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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 21.
- Pacific and Caribbean Island Nations Call for the First Universal Carbon Levy on International Shipping Emissions
- Cop16 at a glance: the big issues that will define talks at Colombia’s UN summit (“Delegates from 196 countries are discussing progress in preserving biodiversity. So what are the sticking points?”)
- Direct and lagged climate change effects intensified the 2022 European drought
- Why the Oil Market Is Not Shocked (“Conflict in the Middle East always used to mean a spike in gas prices. So what’s changed?”)
- The West Has to Believe that Democracy Will Prevail (“The case against pessimism—in Ukraine and around the world”)
- The election is a referendum on America’s role in the world
- Ukraine’s Zelenskiy seeks strong reaction to North Korean involvement in war
- Putin hosts a summit in a bid to show the West it can’t keep Russia off the global stage
South Korea summons Russian envoy over North Korean troop deployment (“Seoul demands immediate withdrawal of elite soldiers reportedly helping Russia in its war against Ukraine”)- Israel launches airstrikes on Beirut, saying it’s targeting Hezbollah’s financial arm
- Scoop: Israel gave the White House its demands for ending the war in Lebanon
- Israel’s wars are expensive. Paying the bill could force tough choices
- Israel Hits Hezbollah Finances as US Eyes Diplomacy in Lebanon
- ‘He got out of Gaza, but Gaza did not get out of him’: Israeli soldiers returning from war struggle with trauma and suicide
- Blinken heads to the Middle East as U.S. looks to kick start Gaza ceasefire talks
- Iran complains to UN nuclear watchdog about Israeli threats to its atomic sites, spokesman says
- ‘You are not my king,’ Indigenous Australian senator yells at visiting King Charles
- McConnell backed Jack Smith, wanted Trump to “pay” for Jan. 6
- Harris outraised Trump more than 3-to-1 in September (“Kamala Harris’ campaign outraised Donald Trump by more than 3-to-1 in September, with the vice president’s massive $222 million haul further extending her financial advantage in the final stretch of a tight presidential election.”)
- If Trump wins, blame the New York Times (“America’s paper of record refuses to sound the alarm about the threat Trump poses to democracy — If Donald Trump wins the Nov. 5 election, the New York Times will be partly responsible. “)
- Trump Ratchets Up Threats on the Media
- Trump had little regard for the Constitution while in office. He’s an even bigger threat to the rule of law now.
- Trump’s Pitch to Women: You Don’t Need Autonomy, When You Have Daddy (“That Fox news town hall where Trump said he was the ‘father of IVF’ was maddening, but very revealing.”)
- Trump’s wild and lewd rhetoric reaches a new extreme
- Trump’s Latest Appearances Are Unhinged, Profane, and Yes, Dangerous (“Over a weeklong stretch, the former president went on increasing bizarre tangents, repeated racist lies, and called the insurrection ‘a day of love.'”)
- Trump’s Big New ‘Cognitive’ Boast Falls Apart In Front Of His Own Audience (“The former president’s claim about his brain didn’t quite hold up throughout the town hall event.”)
- Kamala Harris’s closing argument: Donald Trump’s own words
- Sunday Scaries: Donald Trump Doubles Down on Whitewashing January 6 and Calling Americans “The Enemy Within” (“Voters aren’t going to let an unhinged, extremist-filled Trump administration get another chance to undermine our democracy”)
- Sunday Snapshot: Trump’s NSFW joke NBD for GOP
- Trump’s Brain Is Broken And JD Vance Is The Real Candidate
- Trump serves disturbing message through McDonald’s drive-thru window about whether he’ll accept election result
- Trump serves McDonald’s fries to supporters in stage-managed campaign stop (Total f’ing joke.)
- Trump Makes Fries at McDonald’s in Bizarre Attempt to Troll Harris
- ‘What’s This About?’: Trump Pretends to Work at McDonald’s
- For Trump, a Lifetime of Scandals Heads Toward a Moment of Judgment
- For many voters, Trump’s sneering dismissiveness of Harris’s intellect reeks of racism and sexism
- Arnold Palmer Was ‘Appalled’ by ‘Crude’ Trump, Who Praised the Late Golfer’s Genitals
- Arnold Palmer’s Daughter Reacts to Trump’s Genitalia Rant
- Speaker Johnson Refuses To Play Ball When Asked About Trump’s Bizarre Arnold Palmer Penis Banter
- Trump, 78, Brags He’s ‘Not That Close to 80’
- Angry Trump on Fox News: Geese in Springfield are ‘All Missing’ (Trump is completely insane.)
- ‘60 Minutes’ responds to Trump’s ‘false’ claims about Harris interview
- ‘60 Minutes’ Issues Searing Statement Refuting ‘False’ Trump
- Harris visits Black churches in Georgia in ‘souls to the polls’ early voting push
- Harris Rallies Georgia’s Black Churchgoers With Help Of Stevie Wonder
- Harris says Trump is ‘cruel’ at Georgia rally as she spotlights abortion restrictions
- Harris and Trump locked in dead heat in poll of seven battleground states
- New “Poll” by Right-Wing TIPP Highlights the “Flood-the-Zone” Strategy by Trump and His Supporters; Also Calls Into Serious Question the Aggregators’ Business Model (As Sam Shirazi correctly points out, “skewed polls from GOP-aligned pollster are being generated to try and shape perceptions of the election.”)
- Trump allies spending millions to dissuade voters in key states from polls
- Shapiro Wants Musk Investigated for Giving Cash to Registered Voters (Absolutely – they should already have been doing that!)
- Elon Musk’s Big Business and Conflicts of Interest With the U.S. Government
- Musk’s $1m-a-day to swing states voters ‘deeply concerning’
- The CIA analyst who triggered Trump’s first impeachment asks: Was it worth it?
- Where in the world is Usha Vance?
- Leslie Mehta hopes to flip Virginia’s Republican-leaning 1st Congressional District (Yikes, this article twice spells Wittman’s name wrong, as “Whitman.” It also spells “Democratic” as “democratic.”)
- Video: On Fox “News,” Glenn Youngkin Gaslights, Dodges, Lies, Changes Subject When Asked About Gen. Mark Milley’s, Former Trump Staffers’ Warnings That Trump Is a Fascist and VERY Dangerous
- Youngkin criticizes DOJ suit against Virginia: ‘This is not a purge’
- Despite lawsuit, Virginia’s voting machines are among most secure in the US, review finds
- Youngkin announces AI task force as legislators look to regulate new tech
- A showdown over solar is coming to Virginia (“Virginia needs more energy and has legal mandates for more renewable energy. Southside Virginia is the center for much of that solar energy but many in the region are starting to push back against it.” NIMBYism…)
- Despite recent rain, farmers in Virginia struggle with effects of summer drought
- Both of Norfolk’s superward seats are up for election, meaning new representation across the city
- D.C.-area forecast: Unstoppable sunshine with scarce rain chances
