by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, November 21.
- Cop29 live: UN secretary general urges climate finance negotiators to ‘never forget what is at stake’
- Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion (“The ‘progress’ made at Cop29 has been on carbon markets: a world of magical thinking, over-claiming and distorted truth”)
- Coalition to boost climate efforts moves ahead without US (“Governments including the European Union, Canada and Mexico said they will set “ambitious” new targets for cutting their greenhouse gas pollution by 2035.”)
- Russia-Ukraine war live: Doubts cast over Kyiv claim that Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile (“A Western official has reportedly denied a claim by Ukraine’s air force that the Russian military fired the missile for the first time”)
- Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental missile in an attack for the first time in the war
- Ukraine’s lame duck danger: Biden and Putin escalate before Trump arrives
- Senate rejects Sanders-backed proposals to block arms sales to Israel (Kaine voted yes, Warner voted no.)
- Why Israel and Iran Have, So Far, Held Back From All-Out War
- Dozens reportedly killed in Israeli strikes on northern Gaza
- The Price Lebanon Is Paying for the Hezbollah-Israel War
- Exclusive: White House Says Democrats Who Oppose Weapons To Israel Are Aiding Hamas
- Israeli officials demand the right to strike Hezbollah under any cease-fire deal for Lebanon
- Merkel eviscerates ‘emotional’ Trump in upcoming memoir
- Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. group’s attempt to protect anti-Covid-vaccine doctors from investigations
- Walmart And Lowe’s Warn That Trump’s Tariffs May Cause Price Hikes
- Mortgage rates are up. That’s a big problem for Trump.
- Musk, Ramaswamy lay out plans for ‘mass’ federal layoffs, rule rollbacks under Trump (Total insanity.)
- Republicans Were Ready to Torch Elon Musk for Blowing the Election. Then Trump Won (“Now, they’re stuck with this “very strange man””)
- Trump set to appoint Project 2025 architect Russ Vought to Office of Management and Budget (“Vought is a leading proponent of “Schedule F,” a plan to potentially fire thousands of federal civil servants and replace them with MAGA acolytes”)
- Trump set to appoint Project 2025 architect Russ Vought to Office of Management and Budget
- Trump Sends Clowns to Cabinet Confirmation Circus
- Trump’s education pick once incorrectly claimed to have education degree
- Why Oz Is the Doctor Trump Ordered (“Nothing about Trump 2.0 is mere bluster.”)
- Next Up on Trump’s Team of Rejects: It’s Dr. Oz and a Former WWE Exec for Secretary of Education (“These appointments are so goddamn stupid and dangerous that only a goddamn senile old goddamn lunatic would make them.”)
- Mehmet Oz, Pick to Run Medicare, Has Record of Sharing Health Misinformation
- The Trouble With Tulsi (“Trump’s pick for intelligence director could plunge the U.S. into the dark.”)
- You Know RFK Jr. Is Going to Be Bad. It Might Get Even Worse.
- RFK Jr. Said His Organization Funded Viral Covid Conspiracy Film ‘Plandemic’ (Sick, sick shit.)
- Donald Trump’s Transition Team Skips Ethics Pledges and FBI Background Checks (“The president-elect is giving the Biden administration the middle finger by making the changeover as difficult as humanly possible.”)
- ‘Like nothing you’ve seen’: Trump team readies a flurry of executive actions for Day 1 (This is going to be an unmitigated disaster.)
- Three of Trump’s Cabinet selections face allegations of sexual misconduct
- 4 Trump administration picks have sexual misconduct allegations in their past
- Trump rages as absent Senate Republicans help confirm Biden judges (We’re about to get four years of “Trump rages” headlines. Greeeeaaaaat.)
- Trump Accidentally Helps Dems Get Key Judicial Nominees Approved By Taking Republicans To SpaceX Launch
- Police report reveals assault allegations against Hegseth (“A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave.”)
- Police report reveals new details from sexual assault allegation against Trump’s defense secretary nominee
- The Gaetz report remains secret. Precedent suggests it shouldn’t be.
- Leaked Chart Shows Web of Gaetz’s Alleged Payments to Women
- House Democrat pledges to force a vote to release the Gaetz report
- Federal Inquiry Traced Payments From Gaetz to Women
- House Ethics panel does not agree to release the Gaetz report
- Trump eyes right-wing personality Dan Bongino among current and former agents for US Secret Service director (So, basically, this administration isn’t going to have ANYONE even remotely qualified for their job???)
- Here Are the GOP Senators Who Could Take Down Trump’s Cabinet Picks (“These are the Republican lawmakers who, by dint of age, independence or unusual constituencies, could provide a crucial check on Trump’s dictatorial ambitions.”)
- Trump Tells Republicans to ‘Kill’ Reporter Shield Bill Passed Unanimously by House (“The bill, known as the PRESS Act, would codify protections against federal investigators seizing reporters’ records. It is now less likely the legislation would clear the Senate before the current session ends.”)
- Scoop: Mike Johnson’s recess surprise (“Several House Republicans would vote against any motion to go into recess, Axios has learned…If Johnson lacks a majority, Trump will be denied his pretext to force Congress to adjourn.”)
- Three undecided House races will determine size of GOP’s narrow majority
- Mandate? Fuller election results increasingly show GOP gains were small. (Bottom line: it was a VERY close election.)
- How a House Bill Could Let Trump Label Enemies as Terrorists
- Nikki Haley has thoughts on RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard (“She opposed ending the Iran nuclear deal. She opposed sanctions on Iran. She opposed designating the Iran military as terrorists who say death to America every single day…Haley said DNI was ‘not a place for a Russian, Iranian, Syrian, Chinese sympathizer.’…Haley argued that he is “not a health guy'”)
- Trump win emboldens GOP’s anti-trans blitz
- Begich Defeats Peltola in Alaska, Flipping House Seat for Republicans (It’s kind of a miracle that Peltola ever won the seat to begin with, given Alaska’s Republican lean.)
- Speaker Johnson announces policy barring trans women from Capitol bathrooms
- House Speaker Johnson Announces Transgender Bathroom Ban—on Trans Day of Remembrance (“He and Nancy Mace team up on their transphobia ahead of the arrival of the first openly trans member of Congress, Sarah McBride.”)
- The GOP is setting a trap on trans rights. Sarah McBride has an answer. (“The first trans member of Congress issued a response to cruelty that was a work of political artistry.”)
- House of hate: Republicans in Congress turn MAGA harassment campaign against trans colleague
- Nobody knows how Mike Johnson’s bathroom ban gets enforced
- MSNBC Faces Potential for Big Changes in Comcast Cable Spin-Off
- Five reasons Democrats should turn off ‘Morning Joe’ (“What are you getting from this staple of morning TV ‘news’?”)
- DOJ calls for breakup of Google and sale of Chrome
- The Biden administration is trying to throw a Hail Mary to save the Colorado River before Trump takes over
- Republicans Are Targeting Social Sciences to Curb Ideas They Don’t Like (“Conservatives in Florida have moved to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing classes like Sociology from core requirements.” Totally f’ed up.)
- GOP effort to police trans bathroom use could extend to D.C. schools, agencies
- CASEY: Would you support former Rep. Matt Gaetz for U.S. attorney general? (“I sought reaction to this matter from Roanoke-area lawyers and politicians by posing two questions. The first was whether they supported Gaetz’s nomination. The second question was “Why, or why not?””)
- A Virginia Circuit Court Finds Youngkin’s Withdrawal from RGGI ‘Unlawful’ (“Environmentalists and trade groups breathed a sigh of relief, while the governor promised to appeal the ruling.”)
- BREAKING: Court Strikes Down Governor Youngkin’s Attempt to Illegally Withdraw Virginia from RGGI (“Youngkin’s reckless attempt to undermine this critical program has been rightfully stopped”)
- Court rules against Youngkin’s withdrawal from carbon cap-and-trade market (“A spokesman for Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said the governor plans to appeal the ruling, which was celebrated by environmental advocates.”)
- Judge says Youngkin can’t pull Virginia out of greenhouse gas program
- Youngkin’s departure from RGGI determined unlawful by circuit judge
- Judge deems Youngkin’s actions to withdraw Virginia from RGGI ‘unlawful’
- Va. House lawmakers lay potential legislative groundwork in response to campus protests protests
- S&P upgrades Petersburg’s bond rating to AA-, reflecting financial resurgence
- SCC approves much lower rate increase than sought by Appalachian Power
- How Roanoke elected its first Republican to city council in 24 years
- Outgoing Del. Kannan Srinivasan (D-HD26) Endorses Democrat JJ Singh to Succeed Him; Challenge Filed to Ibraheem Samirah’s Residency in HD26
- Five Loudoun County Democrats face off in a Saturday primary for January special election
- Tim Anderson running for House of Delegates District 97 (He’s likely to get his butt kicked in this “blue”-leaning district – and should!)
- Avula announces dozens more transition team members
- Ex-student pleads guilty to fatally shooting 3 University of Virginia football players in 2022
- NEW: Arlington firefighter union holds vote of no confidence against fire chief
- 6 Fairfax County high school football coaches weigh forfeiting playoffs after Hayfield’s inclusion
- D.C.-area forecast: Blustery today, with a chance of rain and wet snow Friday (“It finally feels like November for the next several days.”)
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