by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, October 24.
- Will COP30 Finally Prioritize Indigenous Voices? (“Indigenous and community leaders see the upcoming U.N. climate talks in the heart of the Amazon Basin as an unprecedented opportunity to infuse global climate ambitions with justice and inclusiveness.”)
- Whale and Dolphin Migrations are Being Disrupted by Climate Change (“Rising ocean temperatures, heatwaves and dwindling prey are forcing marine mammals into new and more dangerous waters, scientists warn.”)
- What scientists saw underwater in Florida left them “shocked” — and devastated (“Starting in July 2023, water temperatures in Southeast Florida, home to the only barrier reef in the continental US, started rising to record-breaking levels, partly due to climate change. Sensors recorded temperatures above 93 degrees in some parts of the reef. And corals were ultimately exposed to heat that was as much as four times greater than ‘all prior years on record,’ the authors write.”)
- Crunch EU leaders’ climate talks risk opening ‘Pandora’s box’
- Trump takes aim at European climate law after killing UN shipping fee (Pure evil.)
- Why Trump Reached a Breaking Point With Putin (“The president was given three options for sanctions after running out of patience with the Kremlin over its war in Ukraine.”)
- Europe’s Persistence in Supporting Ukraine Is Bearing Fruit (“European leaders want to build on President Trump’s sanctions on Russia with new commitments of financial and military support for Kyiv.”)
- Senators eye sanctions vote after Trump targets Russian oil (Did Trump give Republican Senators permission to actually use a tiny bit of their constitutionally prescribed powers as the Article 1 branch???)
- Putin says he will never bow to US but concedes sanctions may cause ‘some losses’ (“China and India likely to scale back Russian oil imports as Trump tries to bring an end to war in Ukraine” We should have done this a looong time ago.)
- Trump embarks on high-stakes Asia trip with China trade deal on the line
- China’s New Strategy for Trump: Punch Hard, Concede Little (“For Xi, rare-earths bombshell signaled a new toughness, while TikTok was ‘spiritual opium’ that could be turned into a low-cost bargaining chip”)
- Trump in Asia: five key questions as US president prepares for diplomatic tour (“Donald Trump will travel to Malaysia, Japan and South Korea for the Apec and Asean summits. Will he meet Xi Jinping, and what tariff deals might be secured?”)
- Turkish court expected to rule on case that could oust opposition leader
- South Australia’s biggest wind farm, with the country’s lowest feed-in tariff, is officially open for business (“The 412 megawatt (MW) Goyder South wind farm, the biggest in South Australia and a landmark project for Australia’s green energy transition, has been inaugurated and is now officially open for business.”)
- West Bank resistance dies amid fears of becoming Israel’s ‘next Gaza’
- Hamas Has Calculated It Can Survive in Gaza—and Rule
- Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes (Trump’s just going to murder fishermen and other innocent people, or at least people who haven’t been proven to be drug smugglers, let alone “terrorists,” as Trump keeps saying without any evidence at all.)
- Trump Supporters Are Uneasy About Military Actions Against Venezuela
- Senate GOP chair declines hearings on Trump’s boat attacks off Venezuela (Pathetic/disgraceful.)
- U.S. Sends B-1 Bombers Near Venezuela, Ramping Up Military Pressure
- Donald Trump Admits ‘We’re Just Going To Kill People’ Smuggling Drugs Into America (“OK? We’re going to kill them, you know, they’re going to be, like, dead. OK.” Cold-blooded murder, in other words. With no legal basis.)
- A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes
- Trump Gives Bonkers Reason to End Trade Talks With Canada (“The 79-year-old blasted his neighbors over an advertisement featuring a former president.”)
- Trump terminates all U.S. trade negotiations with Canada over Reagan tariffs TV ad
- Trump says he’s canceling trade negotiations with Canada over anti-tariff ad (“President Trump claimed Canada ‘fraudulently used’ an advertisement that featured audio from a 1987 radio address by President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs.” Trump is PATHETIC)
- Trump Says He Is Terminating Trade Negotiations With Canada
- Trump backs down on sending federal troops to San Francisco for immigration crackdown (“Protesters flood streets in show of resistance, as president calls off deployment after speaking with city’s mayor and Silicon Valley leaders”)
- Now Is Not the Time for Federal Judges to Be Removing ICE Skeptics From Jury Selection
- ICE Is Hiring Literally Anybody, and It’s Scary
- Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder
- How Crypto Corrupted America (So what are the legitimate uses of crypto?)
- Exclusive: Senate Dems move to condemn Trump’s Binance pardon
- Everyone is waiting for Friday’s big inflation report. Here’s what to expect
- Inflation Report Could Show Price Pressures Are Growing (“The Consumer Price Index for September, released late because of the government shutdown, may reflect the effects of President Trump’s tariffs.”)
- Senate Republicans considering bill to keep SNAP benefits flowing amid the shutdown
- The GOP expected Democrats to relent on the shutdown by now. That isn’t happening.
- GOP senator blocks Democratic bill to pay all federal employees during shutdown
- Obamacare ‘auto-enrollees’ are key target as Republicans formulate tax-credit extension plan
- Trump Calls Back Furloughed Medicare, Medicaid Workers During Shutdown
- Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud (Seriously, NY Times – you’re using the word “feud” to describe this???)
- Trump Used His Dad’s Dirtiest Move on the East Wing (“Knock it down before they can fight you.”)
- All The Donors Financing Trump’s Ballroom As He Demolishes The White House
- A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone
- Trump Is Turning the White House Into a Golden Goose
- White House East Wing demolished, new images appear to show
- The East Wing is gone, and Trump turns to damage control (Whenever Trump does something insane, illegal, corrupt, etc., just imagine the hysterical reaction by Republicans and the media if Obama, Biden, Harris, etc. had done ANYTHING like that. And then ask yourself why there’s such a MASSIVE double standard.)
- A Virginia couple is asking a judge to block Trump from tearing up the East Wing
- 53 percent disapprove of White House East Wing demolition: Survey (24% approved, which is very low but still should be lower…like, how could literally ANYONE approve of illegally tearing down the East Wing of the White House to build a f’ing GILDED BALLROOM, let alone one financed 100% corruptly??? This is the hard-core 24% of Trump “deplorables” or what???)
- Everything About Trump’s White House Ballroom Seems Fishy
- Letitia James Case Shows Ruthlessness of Justice Dept. in Trump’s Grip
- Letitia James Moves to Sanction Trump-Appointed Prosecutor Over “Stunning’ Texts to Reporter
- Evidence appears to undercut claims against Letitia James, prosecutors found: Sources
- New York attorney general set to make first Norfolk court appearance Friday in federal fraud case
- Steve Bannon Reveals ‘There’s a Plan’ for Third Trump Term (This is HIGHLY disturbing.)
- Indictment suggests LeBron James and Anthony Davis injury tips sold to gamblers
- U.S. Charges N.B.A. Coach and Players in Gambling Schemes (Among many reasons not to care about pro sports.)
- Andrew Cuomo Goes Full Islamophobe (“As New Yorkers prepare to vote, the former governor embraces an ugly, familiar brand of anti-Muslim hate.”)
- Andrew Cuomo’s Long Goodbye (“In his cynical campaign for mayor, the former New York governor touted the decades he spent in power. That was part of the problem.”)
- Bari’s Baier Market (“Barely a month into her CBS tenure, Bari Weiss is making moves that reveal how she intends to reshape the network—including an eyebrow-raising interest in Fox News anchor Bret Baier.”)
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says That on Day 23 of the Government Shutdown, He’s “amazed, astonished, and beyond disappointed that President Trump is going to leave the country for the second time during the shutdown and go off to Asia for almost a whole week.”
- Warner urges Trump to “stay home” and resolve shutdown
- Northern Virginia business leaders don’t feel good about Trump economy
- NY Times: “Virginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push” (“The surprise move could give Democrats two or three additional House seats and is likely to scramble the last couple weeks of campaigning ahead of the Nov. 4 election.”)
- House Speaker calls Virginia lawmakers back to Richmond as possible redistricting fight brews (“Surprise special session comes just days before Election Day, with Democrats weighing plans to redraw congressional lines amid GOP accusations of a ‘power grab.'” Republicans have been on a “power grab” across the country, voted unanimously against a Democratic bill in Congress that would have BANNED gerrymandering nationally, so they can seriously shove it.)
- Virginia Democrats fighting gerrymandering fire with gerrymandering fire
- Virginia Democrats plan to redraw House maps in redistricting push
- Virginia moves to join redistricting trend (It’s only a “trend” because Republicans started waging war on democracy; the “mainstream media” might want to actually mention that fact!)
- Pope & Schapiro: Redistricting, NOVA House campaigns, and the tightening race for Attorney General
- In Virginia’s Bellwether Battle, There’s One Clear Choice for Governor
- Video: VA Speaker Don Scott Says Winsome Earle-Sears and the VA GOP Are All About “policing bathrooms…they’re the pee-and-poop caucus” (On Earle-Sears’ debate performance, Speaker Scott says “this lady is so unhinged and so out of touch with everything that she says. I mean, you would have thought it would have been a joke”)
- Meet the candidates vying to become Virginia’s first female governor (This “framing” absolutely sucks – total “both sidesism,” false equivalence, identity politics, etc, etc.)
- New WaPo/Schar Poll: Spanberger +12 (54%-42%); Hashmi +7 (51%-44%); 46%-46% Tie for AG (51% think Jay Jones should drop out, while 41% think he should NOT drop out of the race; by a 54%-41% margin, voters approve of the way Spanberger has handled this situation.)
- New poll reveals how text message scandal has affected Virginia races
- Spanberger urges voters to ‘send a message’ to Washington. How clear will that message be?
- Editorial: Voter registration deadline marks another milestone on march to Nov. 4
- 8 things we still don’t know about this year’s election
- Perceptions about candidates’ demeanor linger weeks after chaotic debate (Do they, though? Other than among political junkies?)
- New Suffolk University Poll: Spanberger +9 (52%-43%), LG Race Tied (44%-44%), Miyares +4 (46%-42%); Trump Approval in Virginia at 39%-54% (This poll is definitely less positive for Dems than yesterday’s State Navigate/SurveyMonkey poll)
- Glenn Youngkin declares State of Emergency to stop Trump from starving folks
- Youngkin declares state of emergency to preserve SNAP benefits during shutdown (Youngkin’s party 100% causes a problem, then he declares a “state of emergency” and blames…wait for it…yep, DEMOCRATS! The guy’s completely pathological; thank goodness, just over 2 more months of his crap.)
- Youngkin declares state of emergency over shutdown (Youngkin is a f’ing joke.)
- Virginians call on Trump administration to release SNAP contingency funds (“Without action by Congress or the Trump administration, more than 770,000 Virginians won’t receive food assistance in November.”)
- Christopher Miller: Protect Virginians from paying billions for data center infrastructure
- Virginia veterans warn Trump’s reproductive health cuts are ‘taking freedoms they fought for’
- Mountain Valley Pipeline seeks approval to expand capacity
- Va. corrections department, corrections ombudsman office sign agreement to facilitate investigations
- Earle-Sears backs a small nuclear reactor in Wise County (Dumb; small modular nuclear reactors are super-expensive, not going to happen.)
- Virginia’s oldest free clinic needs to sell its building in wake of federal budget cuts
- Man killed crossing I-264 while fleeing from ICE, police say
- Gas plant that’s part of PJM’s fast-tracked process is getting pushback in Virginia
- CWG Live updates: Cool and a bit breezy today with occasional clouds
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