by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, November 13.
- This Week in Nairobi, Nations Gather for a Third Round of Talks on an International Plastics Treaty, Focusing on Its Scope and Ambition
- EU promises ‘substantial’ climate damage funding pledge
- Republicans Are Linking Aid for Ukraine and Israel to Tough Immigration Policies (They absolutely shouldn’t be linked.)
- Military training efforts for Ukraine hit major milestones even as attention shifts to Gaza
- Zelenskiy tells Ukrainians to prepare for Russian winter onslaught
- Scoop: Austin warned Gallant about Israeli military actions in Lebanon (“Austin’s message to Gallant reflected growing anxiety in the White House that Israeli military action in Lebanon is exacerbating tensions along the border, which could lead to a regional war.”)
- Hamas envisioned deeper attacks, aiming to provoke an Israeli war (Reminder: Hamas is pure evil, a terrorist group, no better than ISIS…)
- Israel Rebuffs Calls for Palestinian Authority to Rule Gaza
- Two major Gaza hospitals close to new patients as heavy fighting rages
- Gaza’s main hospital no longer functioning, WHO says
- A silent desperation on the slow march out of Gaza City (“The IDF allowed me to view the ‘humanitarian corridor’ in operation Sunday. This is what I saw.”)
- Hundreds are still trapped in Gaza’s main hospital in desperate plight that reflects wider war
- ‘We’re doing everything we can around the clock’ to get hostages released, Netanyahu tells CNN
- Netanyahu refuses to answer CNN on whether he would take responsibility for Oct. 7 attack
- This War Won’t Solve the Israel-Palestine Conflict
- U.S. strikes more Iran-linked sites in Syria, Pentagon says
- U.S. strikes kill Iranian proxies in Syria, officials say, a significant escalation
- 5 U.S. Special Operations Troops Killed in Helicopter Crash in Mediterranean (Ugh.)
- More than 180,000 people across France march against soaring antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war
- Jewish families leaving synagogue ‘targeted’ by pro-Palestinian demonstrators (That’s pure anti-Semitism.)
- Ex-Prime Minister David Cameron makes shock return to UK government as foreign secretary
- Everything Biden and Xi Need From Their Summit—Starting With Each Other
- Biden meets Xi Jinping this week as more Americans see China as a critical threat
- China Pledged to ‘Strictly Control’ Coal. The Opposite Happened. (“What Beijing’s about-face on coal power means for climate change—and how the world can push back.”)
- Behind Public Assurances, Xi Jinping Spread Grim Views on U.S. (“Speeches by the Chinese leader show how he was bracing for an intensifying rivalry with the United States from early in his rule.”)
- Xi and Biden to try to ease tensions as Taiwan looms over US-China talks
- China’s Spending on Green Energy Is Causing a Global Glut (“The country’s massive funding of renewables has drawn odd newcomers and led to an oversupply of solar components.”)
- Myanmar’s pro-democracy forces can win. They need our help to do so.
- Duterte Critic Detained for Six Years Gets Philippine Bail
- Joe Biden’s economy is, honestly, pretty amazing: How come he doesn’t get credit? (“Many voters claim Biden’s economy is bad and Trump’s was better. What fantasy version of America do they live in?”)
- The Supreme Court Needs to Decide These Trump Cases ASAP to Prevent a Jan. 6 Repeat
- A wasteland: Political coverage ignores the threat to democracy
- Congress barrels toward shutdown with House GOP divided
- Government shutdown looms as new speaker struggles
- Looming shutdown serves as first major test for McConnell-Johnson relationship
- Who Paid for Mike Johnson to Attend Conservative Conference? (“Mike Johnson was the keynote speaker at a 2019 conference in New Orleans. Why didn’t he disclose the trip? And who paid for him to be there?”)
- Mike Johnson stares down the first real test of his speakership (“To avoid a shutdown, the Republican speaker likely needs Democratic votes. But every Democrat he relies on endangers his standing with the GOP.”)
- Speaker Mike Johnson enters big government shutdown test days ahead of deadline
- Trump calls political enemies ‘vermin,’ echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini
- It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk
- Raskin says second Trump term would ‘look a lot like Vladimir Putin in Russia’
- Trump Compares Political Foes To ‘Vermin’ On Veterans Day—Echoing Nazi Propaganda
- In Veterans Day Speech, Trump Promises to ‘Root Out’ the Left
- Fascism Expert Offers Truly Chilling Take On Donald Trump’s ‘Vermin’ Rant
- Trump’s plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings
- Behind the Curtain: Trump allies pre-screen loyalists for unprecedented power grab
- Trump believed fringe conspiracy he could be reinstated as president (The fact that anyone supports this extremist lunatic is really, really disturbing.)
- Trump Jr set to return to witness stand as defense makes case in fraud trial
- How abortion could upend the 2024 battle for Congress (“Democrats’ rush to get abortion-related initiatives on the ballot in key states could throw a wrench in Republicans’ effort to keep the House in 2024.”)
- Here’s How Biden Can Turn It Around (“Top Democrats agree that the president needs more aggressiveness, more help from his friends and a few more friends. Liz Cheney, Rahm Emanuel and Mitt Romney can help.”)
- I Was Obama’s 2012 Campaign Manager. There’s No Need to Panic Over Biden. (Jim Messina: “Don’t sweat the doom and gloom polling. We’ve been here before.”)
- An aggrieved McCarthy weighs leaving the House with his GOP foes on his mind
- In Israel, Chris Christie said Donald Trump’s rhetoric fueled the surge of bigotry confronting Jews and Muslims.
- Two students accuse Hillsdale College of retaliating against them after they reported sexual assaults (Glenn Youngkin bizarrely called this school” a bastion of conservative and American values here in Michigan, and a beacon of hope for our entire country.”)
- Sinema left the Democratic party. Democratic donors left her too.
- The Unvarnished Story of George Santos and His Mother
- Tim Scott drops out of the 2024 presidential race (More time to spend with his “girlfriend,” huh? LOL Seriously, though, this guy disgraced himself, lied through his teeth, and in general demonstrated that he’s clueless, extreme, all-around horrible, etc. YUCK.)
- Jan. 6 rioter dubbed “QAnon Shaman” plans to run for U.S. Congress
- Defying Democratic pushback, Dean Phillips vows to invest millions in his primary challenge to Biden (What an a**hole.)
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says “Israel clearly has the military ability to take out Hamas, but this is also a battle about hearts and minds” (Sen. Warner says he doesn’t understand why GOP presidential candidates “want to be tough on Iran, but they want to walk away from Putin’s aggression in Ukraine.”)
- Va. House GOP votes for Gilbert as minority leader after power struggle
- Virginia voters gave Democrats control of the legislature. What will it mean for policy? (First and foremost, it will mean that Republicans won’t be able to roll back all the progress we’ve made, take away our rights, etc.)
- Five Ways for the New General Assembly to Propel Virginia Government into the 21st Century
- Republicans may now be the legislative minority, but they’ll still wield power
- In rural Virginia, communities struggle to find enough health care workers
- A divided government is Virginia’s natural condition. Has been for 50 years. (“In 1969, Linwood Holton, a social progressive who at last broke the back of segregation in Virginia, became its first elected Republican governor. Since then, partisan control of the governor’s office has changed hands half a dozen times, but neither party has held it for more than three consecutive terms.”)
- Jackson: Funding Metro is essential to Northern Virginia’s future
- Election results put Southwest and Southside Virginia in their weakest position in legislature ever (They should start voting Democratic, as Republicans only harm them.)
- A year after U-Va. shooting, two friendships, and a search for answers (“D’Sean Perry was killed. Mike Hollins survived. Now their mothers are asking what happened.”)
- ‘I’m not safe here’: This teenager won’t stop advocating for LGBTQ+ students in Roanoke County
- D.C.-area forecast: Temperatures head back into above-normal territory this week
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