by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 7.
- Renewables overtake coal as world’s biggest source of electricity (“Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.”)
- Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time (“Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds” Good, FASTER!)
- Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on quantum mechanics
- Putin rejected Trump’s generous deal. Time to try peace through strength.
- Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump has ‘sort of’ made his decision on whether to supply Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv (“It comes after Putin warned that US supply of the missiles to Kyiv would ‘lead to the destruction’ of Moscow-Washington relations”)
- Macron wanders alone by the Seine as grip on his future slips away
- Election calls heap pressure on Macron to end political crisis
- Macron should announce early election, says former PM as France’s political crisis deepens (“Édouard Philippe, a contender to succeed Macron, says situation is ‘distressing’ amid last-ditch efforts to get cross-party support for cabinet”)
- Why Israel and Hamas Might Finally Have a Deal (“How an Israeli strike on Qatar, Hamas’s shifting calculus, and Donald Trump’s impatience could change the trajectory of the two-year war.”)
- Israelis and Palestinians mark 2 years of war
- Jeremy Bowen: Two years on, will Israel and Hamas seize the chance to end the war?
- The ruin of Gaza: how Israel’s two-year assault has devastated the territory
- After Two Years of War, Israel Is Stronger—and More Isolated—Than Ever (“The war in Gaza has spurred a global backlash that threatens Israel’s long-term prospects.”)
- Trump Calls Off Diplomatic Outreach to Venezuela
- Unlawful Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels
- Schiff, Kaine look to force vote on ‘narco-trafficking’ boat strikes as soon as this week
- Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say
- Carney to meet Trump in search of ‘best deal for Canada’
- As Money Rushed In, ICE’s Rapid Expansion Stalled Out (“Immigration arrests have declined and jail overcrowding is worse despite billions in new funds.”)
- Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans
- Trump presses sanctuary cities to work with ICE, but few are budging
- Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said ‘Do something b— ’ before shooting
- Trump’s Plan (“The direction we’re going is either martial law or civil war.”)
- No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants
- Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke (“The White House aide equates opposition to Trump’s agenda with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.”)
- Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.
- A Trump-appointed judge just demolished right-wing fearmongering about Portland (Yeah, except he didn’t “demolish” it…unfortunately.)
- Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act (Fascism.)
- Trump Is Destroying the U.S. Constitution and Amassing Unprecedented Powers by Sending Federal Troops to Invade American Cities
- Trump’s use of the National Guard sets up a legal clash testing presidential power
- It’s Time for Soft Secession (“How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.”)
- Epstein files update | Supreme Court declines to hear Ghislaine Maxwell appeal
- Supreme Court rejects appeal from Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
- Mike Johnson faces bipartisan heat over delayed vote on Epstein files
- Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary (Yes, and then hopefully he’ll seek the psychiatric help he so obviously and desperately deserves.)
- Top prosecutor is refusing to charge New York AG despite Trump pressure
- Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Says Agencies Are Working on Layoff Plans Amid Shutdown
- Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen
- Staffing issues see U.S. flights delayed as shutdown persists
- Mass firing threats don’t faze Democrats
- Senate votes for fifth time against advancing legislation to end the shutdown
- Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren’t entitled to back pay
- Trump administration weighs selling parts of $1.6T federal student loan portfolio
- Hegseth’s ultimatum to generals sparks fears of departures
- Hundreds of ex-DOJ staffers demand oversight ahead of Pam Bondi hearing
- C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself (“It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist. A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.”)
- There’s a New Twist in the Trump Administration’s Lunatic Pursuit of James Comey (“The special counsel who Trump once unleashed on the former FBI director could now be a key witness in Comey’s defense.”)
- Trump non-committal about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon, says he ‘will speak to the DOJ’
- This Trump Executive Action Is One of the Most Alarming We’ve Seen So Far (“In short, he is laying the groundwork for a police state, and he is doing so in broad daylight, assuming that our constitutional guardrails will bend and fold, as they often have under more-piecemeal pressures since his second presidency began just nine months ago.”)
- Power Is the Order of the Day, and Other Beds Trump Has Made
- The Trump Admin’s Mostly Unnoticed Move to Crack Down on the Opposition (“The memos classify huge swaths of progressive political advocacy and belief as potentially contributing to political violence and domestic terrorism, directing law enforcement and several federal agencies to investigate and possibly charge left-leaning advocacy groups and their funders.”)
- From Dan Rather to — Bari Weiss? How far CBS News has fallen (“The Tiffany Network has become a battlefield in the billionaires’ war on journalism”)
- CBS News staffers react to Bari Weiss being named editor-in-chief: ‘It’s utterly depressing’ (“Six network employees expressed a mix of emotions over the appointment in conversations with the Guardian”)
- The devolution of CBS News (“A network once revered for fact-based reporting is embracing right-wing pseudo-journalism”)
- How Bari Weiss Won (“At The Free Press, she battled “wokeness” and buddied up with billionaires. Now she’s the editor in chief of CBS News.” Disgusting on every level. Also, f*** CBS “News” at this point.)
- Bari Weiss runs a Trump-friendly site — now she’ll be in charge of CBS News
- Why does Bari Weiss keep winning? (Because we live in a bizarre, warped parallel timeline, “upside down,” etc?)
- Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s the Free Press for $150 Million (“Weiss to take control of CBS News’s editorial vision, aiming for ‘news that reflects reality’” She’s most definitely Trump-friendly.)
- No evidence fire at South Carolina judge’s home was arson ‘at this time,’ law enforcement says (“The cause of the fire isn’t yet known, but Democrats were quick to blame the right after the judge had ruled against the Trump administration.”)
- Trumpers not interested in talking about South Carolina judge home fire
- Stephen Miller’s Uncle Agrees That He’s a ‘Depraved Fiend’
- Manosphere Influencers Who Boosted Trump Are Now Cooling on Him (“Creators like Theo Von and Adin Ross are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House”)
- Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says “I think we’re going to see in [the Virginia elections] in about five weeks a massive repudiation of Trumpism” and Its “gratuitous cruelty” (Sen. Kaine says Republicans “would rather keep government shut and not fix the mess they made.”)
- Spanberger answers questions about policy. Earle-Sears does not. (“This fits a pattern where Earle-Sears has avoided taking about most issues. Her silence on issues is unprecedented in modern Virginia history.”)
- After Months of Backing Trump’s Healthcare and Job Cuts That Are Hurting Virginia, Trump Ignores Sears at Norfolk Event
- Earle-Sears’ husband promises Greene County voters she’ll put an end to DEI, CRT (“CRT” literally isn’t taught in any Virginia K-12 public schools, so this is just total bulls***)
- Spanberger makes play for rural voters in Virginia governor’s race
- New Wason Center Virginia Poll: Spanberger Leads 52%-42% (+10); Hashmi 48%-39% (+9); Jones 49%-43% (+6); Slightly Tighter Than Wason’s Last Poll on 9/18 (This poll was conducted 9/29 -10/1, so prior to the most recent news…)
- CNU poll: Democrats poised for sweep but AG’s race was closest of three before Jones’ text messages revealed (“A Christopher Newport University poll finds Abigail Spanberger with a lead of 10 percentage points. It also finds that even on traditional Republican issues such as crime, taxes and transgender policy, voters prefer Spanberger.”)
- CNU poll has Jones leading Miyares by 6 points. But that was before texts.
- Virginia Democrats criticize AG candidate Jay Jones for violent texts but aren’t demanding he quit race
- (Sen. Tim Kaine: “The comments are completely indefensible. I’ve known Jay Jones for 25 years, and those comments are very much out of character for him. So if I put the comments, which are clearly beyond the pale, against knowing this guy for 25 years, I’m still supporting Jay Jones”)
- Youngkin: Jay Jones texts ‘demented’
- Coyner alleges Jones told her in a 2020 phone call that a few police officers dying would stop them from killing other people
- Did Jones really imagine that his malignant texts to a GOP delegate would remain confidential? (“Many want Jones to quit the race, but I agree with him that this is a decision for the voters, writes columnist Bob Lewis.”)
- NEW TV AD: Ghazala Hashmi Releases Statewide Ad, “Educator” (“For most politicians, talk is cheap, but with Ghazala, nobody’s working harder for us.”)
- Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down (“How Linda McMahon’s latest ‘compact’ would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education”)
- State report on Virginia Community Colleges raises ‘demographic cliff’ questions (“That’s the point in the next few years where a reduction in births after 2007 will start to impact college enrollment. And at a meeting Monday morning, elected officials in Richmond were already starting to worry about it.”)
- Study: Va. community college enrollment down as career, technical education signups increase (“Dual enrollment up at VCCS, growing by about 13,000 since 2021-22 school year”)
- After federal funding cuts, Va. maternal mortality data collection to continue until next August
- Is federal immigration policy contributing to drop in Fairfax Co. schools enrollment?
- In a reversal vote, Loudoun Co. school board will allow charter schools to ask for funding to cover facility upgrades
- Slurs, Internet Violations Among Offenses Removed from Loudoun School’s Police Reporting
- CWG Live updates: One more warm day before cold front tonight brings welcome rain
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