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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 5.
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- World carbon dioxide emissions increase again, driven by China, India and aviation
- Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels to hit record high (Disastrous.)
- UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change
- Fossil fuel industry nearly quadrupled registrations at climate summit since last year, watchdog report says
- U.N. climate talks head says “no science” backs ending fossil fuels. That’s incorrect
- Government, Corporate and Philanthropic Interests Coalesce On Curbing Methane Emissions as Calls at COP28 for Binding Global Methane Agreement Intensify (“New U.S. and EU regulations on methane emissions strengthen calls for a binding international agreement to curb the climate pollution.”)
- Former UVA (Now at UPenn) Climate Scientist Michael Mann – Who Was Persecuted by Climate Denier Ken Cuccinelli – Lays Out the “Urgency and Agency” of the Climate Crisis in His Brilliant New Book, “Our Fragile Moment”
- Kerry Calls Out Chevron for Lagging on Climate Action at COP28
- Saudi Energy Minister Won’t Agree to Fossil Fuel Phase Down (Our “ally” strikes again…)
- Ukraine’s US lifeline is hanging by a thinning thread (This is House Republicans’ fault, of course.)
- In Ukraine, a war of incremental gains as counteroffensive stalls
- Clock ticks down on Ukraine aid as Senate border talks falter
- The Violent Homecoming of Russian Convicts Freed to Fight in Ukraine (“Communities across Russia have been brutalized by scores of crimes perpetrated by former prisoners returning from the conflict.”)
- Zelenskiy to ask US for more cash to support Ukraine in war with Russia
- US funding for Ukraine set to run out by end of the year, White House warns
- Putin’s Gulf State Visit Defies Push to Isolate Him Over War
- Israel says ground forces operating across Gaza Strip as offensive builds
- How the Biden team is planning for a postwar Gaza Strip (“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may not like the ideas, but he also may not get a say.”)
- Israel Closes In on Hamas’s Last Major Gaza Bastion (“Israeli forces engaged in close combat with Hamas fighters in what could be the decisive battle of the two-month old war.”)
- Israel Would Consider Another Cease-Fire to Get Back Hostages
- UN officials warn of an ‘apocalyptic’ situation in Gaza with ‘no place safe to go’ for civilians
- Israel military says 2 civilians killed for every Hamas militant is ‘tremendously positive’ ratio given combat challenges
- Israel strikes in and around Gaza’s second-largest city in an already bloody new phase of the war
- Israel investigates claims investors made millions short-selling before Hamas attacks (“US professors detected unusual trading activity on Tel Aviv and US stock exchanges before 7 October”)
- After Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, fears of a wider Middle East conflict grow
- Israel and activists accuse U.N. of slow response to accounts of Hamas militants’ raping women
- In the salt deserts bordering Pakistan, India builds its largest renewable energy project (“Once completed, it will supply 30 gigawatts of renewable energy annually, enough to power nearly 18 million Indian homes.”)
- Moody’s Cuts China Credit Outlook to Negative on Rising Debt
- Henry Kissinger’s unwavering support for brutal regimes still haunts Latin America
- Wind and solar output surges past 20 gigawatts for first time on Australia’s main grid
- Elon Musk’s X platform fueled far-right riots in Ireland, experts say
- Will Trump’s Supreme Court Justices Stick to Their Word? (“Conservatives’ commitment to originalism is about to be tested.” They just make shit up.)
- The Supreme Court Takes On Yet Another Made-Up Controversy (“The issue teed up in Moore v. United States may be so intellectually stimulating that nobody seems to have noticed that the case has been fundamentally misframed.”)
- The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Need to Throw Clarence Thomas Under the Bus
- Mike Johnson to speak at Christian nationalist conference alongside extreme right-wing media figures, including a TV evangelist who claimed “homosexuality is three times worse than smoking”
- The Violent and Extreme History of Mike Johnson’s Clients (“Speaker Mike Johnson’s old clients include a man who spoke glowingly of killing gay people and another who said the government “should be a terror” to the LGBTQ community.”)
- The Atlantic Dedicates Entire Issue to Warning ‘Fascist’ Trump Poses Dire Threat to America: Second Term ‘Will Be Much Worse’ (Every media outlet should be doing this!)
- Trump Insists He Was ‘Angry’ and ‘Eating Too Much’ After Jan. 6
- How Donald Trump uses dishonesty
- Trump’s biggest loss yet: No immunity (“There is little standing in the way of his March 4 trial.”)
- Four national security measures that cannot wait until next year
- Opponents of No Labels and other third-party presidential bids launch ads
- DeSantis, Ramaswamy, Haley, Christie qualify for fourth GOP debate, RNC says (Far-right freak show!)
- Ron DeSantis Does Not Seem to Be Enjoying Himself (“On Saturday, the Republican primary challenger checked off the last of all 99 counties in Iowa. It seemed more dutiful than fun.”)
- R.F.K. Jr. Allies Say They’ll Spend Over $10 Million on Ballot Access
- Liz Cheney, outspoken Trump critic, weighs third-party presidential run
- Koch network faces internal scrutiny after Nikki Haley endorsement
- Four GOP presidential candidates qualify for fourth primary debate
- Comer mischaracterizes Hunter Biden car payment reimbursement to his dad (Comer is pathological.)
- Gold bars featured in Bob Menendez bribery case linked to 2013 robbery, records show (Get this guy out of the US Senate!)
- Steve Bannon attacks Fox News for cutting away from Trump’s election denial speech in Iowa
- Steve Bannon Blasts Fox News as ‘TV for Stupid People’ (Yes, but not for the reason Bannon cited.)
- Harvard, Penn, MIT Heads Face Congress Over Campus Antisemitism
- ‘That’s authoritarianism’: Florida argues school libraries are for government messaging
- Florida says the purpose of school libraries is to “convey the government’s message”
- Top Tucker Carlson producer accused of sexually assaulting Fox staffer
- “Can’t even bring themselves to denounce neo-Nazis”: Texas GOP’s internal war over Hitler apologists (“Texas Republicans called it ‘Marxist’ to bar members from associating with Holocaust deniers”)
- In Light of Inspector General Probe, Virginia Leaders Push for Pause on FBI Relocation (“Investigation follows allegations of impropriety and politicization in GSA’s site selection process”)
- White House urged to hold off on FBI HQ move to Maryland while review continues
- Video: Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney Launches Campaign for Virginia Governor (“If elected, Levar will be the first Black Governor in Virginia in over three decades.”)
- Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announces run for Virginia governor in 2025
- Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announces run for governor in 2025
- The 2025 gubernatorial contest is taking shape
- HD41 Democratic 2023 Nominee Lily Franklin on Turning a Youngkin/Trump SW VA District Into the “second-most competitive race in Virginia’s 2023 election cycle” (“What’s next for me and this district is to be determined, but I know one thing for damn sure: I’m not giving up on this region.”)
- Virginia officials certify 2023 legislative election results, other electoral contests
- State party leaders show support for Virginia’s elections
- Virginia losing rail and public transit leader at key time
- Solar for schools and nonprofits is under siege. Fortunately, there’s a simple fix.
- Virginia data shows severe shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists
- Judge drops felony charges against ex-elections official in Virginia
- Lynchburg students won a grant from an LGBTQ+ advocacy group to create a quiet room. The school board rejected the money. (Seriously, Lynchburg School Board?!?)
- Virginia authorities investigating explosion of Arlington home as police were executing a warrant
- Dust-Up Over Virginia Menorah Lighting Event Leads to Rebuke by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Antisemitism Claims
- Arlington house explodes into flames
- BREAKING: Large house explosion in Bluemont amid police incident
- House explodes in Virginia as police try to execute search warrant for man setting off flare gun (“Around 4:45 p.m., Arlington County police responded to the 800 block of North Burlington Street for reports of shots heard. In their initial investigation, officers determined from nearby residents that a suspect discharged a flare gun 30 to 40 times from inside his home into the neighborhood, according to police in a statement released early Tuesday.”)
- Healthy City: How Richmond’s business makeup doesn’t match its residents
- Fairfax, Va.-area economic revival misses site targeted for FBI HQ
- Richmond School Board votes to double members’ salary as of 2025 (“The Richmond School Board voted to double the salary for its next board members from $10,000 to $20,000, effective Jan. 1, 2025, after voters elect a new board next year.” Still way too low.)
- Trial begins for Portsmouth officer charged with shooting burglary suspect in back (“Portsmouth Officer Jeremy Durocher shot a burglary suspect as the man fled a house in 2017. He was lauded a hero by police but later charged by prosecutors with aggravated malicious wounding and using a firearm to commit a felony.”)
- Virginia Beach leaders consider giving residents a break on tax bill late fees
- D.C.-area forecast: Cloudy and chilly before showers, possible snowflakes tonight
