by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, November 7.
- Over 100 US leaders to attend Cop30 climate summit as Trump stays away (“Dozens of US state and local leaders will be at talks in Brazil with president’s team expected to send no representatives”)
- ‘Hurtling Toward Climate Chaos’ as COP30 Nears (“Negotiators gathering for the global climate talks must acknowledge their failures and seek alternatives to spur action, scientists say.”)
- 10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here’s Where We Are
- Scientists criticize ‘straw man’ arguments in Bill Gates climate memo (“Tech billionaire relying on ‘false binary’ with call to focus less on emissions and more on aid for poor, experts say.”)
- COP30: Starmer warns ‘consensus is gone’ on fighting climate change
- COP30 Summit in Brazil Contends With Trump’s Disdain for Climate Change (Trump’s disdain is actually for taking any action on the climate crisis – and it IS a crisis, a massive one at that!)
- How could Tropical Forest Forever fund proposed at Cop30 tackle deforestation? (“Scheme aims to raise $125bn to invest in bonds, with returns used to reward tropical countries for conservation”)
- Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit
- ‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders (“From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures”)
- Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN
- The Meat Advertising Case That Should Be Talked About at COP30 (The best response to this industry? Stop buying/consuming meat!)
- German general says Russia could launch limited attack on NATO any time
- Orbán to visit US to try to broker another Putin summit but questions raised over motives (“Hungarian PM also seeking exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil as he faces domestic challenge before elections” F*** ORBAN!)
- Russian Sanctions Risk Straining Trump’s Chummy Relationship With Hungarian Leader
- China’s exports suffer worst downturn since February (“It’s a stark reminder of the manufacturing juggernaut’s reliance on American consumers even as it woos buyers elsewhere.”)
- Exclusive: China moves to ease rare earth export curbs, but unlikely to meet Trump’s hopes
- How the Lowly Soybean Got Trapped in the Crossfire of the U.S.-China Trade Wars
- Typhoon barrels towards Cambodia after killing at least 193 in Philippines and Vietnam
- ‘Our job is only killing’ – how Sudan’s brutal militia carried out a massacre (Humanity at its absolute worst.)
- US strikes another alleged drug boat bringing death toll from campaign in Latin America to 70 (“US strikes have destroyed at least 18 vessels, but Washington has yet to make public any concrete evidence that its targets posed a threat to America”)
- Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced (“In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela’s breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists or leaders of a cartel or gang.”)
- Senate sinks measure to block military action against Venezuela (“Just two Republicans backed the measure, which would have required congressional approval for an attack on the South American nation.”)
- Sexual Assault of Mexico’s President Exposes Challenges of Her Equality Push
- ‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
- The Breezy Inequity of Trump v. Orr(“The Supreme Court’s latest grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration illustrates in technicolor the direct (and ugly) consequences of the two different ways it keeps messing up “equity.””)
- Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers
- Supreme Court to weigh longshot bid to overturn same-sex marriage precedent
- The 3 Months That Could Make Trump King (“In each presidential power grab, you can find the fingerprints of John Roberts.”)
- The U.S. Job Market Is Cooling but Not Collapsing (if Private Data Can Be Trusted)
- Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month
- Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefits to states by Friday
- In a week without SNAP, Americans missed meals and skipped bills
- Republicans Only Have One Plan to Deal With Shutdown Pain: More Pain
- Senate will vote Friday to advance shutdown-ending deal, Thune tells Republicans (“Democrats are expected to oppose the GOP plan as they seek a better deal.”)
- Hopes for shutdown resolution fade after Democrats balk at GOP offer
- Just When It Looked Like the Shutdown Might End (“Election Day happened.”)
- Republicans Are in Denial About Tuesday (“What happens when your party gets killed in an election but you can’t admit that anything is actually wrong?”)
- The FAA’s order to cut flights nationwide due to the government shutdown is set to take effect
- Hundreds of US flights are getting slashed Friday as the shutdown continues. Here’s what to know if you’re about to fly
- What the government shutdown means for air travel (“I literally can’t think of anything that’s been like that since 2001.”)
- DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump (“Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.”)
- Congressional Budget Office believed to be hacked by foreign actor
- Conservation Groups Blast Trump’s Latest Choice to Head Up the Bureau of Land Management (“President Donald Trump chose former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce to head the public lands agency, drawing ire from environmentalists.”)
- Fox News demanded that presidents know whom they pardoned. Then Trump said he didn’t know the crypto tycoon he pardoned. (“Fox News has spent 1 hour and 23 minutes discussing Biden’s use of the autopen while airing only 3 minutes of coverage on Trump’s pardon of founder of Binance. Trump claimed on 60 Minutes that he knew “nothing about” the pardon.”)
- The Democrats’ big election revealed a hidden constraint on Trump (“Federalism: It matters!”)
- Democrats score wins and flip seats to seize momentum for US midterms
- Five Ways Tuesday’s Results Will Affect Voting Rules and Democracy
- America Begins Clapping Back at Donald Trump (“In a week of political exits, a reminder that Trump’s time is coming soon, too.”)
- Latino voter shifts in Tuesday’s elections alarm some Republicans
- Trump deportations, high prices propel Democratic gains with Latinos (“Changes in who turned out to vote also factored in, adding to questions about whether Republicans can reprise Trump’s 2024 inroads in the midterms.”)
- More Democrats Need to Follow Pelosi’s Example and Retire
- In a historic career of firsts, Nancy Pelosi might be best remembered as Trump’s most formidable adversary (“After nearly four decades in Congress, reactions to the former House speaker’s retirement have proved emblematic of America’s partisan extremes”)
- Reactions to Retirement of “iconic, heroic, trailblazing, legendary and transformational leader” Nancy Pelosi, Who “will go down in history as one of our nation’s most consequential legislative leaders” (Incredibly, we went from the greatest Speaker (Nancy Pelosi) in US history to the absolute worst (Mike Johnson))
- Rubio privately expects Vance to be the 2028 GOP nominee
- Tesla says shareholders approve Musk’s $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favor (Insanity.)
- Bari Weiss was hired to remake CBS News. Here’s how it’s working out so far. (“The opinion journalist took over as editor in chief in October, launching a new era for the network amid layoffs, confusion and shifting expectations.”)
- The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart. (“The environmental group gave up its focus on climate change for a broader agenda. The ensuing strife left it weakened as it takes on the Trump administration.”)
- Liberated and Emboldened, Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson Hit the Road (“At a live event in White Plains, NY, the Fox News stars turned independent-media heavyweights celebrated their newfound freedom, no matter what backlash it stoked.”)
- Antisemitism Task Force Severs Ties With the Heritage Foundation
- Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker, top aide awaiting prison (Of course. Just imagine if Obama, Biden or Harris did something like this???)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Knows Exactly What She’s Doing (“The ‘Jewish space lasers’ lady may be positioning herself to lead the MAGA movement.”)
- Anti-Defamation League Creates Antisemitism Tip Line Focused on Mamdani (The ADL has lost its way when it’s focused on Mamdani and not 100%, 24/7 on the right wing, Trump administration, Heritage Foundation, Nick Fuentes, Marjorie Taylor Greene, etc, etc, etc.)
- NYC’s next mayor Zohran Mamdani has a big climate policy to-do list (Virginia needs a big climate policy to-do list as well.)
- How Gavin Newsom Struck the Year’s Heaviest Blow Against Trump (“The California governor put on a master class in political persuasion with Prop 50.”)
- Stefanik poised to announce bid for New York governor on Friday (Stefanik is heinous.)
- Democrats Sweep Connecticut, Flipping Nearly 30 Towns Blue Again (“If you look closely at local elections, the warnings signs for Republicans are everywhere.” Same thing here in places like Stafford County and Prince William County)
- Jury acquits D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent (“Sean Dunn faced a single misdemeanor after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.”)
- Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero?
- Justice Dept. Is Said to Be Investigating D.C. Mayor Over Foreign Trip
- Virginia lawmakers advance $400M transit funding plan as Metro costs surge (“Proposal calls for new revenue streams to keep VRE, WMATA and local bus systems afloat, but tax concerns divide state officials.”)
- Notebook: Mark Warner on 2025 results, shutdown, congressional maps
- Rep. McGuire and Sen. Warner at odds over how to end record-breaking government shutdown (McGuire, of course, is an insurrectionist, a MAGA fanatic, and completely incompetent.)
- With the 2025 Elections Over, Time to Start Focusing on the 2026 Midterms; In VA02, Democrat Matt Strickler Announces His Candidacy (Among other things, Strickler served as VA Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and Chief Resilience Officer from 2018-2021, under Gov. Ralph Northam)
- Seventh Democrat enters crowded field in Second District congressional race (“I’m hearing rumblings about Elaine Luria, who held the Second District seat for two terms, from 2019-2023, mulling over a run for the seat in the 2026 cycle.”)
- Virginia’s blue wave was real but not as big as it looked. Here are the numbers. (“The Democratic vote was up, but a big part of the election story was how much the Republican vote was down. That magnified the Democratic wave and made it look bigger.” Yeah, well, that’s what always happens in Virginia gubernatorial elections – one side is more enthused, the other side less enthused, depending upon who’s in the White House for one thing.)
- Shutdown, not GOP or Trump, caused Democratic election sweep, Youngkin says (Yet again, it would be SO easy for the “mainstream media” to simply note, in the headline, that what Youngkin says is objectively FALSE; in this case, because Republicans control all three branches of government and are basically 100% responsible for the government shutdown.)
- Virginia Democrats plan to capitalize on 2025 ‘tsunami’
- Editorial: Virginia’s diverse slate of candidates reflects opportunity for all (A “neutral” and “safe” editorial for the Virginian-Pilot – the media increasingly is driven by figuring out how not to get attacked by right wingers.)
- Spanberger, Youngkin share lunch in long-running, Virginia tradition
- Campaign jabs give way to ‘lovely’ lunch between Youngkin and Spanberger (My god, the Bezos Post… “jabs,” “lovely,” LOL)
- Pope & Schapiro: The transition begins
- The Richmond area saw the most flipped seats in Tuesday’s elections
- Danville City Council will have a public process for filling Whittle’s soon-to-be vacant seat (“Madison Whittle, who has served on the Danville City Council since 2016, will transition to a role in the General Assembly in January, leaving a seat open on the council.”)
- Virginia teacher shot by student wins suit against former assistant principal (“Abby Zwerner, formerly a teacher at Richneck Elementary School, was shot by a 6-year-old first-grade student in 2023.”)
- Jury awards $10M in damages to Abby Zwerner in Richneck shooting case
- CWG Live updates: Gusty but mild by afternoon, a warm weekend, then wintry early week
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