by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, October 6.
- Six Ways the COP30 Climate Summit Can Succeed or Fail
- This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight (“Countries are falling short on reducing emissions, but British data scientist Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees the world making real gains on climate change. In an interview, she talks about the unheralded progress she sees in the global shift to clean energy.”)
- Pope Leo XIV is pushing the Catholic Church to act on climate
- Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi win Nobel medicine prize for immune discoveries
- Russia’s fossil fuel war economy drives oppression and climate breakdown – but also resistance
- Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky accuses west of ‘zero real reaction’ to massive Russian attack that killed five
- Russia welcomes Trump’s remark on Putin’s offer to preserve nuclear arms limits
- How China Secretly Pays Iran for Oil and Avoids U.S. Sanctions
- Amid the Gaza War, Israel Is More Divided and Isolated Than Ever
- Trump Is Successfully Bullying Netanyahu (“The more the president puts the prime minister in his place, the more likely it is that the Gaza war will end.”)
- Trump pushing Israel and Hamas for Gaza deal within days
Weary Israelis greet Trump as saviour as hostages deal inches closer (“Israelis in Tel Aviv cautiously optimistic but show little sympathy for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza”)- Israeli airstrikes continue with negotiations due to begin in Egypt
- Ravaged by War: Trying to Survive Gaza’s Present, Hoping for a Future (“Two years of intense warfare have left Gazans with a dismembered and disordered society. Many have mental and physical wounds that could scar a generation.”)
- Negotiators gather for Gaza talks, mediators caution deal may not be swift
- A Chilling New Tactic in Nicaragua: Arrest, Then Silence
- Milei’s Candidate Drops Out of Race Amid Ties to Drug Trafficker (Trump loves Milei.)
- France in crisis as government quits just hours after being appointed
- French PM resigns hours after naming government, plunging France further into political chaos
- Judge issues new broader order barring any National Guard from relocating to Oregon
- Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland for second time (“The ruling came in an emergency hearing Sunday night.”)
- Newsom joins Oregon’s suit after Trump sends California National Guard to Oregon (“‘This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power,’ the governor said in a statement.”)
- ‘Breathtaking Abuse of Power’: Newsom Says Trump Is Sending California National Guard Troops to Portland
- Gov. JB Pritzker says Texas National Guard expected to join troops from Illinois as deportations escalate
- Chicago’s chaotic weekend with federal clashes (Lame headline.)
- Pritzker Says Federal Agents Are Trying to Make Chicago a ‘War Zone’ (Correct.)
- Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago (Absolutely inexcusable.)
- Kristi Noem calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman (Puppy murderer strikes again.)
- ‘Very difficult situation’: Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms
- State Terror, American Style (“Forget about ‘soft autocracy'”)
- Stephen Miller and Donald Trump Want War (“They are ignoring a judge’s ruling, ignoring the sovereign right of governors to keep their states safe and ignoring the on-the-ground facts to justify their dangerous invasions”)
- Trump’s invasionThis weekend marked a major escalation of his campaign of terror.
- How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens
- Courts and Domestic Use of the Military (“In response to adverse judicial rulings, the President’s advisers and supporters are claiming courts lack the power to halt domestic use of the military. A critical early precedent is to the contrary.”)
- Trump seeks to impose unfettered presidential power
- Immigrants nationwide placed in solitary confinement for weeks, report says (WTF???)
- Trump Steps Up Effort to Deploy Guard in Democratic Cities as Judge Blocks Him
- Trump Keeps Winning at the Supreme Court. There Are Two Convincing Theories Why.
- US supreme court begins new term with nation’s democratic governance at stake
- We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency
- Trump considers massive bailout of at least $10 billion for American farmers hurt by his trade war
- ‘They Need to Suffer’: Inside Trump’s War on Dissent (“After Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump expanded his war on free speech, the left, and ordinary Americans. It’s going to get worse”)
- New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires (“Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.” Disastrous.)
- Trump Bizarrely Takes Credit for Flagging Osama bin Laden Before 9/11 (“The president rehashed his years-old claim that he warned the world about the notorious terrorist.”)
- ‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd (“The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences”)
- Shutdown threatens to drag on for days as positions harden (“Some are eyeing Oct. 15 — when active-duty military members could miss a paycheck — as the next deadline for action.”)
- Trump’s Shutdown Glee Could Come Back to Bite Him
- For God’s Sake, Democrats: Don’t Cave
- Trump aloof as lawmakers fear protracted shutdown
- Democrats say administration refusing shutdown talks as president repeats threat of firings
- CBS News poll finds few feel shutdown is worth it, low marks for Republicans, Democrats and Trump’s handling
- Johnson calls potential layoffs ‘a regrettable situation that the president does not want’ (Does Mike Johnson ever tell the truth about ANYTHNING?)
- Fact Check: Mike Johnson’s Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants (“The Republican speaker continues to push the false narrative that Democrats are responsible for shutting down the government because they want to fund health care for undocumented people” Johnson is a pathological liar.)
- ‘There will start to be layoffs’ if Trump decides shutdown talks have stalled, Hassett says
- Where Is the Line? (“On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.” “I believe Klein is dangerously wrong.”)
- Bari Weiss Takes Her Grift Mainstream (“Journalism’s biggest fraud takes the reins at CBS”)
- ‘Partisan bickering’ is a media frame that fails the public (“The government shutdown is producing an all-too-familiar barrage of performative neutrality”)
- Why we can’t allow Trump to ban that other f-word
- OpenAI, AMD Announce Massive Computing Deal, Marking New Phase of AI Boom
- Stephen Miller’s Own Cousin Disowned Him in Wrenching Post
- SLED investigating fire at SC circuit judge’s Edisto home, 3 injured
- Washington Post economics columnist moves to The Bulwark (“Former Washington Post opinion columnist Catherine Rampell is joining The Bulwark, where she will write a weekly economics and policy-focused newsletter while contributing to the company’s podcasts and YouTube channels. I”)
- Trump snubs Virginia’s GOP nominee for governor even as she’s attacked as too ‘MAGA’
- Trump touts Navy, avoids GOP nominee for governor in Virginia visit (“President Donald Trump spoke in Virginia for the first time since his election, but avoided mentioning the state’s race for governor, in which his party trails.”)
- Trump doesn’t let shutdown interfere with celebrating Navy’s 250th anniversary at rally-like event in Norfolk
- With Trump Slated to Visit Today, Earle-Sears Needs to Stand Up to His Attacks on Virginia Jobs (“Earle-Sears repeatedly refused to call on Donald Trump to stop firing Virginians as he threatens even more mass firings.”)
- Trump calls Jay Jones’ text messages ‘sick and demented,’ says Democrat should withdraw
- Here’s how Spanberger, Earle-Sears would address Virginia’s housing crisis
- Trump joins other Republicans in calling for Jay Jones to exit Virginia race
- Donald Trump weighing in on Jay Jones | We’ve now reached the stupid stage of this story
- Jay Jones Is Unfit to Be VA’s Attorney General and Should Drop Out
- The weekend that sent the Virginia Democratic Party into a tailspin (“I think the bottom line here is that this doesn’t reset the entire election, but it may reset the attorney general campaign…Republicans all along have thought that maybe Miyares might be their best shot at winning a statewide election; split tickets are much more likely now.”)
- Black Virginia News: EP59 – GOP Hypocrisy on Violence and Jay Jones
- How much do Jones’ text messages damage him? 10 questions about the political impact of fantasizing about shooting the speaker of the House. (“There are lots of reasons why she can’t do that — the most practical of which is that voting is already underway. Even if Democrats wanted to push Jones off the ticket, he’d remain on the ballot. They’re stuck with him. They’ll just have to tough it out.”)
- ‘Beyond disqualifying’: Jay Jones controversy jolts Virginia’s pivotal 2025 elections
- Va. school divisions repay nearly $30 million in misused special ed funds; one division disputes
- Virginia workers call for free speech protection in wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination
- Va. could show how to manage data center growth. So far, it’s a case study in stalling legislation
- Gambling interests pump donations into Virginia political groups
- Growth, tourism and turnout collide in House District 71 rematch
- Fairfax County Democratic Committee Congratulates Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Democratic Nominee for Braddock District Supervisor (Sizemore Heizer wins by a 60%-22% margin, with over 3,400 votes cast)
- At least 8 school board elections across Virginia will take place next month with no candidate on the ballot
- CWG Live updates: Two more warm days before cold front brings rain
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