by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 6.
- COP27 Talks Begin With Breakthrough on Loss and Damage
- COP27: ‘Watershed moment’ as UN climate summit begins (“COP27 will really begin in earnest on Monday with a World Leaders’ Summit, when heads of state and government leaders deliver five-minute addresses outlining what they want from the meeting.”)
- Opinion | The World’s Peatlands Are Climate Bombs Waiting to Detonate (“They face threats around the world and must be protected.”)
- At COP27, flood-battered Pakistan leads push to make polluting countries pay
- COP27 Summit Begins as Economy, Ukraine War Overshadow Climate Concerns
- As countries convene at climate summit in Egypt, reports show the world is wildly off track. Here’s what to watch at COP27
- Developing Nations’ Message at Global Climate Talks: Pay Up, Polluters.
- World in crisis a grim backdrop for UN climate talks
- COP27 climate talks start in Egypt, as delegates arrive from around the world
- Germany sets new 70GW offshore wind target (“Germany sets new offshore wind capacity target of 70GW by 2045 – a substantial increase from previous targets.”)
- UN urges Elon Musk to ensure Twitter respects human rights (“Volker Türk says reports of platform’s human rights team being laid off is ‘not an encouraging start’”)
- U.S. privately asks Ukraine to show it’s open to negotiate with Russia (“The encouragement is aimed not at pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table, but ensuring it maintains a moral high ground in the eyes of its international backers.”)
- West Sees Little Choice but to Keep Backing Ukraine
- The Secret Mission to Snatch Crimea Back From Putin’s Clutches
- Russia Restarts Its Trolls and Bots for Tuesday’s Midterms
- What Can US Democracy Learn From Brazil?
- We Need to Be Clear About Who Pushed Us to the Breaking Point (“It’s not Democrats who left the voting public with only one choice if they want to protect democracy as they know it. The reason the stakes are so high is that the Republican Party has made them this high.”)
- Why the US midterms matter – from abortion rights to democracy
- This Time the Robber Barons Came for Democracy
- Opinion/Editorial: U.S. democracy reaches crossroads in 2022 election
- These companies claim to support abortion rights. They are backing anti-abortion Republicans (“An analysis of major companies’ donations, including Meta and Amazon, reveals donations to candidates calling for banning the procedure”)
- Post-ABC poll: House vote nearly split, GOP has edge on economy and turnout (It’s absolutely insane that the Republicans have a lead on the economy, when Democrats have been better on pretty much every metric – for decades. I blame the media heavily.)
- Breaking down the Senate, House, governor races that could flip in midterms
- Five races where Democrats could pull off surprise wins
- How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack
- The Marjorie Taylor Greene-ing of America (Nightmare.)
- The Unruly Heirs of Sarah Palin
- Protectors of democracy: Why these 27 races may be the most critical in midterm elections
- Election deniers could oversee voting in key swing states. Here are the races to watch
- Obama says ‘we’d have a very different Supreme Court’ if Dems had kept the Senate in 2014
- Obama warns against violating “spirit of our democracy”
- Duelling US presidents descend on key swing state Pennsylvania
- Biden on people calling him a socialist: ‘Give me a break, what idiots’
- Trump says US ‘in decline’; Biden has his own dire warning
- Trump speeds down runway of presidential bid as he stumps for midterm election picks (“Ex-president strikes familiar notes at Pennsylvania rally as he swipes at potential rival ‘Ron DeSanctimonious’ and effectively kicks off another run for White House”)
- Trump jabs at DeSantis during rally: ‘Ron DeSanctimonious’
- Polling Averages Can Be Useful, but What’s Underneath Has Changed (“This year, a wave of polls from Republican-leaning firms is driving the averages.”)
- NBC retracts erroneous Paul Pelosi story that fueled conspiracy theories (So bad by NBC.)
- When Will We Know 2022 Midterm Election Results?
- Iowa Poll: Chuck Grassley widens lead over Mike Franken in US Senate race (Grassley is, in fact, horrible.)
- In Arizona, Kari Lake Worked in Local TV News. Now, She Calls Reporters ‘Monsters.’
- Control Of The Senate Could Rest On Abortion And Inflation In Nevada
- Lawsuit seeks to block counting of military ballots in Wisconsin
- ‘Kill them’: Arizona election workers face midterm threats (“Election workers in Arizona’s most fiercely contested county faced more than 100 violent threats and intimidating communications in the run-up to Tuesday’s midterms, most of them based on election conspiracy theories promoted by former President Donald Trump and his allies.”)
- In Nevada, Cortez Masto taunts Laxalt with new ads boasting his family endorsed her (“The Democratic senator will print letters from Adam Laxalt’s family members backing her in full-page newspaper ads first shared with NBC News.”)
- Twitter launching monthly subscription that includes blue checkmark (Paying for a checkmark means that the checkmark is utterly meaningless in terms of whether a user is a real person, someone notable, etc.)
- Cesspool or civility? Elon Musk’s Twitter at a crossroads
- Twitter co-founder Dorsey apologizes for growing the company ‘too quickly’ in wake of mass layoffs
- Elon Musk Appears To Threaten Advertisers Wary Of His Twitter Takeover
- Elon Musk Will Never Touch That Grass (“He is breaking Twitter’s culture for his own ends”)
- With Twitter in chaos, Mastodon is on fire
- Amy Schumer Calls Out ‘Nazi’ Kanye West in ‘SNL’ Monologue
- Houston Astros top Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in Game 6 to win World Series
- Liz Cheney endorses Democrat Abigail Spanberger in high-stakes Va. race
- Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Joins Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05) in Endorsing Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) for Reelection! (Rep. Cheney: “Abigail’s opponent is promoting conspiracy theories, denying election outcomes she disagrees with, and defending the indefensible.”)
- Candidates Make Final Push for 7th District Votes in Virginia, Spotlight Endorsements (“GOP challenger Yesli Vega was joined once again by Gov. Glenn Youngkin for a rally in Spotsylvania County. Incumbent Democrat Abigail Spanberger picked up an endorsement from Republican Liz Cheney.”)
- Spanberger-Vega congressional contest in Virginia is close – and closely watched
- Editorial: Youngkin’s reckless joke, half apology are a poor reflection on Virginia
- In Friday Evening News Dump, Youngkin Names Former Exec. Director of “Christian fundamentalist lobbying organization” as New “Chief Diversity, Opportunity, and Inclusion Officer” of Virginia (This organization is anti-LGBTQ, pro-“conversion therapy,” anti-ERA, anti-abortion, etc.)
- Opinion: Election Day is Tuesday. What’s your plan to vote?
- Glenn Youngkin’s teacher snitch line in Virginia is finally dead (“The Republican governor created an email account for parents to rat out educators teaching “divisive” subjects. It didn’t go well … at all.”)
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “The COVID numbers are back where they belong”; Flu and RSV Keep Emergency Department Busy
- Virginia coalition’s plan to remove CO2 from the atmosphere (“It’s called carbon sequestration, and a coalition here in Virginia has announced a demonstration project that could enrich land in the Commonwealth while reducing CO2 in the air.”)
- Editorial: Gov. Glenn Youngkin is right to raise expectations of students (They don’t get that Youngkin’s just being cynical and political.)
- Loudoun Dems: “Don’t Be Fooled, ‘Nonpartisan’ Does Not Equal Independent” (“In Loudoun’s 2022 School Board races, ‘Nonpartisan’ might as well be labeled ‘Republican Culture Warrior.)
- In one Va. school board race, a microcosm of LGBTQ identity politics (“In the age of Pete Buttigieg and book bans, the race for a seat on the embattled Loudoun County school board is a case study on sexual orientation and the culture wars.”)
- How Virginia Beach’s Something in the Water was lost — and found
- D.C.-area forecast: Unusually warm through tomorrow, then sunny and seasonable
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