by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 27.
- ‘We need a breakthrough deal on biodiversity’: can Montreal summit deliver for nature?
- Oil Prices Face Fresh Volatility on New Russia Sanctions, OPEC Decision
- “Goodbye to them:” Victoria votes to end coal and make radical shift to renewables (We all should do the same, ASAP.)
- Russia-Ukraine war live: civilians flee Russian shelling of Kherson; Belarus foreign minister dies ‘suddenly’
- U.S. and NATO Scramble to Arm Ukraine and Refill Their Own Arsenals
- The short life of baby Serhii, killed in a Ukraine maternity ward (Putin’s a war criminal.)
- Hardship and hope: Winter, missile storms show Kyiv’s mettle
- Pockets of shelling across Ukraine as wintry warfare looms
- Putin’s Secret Recruits Allegedly Stranded, Starving and MIA (“Roughly 100 foreign fighters recruited by Vladimir Putin’s private army have been left for dead in Ukraine, two sources in touch with the group told The Daily Beast.”)
- In Belarus, a champion of democracy suffers solitary confinement
- Protests Erupt in Shanghai and Other Chinese Cities Over Covid Controls
- Deadly Xinjiang fire stokes discontent over China’s covid restrictions
- China Covid Unrest Boils Over as Citizens Defy Lockdown Efforts
- China Covid: Protesters openly urge Xi to resign over China Covid curbs
- China Covid: Shocking protests are huge challenge for China’s leaders
- Protests erupt across China over zero-Covid policy (“Public anger reached a boiling point after a series of heartbreaking deaths that have been blamed on Covid control measures”)
- U.S. grants Chevron license to pump oil in Venezuela
- Taiwan’s President Steps Down as Leader of Ruling Party After Drubbing in Local Elections
- Kim’s daughter appears again, heating up succession debate
- Kim Jong Un says North Korea aims to have the world’s strongest nuclear force (Yeah, riiiiight.)
- World Cup: Soccer fans stopped by security officials for wearing rainbow-colored items as LGBTQ+ rights issue won’t go away at Qatar 2022
- As Gen X and Boomers Age, They Confront Living Alone (“Nearly 26 million Americans aged 50 or older now live by themselves, more than at any time in the nation’s history. While many people thrive living solo, research is unequivocal that those aging alone have worse physical and mental health outcomes and shorter life spans.”)
- Black Friday online sales top $9 billion in new record
- Will America continue to turn away from vaccines? (“Covid-19 vaccines helped stem the pandemic, but public skepticism about them could doom future vaccines.”)
- New state voter fraud units finding few cases from midterms (“The whole concept of voter impersonation fraud is such a horribly exaggerated problem. It doesn’t change the outcome of the election, it’s a felony, you risk getting put in jail and you have a high possibility of getting caught. It’s a rare phenomena.”)
- After more than 600 mass shootings this year, let’s be honest about guns
- How a Faction of the Republican Party Enables Political Violence
- Why the mainstream news media got its midterms election coverage so wrong (“Today’s news media simply refuses to recognize that the story of democracy in America is changing”)
- How independent voters saved Democrats
- Congress gets to see Trump’s tax returns. It shouldn’t have taken so long.
- Kevin McCarthy could face a floor fight for speaker. That hasn’t happened in a century.
- Republicans and billionaires are selling Americans a deadly caricature of “freedom” (“For decades Republicans have owned the concept of ‘freedom.’ What they’re really pushing is suffering and death”)
- Amid Fallout From Mar-A-Lago Dinner, Trump Now Calls Ye A ‘Seriously Troubled Man’ (“So I help a seriously troubled man, who just happens to be black,” Trump wrote Saturday, offering “very much needed ‘advice.’”)
- ‘They will bend the knee’: Lincoln project cofounder cautions against dismissing Trump (“Rick Wilson, a veteran Republican strategist, suggests the ex-president still holds sway despite multiple crises”)
- Trump’s act is ‘old and tired’, says his own former national security adviser
- After Mueller, legal experts hope for a more vocal special counsel
- Newsom not planning 2024 presidential run, regardless of Biden’s decision
- Early voters in Georgia head to the polls Saturday for Senate runoff
- Voting Has Begun in Georgia Senate Runoff, Despite GOP Attempt To Stop Saturday Voting
- 9 Democrats and 8 Republicans form bipartisan majority in Alaska Senate
- GOP voter turnout at presidential levels, outpaces Democrats in N.Y. governor’s race
- Elon Musk says he would support Ron DeSantis in 2024 (DeSantis is virulently ANTI-free-speech, but ok Elon…)
- Elon Musk Teases A New Mobile Device If App Stores Ban Twitter (Yeah, good luck with that.)
- Why I Quit Elon Musk’s Twitter (“A platform that once represented the new frontier of digital democracy is being used by the world’s richest man to troll us all.”)
- 2 weeks after police found 4 slain University of Idaho students, here’s where the investigation stands
- Irene Cara, Oscar-winning singer of ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ title tracks, dies at 63 (Rest in Peace.)
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07): “[Nick Fuentes’] white nationalist diatribes are horrendous, breed hate, sow division…and yet he had dinner with the former president [Trump].” (Meanwhile, Virginia Republicans have been silent.)
- Good news for the Chesapeake Bay: Dead zones are shrinking, but still a long way to go
- Editorial: Youngkin’s solution is needed, but it won’t stop shootings (Increasing mental health funding is very important and absolutely should happen, but it’s not “Youngkin’s” idea and it’s not a “solution” to gun violence in the absence of measures addressing the guns themselves.)
- Youngkin is right to focus on building more housing in Virginia (Another brain-dead, sloppy WaPo editorial. As the top-rated comment says, “OK — so Youngkin supports more housing. Duh, does anyone oppose more housing? Totally missing here are the details re Youngkin’s alleged support for more housing. It’s way too premature for the WaPo editorial board to be praising Youngkin for supporting more housing when there are few/no details re the policies that Youngkin will allegedly seek to implement in order to create this additional housing…Seems like the WaPo, although still fervently anti-Trump, is becoming somewhat more pro-Republican and somewhat less pro-Dem every month.”)
- Opinion/Column: This cannot be the new normal
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “COVID cases are up a bit. As is the percent positivity rate. But I’m still seeing way more flu than COVID.”
- Entire Virginia team to be at funerals of 3 teammates
- Editorial: Wealthy corporate investors prey on vulnerable mobile home park residents
- Ukrainian war refugee in Roanoke Valley: ‘I’m here, but my dreams and my soul is there’
- Would-be state senate candidate Cheryl Turpin files lawsuit alleging unconstitutional filing fee
- Column: VCU’s accessibility is key to rising national stature
- Could marijuana sales impact Virginia Beach’s resort area? City leaders, experts zero in
- D.C.-area forecast: A soaking rain much of today, drying out by evening
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