by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 31.
- Why many scientists are now saying climate change is an all-out ‘emergency’ (“Scientists used to avoid phrases like ‘climate emergency’ and ‘climate crisis.’ No longer.”)
- Comment: How greener buildings will pave the way for meeting climate goals
- Climate crisis: carbon emissions budget is now tiny, scientists say (“Having good chance of limiting global heating to 1.5C is gone, sending ‘dire’ message about the adequacy of climate action”)
- Banks pumped more than $150bn in to companies running ‘carbon bomb’ projects in 2022
- A new wave of antisemitism threatens to rock an already unstable world
- Euro zone inflation drops to two-year low in October; economy shrinks in third quarter
- US rejects Putin claim that West organised anti-Jewish airport mob
- Israel pushes farther into Gaza, rejects cease-fire
- Israeli forces battle Hamas around Gaza City, as military says 800,000 have fled south
- UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians
- An Israeli ministry, in a ‘concept paper,’ proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt’s Sinai
- Biden’s Cabinet secretaries will push a divided Congress to send aid to Israel and Ukraine
- Inside Israel’s mission to attack Hamas, rescue hostages
- Israel reports ‘large’ battles with Hamas in Gaza ground fighting
- India takes strong pro-Israel stance under Modi in a departure from the past
- Crisis in Gaza as Israel warns of long war with Hamas
- ‘I’m still alive. Gaza is no longer Gaza.’
- Johnson’s Israel proposal runs into stiff Senate opposition
- Israel attacks Hamas gunmen inside Gaza tunnels
- Have war crimes been committed in Israel and Gaza and what international laws apply?
- U.N. Officials Describe Catastrophic Conditions in Gaza as Israel Advances
- Israel Targets Hamas ‘Center of Gravity’ in Gaza Push
- As violence by Israeli settlers surges, West Bank Palestinians fear new displacement
- House Republicans Break With Biden on $14 Billion Israeli Aid Plan
- Far-right German politician arrested after ‘Sieg Heil’ salutes heard
- Montenegro votes in new government with Milojko Spajic prime minister
- China’s Economy Shows Fresh Signs of Slowing
- How Taiwan copes with the cross-strait challenge from a hostile giant
- Saudi Forces on Alert After Clash With Iran-Backed Houthis
- Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million
- White House details draft plans for next student debt relief plan
- GM, UAW reach tentative deal after weeks of contract negotiations
- Winners and losers of the UAW talks with GM, Ford and Stellantis
- The Big Three are paying a big price to end the UAW strike — but that won’t necessarily jack up car prices
- US labor movement faces big obstacles despite surge in strikes and union wins
- UAW Settles With Big 3 U.S. Automakers, Hoping to Organize EV Battery Plants
- Senate Dems plan to subpoena conservative justices’ billionaire patrons
- Can public officials block you on social media? It’s up to the Supreme Court
- America’s Rifle Fetish Is Destroying Its Sense of Freedom
- Democrats’ all-purpose message for 2024: Defeat MAGA chaos
- Hedge fund billionaire Leon Cooperman, in rare public rebuke of a Republican candidate, says Trump ‘belongs in jail’
- What Trump can say and can’t say under a gag order in his federal 2020 election interference case
- Trump’s old-age issue in spotlight as he mocks Biden
- GOP field under new pressure to consolidate amid Trump domination
- ‘Chilling’: Dem Lawmaker Says She Had Election-Denying Exchange With Mike Johnson (This guy’s bats*** crazy.)
- Mike Johnson’s Wife Takes Down Website That Compared Being Gay To Bestiality, Incest (Rabidly bigoted, extremist couple.)
- Kelly Johnson, who is married to House Speaker Mike Johnson, practices a form of Christian counseling that classifies people into ‘choleric’, ‘phlegmatic,’ and other ancient personality types purportedly ordained by God (Nutjob.)
- Mike Johnson’s Satanic panic: How evangelical delusions trained Republicans to love Trump’s lies (“If you believe Noah’s arks was real and demons come out of the TV, it’s just a small jump to embrace the Big Lie”)
- Mike Johnson symbolizes how Trump’s MAGA movement has absorbed the religious right
- National broadcast and cable networks are barely covering Trump’s recent gaffes and incoherent statements
- ‘Be looking over your shoulder’: MAGA man arrested for threats against Fani Willis
- Ivanka Trump Helped Her Dad Lie About His Net Worth (Of course she did.)
- ‘Medical emergency’ leads to another short-handed military post due to Tuberville protest
- Kevin McCarthy gets MAGA primary challenger
- Ex-North Dakota Lawmaker Accused Of Flying To Prague To Rape Minor (“Ex-Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg is facing federal charges for intent to rape a minor and receiving images depicting child sexual abuse”)
- Las Vegas man charged after making antisemitic threats to Nevada senator
- “It Was Always Going to End Badly”: The Untold Story of Tucker Carlson’s Ugly Exit From Fox News (How does someone get to be such a horrible person as Tucker Carlson?)
- Documents reveal reports that alleged Maine gunman was ‘going to snap’ weeks before Lewiston mass shootings (Someone like that should NOT HAVE GUNS.)
- Sen. Mark Warner “impressed by the breadth of [President Joe Biden’s] Executive Order” on Artificial Intelligence (Sen. Warner: We also “need additional legislative measures” that “prioritize security, combat bias and harmful misuse, and responsibly roll out technologies.”)
- Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says New House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Anti-Abortion, Anti-LGBTQ, Election and Climate Science Denial Views Are “who the Republican Party is now” (Sen. Kaine’s comments are in STARK contrast to Glenn Youngkin, who said he’s “proud” of Republicans for electing Johnson)
- Sen. Kaine cosponsors ‘Stop Campus Hazing Act’ for university safety
- Videos: Rep. Jennifer McClellan Says If “Y’all Serious” About Reproductive Freedom, Gun Violence Prevention, Voting Rights and/or the Climate Crisis, You Need to Come Out and VOTE Democratic On or Before 11/7!
- A Democratic conundrum as Spanberger aims at the Executive Mansion’s glass ceiling
- Advocates worry recent voter purge errors could impact close elections
- Commentary: Voting rights restoration process lacks transparency
- With Just Over a Week Until Election Day (11/7), Virginia Campaign Finance Numbers for 10/1-10/26 Are Coming In Now… (These will be the final campaign finance numbers reported until after election day…)
- One Week Before the Virginia Legislative Elections, the DLCC Reminds Democrats to Return Their Mail-In Ballots and Get Out the Vote (“Democrats have momentum and the lead in early voting so far but this election will be close and every vote will matter.”)
- As Election Day draws near, Virginia candidates’ attack ads are getting nastier (B.S. “both sides”/false equivalence “journalism”)
- Crime is a talking point on the campaign trail, but what does the data actually show?
- What contests lead in early voting tallies
- Senate hopeful Durant signals interest in going beyond 15 weeks on abortion
- Editorial: Dubby Wynne devoted his life to the betterment of Hampton Roads
- Condition unknown for William & Mary student struck by SUV, investigation continues
- Madison County wildfire expands to 425 acres near Shenandoah National Park
- Teamsters win runoff for Richmond trades union
- Danville region works to increase lodging as casino brings in more visitors
- D.C.-area forecast: Frightful chill for Halloween, then warmer by the weekend
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