by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 28.
- Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023 (We’re STILL not moving in the right direction. Incredible and maddening.)
- Why climate experts say this election could be our last chance for meaningful action (“If Trump wins in 2024, there is little hope of limiting climate damage”)
- Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam (“Consumption of world’s wealthiest people also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C”)
- North Korean troops in Russia bring a ‘World-Island’ conflict a step closer (“The day is long past when Russia, China, Iran and North Korea posed isolated, discrete threats to Western interests.”)
- The trajectory of Ukraine’s fight against Russia hangs on the outcome of the US election
- As Russian Forces Turn to Glide Bombs, Ukrainian Civilians Fear a New Threat From the Skies
- Ukraine Uses Drones for Long-Range Strikes Deep Inside Russia
- Israeli Strikes on Iran Expose Gap in Prowess Between Arch Foes
- Middle East crisis live: Iranian military chief warns Israel of ‘bitter consequences’ over weekend’s airstrikes
- The Middle East Drug Fueling War, Crime and All-Night Parties (“Captagon is bringing in billions for Syria’s Assad regime and Iran-backed militias including Hezbollah—and it’s triggering a health crisis.”)
- Resistance forces push military regime close to brink in Myanmar (“Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime’s military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory that inspired others to attack around the country.”)
- Japan’s politics gets a rare dose of upheaval after snap election (“PM Shigeru Ishiba took a political gamble – and it backfired, leaving him and his party weakened.”)
- Trump loyalists spew racist, vulgar attacks at Harris and Democrats at New York City rally
- Trump unveils the most extreme closing argument in modern presidential history (“The ex-president’s rhetoric ranks alongside the most flagrant demagoguery by a major figure in any Western nation since World War II”)
- Amid Talk of Fascism, Trump’s Threats and Language Evoke a Grim Past
- Walz compares Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally to 1939 pro-Nazi event
- Trump at the Garden: A Closing Carnival of Grievances, Misogyny and Racism
- Speaker at Trump rally compares Puerto Rico to ‘island of garbage’
- Backlash after Trump rally speaker calls Puerto Rico ‘island of garbage’
- Donald Trump’s Racist NYC Rally Was Vile. It Was Also Political Suicide
- MAGA speakers unleash ugly rhetoric at Trump’s MSG rally
- As Trump courts their vote, comedian at his rally makes racist jokes about Latinos and Puerto Rico
- Anti-Puerto Rico comments at Trump rally spur outrage as Bad Bunny supports Harris
- A Trump Rally Speaker Trashed Puerto Ricans. Harris Reached Out to Them.
- Trump’s New York homecoming sparks backlash over racist and vulgar remarks
- DNC projects message tying Trump to Hitler on Madison Square Garden during rally
- Trump fills Madison Square Garden with anger, vitriol and racist threats
- Fascist At The Garden (“Donald Trump spoke at Madison Square Garden — 85 years after a pro-Nazi rally at the arena had similar messages and themes.”)
- Racist remarks and playing to the base: key takeaways from Trump’s MSG rally
- Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally overshadowed by his allies’ crude and racist remarks
- Donald Trump’s Dogwhistles Are Unmistakable
- Trump’s Madison Square Garden event features crude and racist insults
- Stacey Williams is 27th woman to accuse Trump of sexual misconduct
- MAGA Malarkey: The Extremism You Missed From Republicans This Past Week
- Trump ad depicts country ‘gone to hell’ — during Trump’s presidency
- Inside the Movement Behind Trump’s Election Lies
- Vance insists Trump’s ‘enemy from within’ comments weren’t directed at political rivals (Vance is one of the slimiest, most dishonest and disgraceful politicians this country has ever produced.)
- To understand the U.S. economic success is to love Harris’s plan
- Harris makes final push to close gap with male voters
- WATCH >> On First Day of Early Voting Statewide in Michigan, VP Harris and Former First Lady Michelle Obama Underscore Stakes for Reproductive Freedom
- Harris campaigns in Philadelphia with promise to win presidential election
- 2 new polls show Harris leading Trump as the election nears. Women continue to propel the VP’s candidacy.
- Billionaire cowards at Washington Post, L.A. Times show what life under a dictator is really like
- Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post’s non-endorsement
- ‘Betrayal’: Marty Baron, former Washington Post editor, slams paper’s non-endorsement
- The true roots of The Post’s endorsement policy (“The Washington Post must be a beacon. The way democracy dies in darkness is if journalism is left to die in cowardice.”)
- Why I’m not quitting the Post (“Boycotting the newspaper won’t hurt Bezos, whose fortune comes not from Post subscribers but from Amazon Prime members and Whole Foods shoppers. His ownership and subsidization of The Post is just pocket change to him.”)
- Bernie Sanders to voters skipping presidential election over Israel: ‘Trump is even worse’
- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Abigail Spanberger, VA House Speaker Don Scott Rally Voters For VA-07 Nominee Eugene Vindman In Prince William County (“We want to move the country forward. The MAGA extremists, like Eugene’s opponent, want to turn back the clock. We want to bring people together.”)
- Democratic minority leader looks for a majority in 7th District race
- BREAKING: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Panel Rules Unanimously *Against* Youngkin’s, Miyares’ Attempts to Purge Voters Days Before Presidential Election (“….appellants argue the challenged conduct does not violate the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Like the district court, we are unpersuaded.”)
- Appeals court upholds order to restore voters purged from Virginia rolls
- Virginia appeals court strikes down effort to purge suspected noncitizen voters
- On to the Supremes (“Virginia will immediately appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to Attorney General Jason Miyares.”)
- Once again, Dominion’s energy plan falls short. This time, the SCC isn’t having it.
- LGBTQ+ nonprofit hopes to drive support with new Va. license plate
- A Chesapeake council member challenged the mayor for election. The race is marred by division.
- Commentary: RVA is now a destination for new business. It’s not by accident
- Editorial: Richmond has enough distractions without Tavares Floyd (Agreed!)
- U.S. 58 revisited: a walk with VDOT and the plans for repair
- Separate efforts announced to improve animal sheltering in Danville
- D.C.-area forecast: Frosty this morning, but near 80 degrees on Halloween
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