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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, December 13.
- Countries clinch climate deal on reducing fossil fuels
- Delegates at UN climate talks in Dubai agree to ‘transition away’ from planet-warming fossil fuels
- COP28 climate agreement makes unprecedented call for transition from fossil fuels, but ‘cavernous’ loopholes remain
- COP28 Ends With Deal on Transition Away From Fossil Fuels
- COP28 Deal Signals Role for Gas in Transition to Clean Energy
- Nations strike deal at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels
- After 30 years of waiting, Cop28 deal addresses the elephant in the room (“He was personally vilified, but Sultan Al Jaber has managed what no other Cop presidency has ever done”)
- COP28 deal calls for global transition away from fossil fuels for first time
- Climate summit makes ‘historic progress’ — but the world still can’t quit oil
- COP28 ends with “historic” climate deal to transition away from fossil fuels
- Report: Arctic experienced warmest summer on record
- We raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat them (Appalling on every level.)
- Russia has lost 87% of troops it had before war, according to US intelligence
- Biden warns of “Christmas gift” to Putin as GOP shrugs off Zelensky visit
- U.S. intelligence assesses Ukraine war has cost Russia 315,000 casualties – source
- Russia Has Suffered Staggeringly High Losses, U.S. Report Says
- As Russia Gains Confidence, a New Urgency Grips Ukraine
- Republicans helping Russia by denying Ukraine aid, Biden says
- ‘We’ll Be at Each Others’ Throats’: Fiona Hill on What Happens If Putin Wins
- McConnell: No Border Deal Until Biden Negotiates With Senate Republicans
- White House lays out offer on immigration changes in talks with Congress
- Why the GOP Doesn’t Really Want a Deal on Ukraine and the Border
- Ukraine says 53, including 6 children, hurt in Russian missile strikes on Kyiv
- Ambush kills 9 Israeli soldiers in Gaza City, where battles rage weeks into devastating offensive
- Scoop: Israel “likely” to open Gaza-Israel crossing to allow more aid into enclave
- Biden says Netanyahu must change Israel government, losing global support
- Israel Begins Pumping Seawater Into Hamas’s Gaza Tunnels (“The effort, which is at an early stage, is part of an intensive campaign to destroy the underground infrastructure that has underpinned the militant group’s operations.”)
- Israel’s Netanyahu Rejects U.S. Plan for Postwar Gaza (Bibi needs to be BYE BYE!)
- Hunger rises in Gaza as UN prepares to vote on ceasefire resolution
- UN votes to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza
- Biden extends White House invitation to families of Americans held hostage by Hamas
- Under Rules of War, ‘Proportionality’ in Gaza Is Not About Evening the Score
- The return of liberal Zionism? (“For many Jews, the October 7 attacks discredited both the Zionist right and the anti-Zionist left — paving the way for the resurrection of a seemingly dead political tradition.”)
- Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles after Donald Tusk speaks out against xenophobia (The far right, of course.)
- Argentina begins ‘shock therapy’ by devaluing peso
- Can Guatemalans Save Their Democracy? (“Months after the election, President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s path to taking office remains uncertain.”)
- Statement from President Joe Biden on the November Consumer Price Index
- Inflation slowed to a 3.1% annual rate in November
- Stocks close higher for a 4th day, S&P 500 touches highest level since January 2022
- The sinister court decision denying Kate Cox an abortion, explained (“The court’s opinion reads like something out of Franz Kafka, or maybe something out of Jim Crow.”)
- Jack Smith’s Daring Gambit (“Donald Trump’s frivolous claim of absolute immunity looks to be heading to the Supreme Court, with massive consequences both for him and for the future of American democracy.”)
- Trump Legal Defense Fund’s Biggest Expense Was Mar-a-Lago
- Trump sells snippets of mugshot suit, Mar-a-Lago dinner in latest NFT promotion
- D.C. Circuit largely backs up Chutkan and curbs Trump’s threats
- Trump, Elon Musk, and Billionaire ‘Populists’ Threaten Democracy and Freedom (“We’re living in a second Gilded Age, where the ultra-rich have an outsized and undue influence over free speech, information, and the democratic process itself.”)
- How Republicans convinced themselves America was meant to be a “Christian nation” (“Most Republicans now support Christian nationalism. This was not the case during the Obama years”)
- How Mike Johnson’s creationist beliefs clash with climate facts: ‘He just wasn’t interested’ (Total nutjob.)
- House Set to Approve Biden Impeachment Inquiry as It Hunts for an Offense (“Republicans are pushing forward with a formal investigation even though their yearlong scrutiny of the president and his family has turned up no proof of high crimes or misdemeanors.”)
- Some House Republicans Admit There Is No Evidence To Impeach Biden
- Biden-Harris Campaign Memo: Republicans’ “Impeachment” Is New Trump Campaign Tactic (“Republicans’ false attacks are a desperate attempt to gin up their extreme MAGA base and distract from their unpopular and extreme agenda”)
- DeSantis kept slamming Trump during CNN town hall
- Rudy Giuliani’s Lawyer Wishes Rudy Giuliani Would Shut the Hell Up
- Judge: Giuliani may have defamed Georgia election workers again outside DC courthouse
- Giuliani’s lies turned my life ‘upside down’, election worker testifies (“Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss are seeking up to $43m in damages after Giuliani falsely accused them of trying to steal 2020 election”)
- Top Court Clears Path for Democrats to Redraw House Map in New York
- New York’s high court just blew up the fight for control of the House
- Sununu’s Haley endorsement is a huge blow to Chris Christie (“The former New Jersey governor is banking his entire campaign on New Hampshire.”)
- Florida school board votes for Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler to resign
- Harvard’s Board Unanimously Backs President Claudine Gay
- After Jan. 6, Brad Parscale Felt “Guilty” for Helping Trump. Now He’s Back on Trump’s Gravy Train. (Disgusting.)
- GOP Rep. Secretly Sold Boeing Stock Ahead of Damning Report
- Pick of suburban Maryland for new FBI HQ ‘surprised’ agency, official tells Congress
- Sen. Mark Warner: “Failing to reauthorize aid to Ukraine now – after all this – would be incomprehensibly dangerous and just plain stupid.” (Sen. Tim Kaine: “President Zelenskyy spoke to the Senate today about the critical role of American support for Ukrainian democracy.”)
- Faaaar-Right “Freedom Caucus” Elects Insurrectionist/Christofascist Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05) as Its New Chairman (The Trumpified GOP(Q) continues its lurch WAY out of the mainstream.)
- The Good-McGuire Republican primary in the 5th District starts rough, will get rougher
- Krystle Kaul, Who Describes Herself as “the granddaughter of Indian immigrants” and “a leader in the defense and intelligence community,” Announces Candidacy for VA10 Democratic Nomination
- Virginia set to announce new Washington Capitals arena as D.C. counteroffers to keep the team
- Leonsis, Youngkin to make joint appearance as arena talks escalate (“The event featuring the owner and governor indicates that an announcement to move the Capitals and Wizards is imminent. But D.C. is making a bid to keep them.”)
- Wizards, Capitals owner to announce plans to move teams to Northern Virginia, sources say
- Ted Leonsis to join Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin at Potomac Yard event
- BREAKING: Governor to make a ‘remarkable’ announcement in Potomac Yard amid Caps and Wiz arena reports
- Judge sides with Youngkin in voting rights restoration FOIA dispute
- Virginia Board of Education backs new funding formula for school divisions
- More money is on the way for community service boards across Virginia
- JLARC recommends changes to ‘bed of last resort’ law, more private psychiatric admissions
- GO Virginia economic development program is improving regional collaboration, state study finds
- Effectively addressing Virginia’s youth opioid crisis requires bipartisanship
- Virginia fire, EMS departments look for state funding as calls surge
- Del. Adams announces he’ll resign from House; Youngkin sets special election for Jan. 9
- Editorial: Norfolk State players, coaches respond admirably to racial slur (“Fans crossed a line during Norfolk State’s basketball game on Monday, but the team made the region proud with their commendable response.”)
- Department of Justice probes $665 [million] in payments to Sentara
- Number of rapes reported at VCU increases; undercounting discovered
- UVA student from Gaza says good people should agree on one thing
- D.C.-area forecast: Chill in the air through tomorrow, then warmer into the weekend
