by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 3.
- Tropical Glaciers in the Andes Are the Smallest They’ve Been in 11,700 Years
- Study finds major Earth systems likely on track to collapse: 5 things to know (Broken record alert: STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ASAP!)
- After a Study Found Lead in Tampons, Environmentalists Wonder if Global Metal Pollution Is Worse Than They Previously Thought
- ‘This is climate change’: Scottish beach eroding by 7 metres a year
- Why Trump isn’t celebrating as Americans return home from Russia (Because Trump doesn’t give a crap about Americans or America, only about himself.)
- Assassination again shows Netanyahu’s disregard for US-Israel relations (“Hamas killing is further snub to Biden administration, which does not share methods or objectives of Israeli leader”)
- U.S. sends more forces to region ahead of possible Iranian attack on Israel
- U.S. forces move toward Israel as Iran threatens to attack
- Netanyahu, Defiant, Appears to Have Gone Rogue, Risking a Regional War
- Iran plans to attack Israel on Tisha B’Av – the Jewish day of disasters, Western intelligence says (“Western intelligence sources told Sky News Arabia that they had evidence Iran plans to attack Israel on Tisha B’Av in response to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, which begins on August 12 and ends on August 13, the site reported on Friday.”)
- US-Israeli soldier posted videos showing detonation of Gaza homes and mosque (“IDF soldiers have shared scores of videos of their conduct in Gaza. The American-Israeli soldier says his videos were ‘taken out of context’”)
- Notes From Underground (“David Remnick reports on the Hamas leader’s ruthless career and his plans to transform the region.”)
- Iran Arrests Dozens in Search for Suspects in Killing of Hamas Leader
- About half of US state AGs went on France trip sponsored by group with lobbyist and corporate funds
- Report reveals secret US inquiry into alleged 2016 Egyptian $10m gift to Trump (That SHOULD be a huge scandal.)
- Abandoned boxing match unleashes a gender storm at Paris Olympics (“… there is no publicly available data to suggest Khelif is transgender or intersex. However, some women have naturally higher levels of testosterone.” Right, so she’s a woman with relatively high testosterone levels.)
- Imane Khelif is just the latest case of female athletes being questioned over their sex
- Unpacking the Gender Panic in Olympic Women’s Boxing (“Imane Khelif, who isn’t trans, is at the center of a furious transphobic backlash”)
- Venezuala: Blinken congratulates González on winning election as more countries come out against Maduro (“US secretary of state also voices concern for opposition candidate’s safety while Venezualan government accuses Washington of leading ‘coup attempt’” Maduro definitely lost.)
- Job growth totals 114,000 in July, much less than expected, as unemployment rate rises to 4.3%
- The Fed Is Behind the Curve. There’s Still No Need to Panic. (The Fed is really bad at its job.)
- Joe Biden Issues a Stinging Dissent (“The Supreme Court is caught in a crisis of its own making.”)
- Trump’s stalled election-subversion prosecution revs back to life (The far-right Supreme Court bought Trump many months of delay, for absolutely no good reason.)
- Trump’s Jan. 6 case officially back in Judge Chutkan’s hands after immunity ruling
- Republicans suddenly love crypto. Americans should beware. (Can anyone explain what the legitimate uses of crypto for the vast majority of people would be?)
- Trump’s ‘disciplined’ campaign is unraveling
- Trump is much worse than ‘weird’
- Don’t Mistake Trump’s Latest Rant for Evil Genius
- Trump attack on Harris comes as U.S. multiracial population exploding
- Dog whistling past Dixie: Republicans are in over their heads playing the Kamala Harris race card (“The attempts to disqualify the vice president reek of desperation”)
- Harris campaign calls Trump ‘too scared’ to debate, says he ‘needs to man up’
- Harris hires Obama campaign veterans to join 2024 effort, replacing Biden loyalists (“David Plouffe, Stephanie Cutter and Mitch Stewart are joining the effort.” Interesting.)
- Harris remodels campaign with Obama alums
- Trump Says He’s Agreed To Fox News Debate In Desperate Move To Avoid Harris On ABC (Fox is a right-wing propaganda channel; why on earth would any Democrat – other than perhaps Pete Buttigieg, just because he always kicks their sorry asses – ever go on there?)
- Team Harris Raises $310 Million in July, Announces $377 Million War Chest; Best Grassroots Fundraising Month in Presidential History (Harris haul was “more than double what the Trump campaign and RNC raised in July”)
- Vice President Kamala Harris Secures Enough Delegates to Become Democratic Nominee for President (“So here’s the bottom line, I say to all the friends on the call: We are going to win this election. And it is going to take all of us” – VP Harris)
- Harris has secured enough Democratic delegate votes to become their party’s nominee, chair says
- Pritzker says Trump ‘bewildered’ by Harris, new Dem excitement
- Kamala Harris Is Interviewing Six Potential VP Picks This Weekend, AP Sources Say
- Crunch time in ‘veepstakes’ as Kamala Harris prepares to choose running mate (“Running mate decision likely to come down to ‘who can have the hard conversations’, a former Harris aide says”)
- Inside the “Big Weirdo” Strategy Democrats Are Wielding (“Taking the high road hasn’t worked for the Democrats. Progressive strategists have realized that it’s time for the party to get petty.”)
- Inside the final days of Harris’ vice presidential decision
- Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg Just Shattered Cher’s Record for Fire Island Fundraising
- How an Elon Musk PAC is using voter data to help Trump beat Harris in 2024 election
- Elon Musk’s Insidious New Strategy to Help Trump Win (The US government needs to cut all contracts with Musk’s companies ASAP. It also needs to be investigating this scumbag.)
- Defense Secretary Revokes Plea Deal for Accused Sept. 11 Plotters
- Arizona AG Kris Mayes says defendant in ‘fake electors’ case has agreed to flip
- Giuliani’s bankruptcy formally dismissed, freeing Georgia election workers to seek $148M
- Laura Ingraham Goes After VP Harris for…Hugging (Laura Ingraham is horrible. Of course, Glenn Youngkin happily goes on her show.)
- North Carolina GOP candidate Mark Robinson, a harsh abortion critic, reveals his wife once had the procedure
- Utah’s Great Salt Lake rings climate alarm bells over release of 4.1m tons of carbon dioxide
- Senator Tim Kaine cosponsors bill to end homelessness among veterans
- Kaine, Warner urge government agency to finalize beach umbrella standards, make Virginia beaches safer
- The Stark Contrast Between Extremist Jen Kiggans and Abortion Rights Champion Missy Cotter Smasal (Kiggans has “engaged in the kind of dirty politics that have become a hallmark of Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party”)
- Youngkin Appoints “Citizens United” Chief Operating Officer, Former Koch Brothers and Trump Administration Official Closely Connected with the Fossil Fuel Industry to the State Air Pollution Control Board! (It would be unbelievable, but sadly, given how Youngkin’s been, it’s VERY believable.)
- Youngkin: Va. will opt out of IRS Direct File program this year (What an as**hole)
- “Today, [VA AG Jason Miyares] lent the credibility of [his] office to a years-long disinformation and harassment campaign targeting ActBlue based on frivolous and false accusations” (Miyares will say or do anything to win the 2025 VA GOP governor’s nomination, including disgracing the AG’s office)
- Youngkin regulation streamlining plan sets 455 targets for FY 2025 (Bottom line: Youngkin wants to weaken important regulations that protect us from pollution, etc. Because that’s how Youngkin rolls…)
- Williams: George Mason typifies the folly of the war on DEI (GMU is funded by the Koch brothers, even has a law school named after Antonin Scalia for god’s sake…)
- Senator Aaron Rouse Exclusive | From the NFL to the Lieutenant Governor’s Race
- Virginia State University not in talks with presidential campaigns after canceled debate
- Federal board, state agency to probe ammonia leak at Loudoun facility
- Battery plant backed by $100 million federal grant no longer planned for Lynchburg
- Are Charlottesville’s school name changes set in stone?
- D.C.-area forecast: Not as hot today with heightened odds of showers and storms
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