(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Overnight News Digest for Weds October 25 (Welcome to Gilead, Speaker Johnson) [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-25 Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man, wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. “ How the hell do I know what I find incredible? Credibility is an expanding field... Sheer disbelief hardly registers on the face before the head is nodding with all the wisdom of instant hindsight.” - Tom Stoppard, “Jumpers” The utterly bizarre madness of He Who Is the New Speaker has been aptly documented elsewhere this evening. So has the madness in the Mideast. So I’ll get straight on with the other news, which starts off surprisingly GOOD: x Live look at the fires in Alberta, Canada. “She done” Everyone can breath easy for a bit, Canada’s record breaking fire season has come to an end. #canada #alberta #nwts #britishcolumbia pic.twitter.com/Rhfz1aysVA — The Hotshot Wake Up (@HotshotWake) October 25, 2023 The UAW announced a tentative labor agreement with Ford Motor Co. late Wednesday, and now the proposed contract faces a membership vote. UAW President Shawn Fain and UAW Vice President Chuck Browning, who led negotiations with Ford during the union's strike against the Detroit Three automakers, posted a 10-minute video online at 8:27 p.m. to make the news official. "The Stand Up Strike is working," Fain said in the video, referring to the union's strategy of targeting all three Detroit automakers for strikes simultaneously, which had never been done. By closing down additional plants at Stellantis and GM this week, “Ford knew what was coming for them Wednesday, if we didn’t get a deal. That was checkmate.” x BREAKING: @UAW announces tentative agreement with Ford for 4.5 year contract 💰25% wage increase & $5K ratification bonus 💰Cost of living adjustment reinstatement 💰3 year progression to top pay (down from 8 years) 💰Increases for retiree pensions, current workers 401Ks ... — Jordan (@JordanChariton) October 26, 2023 x A new study found that #solar and #wind energy reduced wholesale energy costs in Texas by $7.4 billion in the first eight months of 2022, creating average monthly savings of $925 million. https://t.co/SXPN3Q2YCB https://t.co/O3aLRAUL8I — Jigar Shah (@JigarShahDC) October 26, 2023 On Tuesday, three major federal financial regulators released joint guidelines on the steps banks must take to prepare for a climatic assault on their balance sheets. The potential risks are dire, wrote representatives of the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The regulators focused on two ways that a warming climate could lead to financial upheaval. The first was physical damage from floods, fires and storms, while the second involved the “transition risk” related to broad economic changes and slow shifts away from fossil fuels. In both cases, these “pose an emerging risk to the safety and soundness of financial institutions and the financial stability of the United States,” the agencies wrote. The three regulators collectively called on bank boards to take concrete steps to “control [their] exposure” to the financial risks of climate change. x The home of Big Oil but not as you has ever seen it before https://t.co/QEpZAhjCS2 — GO GREEN (@ECOWARRIORSS) October 25, 2023 The drip, drip, drip of new ethics questions about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's ethics continued Wednesday. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., disclosed that documents turned over to the committee indicate that Thomas benefitted by having some or all of a $267,000 loan forgiven in order to purchase a luxury RV. x Geez, are any Republicans honest and ethical??? New Clarence Thomas ethics questions about forgiveness on luxury RV loan https://t.co/Q7sTCMG2wl — Conceal Carry Vagina (@CCVagina) October 25, 2023 In August, The New York Times reported that Anthony Welters, a wealthy friend of Thomas's, loaned him $267,000 to buy the RV. The Times reported that Welters, in response to inquiries, said the loan had been "satisfied," but he declined to say whether the loan was repaid. On Wednesday, Sen. Wyden said that after an inquiry in which Welters provided considerable documentary evidence, "the committee has the answer" to that question, though not the full answer. A Democratic staff memorandum indicates that Thomas made some interest payments on the loan, but there is no indication the actual loan was repaid. Thomas did not include the loan on his ethics disclosure forms, and it is not known whether he disclosed the loan forgiveness to the IRS, as required by law because loan forgiveness is taxable income. x So the RV that Clarence Thomas likes to talk about in burnishing his man-of-the-people reputation is actually worth half a million dollars and was paid for by a millionaire friend. https://t.co/N2uCkByWRL — Death Becomes Her fan (@IssueFortyFive) October 25, 2023 x Video beginning to trickle in of the damage in Acapulco in the wake of Category 5 Hurricane Otis. The high-rise damage is extreme along with the defronding of hearty palms. Really sobering to see this level of hurricane damage in such a densely populated urban corridor. #Mexico https://t.co/01DbSmZPvP — Michael Lowry (@MichaelRLowry) October 25, 2023 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/25/2201681/-Overnight-News-Digest-for-Weds-October-25-Welcome-to-Gilead-Speaker-Johnson?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/