by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 10.
- Multilateral banks are key to financing the fight against global warming. Here is how they work
- Donald Trump Says He Won’t Invite Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo to Join Administration (No pro-Ukraine, anti-Putin people need apply?)
- Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Russian capital
- Russia suffers worst month for casualties, says UK defence chief
- 50,000 Russian and North Korean Troops Mass Ahead of Attack, U.S. Says
- Drones strike Moscow as top UK official highlights Russian casualties in Ukraine
- Weekend Update #106: The World Has Changed, the Battlefield Not so Much (“Trump is Back, Whither Europe?, The State of the War”)
- Missing in Europe: A Strong Leader for a New Trump Era
- Israeli strike on Gaza house kills many, medics and rescuers say (This really needs to stop. NOW.)
- Pro-Hamas messages intensify on college campuses (It’s 100% fine to advocate for peace and for the Palestinians. It’s 100% NOT fine to be “pro-Hamas,” given that Hamas is an evil terrorist group whose goal is to destroy Israel.)
- Dozens killed and wounded in Israeli strike on northern Gaza’s Jabalia, medics say
- Qatar stalls its Gaza ceasefire mediation
- Trump has vowed to kill US offshore wind projects. Will he succeed? (Completely bonkers.)
- Authoritarians like Trump love fear, defeatism, surrender. Do not give them what they want
- Trump has shaped the Supreme Court, but it could still hinder his agenda (It theoretically could, but will it? Don’t hold your breath?)
- Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
- Who will lead energy, environment agencies under Trump?
- ‘He hears me’: Trump’s Wall Street fixer prepares to assemble obedient administration (“Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick is planning to stack the incoming White House staff with Trump loyalists”)
- Video: “The reason I’m so heartbroken, destroyed and absolutely disgusted with the results of this election is that it invalidates everything I have ever been taught about how I should live my life” (“This is you telling me that the type of person you really admire and look up to is a rich, entitled, narcissistic, criminally convicted pussy grabber.”)
- Justice Dept. to focus on ‘most egregious’ Jan. 6 cases until Trump is inaugurated
- Trump Advisers Ramp Up Work on Mass Deportation Push
- Some Republicans try to tone down Trump’s mass deportation threats (Good luck with that!)
- Emboldened Men Celebrate Donald Trump’s Win By Hurling Attacks On Women Online
- Trump’s win was real but not a landslide. Here’s where it ranks
- How Kamala Harris — and Joe Biden — lost to Donald Trump and left Democrats in shambles (Not a WORD in this WaPo article about the media being completely f’ed up. As the top-rated comment on the article says, “Today, the right-wing media sets the news agenda in this country. Not The New York Times. Not The Washington Post (which bent over backward to exert no influence when Jeff Bezos pulled the paper’s Harris endorsement). Not CBS, NBC, and ABC…Until this is addressed, no amount of. Good Governance by Democrats will ever make a difference to half the Country.” Another excellent comment: “YOU, Washington Post…. YOU contributed to the sane-washing and ultimate celebration of the decline not only of democracy, but of a commitment to decency, empathy, fairness, truth, the rule of law.”)
- Sunday morning break (“The media is normalizing Trump’s victory by “blaming Democratic elites” and criticizing the Democratic campaign.”)
- Trump’s Gains With Latinos Could Reshape American Politics. Democrats Are Struggling To Respond
- Still-stunned Democrats begin to squint toward their future
- Who will control the House? It’s down to these uncalled races
- Nancy Pelosi Insists the Election Was Not a Rebuke of the Democrats
- There’s a Lot of Fighting Over Why Harris Lost. But Everyone Seems to Want to Avoid This Explanation. (“It wasn’t the fascism-loving felon whom voters couldn’t trust. It was the Black woman.” Racism and misogyny were definitely parts of why Harris lost.)
- Silicon Valley’s Trump Supporters Envision Ascendant Startups, Vance Run in 2028 (F*** these fascists.)
- ‘#EndtheFed’: Elon Musk endorses plan to let presidents meddle with Federal Reserve after Trump election win (That would, of course, be a disaster.)
- Gallego defeats Lake in Arizona Senate race
- Donald Trump wins Arizona as US House moves closer to Republican control – US politics live
- Harris’ Michigan loss highlights Democrats’ many weak spots
- Schapiro: For GOP, can loyalty to Va. trump loyalty to 47? (Of course not. This is supposed to be a serious question???)
- Editorial: Richmond’s new, battle-tested mayor arrives just in time
- UVa Trump protest attracts small turnout (“The UVa chapter of the Sunrise Movement, a national organization of young people dedicated to fighting climate change, scrambled to put the event together”)
- East Coast Demolition clears the way for progress in Hampton Roads and beyond (“The company’s work in Hampton Roads includes the yearlong demolition of Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center hospital complex in Norfolk and gutting the interior of Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Scattered showers could break the dry streak later today or tonight
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