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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, November 28.
- Chart: Solar and wind are meeting — and exceeding — new power demand (“Through September, the two clean-energy sources outpaced growth in power demand. That trend needs to accelerate for the world to phase out fossil fuels.”)
- Beyond the negative headlines, some truly good things came out of Cop30 (“Ultimately, climate progress will come from real-world action, and this year’s summit made some promising strides on that front”)
- Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds (“Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown” DISASTER.)
- ‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world (“In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%” We should do the same in the U.S., including right here in Virginia.)
- Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
- Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia (“Ukraine’s chief negotiator, in an exclusive interview, says conceding sovereign territory is off-limits in peace talks.”)
- The Change From Biden To Trump Has Been Devastating For Ukraine (“And Why it is Important for the Direction of US Foreign Policy”)
- Ukrainian anti-graft police search home of Zelenskiy’s top aide
- Clown Car Diplomacy (“Maybe Trump’s developer friends should stick to real estate”)
- Peace Through Bungling (“By its own efforts, despite the bungles and cowardice of its friends, Ukraine may have at least bought a chance for the freedom it is due.”)
- Putin doubles down on demands for Ukrainian territory ahead of talks with US in Moscow
- Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades followed a year of safety complaints (“Residents of the housing complex that was engulfed in Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in seven decades were told by authorities last year that they faced “relatively low fire risks” after complaining repeatedly about fire hazards posed by ongoing renovation works.”)
- Hong Kong apartment block fire death toll jumps to 128, officials warn could rise further (Horrible.)
- Trump Is Silent on Taiwan After Talking to Xi—and That Is Fine With Taipei (“Island counting on American support makes the most of U.S. policy of ambiguity”)
- India’s economic growth beats forecasts
- Europe Fears It Can’t Catch Up in Great Power Competition (“Underarmed and politically fractious, the continent worries it is becoming the biggest loser in the new era of transactional politics.”)
- The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply. (There are so many examples of this phenomenon, like how most Americans alwways think crime is high and rising, when actually it’s been falling for decades and now is very low relative to almost any point in modern U.S. history.)
- Denmark sets up ‘night watch’ to monitor Trump after Greenland row (“US president’s threat to seize territory prompts intelligence briefings reminiscent of Game of Thrones patrol”)
- Israeli forces kill Palestinian men in West Bank after they appear to surrender (That’s wildly unacceptable and heinous.)
- Palestinian-American teenager held in Israeli prison freed after nine months (“Israeli soldiers had taken Mohammed Ibrahim from his home in a night raid when he was only 15 years old”)
- Trump says US will soon take action against Venezuelan drug traffickers on land
- Canada minister resigns from cabinet over Carney’s controversial oil pipeline deal (“Minister Steven Guilbeault says Indigenous nations were not consulted and the pipeline would have ‘major environmental impacts’”)
- Canada Lifts Climate Laws for Alberta Oil Sands, Planning Pipeline (“Prime Minister Mark Carney reached a tentative deal with the province as part of his program to curb the country’s economic dependence on the United States.”)
- Trump makes chilling threat to ban immigrants and throw settlers out in unhinged rant (“Trump makes chilling threat to ban immigrants and throw settlers out in unhinged rant”)
- Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting (“In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shooting” Trump is insane.)
- Trump Demands ‘Reverse Migration’ in Push for Sweeping Crackdown (Trump is, in addition to being an imbecile, virulently racist.)
- Trump vows to ‘permanently pause’ migration from poor nations in anti-immigrant social media screed (Trump is pure evil.)
- Republicans push to “deport them all” after D.C. shooting (That’s INSANE!)
U.S. immigration agency launches re-examination of green card holders from 19 countries ‘of concern’ (The fact that ONE f’ed-up person did a heinous thing doesn’t make an entire country – let alone multiple countries – “of concern.” That’s just like arguing that if a white guy from North Dakota shoots someone, then every white guy from North Dakota is “of concern.” Makes no sense at all.)- Trump vows to freeze migration from ‘Third World Countries’ after D.C. attack (That’s APPALLING!)
- Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump
- U.S. Reviews Biden Asylum Cases After Shooting
- D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said (“The C.I.A. and an Afghan intelligence official said that the shooter had been part of an Afghan ‘partner force,’ known as a Zero Unit, trained and supported by the agency in the southern province of Kandahar.”)
- Guard member dies of injuries; Trump threatens immigration policy changes
- National guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died after shooting in Washington DC, Trump announces (Ugh, horrible. Rest in peace.)
- The Ambush on the National Guard (“The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.”)
- Trump Approved National Guard Shooting Suspect’s Asylum
- National Guard member dies as ambush in US capital becomes political flashpoint (It only becomes a “political flashpoint” because Trump and his far-right-extremist administration are making it one!)
- A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C. (“Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.”)
- Two National Guard members were tasked with serving the nation. One is dead as the other fights for his life after shooting
- 19-year-old college student deported despite judge’s order blocking her removal: Lawyer (“Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras last week, documents show.” The Trump administration is normalizing defiance of the law in multiple ways. It’s EXTREMELY bad and dangerous.)
- Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her tribal ID ‘fake’
- The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy (“It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?”)
- Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008 (“Trump’s cronies are undermining financial stability”)
- Trump says he may cut income tax ‘completely’ because of tariff income (WTF??? For starters, that would be illegal and unconstitutional. Second, tariff income doesn’t even come close to income tax revenue. Third, Trump is an imbecile.)
- Trump Rips Into Another Female Reporter With Incredibly ‘Stupid’ Personal Attack (“The president hurled insults at a reporter yet again during a Thanksgiving media availability.”)
- Trump Hits Another Low, Calls Governor ‘Seriously Retarded’
- Why MAGA is coming apart at the seams (“Turns out they’re not in it for Trump, they’re in it for themselves.”)
- The Trump train — and its conductor — are losing steam (“Americans are growing weary of the president’s cruel policies and stagnant economy”)
- Bari Weiss’s Big Secret Is That She’s Boring (“The ‘contrarian’ journalist’s new vision for CBS News appears to just mean reinventing Crossfire.” She’s also a HORRIBLE journalist.)
- Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) on “Terrible, Horrific” Shooting of Two National Guard Members in DC, Says “it’s incumbent upon the [Trump] administration to lay out a clear plan to ensure their protection” (“I don’t think we need National Guardsmen and women in American cities, certainly not in the District of Columbia.”)
- Beth Macy has it right: Democrats do need to reach out to MAGA voters (“The folks giving Beth Macy hell at her listening tour event the other night are part of the root cause of our disconnect with working-class voters. They want Democratic candidates to give up on those voters. The reason I do what I do is, I want those folks to have just as much a chance to make it as Donald Trump’s kids do. It’s a fever dream, I know.”)
- Pope & Schapiro: Moving toward the next budget, the next governor, and the next session
- Poll: Virginians plan to spend less this holiday season as prices, job market weigh on budgets
- Democratic lawmaker probes Virginia State Police finances ahead of budget season
- Virginia DMV launches new phone-based Mobile ID
- Roanoke to include casino project on wish list for General Assembly, despite lack of support from local legislators (“Some city officials say that the casino and entertainment district is one of Roanoke’s most important priorities.”)
- To prevent holiday hunger, Virginia food banks turn to donations
- CWG Live: January-like highs into early next week (“A chilly stretch with minor wintry precipitation possible Sunday and Tuesday.”)
