2024-11-06: News Headlines

Staff (2024-11-06). Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Democrats Demobilized Their Base. A Movement Is Now Needed to Oppose Trump. democracynow.org Donald Trump's performance in the 2024 election surpassed expectations, with the candidate winning the key battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia and picking up larger shares of more diverse segments of the electorate, including Black and Latino male voters. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African American studies at Princeton University, says the blame lies squarely on the Harris campaign, which refused to differentiate itself from unpopular incumbent President Joe Biden. "The problem here is with the leadership of the Democratic Party," adds John Nichols, natio…

Staff (2024-11-06). "A Devastating Result": John Nichols on GOP Taking White House and the Senate. democracynow.org When Donald Trump reenters the White House, he will be met with a newly Republican-controlled Senate, consolidating power in the hands of a party now dominated by supporters of Trump. We take a look at the results of down-ballot races for the Senate and House, and the possibilities for congressional opposition to Trump's agenda with John Nichols, The Nation's national affairs correspondent. Nichols notes that losing Democratic Senate candidates missed opportunities to highlight working-class voters and economic issues, likely to their detriment.

Staff (2024-11-06). 7 States Vote to Protect Abortion Rights in Busy Year for Ballot Initiatives. democracynow.org While Democratic candidates suffered major losses in this year's U.S. elections, elsewhere on the ballot voters supported liberal positions. In the wake of tightening federal and state restrictions on abortion, historic ballot measures enshrining the right to an abortion passed in seven states, while other initiatives to raise the minimum wage and codify marriage equality also won by wide majorities. We're joined by Chris Melody Fields Figueredo of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center to examine the role of ballot measures, a form of direct democracy, in elections, and why this "powerful tool&#…

Staff (2024-11-06). "This Is a Collapse of the Democratic Party": Ralph Nader on Roots of Trump's Win Over Harris. democracynow.org "This is a collapse of the Democratic Party." Consumer advocate, corporate critic and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader comments on the reelection of Donald Trump and the failures of the Democratic challenge against him. Despite attempts by left-wing segments of the Democratic base to shift the party's messaging toward populist, anti-corporate and progressive policies, says Nader, Democrats "didn't listen." Under Trump, continues Nader, "We're in for huge turmoil."…

Staff (2024-11-06). Rami Khouri: U.S. Voters Are Sick of Foreign Wars. Can Trump Strike a Grand Bargain in Middle East? democracynow.org Shortly after Donald Trump was announced as the winner of the U.S. presidential election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to social media to enthusiastically congratulate him. Meanwhile, the Israeli military continued its violent assault on Gaza, killing multiple Palestinians in strikes on apartment buildings and homes. We speak to Palestinian American journalist Rami Khouri about what we know of Trump's pro-Israel policies and how Trump beat Kamala Harris for the presidency. "Trump out-dramatized Harris, and that's how he won," he says.

Staff (2024-11-06). Linda Sarsour: Harris's Embrace of Pro-Israeli Policies at Odds with Democratic Base. democracynow.org In the Arab American-majority city of Dearborn, Michigan, Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris by over six percentage points, with third-party candidate Jill Stein capturing nearly one-fifth of the vote. During the primary elections, a majority of Democratic voters in Dearborn selected "uncommitted" over then-presumptive nominee Joe Biden, citing disapproval of the president's handling of Israel's aggression in the Middle East. "Uncommitted" voters continued to press the Harris campaign to shift its Israel policy as the election went on, but were routinely ignored. Democrats "…

Staff (2024-11-06). "The Confederacy Won": Why Donald Trump's Reelection Is a Win for White Supremacy, Xenophobia & Hate. democracynow.org Donald Trump has been reelected president of the United States. Ahead of Kamala Harris's expected concession speech, we speak to professors Carol Anderson and Michele Goodwin to discuss Harris's historic campaign — and historic loss. "The Confederacy won," says Anderson, a professor of African American studies at Emory University. "It paints a picture of what Americans are willing to embrace," says Goodwin, a professor of constitutional law at Georgetown and an expert on healthcare law, who warns of the public health dangers of a second Trump administration and discusses…

Staff (2024-11-06). Headlines for November 6, 2024. democracynow.org Donald Trump Wins Presidency After Kamala Harris Underperforms in Swing States, Republicans Win Senate Majority for First Time Since 2020, House of Representatives Remains Up for Grabs as Vote Counting Continues, Voters in 7 States Approve Abortion Rights Measures; 3 Others Fail, Protests Erupt Across Israel After Netanyahu Fires War Chief Yoav Gallant, Palestinians Condemn Biden's Support for Israeli Military as Assault on Gaza Continues, Israeli Raids on Occupied West Bank Kill 8, Wound Child and Photojournalist, Israeli Strike on Residential Building Kills 20 in Beirut Suburb, NGOs Ask U.N. Human Rights…

Ellen Brown (2024-11-06). Our Fragile Infrastructure: Lessons From Hurricane Helene. dissidentvoice.org Asheville, North Carolina, is known for its historic architecture, vibrant arts scene and as a gateway to the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was a favorite escape for "climate migrants" moving from California, Arizona, and other climate-challenged vicinities, until a "500 year flood" ravaged the city this fall. Hurricane Helene was a wakeup call not just for stricken …

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2024-11-05: News Headlines

United World International (2024-11-05). DPRK, The land of smiles and wonders — Pt. 2: All for the masses. unitedworldint.com Ideological teachings, the Victory Museum, and how the Korean War reminds of the current Ukraine conflict. By Stary Shakhtyor Every day in the evening and morning in Pyongyang, the melody of the song dedicated to Kim Il-sung plays on loudspeakers. The whole city listens to this tune. The synopsis of the song is as follows. …

tvbrics (2024-11-05). Iran expands tourism infrastructure in the Lut Desert. tvbrics.com The desert has been inscribed on the UNESCO list…

tvbrics (2024-11-05). Artificial intelligence and programming to become core subjects for first year high school students in Egypt. tvbrics.com Egypt's Education Minister is pushing new initiatives aimed at enhancing students' skills and improving the classroom environment…

tvbrics (2024-11-05). Jiu-Jitsu World Championship in the UAE expects record number of participants. tvbrics.com It will be held from 6 to 16 November in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi…

tvbrics (2024-11-05). Moscow to host festival of theatre schools from CIS countries. tvbrics.com Students of seven educational institutions will show their graduation performances…

tvbrics (2024-11-05). President Lula da Silva with South African leader Ramaphosa discuss the upcoming G20 summit. tvbrics.com South Africa will take over the G20 presidency next year…

tvbrics (2024-11-05). South African government funds 35 companies to participate in this year's China International Import Expo. tvbrics.com The companies intend to showcase products and services to potential buyers in China and other countries around the world…

tvbrics (2024-11-05). Vietnam becomes 5th largest tea exporter in the world. tvbrics.com The country currently produces around 15 different types of tea…

United World International (2024-11-05). Argentina: The government reaches a year in office, attacking the people and surrendering sovereignty. uwidata.com By Oscar Rotundo, Buenos Aires / Argentina Many speculators announced the end of the government in at least six months, but as the days went by, what seemed to be crumbling, has been consolidated thanks to betrayal and corruption within the traditional political class. President Javier Milei stated at the event held for the 60th …

United World International (2024-11-05). DPRK, The land of smiles and wonders — Pt. 2: All for the masses. uwidata.com By Stary Shakhtyor Every day in the evening and morning in Pyongyang, the melody of the song dedicated to Kim Il-sung plays on loudspeakers. The whole city listens to this tune. The synopsis of the song is as follows. A Korean (North Korean, to be more precise) soldier is lost, having been separated from his …

Carmen Russell-Sluchansky (2024-11-05). Kamala Harris makes final pitch for White House in Philly to 30,000 on Rocky steps. whyy.org Tens of thousands of people stood in 50-degree weather as Vice President Kamala Harris made her closing argument of the presidential election in a near midnight speech on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, after another blitz around the state. | Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am performed " Harris called on the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection to come out strongly on Election Day, a bid for the mostly Democratic city to turn out and help her build an urban bulwark in…

Guest Blogger (2024-11-05). A Kamala Victory Means Green New Deal Lawfare. wattsupwiththat.com With preelection forecasts favoring a Republican takeover of the Senate, it's quite likely a president Kamala Harris would not move landmark climate laws through Congress. That means she would have to think creatively about birddogging energy companies, and siccing the Justice Department on them is a likely step.

Luis Andres Henao, Adriana Gomez Licon (2024-11-05). Harris campaign spends final hours reminding Pa. of a Trump ally's joke about Puerto Rico. whyy.org The day before Election Day, 17-year-old girl Carmen Hernandez held a cardboard sign with the Puerto Rican flag outside Trump's rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, a city that is two-thirds Hispanic. | "What you call trash is our treasure," the sign read. | While Trump's campaign had quickly distanced itself from a comic's slam on Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage," Kamala Harris' campaign and other Democrats spent the last hours of the 2024 campaign in the nation's largest battleground state linking him to the joke. | Harris devoted much of her final full day on the campaign trail to reaching Latino voter…

_____ (2024-11-05). Coalition of 54 Countries Urges UN to Halt Arms Transfers to Israel. truepublica.org.uk By TruePublica Editor: The pressure is mounting on the issue of arms and weapons exports to Israel as it relentlessly continues the killing of innocent civilians in its quest to finish the terrorist group Hamas and expand its military activities across the Middle East. The UK announced that it was suspending certain weapons sales to …

Anthony Watts (2024-11-05). Flooding Facts Drowned by Climate Hysteria: The BBC Ignores Spain's Weather History. wattsupwiththat.com By Anthony Watts and H. Sterling Burnett The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) article, titled "Scientists sure warming world made Spain's storm more intense," ties recent flash flooding in Spain to…

Associated Press (2024-11-05). Andy Kim and Curtis Bashaw face off in a New Jersey Senate race opened up by a bribery scandal. whyy.org New Jersey voters are deciding between Democratic U.S. Rep. Andy Kim and hotel developer Curtis Bashaw, a Republican, in The Senate race has attra…

Guest Blogger (2024-11-05). Alaska court: Climate change can't justify giant habitat for seals. wattsupwiththat.com The court's rebuke of the Biden administration's attempt to use the ESA to curtail fossil-fuel development in Alaska could set the stage for developing this hydrocarbon-rich area under a new administration.

Guest Blogger (2024-11-05). Mining Industry Needs $2.1 Trillion Dollars in New Investment to Meet Net-Zero Demand for Raw Materials. wattsupwiththat.com Despite the growth in metals supply over the last decade, BloombergNEF's (BNEF's) annual Transition Metals Outlook finds that there are still not enough raw materials to meet growing demand. This supply squeeze could slow the adoption of clean energy technologies. In order to meet the demands of a net-zero emissions world, BNEF estimates $2.1 trillion is needed in new mining investments by 2050.

Jaclyn Diaz, NPR (2024-11-05). When will mail-in and absentee ballots be counted? whyy.org This story originally appeared on Election Day is this Tuesday, but for various reasons, we may not get the results that night. | One such hold-up is the work it takes to process and count mail-in ballots. | Because each state has different rules regarding the timel…

Johnny Perez-Gonzalez (2024-11-05). 'It's self-governed': Former Del. police barracks transformed into tent community to support people experiencing homelessness. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? In the shadows of a former state police barracks in southern Delaware, a new kind of community has quietly taken root. | Once known as Tent City, this pilot program from the group Code Purple offers shelter, essential hygiene services and case management for people without homes in southern Delaware's coastal communities. Now called "Tharros Village," after the Greek word for courage and determination, Code Purple site director Mike Agnew said the village is an experiment in…

Kenny Cooper (2024-11-05). In Bucks County, Pa. Sen. Bob Casey and N.J. Sen. Cory Booker make final election push. whyy.org What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? On the eve of "I don't want to overstate this and I don't want to add even more pressure on your shoulders but — wow," Casey said, addressing a packed Bucks County firehouse. "When you look at some of the numbers in the…

Kenny Cooper (2024-11-05). 'Are you excited about World War III?': JD Vance paints grim picture of Harris presidency in closing argument to Pa. voters. whyy.org

Marc Levy (2024-11-05). Pennsylvania is home to 5 heavily contested races for the U.S. House. whyy.org Pennsylvania is home to five heavily contested races for the U.S. House, contests that will be critical to determining control of a narrowly divided chamber where Democrats need a net pickup of four seats to take control. | Three of those five races are in eastern Pennsylvania, where Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Democratic Reps. Susan Wild and Matt Cartwright are defending their seats in districts that are A fourth district is in southern Pennsylvan…

Marc Levy (2024-11-05). Casey and McCormick square off in Pa. race that could determine Senate control. whyy.org Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race between three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick will help determine control of the chamber Tuesday in a battleground state contest that is one of the nation's most expensive this year. | Casey, perhaps Pennsylvania's best-known politician and the son of a former two-term governor, is seeking a fourth term after facing what he has called his toughest reelection challenge yet. Casey, 64, is a stalwart of the state's Democratic Party, having won six statewide elections going back to 1996, including serving as the state's auditor general and treas…

Mark Scolforo (2024-11-05). Pa. Legislature majorities and new state attorney general are on the ballot. whyy.org

Randall Chase (2024-11-05). Lisa Blunt Rochester could make history with a victory in Delaware's U.S. Senate race. whyy.org The U.S. Senate race in Delaware carries the potential of a historic first for residents and their congressional delegation in Washington. | U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, a Democrat, faces Republican Eric Hansen and independent Michael Katz in Tuesday's Senate contest. | Should Blunt Rochester win, she would become the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in the Senate. Only three other

Randall Chase (2024-11-05). Democrat Matt Meyer and Republican Michael Ramone square off in Delaware's gubernatorial contest. whyy.org Democrats are hoping to extend their decades-long hold on the Delaware governor's office in Tuesday's election, while the Republican candidate is hoping for an upset that would offset Democratic control of the state Legislature by putting a member of the opposite party in the state's top executive office. | The contest pits Democrat Matt Meyer against the GOP's Michael Ramone. | Meyer currently serves as chief executive of New Castle County, Delaware's most populous county. Ramone is a businessman and entrepreneur who currently serves as House minority leader in the General Assembly. | Democrats control both cham…

Steve Peoples (2024-11-05). Here's what to watch on Election Day in the U.S. whyy.org It's Election Day. Polls opened Tuesday across the nation and Americans cast ballots in the We know there are

United World International (2024-11-05). Argentina: The government reaches a year in office, attacking the people and surrendering sovereignty. unitedworldint.com Essential policies of the Milei Government. By Oscar Rotundo, Buenos Aires / Argentina Many speculators announced the end of the government in at least six months, but as the days went by, what seemed to be crumbling, has been consolidated thanks to betrayal and corruption within the traditional political class. President Javier Milei stated at …

WHYY News staff (2024-11-05). 2024 general election results: President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House. whyy.org See full results and maps from the 2024 general election, including races for president, the U.S. Senate and House, and beyond.

WHYY News staff (2024-11-05). New Jersey 2024 general election results. whyy.org See full results from New Jersey's 2024 general election, including races for president and the U.S. House and Senate.

WHYY News staff (2024-11-05). Pennsylvania 2024 general election results. whyy.org See full results and maps from Pennsylvania's 2024 general election, including races for the U.S. Senate, attorney general, auditor general, treasurer and beyond.

WHYY (2024-11-05). WHYY Newscast for Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 11:00 a.m. whyy.org The latest local headlines from WHYY…

WHYY (2024-11-05). WHYY Newscast for Tuesday, November 5, 2024 6:00 a.m. whyy.org The latest local headlines from WHYY…

WHYY (2024-11-05). WHYY Newscast for Tuesday, November 5, 2024 9:00 a.m. whyy.org The latest local headlines from WHYY…

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