attacks put it at odds with allies
- What would Israel look like under a new leader – and who would benefit? (“Israelis are politically divided, but there’s widespread agreement that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government needs to go”)
- Pro-Israel groups target US lawmakers critical of Gaza war with attack ads
- Israel Latest: Saudi Arabia Hosts Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh
- Gaza’s Largest Hospital Says It Is Struggling to Keep Patients Alive
- They Ran Into a Bomb Shelter for Safety. Instead, They Were Killed. (“Hamas’s assault on southern Israel began with a barrage of rockets, sending scores of people into roadside refuges. Then gunmen came to hunt them.”)
- The brutal calculus of war: Is the killing of civilians ever justified?
- A Foreign Student Saved His Friends From Hamas. Then He Vanished (“Newly arrived from Nepal, Bipin Joshi suddenly found himself in a war zone. He threw a grenade out of harm’s way. His country is desperate to get him back”)
- The gunfire in Gaza might abate. Alas, not so the horror of global hatred.
- Iceland declares state of emergency, evacuates residents over threat of volcanic eruption
- How campaigners’ slayings hurt environmental protection in Colombia
- Why Americans Can’t Accept the Good Economic News (“They’re better off but not feeling it—which could be a really big political problem.”)
- Moody’s lowers U.S. credit outlook, citing political dysfunction (That dysfunction, of course, is 100% on the House Republican side.)
- US House Republicans eye plan to avert government shutdown as Moody’s warns
- House GOP cuts Speaker Johnson’s honeymoon short
- The House is most definitely not in order
- Mike Johnson Basically Admitted That Biden Impeachment Push Is a Partisan Sham: Report
- The Key to Mike Johnson’s Christian Extremism Hangs Outside His Office
- Why Is Mike Johnson Flying a Christian Nationalist Flag Outside His Office?
- Inside Mike Johnson’s Ties to a Far-Right Movement to Gut the Constitution
- Mike Johnson Is Even Worst Than Kevin McCarthy
- ‘A revenge term’: what would another four years of Trump look like?
- Trump suggests he would use FBI to go after political rivals if elected in 2024 (Trump: “If I happen to be president and I see somebody doing well and beating me very badly, I say go down and indict them”
- Donald Trump Isn’t Even Trying to Hide His Authoritarian Second-Term Plans
- Trump Warns He Could ‘Certainly’ Indict Political Opponents if He’s Reelected (We’re talking about a fascist dictatorship if Trump’s elected.)
- A lot of Americans embrace Trump’s authoritarianism (VERY disturbing.)
- Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans
- Judge Aileen Cannon rebuffs Trump’s call for trial delay in classified documents case — for now
- Trump spreads alleged shirtless photos of fraud trial judge
- Elise Stefanik files ethics complaint against Trump fraud trial judge (Stefanik is really evil.)
- Trump turns to oil barons to boost his White House bid
- Ohio Republicans Say It’s Their ‘God Given Right’ to Restrict Abortion Access (Nope, it’s definitely not!)
- A Wisconsin judge orders the former chief justice to turn over records related to impeachment advice
- F.B.I. Seizes Eric Adams’s Phones as Campaign Investigation Intensifies (Anyone who did any research on Adams would have known he’s always been a slimeball and not voted for him to be mayor. But apparently most people didn’t look into his background.)
- Rudy Giuliani Spends His Nights Ranting Online (“Indicted, isolated, and broke, he has one comfort left: the sound of his own voice.”)
- Two Young Democratic Stars Collide Over Israel and Their Party’s Future (“Representing neighboring districts in the Bronx, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ritchie Torres have staked sharply divergent positions on the Israel-Hamas war.”)
- White House tried, and failed, to persuade Manchin to make another Senate run
- Will Joe Manchin Run for President? Democrats Fear a Disaster.
- New York Times Slams GOP Senator For ‘Parroting Disinformation’ About Its Staff And Hamas (“The letter comes in response to Sen. Tom Cotton demanding that the Times respond to ‘reports’ of its staff being embedded with Hamas.”)
- Andy Kim launches formal challenge to Menendez: ‘It’s about being a decent human being’
- Ramaswamy now selling merch after Haley’s ‘scum’ comments (What a horrible person.)
- Declining GOP debate ratings won’t help candidates catch Trump
- With Jezebel shutting its doors, abortion coverage in the US will be worse off
- At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars
- Kaine, Warner not optimistic on chances for budget deal by Nov. 17
- As Expected, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) Announces She’s Not Running for Reelection to Congress, WILL Run for Virginia Governor in 2025 (Check out the loooong list of likely/potential candidates for the Dem and GOP VA07 nominations.)
- ‘Outrageous’: Va. leaders blast decision on FBI site
- Democrats dominate Virginia elections as Maryland wins big with FBI headquarters
- Virginia House poised to make history with first Black speaker (“The selection of Scott as speaker-designee during a Democratic caucus meeting scheduled for Saturday morning, widely expected following the party’s majority win in Tuesday’s legislative elections, sets up the likelihood that Black lawmakers will run both chambers of Virginia’s General Assembly, another historic first…When Democratic senators choose their leadership next week, Sen. Mamie Locke (D-Hampton) is in contention to become the first Black majority leader, which would complete an unprecedented concentration of Black leadership in the former capital of the Confederacy, and possibly in the South.”)
- Former leaders give perspective as General Assembly prepares to pick new leadership
- Kilgore to challenge Gilbert for House Republican leader
- Schapiro: The hope Youngkin placed in fear (That’s what Republicans have been doing for decades – stoking fear, division, etc.)
- Another Never Trump Dream Just Went Poof (That would be Glenn Youngkin.)
- Siemens Gamesa scraps plans to build blades for offshore wind turbines on Virginia’s coast
- Dem-Endorsed Fairfax County School Board Candidate Marcia St. John-Cunning Won Overwhelmingly; GOP Files “Frivolous Lawsuit” to Keep Her From Taking Office! (“Taking over school boards by any means is a well-documented national GOP strategy. This should be a wakeup call.”)
- How Fairfax Co. is responding to a rise in student absenteeism
- City Council considers funding two Richmond shelters
- Speed enforcement cameras land at 2 Richmond public schools
- PM Update: A chilly rain pulls away. Saturday is sunny and not as cold.
