by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, December 7.
- $700m pledged to loss and damage fund at Cop28 covers less than 0.2% needed
- Carbon pricing would raise trillions needed to tackle climate crisis, says IMF
- Visualised: how all of G20 is missing climate goals — but some nations are closer than others
- At COP28, a Growing Sense of Alarm Over the Harms of Air Pollution
- After Cop28, know this: Sunak and his rightwing allies around the world have no interest in saving our planet
- Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows
- Here’s a realistic path to protecting the Amazon rainforest (Not linking to this because WaPo employees are on strike today)
- Senate fails to advance Ukraine and Israel aid bill as GOP demands immigration limits
- Ukraine Funding Fight Stokes New Fears Over US Reliability
- Republicans Block Aid to Ukraine, Jeopardizing Its Fight Against Russia (Now *that* is an accurate headline for a change from the NY Times!)
- Senators look for Biden, McConnell to step up after Republicans block Ukraine funding bill
- Kyiv assassinates pro-Russian Ukrainian politician outside Moscow: reports
- Ukraine Goes to Washington With a New Ask: Help Us Make Our Own Weapons
- Two months later, Hamas’s Oct. 7 horror cannot be allowed to fade (Not linking to this because WaPo employees are on strike today)
- Strikes on Gaza’s southern edge sow fear in one of the last areas to which people can flee
- Israeli cabinet approves increasing amount of fuel allowed into Gaza (“Israeli officials said the decision was made after strong pressure from the Biden administration.”)
- Bringing broken survivors of the Nova festival attack back from darkness
- UN chief invokes rarely used constitutional power to push for Israel-Hamas cease-fire
- What we know about rape and sexual violence inflicted by Hamas during its terror attack on Israel (Hamas is utter, pure evil.)
- Where Israel Could Pull Off Its Next Big Assassination Plot (“The Israeli government has not been shy about its plans to conduct targeted killings of Hamas officials in other countries—but that requires taking some serious risks.”)
- UN condemnation of sexual violence by Hamas ‘too little, too late’, says Israel (“Israel says comments by Unicef chief were insufficient and came only as a result of international pressure”)
- The White House is changing its tune on Israel – but does it matter in practice?
- Israel Focuses on Killing Hamas Leaders as Fighting Ramps Up in Khan Younis
- How Israel Is Using Real-Time Battlefield Intelligence to Target Hamas
- Fight for Gaza’s Khan Younis Puts Israel, U.S. on Collision Course (“The fight for Hamas’s most significant remaining military stronghold is critical for Israel’s war aims but could put it at odds with a U.S. push for fewer civilian casualties and a more limited conflict.”)
- The Israel-Hamas war is tearing American cultural institutions apart
- Here’s what Trump 2.0 will bring: ignorance and vengeance in the US, chaos for world order (by Gordon Brown, UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010)
- US solar industry poised for slower growth next year after record-setting 2023 -report (“The U.S. solar industry is on a strong growth trajectory, with expectations of 55% growth this year and 10% growth in 2024…Solar accounted for 48% of all new electricity-generating capacity added to the U.S. grid through the first three quarters of 2023, the report said. By 2028, solar capacity in the United States is expected to reach 377GW, compared with 161GW now.”)
- Statement from President Joe Biden on Another Nearly $5 Billion in Debt Relief for Over 80,000 Student Loan Borrowers
- Abortion clinics saw record surge in out-of-state patients post-Roe, report says (“One in five patients crossed state lines to obtain an abortion in 2023, compared with one in 10 patients in 2020”)
- America’s White Evangelical Problem
- Mike Johnson Predicts Full GOP Support for Biden Impeachment Inquiry, Despite Republicans Not Having Any Actual Evidence Against Biden
- Mike Johnson Compares Himself to Moses at Christian Nationalist Gala (This guy is deranged and very dangerous. And don’t forget, Rep. Jen Kiggans – R, VA02 – voted for him, while Glenn Youngkin thinks he’s great.)
- Trump Says He’ll Be a Dictator on ‘Day One’
- The Trump dictatorship: How to stop it (Not linking to this because WaPo employees are on strike today)
- Trump is expected to attend New York fraud trial again Thursday as testimony nears an end
- EXCLUSIVE: Fulton prosecutors list top Trump aides, Ga. officials as witnesses
- Georgia prosecutors predict jail sentences in Trump 2020 election case (“Exclusive: Fulton county prosecutors say in emails their legal careers will continue long after defendants go to jail”)
- The roots of Trump’s megalomania: “Public humiliation” pushed him “into a delusional state of mind”
- Why voters aren’t more worried about Trump’s return: It sure doesn’t look like he’s running
- Moral Surrender and Magical Thinking at Another Pointless G.O.P. Debate
- Trump’s ‘dictator’ remark puts 2024 campaign right where Biden wants it
- Biden Campaign: “GOP Debates Have Been All Bluster and No Answers. We Still Have Some Questions.” (“Do you support Donald Trump’s plans to be a dictator on day 1? Do you or do you not support a national abortion ban? Yes or no.”)
- At the GOP debate, Ron DeSantis calls Middle Eastern garb ‘man dresses’ (This guy’s a scumbag. He’s alsoo Youngkin’s role-model governor.)
- Swings, misses but no clear winner: five takeaways from the fourth Republican debate
- Republicans avoid attacking Trump in last debate
- Another squandered chance to debate Trump’s threats (Not linking to this because WaPo employees are on strike today)
- Megyn Kelly puts each Republican candidate on the spot at 4th GOP debate
- Vivek Ramaswamy Crammed As Many Far-Right Conspiracy Theories As He Could Into the Debate
- ‘A flat-out lie’: CNN fact-checks Ramaswamy claim
- Moderators injected lots of Trump into fourth GOP debate
- Haley under attack and more Republican debate takeaways
- Chris Christie Savages Vivek Ramaswamy as ‘Obnoxious Blowhard’
- Christie presses DeSantis over Trump at GOP debate
- GOP Candidates Competed Over Who’s the Most Transphobic
- Meet Fox’s “Democrat voter”: An anti-vaxxer who says “Democrats are an automatic no-no for me”
- Former speaker Kevin McCarthy will retire from Congress at end of year (Good f’ing riddance. Also, I’m not linking to this because WaPo employees are on strike today)
- Kevin McCarthy Is Getting the Hell Out of Dodge (Byyyyyeeee!)
- Kevin McCarthy delivers an elbow to the GOP’s skinny House majority (Not linking to this because WaPo employees are on strike today)
- Pro-Trump electors indicted in Nevada, the third state to issue charges (Not linking to this because WaPo employees are on strike today)
- Nevada GOP ‘fake electors’ indicted for falsely claiming Trump won state’s 2020 election
- Wisconsin Trump electors settle lawsuit, agree Biden won in 2020 (Not linking to this because WaPo employees are on strike today)
- Colorado Supreme Court skeptical of bid to block Trump from 2024 ballot (If they don’t bar Trump from running, they’re in violation of the U.S. constitution.)
- Harvard’s president answers backlash over response to calls for ‘genocide of Jews’
- GOP Wife in Sex Scandal Erased From Conservative Site
- Ex-Twitter exec claims X fired him for raising security concerns
- Tax Filings Reveal GOP Megadonor Dick Uihlein Has a New Giving Strategy (“Cargo magnate Dick Uihlein was the No. 1 donor for Republicans in 2022. He now appears to be trying to conceal his giving.”)
- Students describe terror and panic after gunshots broke out on Las Vegas campus
- UNLV mass shooter was career college professor, source says, but unknown whether he had a connection with school
- Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago
- Rob Reiner on Norman Lear’s groundbreaking career and legacy
- The attack on Pearl Harbor changed this nation and the world.
- Democrat Travis Nembhard Announces Bid for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District (Nembhard says “if we’re serious about combating the hate and disinformation of MAGA extremists, it’s going to take a multigenerational grassroots coalition to do it.”)
- McAuliffe backs Richmond Mayor Stoney for governor
- Democrats will get to fill vacancies on the powerful State Corporation Commission next month
- Virginia Democrats are rolling out their 2024 legislative agenda. Here’s how it could affect you
- George Santos controversy spurs calls for campaign finance reform in Virginia (This should have happened YEARS ago, and obviously still should happen. But will it? Don’t hold your breath!)
- PETA launches animal welfare violation tracker for Va. schools using animals in research
- Virginia Marine Resources Commission Approves Water Permit for Pipeline Project Despite 100% Public Opposition (“VMRC allowed little time and made little effort to solicit public comments – and then ignored the 174 public comments opposing the project.”)
- Virginia agency begins investigation into unauthorized cost-share funding approval
- U.S. Supreme Court denies request to slow work on Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Southwest Va.’s energy transition excludes its most important stakeholders: Southwest Virginians
- Delusion, fantasy: Arlington man whose house exploded had history of dismissed lawsuits
- Virginia awards first contracts for projects to expand rail service for Richmond
- Virginia state art museum returns 44 pieces authorities determined were stolen or looted
- Norfolk working to identify lead water pipes as EPA proposes new rule requiring removal
- Henrico County opens new sports and events center
- FORECAST: Seasonably cool & brighter Thursday
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