by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 3.
- Earth is running a fever. And UN climate talks are focusing on the contagious effect on human health
- Health is on the agenda at UN climate negotiations. Here’s why that’s a big deal
- As the planet heats up, big companies balk on their climate pledges
- World Bank Focuses On Securitization to Scale Climate Finance
- IMF chief makes the case for carbon pricing as ‘writing on the wall’ for oil and gas
- Exxon Mobil CEO urges COP28 to focus on reducing emissions — not phasing out fossil fuels (There’s really no way to reduce emissions without phasing out fossil fuels – rapidly.)
- Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels (That’s completely/wildly wrong; in fact, the science on this is OVERWHELMING.)
- Greenhouse gas emissions soar – with China, US and India most at fault
- What Happens When the U.S. Overestimates Its Power (“American leaders keep overestimating their control over events in the Middle East, Ukraine, and around the world.”)
- What’s going on in Ukraine? After counteroffensive failings, Israel-Hamas war adds to issues
- A Russian Village Buries a Soldier, and Tries to Make Sense of the War
- Kyiv accuses Russian forces of shooting surrendering Ukrainian soldiers
- Israel widens evacuation orders as it shifts its offensive to southern Gaza amid heavy bombardments
- Israel Risks ‘Strategic Defeat’ If It Doesn’t Protect Civilians, Austin Says
- U.S. pressing Israel to allow same levels of aid into Gaza as during ceasefire
- Israeli strikes heaviest so far, say residents of south Gaza city
- Kamala Harris: “Under No Circumstances” Will US Allow Forced Relocation of Palestinians (“As Israel-Hamas fighting resumes in Gaza, the US vice president said that ‘too many innocent Palestinians have been killed.'”)
- A Ruinous War and Peacemaking in Gaza (“Ceasefires usually don’t end wars, but truces can reveal much about the combatants.”)
- Israel, Threatened by Hezbollah, Seeks Solution for Empty North
- Israel-Hamas war live: ‘75% of Gaza’s population’ internally displaced as Israeli bombardment continues
- Some Israeli hostages are coming home. What will their road to recovery look like?
- Israel moves into southern Gaza after a week-long truce — and its goals are murkier than ever (“Seven weeks into the war, 15,000 Palestinians have been killed and there’s no end in sight”)
- Israeli Mothers Knew Their Sons Would Serve. But They Didn’t Expect War.
- U.S. officials warn Israel to protect civilians as airstrikes resume in southern Gaza
- Israel recalls negotiators after reaching ‘dead end’ in Qatar talks
- The Most Dangerous Conflict No One Is Talking About (“Of all the world’s hot spots, the South China Sea is one of the least remarked on and most potentially explosive.”)
- Venezuelans will vote in a referendum over a large swathe of territory under dispute with Guyana
- German tourist killed and two others injured in central Paris attack (“Man known to authorities as radical Islamist detained after German man killed and two – one British and one French, injured near Eiffel Tower”)
- ‘Foreign terrorists’ behind deadly Philippine bombing, officials say
- The country where Kissinger left a legacy of death and chaos (“Henry Kissinger died aged 100 this week. His policies caused widespread destruction in Cambodia.”)
- Goods Deflation Is Back. It Could Speed Inflations Return to 2%. (“Prices of durables have been falling for five straight months”)
- The Supreme Court Sandra Day O’Connor Left Behind Is Dead, Too (“Her successors abandoned the principles of pragmatism and compromise she represented.”)
- ‘Plain historical falsehoods’: How amicus briefs bolstered Supreme Court conservatives (“A POLITICO review indicates most conservative briefs in high-profile cases have links to a small cadre of activists aligned with Leonard Leo.”)
- “Dems are winning the war of substance but losing the vibes war” (The U.S. economy, for instance, is a “miracle of high wage growth, GDP growth, markets up, unemployment down, inflation tanking, spending & consumption through the roof” – yet many voters aren’t aware of this.)
- Trump Plans to Make Civil Service a MAGA Spoils System
- Trump Could Legally Use Military as Domestic Law Enforcers
- Trump attempts to spin anti-democracy, authoritarian criticism against Biden
- Trump attempts to rebut Biden’s attack that he is a threat to democracy (Trump is, in fact, a MASSIVE threat to democracy. And it’s not “Biden’s attack,” that’s a horrendously misleading/false headline.)
- Trump pardoned them. Now they’re helping him return to power. (“His unprecedented use of pardon power to benefit political and financial backers is paying dividends as he seeks to return to the White House.”)
- Obamacare is even more popular than the last time Trump tried to kill it
- Trump Doesn’t Have a “Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free” Pass in 2020 Election Subversion Prosecution: Judge
- ‘Moderate’ or Roe v Wade killer: can Trump have it both ways on abortion?
- Trump defense points to bankers as proof business dealings had ‘no victim’
- The GOP primary campaign could be over just as Trump’s trials are getting underway
- Scoop: Newsmax feuds with RNC over GOP debates
- Ron DeSantis is running the Iowa playbook — and hoping that’s what still counts
- Pro-DeSantis super PAC fires interim CEO after 9 days
- Muslim Americans in swing states launch anti-Biden campaign (That’s nuts; Trump is a virulent Islamophobe who instituted a Muslim ban, which President Biden GOT RID OF on his first day in office!)
- Muslim Americans face ‘Abandon Biden’ dilemma – then who? (Note that Trump was 100% pro-Israel…and would be again, in addition to a worse Muslim ban, etc.)
- Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers
- 1 of the 3 Palestinian students shot in Vermont is paralyzed from the shooting, his mother says (“Hisham Awartani, one of the three Palestinian college students who was shot while walking in Vermont over Thanksgiving weekend, is paralyzed from the chest down after a bullet became lodged in his spine, his mother said.” UGH, horrible.)
- In Congress and in class: Rep. Don Beyer works toward master’s degree in AI
- Schapiro: On higher ed, governors learn the limits of their power
- Lobbyists ready for Virginia’s legislative session: School funding, license plate readers, housing help among priorities
- Editorial: As hurricane season ends, the need to address flooding remains (“The Atlantic hurricane season ended on Thursday but the urgency in advancing Hampton Roads’ resilience efforts must continue.”)
- Charges of corruption, lying against Va. election official dropped (“Virginia’s attorney general dropped felony charges against a former Prince William County election official after a key witness changed his account of what happened, according to a court filing.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Mild with morning showers today, cooling off through midweek
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