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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 4.
- Tripling Renewables Is Difficult But Completely Doable
- New World Bank Chief Hails COP Momentum as Climate Pledges Mount (“Bank is putting $40 billion in annual climate finance to work; Banga says he’s keen to restore credibility of carbon markets”)
- John Kerry says no coal plants should be ‘permitted anywhere in the world’ (Correct.)
- Al Gore slams COP28 climate summit host UAE, says its emissions soared
- Open secret at climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone
- Bill Gates Says Chances of Meeting 2C Warming Goal Fading Fast
- COP28 President’s Fossil Fuel Phase Out Talk Draws Condemnation
- Al Jaber says comments claiming there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels were ‘misinterpreted’ (“The phase-down and the phase-out of fossil fuels … is essential. It needs to be orderly, fair, just and responsible.”)
- More Than 100 Countries at COP28 Call For Fossil Fuel Phaseout
- Agreement to phase out fossil fuels would be huge for humanity, says Gore (“Exclusive: former US vice-president and climate activist says phase-out can be only measure of success for Cop28”)
- The Climate Can’t Afford Another Trump Presidency
- Miscalculations and divisions marked offensive planning by the U.S. and Ukraine (Ukraine needs ATACMs and big-time air power.)
- Evan Gershkovich, Detained for 250 Days, Is Still Bringing His Friends Together (This is WILDLY unacceptable by Putin.)
- Outnumbered and outgunned by Russians in brutal riverside battle (We need to make sure that Ukraine is NOT outgunned!)
- A Prison at War: The Convicts Sustaining Vladimir Putin’s Invasion (“Nearly 200 inmates left a high-security Russian prison to join the war in Ukraine, seeking redemption, money or freedom. Many were killed or wounded.”)
- TRUMP WILL ABANDON NATO (“If reelected, he would end our commitment to the European alliance, reshaping the international order and hobbling American influence in the world.”)
- US threatens ‘appropriate responses’ after Iran-backed assault on commercial ships
- The Pentagon says a US warship and multiple commercial ships have come under attack in the Red Sea
- U.S. Is Pressing Israel and Hamas to Resume Talks, White House Official Says
- Kirby: US intelligence had no knowledge of Hamas’ attack plan documents
- Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive but Palestinians are running out of places to go
- Israel army ‘in all areas of Gaza’ as new evacuations ordered
- Palestinians Face Harrowing Hunt for Safety as War Intensifies
- U.S. Pushes Israel and Hamas to Restart Talks
- Who will run Gaza after the war? U.S. searches for best of bad options.
- Israel Widens Gaza Offensive as US Fends Off Red Sea Attacks
- US Warns Iran-Backed Houthis After Red Sea Shipping Attacks
- Israel’s War Aims Move South With Hamas Leadership in Crosshairs
- Defense Secretary Says Israel Risks ‘Strategic Defeat’ If Civilian Lives Not Protected
- IDF expands Gaza ground operations
- Western start-ups seek to break China’s grip on rare earths refining
- Venezuelans approve a referendum to claim sovereignty over a swathe of neighboring Guyana (WTF?)
- Mount Marapi: Eleven hikers killed as volcano erupts in Indonesia
- Spanning Two Worlds, Judith Kimerling Explores Ecuador’s Rainforest and the Rule of Law That Might Save Those Who Live There
- Modi’s Party Wins Key State Polls, Boosting Bid for Third Term
- Rooftop solar installs smash record as households turn to bigger systems, put pressure on coal
- Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says
- One Supreme Court Case Could Mess Up Chunks of the Tax Code
- The Supreme Court’s Utter Disregard for Science Is Somehow About to Get Worse
- IS JOURNALISM READY? (“The press has repeatedly fallen into Donald Trump’s traps. A second term could render it irrelevant.”)
- AN UNIMAGINABLE THREAT (“American democracy survived the first Trump presidency. That doesn’t mean it would survive a second.”)
- “This Is the Final Compromise”: Donald Trump and the Implosion of the American Evangelical Movement
- A Warning (“America survived the first Trump term, though not without sustaining serious damage. A second term, if there is one, will be much worse.”)
- “Part Mussolini, part Berlusconi, part Putin”: Historian on Trump’s planned “legal revolution”
- Liz Cheney would rather see Democrats win in 2024
- Video: At UVA, Conservative Liz Cheney Says “You Can’t Be for Donald Trump & for the Constitution”; Reelecting Trump Means the “End of the Republic” (Cheney adds that Speaker Mike Johnson “absolutely” is a “collaborator to overthrow the last election”; “I do think it presents a threat if the Republicans are in the majority in January 2025.”)
- Trump’s Defense to Charge That He’s Anti-Democratic? Accuse Biden of It (The headline should read, “FALSELY Accuse Biden of It.” Unfortunately, the media is incapable of meeting the moment we’re in.)
- Trump is showing how a second term would rewrite the rules of presidential power (This headline also is unclear, whitewashed. In fact, Trump is planning to completely destroy our democracy, government, constitution, etc.)
- Why a Second Trump Presidency May Be More Radical Than His First (“Donald Trump has long exhibited authoritarian impulses, but his policy operation is now more sophisticated, and the buffers to check him are weaker.”)
- Trump’s revenge? GOP braces for daily blasts from ‘orange Jesus’
- The Dirty Tricks the GOP Is Using to Keep Abortion Off the Ballot in 2024
- Senate anti-Trump GOP see Haley as best hope to avoid disaster
- Turmoil at pro-DeSantis super PAC hits at critical moment
- Ron DeSantis bashes Trump and teases plans to ‘supersede’ Obamacare
- Three Senior Officials Have Reportedly Left A Pro-DeSantis Super PAC In The Group’s Latest Shake-Up
- Curtains for Moms for Liberty: The fallout of a rape charge shows the far-right group is floundering (“Gov. Ron DeSantis bet big on the book banners, but after electoral losses, even he’s pushing them out the door”)
- DeSantis’s Education Policies in Florida Drive Out Liberal-Leaning Professors
- The billionaire myth takes a beating (“Billionaires aren’t intrinsically smarter or better. But they are weirder.”)
- ‘Time to Be Bold’: Advice for Democrats from a Quietly Powerful Governor (“Gov. Tim Walz has some tips for the party as he takes over as chair of the Democratic Governors Association.”)
- Senate anxiously waits for Tuberville’s next move on military blockade
- The Squad Is Facing an ‘Existential Threat’ in 2024
- Democrats bank on abortion playing pivotal role in Arizona Senate race
- Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announces run for governor in 2025
- Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney declares candidacy for governor
- Virginia Politics Insider: Waiting for Stoney
- In key races, Republican turnout exceeded Democratic turnout (These off/odd-year elections are tough, as Democratic voters tend to “drop off” more than Republican voters. That’s been going on for years.)
- Commentary: In school board races across Virginia, anti-LGBTQ candidates hit a wall of resistance
- Virginia’s marijuana laws explained
- High hopes for a recreational cannabis market after Democratic election win
- Hanukkah Candle-lighting Ceremony in Virginia Cancelled Over Israel-Gaza Tensions (“According to the United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula, the event organizer would only agree to reinstate the ceremony if it was done under the call for a cease-fire in Gaza”)
- Virginia water board approves new sediment limits in five counties over aquatic life impacts
- Commentary: Roanoke’s regional strategy paid off in 2023
- Northern Va. commuter ferry unlikely to launch any time soon — but there’s still interest
- A military-themed brewery sparks a fight in a Virginia military city
- D.C.-area forecast: A chilly start to the week, somewhat milder by the weekend
