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by Lowell
Here are a few Virginia, national and international news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wedneday, October 23.
- Climate change worsened rains in flood-hit African regions, scientists say
- Global regulators quiz banks amid climate-risk tussle, sources say
- A ‘tidal wave’ of natural gas supply — the biggest yet — will reshape global markets, says RBC Capital
- Biden says global leaders are terrified of Trump and quietly tell him, ‘He can’t win’
- U.S. officials say Russia smeared Walz, might stoke post-vote violence
- Xi, Modi and Putin discuss Ukraine war amid BRICS expansion talks (Totally inexcusable.)
- Russia is behind viral disinformation targeting Walz, intelligence official says
- South Korea warns it can send arms to Ukraine after reports of North’s troops in Russia
- North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, U.S. confirms
- Blinken urges halt to Middle East conflict as Israel bombs historic Lebanese port city
- Israel says it killed Hezbollah official who was set to be group’s next leader
- US top diplomat issues warning to Israel over Gaza aid
- Hezbollah Targets Tel Aviv Area With More Strikes
- Sinwar envisioned a Palestine as Jew-free, from the river to the sea (That’s what “From the River to the Sea” means, obviously.)
- Israel’s Once-Fringe Movement to Reoccupy Gaza Gains Momentum (Craaazy.)
- A Colombian warlord became the Amazon rainforest’s most unlikely protector. Now he is cutting it down (WTF???)
- Arrests for illegal US-Mexico border crossing falls to more than four-year low (“Authorities saw a 7% decline in September, with border patrol making 53,858 arrests, down from 58,009 in August”)
- New report: Wind & solar energy tripled in US over past decade
- As Election Looms, Disinformation ‘Has Never Been Worse’ (This is what social media and, specifically, right-wing disinformation/echo chambers have done to our democracy!)
- Why Gender May Be the Defining Issue of the Election
- Harris says ‘of course’ her team is prepared if Trump declares victory before votes are counted
- Biden highlights drug cost savings, hits Trump on ‘concepts’ of ObamaCare plan
- Trump targets hardcore partisans, Harris goes after moderates: Inside the campaign’s final sprint
- Harris on abortion rights: “I don’t think we should be making concessions”
- Democrats Are Growing More Anxious Over Deadlocked Race (And for good reason – a Trump win would be an unmitigated DISASTER for America!)
- ‘Turning the page’: Harris says America is ready for a female president of color
- Full transcript: Vice President Kamala Harris interviewed by NBC News’ Hallie Jackson
- Trump attacks Harris with racist stereotype, eyes ‘extreme power’ as president
- New Independent Economic Analysis: Trump’s Agenda Would Make Social Security “Insolvent” in “Only Six Years,” Cut Benefits by a Third
- John Kelly tells NYT Trump said: “Hitler did some good things”
- Trump Is a Hitler-Loving Literal Fascist, Says Ex-Chief of Staff (“John Kelly told The New York Times all about Trump’s praise for the dictator.”)
- Trump’s ex-chief of staff warns he’s the definition of a ‘fascist’ (“John Kelly said Trump wanted the ‘kind of generals Hitler had’ and ‘prefers the dictator approach to government’”)
- Democrats seize on new suggestions of Trump’s extremism in the campaign’s final stretch
- Trump hurls a string of insults at Harris including ‘lazy,’ a racist trope against Black people
- Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’
- As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator
- Trump Was Enraged by Funeral Cost for ‘F-king Mexican’ U.S. Soldier: Report
- Trump Raged at Slain Soldier’s Funeral Bill: ‘$60K to Bury a F***ing Mexican’
- Trump cancels — again (this time, on RFK Jr.)
- Judge who tossed Trump’s classified docs case on list of proposed candidates for attorney general (Wildly corrupt if true!)
- Wall Street Pros Get Into Position to Profit From a Trump Win (These people are sociopaths.)
- Jamie Dimon Privately Supports Kamala Harris. He Just Won’t Say So.
- Bill Gates Privately Says He Has Backed Harris With $50 Million Donation
- Harris to answer questions from undecided and persuadable Pennsylvania voters at CNN town hall
- Obama rallies Democrats in Wisconsin’s liberal bastion as they fret over ‘coin flip’ election
- Rapper Eminem and Obama rally voters for Kamala Harris in Detroit
- The Improbable Coalition That Is Harris’s Best Hope (“The battleground state of Michigan reveals the Democrat’s most plausible path to winning the presidency.”)
- Georgia Supreme Court rejects Republican effort to restore last-minute election rules
- Trump’s ‘Secretary of Retribution’ Unveils Plot to Nab North Carolina’s Electoral Votes
- As Democratic icons stump for Harris, GOP elders keep distance from Trump
- Facebook page with racist posts still visible for Republican Mark Robinson (Remember: Glenn Youngkin FUNDRAISED for this extremist/lunatic!)
- Elon Musk is suffering from know-it-all syndrome
- Tim Walz Has a New Nickname for Elon Musk (“Look, Elon is on that stage jumping around, skipping like a dips**t on these things.”)
- Walz slams Musk for ‘skipping like a dips‑‑‑’ at Trump rallies
- Ignore Musk’s giant checks — and his effort to sow election doubts
- Rudy Giuliani must give control of luxury items and Manhattan apartment to Georgia election workers he defamed, judge rules
- Los Angeles Times won’t endorse for president (The paper was going to do so, then the Trump-supporting owner forbid them from doing so? THey should all walk out.)
- Democrat Tim Kaine interview on Virginia’s Senate race
- Video: Kaine Campaign Launches New Spanish Language Ad, “Valores,” Which Highlights Sen. Kaine’s Lifelong Values of Service (“Yo reconozco sus esfuerzos y su lucha es mi lucha. Porque todos somos Virginia.”)
- VA10 GOP Nominee Mike Clancy Can’t Remember Where He Lives (This is the same guy who denied that he helped fund the extremist “Project 2025”)
- What happens after vote counting ends in Virginia?
- New FBI data: hate crimes are up across Virginia
- Youngkin blasts DOJ lawsuit that thrust Virginia’s voter roll removals into national spotlight (This headline should say FALSELY “blasts”…)
- These Virginians won’t be able to vote next month (“Citizens with felonies are applying for restoration of rights with little criteria to guide them”)
- Shared solar advocates push for lower minimum bill
- Appalachian Power gets OK for Southwest Va. battery energy storage system
- Five Waynesboro residents ask judge to force Lilly and Mares to certify upcoming election (“The chairman and vice chairman should do their job. Instead they are purposely misinterpreting what they are charged to do. I cast my vote and have every right to expect that it will be counted on election day,” said Jennifer Lewis.)
- In Virginia, playing chicken with an entire city’s votes
- Waynesboro Voters Sue to Ensure Election Officials Will Certify Election
- Chesapeake Alliance challenges city to add 15,000 new homes in the next 10 years
- No matter who wins, Radford school board election will complete turnover on board
- Funeral home founder refutes Tavares Floyd’s ownership claim (Seems like almost everything this guy claims about himself actually is not true.)
- D.C.-area forecast: Another warm one today, then cooler with little to no rain
