by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, December 29.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows: “In reviewing the facts presented, the evidence, the law, the history, we determined under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment that Mr. Trump engaged in insurrection, and therefore was disqualified.” pic.twitter.com/zRJA7OCOWf
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) December 29, 2023
- 2023 Will Be the World’s Hottest Year on Record. Did Foreign Policy Shape Climate Change?
- Climate Wrapped: Top 10 Terms That Capture the Climate in 2023
- Climate change punishes refugees. UN COP28 failed to include them.
- These 8 mind-bending moments in science made us question reality in 2023 (“From dark stars to new laws of evolution, the year was full of mind-blowing scientific research”)
- Debunking The “Dirty” Solar Panels And Battery Myth
- Musk Leads World’s Richest to $1.5 Trillion Wealth Gain in 2023
- Russia fires 122 missiles and 36 drones in what Ukraine calls the biggest aerial barrage of the war
- Washington puts forward G7 plan to confiscate $300bn in Russian assets
- Sixteen killed after ‘massive’ Russian strikes hit cities across Ukraine
- Putin Forced to Relocate Ships in Crimea After Ukraine Strikes
- To get Republican support for Ukraine, make Putin pay up, too
- Three ways Ukraine war could go in 2024
- Escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah grow fears of wider outbreak of war
- What Israel Lost Before October 7 (“The worst year in the country’s history began with Netanyahu’s return to power.”)
- ‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7 (“A Times investigation uncovered new details showing a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women in the attacks on Israel”)
- Israel’s ultra-Orthodox, exempt from military service, now enlisting
- Small Drones Are Helping Israel Navigate the Urban Battlefield in Gaza
- Displaced Gazans flee again as Israel launches fresh tank, air assaults
- Israeli troops ‘failed’ in mission to rescue mistakenly killed hostages, IDF report finds
- American Judith Weinstein Believed To Be Killed During Hamas Attack (“The 70-year-old American-Canadian-Israeli citizen was originally thought to have been captured alive.”)
- China Confronts a New Political Reality in Taiwan: No Friends
- China cracks down on negativity over economy in bid to boost confidence (“Record high youth unemployment and struggling property sector are among increasingly sensitive topics”)
- What Is Happening to Our World?
- Homicides in U.S. set to drop by record numbers this year
- Endangered Species Act turns 50, saves hundreds of species
- SEC’s Ambitious Climate Agenda Stalls as US Elections Raise Stakes in New Year
- Sanders tests positive for COVID-19 during Senate break as infections rise nationally
- Blame democracy’s woes on the GOP or ‘tyranny of the minority’? Try the voters. (“The threat to democracy isn’t hard to spot.”)
- The Absolute Worst Political Predictions of 2023 (“There will be a recession in 2023”; “Joe Biden will face a serious primary challenger”; “McCarthy’s speakership will last a full two-year term”; “Barbie will flop because it’s too woke”; etc. LOL)
- Election Officials See A Range Of Threats In 2024, From Hostile Countries To Conspiracy Theorists
- What to Know About the Efforts to Remove Trump From the 2024 Ballot (“There are lawsuits pending in more than a dozen states seeking to have Donald Trump disqualified from appearing on primary ballots.” Should be in every state.)
- Dueling Primary Ballot Rulings on Trump Put Pressure on Supreme Court
- Exclusive: Recordings, emails show how Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC in final push to overturn 2020 election (LOCK HIM UP already!)
- Why Trump May Find Himself in Jail Sooner Than He Thinks (“Donald Trump is doing his best to delay as many cases as possible. But there’s a simple reason Trump may find himself behind bars sooner than he thinks: Trump himself.”)
- Inflation, immigration and revenge: What Trump will campaign on in 2024
- What Jack Smith’s Latest Motion Reveals About His Strategy Against Trump (“The special counsel knows how to stay in control.”)
- Trump to appeal Maine decision removing him from ballot
- Trump cries ‘election interference’ after Maine ruling will keep him off the ballot (Maybe Trump shouldn’t have broken a bunch of laws, tried to overthrow our democracy and the 2020 election, etc?)
- Maine Secretary of State Decision in Challenge to Trump Presidential Primary Petitions
- Supreme Court Urged to Move Fast on Trump’s Ballot Eligibility
- Trump Rivals Criticize Maine Decision in His Defense (Disgusting.)
- DeSantis says he will fire special counsel Jack Smith on ‘day one’ (DeSantis is pretty much as bad as Trump.)
- Ex-GOP student leader’s links to Jan. 6 Capitol riot and a neo-Nazi web site
- Haley blames a ‘Democratic plant’ for Civil War question that tripped her up (Pathetic!)
- Nikki Haley Backtracks on Civil War Gaffe: “Yes, I Know It Was About Slavery” (Damage control!)
- Nikki Haley goes on Civil War autopilot, runs over her own campaign
- ‘She’s toast’: Republicans of color disappointed by Haley’s slavery misstep
- Nikki Haley’s Slavery Gaffe Shows How Scared She Is of MAGA Republicans
- 9-year-old asks Nikki Haley if she would pardon former President Trump, ‘I would’
- Nikki Haley Is “a grasping, amoral toxic stew of unbounded ambition and vile views.” How About Her Pal Glenn Youngkin?
- Haley’s Civil War remarks stir backlash at crucial moment for campaign
- BREAKING: Federal judge upholds Georgia’s Republican redistricting plan
- Rep. Lucy McBath to switch districts due to Georgia redistricting
- Adam Frisch on Boebert switching districts: Proves she ‘is only in politics for herself’
- Bucks County mom behind conservative school movement charged with assault, giving teens alcohol (Of course…)
- A 17th Birthday Party, a Stocked Bar, Beer Pong, and a “Parental Rights” Mom Facing Assault Charges (“Here’s the latest scandal involving a conservative culture warrior.”)
- Senators demand Musk correct ‘apparent false and misleading representations’ of Tesla safety
- Pope & Schapiro: Looking back at the biggest stories of 2023
- New report: Virginia experienced economic growth in 2023
- Outmigration is still worrying some Virginia lawmakers
- Youngkin’s Worthy Tax Bargain (The fact that the far-right, Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal editorial board LIKES Youngkin’s idiotic, regressive proposal is both unsurprising and also a sure sign that Democrats should toss it right in Sen. Louise Lucas’ proverbial trash can.)
- New General Assembly seeks swift election of SCC judges
- Thousands have housing thanks to ‘one of the best-kept secrets in Virginia’
- The year began with 23 questions for 2023. Now we have 23 answers.
- VDH officials announce first pediatric influenza death of 2023-24 flu season
- Editorial: NASA Langley, Wallops Island ensure Virginia’s central role in space exploration
- Then & Now: Danville and Bristol prepare for permanent casinos to open in 2024
- Chesapeake wants to create new waterfront hubs to connect city, improve access along Elizabeth River
- D.C.-area forecast: Mixed sun and clouds today, slight sprinkle chance
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