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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, August 9.
- This Land Is the Only Land There Is (“Here are seven ways of understanding the IPCC’s newest climate warning.”)
- Fighting Climate Change on the Farm (“A new study warns of widespread disruptions to agriculture.”)
- Climate change is sapping nutrients from our food — and it could become a global crisis
- UN report: Change diet, land use to avoid climate apocalypse (“Examples of healthy and sustainable diets are high in coarse grains, pulses, fruits and vegetables, and nuts and 46 seeds; low in energy-intensive animal-sourced and discretionary foods”)
- Report: we have to change how we eat and grow food to fight climate change (“Forestry and farming can both worsen and relieve the climate crisis, a panel of UN scientists says. But time is running out to act.” Stop eating meat for one thing.)
- U.S.-China Trade Battle Is Crimping Global Oil Demand (“In its oil-market report, IEA downgrades its forecast for global oil demand growth for the third time in four months”)
- Trump’s trade war clearly isn’t working
- China Tries to Teach Trump Economics (“But he doesn’t seem to be learning.”)
- Trade war escalation nudges U.S. closer to recession: Reuters poll
- Help for the Economy? Despite Grumbling, Trump Has Had Plenty (“The Fed and Congress have given President Trump the most growth-friendly climate in decades. But the trade war may test its limits.”)
- Trump Weighs New Stance on Guns as Pressure Mounts After Shootings
- Sobbing 11-year-old girl begs for dad’s release after massive ICE raid
- If the Mississippi ICE Raids Were About ‘The Law,’ Why Were No Executives Marched Out in Cuffs? (“This is who we are, at least for the moment.”)
- ICE releases 300 of 680 detainees in Mississippi, some on ‘humanitarian grounds’ (Good, now release the other 380.)
- Trump announces shakeup at top of U.S. intelligence (“Democratic and Republican lawmakers had said they wanted Gordon, a career intelligence official, to fill in for Coats. But Trump was reluctant to keep someone with whom he had never formed a close bond. The president and his aides also regarded her as a career official and consequently suspicious, according to officials with knowledge of the president’s views. ” F’ed up.)
- Deputy Intel Chief Sue Gordon Is Out After Trump Snub (“Sue Gordon would have been next in line as acting director following the scheduled departure of Dan Coats on Aug. 15.”)
- During El Paso hospital visit, Trump compared his and O’Rourke’s crowd sizes at political rallies, video shows (Pathetic as always.)
- What a horrible week for America (“The US is reeling from mass shootings, and the government is rounding up undocumented immigrants in a way that leaves their kids crying in parking lots”)
- The Mississippi ICE raids expose the biggest problem with US immigration laws (“They ignore the high demand for workers to fill low-skill jobs in America.”)
- They Paid $42 for a SoulCycle Ride, Not for Trump
- State Department foreign service officer resigns in blistering criticism of Trump (“A foreign service officer resigned from the State Department effective Thursday, writing in a blistering op-ed in The Washington Post that he could no longer serve in ‘The Complacent State,’ particularly in the wake of the El Paso mass shooting.”)
- Puerto Rico gets third governor in a week, braces for more turmoil (“Wanda Vázquez might not last long in the job, either.”)
- Surging in Polls, Elizabeth Warren Now Has a Path to the Nomination (The only question in my mind about her is electability. Beating Trump is job #1, #2, #3, etc.)
- Pete Buttigieg: Racism Isn’t Something That ‘Happened a Long Time Ago’ (“The midwestern mayor was among a handful of 2020 candidates to address the National Association of Black Journalists’s annual convention in Miami today.”)
- This Beto Suddenly Seems Like the Old Beto
- Yang surpasses Beto in Iowa poll, qualifies for fall debates (No, thanks.)
- Democrats give cold shoulder to Warren wealth tax (“Democrats in charge of tax legislation on Capitol Hill have kept their distance from the plan, refusing to endorse the concept. They’ve instead focused on raising capital gains taxes and income taxes on the wealthy, as well as anti-poverty policies.”)
- Booker, Harris attend services with pastor who called homosexuality a sin
- Here’s the data on white supremacist terrorism the Trump administration has been ‘unable or unwilling’ to give to Congress
- Trump can’t fight extremism and ‘anti-conservative bias’ at the same time
- A major impeachment development: Court may order McGahn’s testimony
- McConnell, allies lean into Twitter, media ‘war’
- Tucker Carlson, Now on Vacation, Could Face More Advertiser Defections (It’s inexcusable for anyone to advertise with white supremacists like Carlson)
- Kellyanne Conway Defends Tucker Carlson, Says White Supremacy Gets ‘Outsized Coverage’ Compared to Antifa (Kellyanne Conway, demented as always.)
- Lindsey Graham vows to repeal Obamacare if GOP takes control in 2020 (“The South Carolina senator did not learn the lessons of 2018.”)
- Trump campaign’s Facebook ads target Latinos in Texas days after shooting (“The ads were launched just before US immigration officials raided food processing plants in Mississippi”)
- Trump made his visits to Dayton and El Paso all about him (“While Trump was making a sad clown of himself, Joe Biden was in Iowa giving a fine speech of the kind we expect from a president after tragedies such as this past weekend’s — a speech that puts what happened in context and points the way forward.”)
- What Toni Morrison Understood About Hate
- Fox News is pushing white nationalism because the Murdochs want it to
- Numerous links to white supremacist terror may finally push 8chan offline (“What comes next depends on tech and social media companies”)
- New York Times examining editor’s ‘poor judgment’ on social media (“Weisman was roundly criticized for implying that urban areas with significant minority populations in the Midwest and Deep South aren’t representative of those regions.” Ee gads.)
- Senate Will Discuss Gun Proposals In September, McConnell Says
- BREAKING: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Calls for House to Begin Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump (“No administration should be allowed to disregard the constitution at their whim”)
- Connolly, member of House Oversight Committee, joins call for impeachment inquiry into Trump
- 214 Mayors (Including Those From Richmond, Alexandria and Newport News — but NOT From VA Beach) Call for “Bipartisan Legislation to End Gun Violence Now”
- Spanberger says she can’t make judgment on whether Trump is racist (Yeah, I listened to this interview yesterday. Uhhhhhh…)
- Terry McAuliffe Still Doesn’t Understand What Happened in Charlottesville (“I was there, among a peaceful group of counterprotesters facing down a group of torch-bearing, swastika-wearing neo-Nazis on the grounds of the University of Virginia on the night of Aug. 11, the opening act of the Unite the Right rally. Terry wasn’t. What’s worse, his government grossly failed the people of our city and there has never been a full accounting. McAuliffe’s book tour conspicuously avoids Charlottesville…Crucially, when Newsweek published an excerpt of McAuliffe’s book, it revealed glaring inaccuracies and troubling conclusions”)
- Northam seeks input on improving child care, early education
- Fun Times as Virginia House Republicans Fight on Facebook Over Freitas Fiasco (“Shame on Rob Bell, Todd Gilbert, the House GOP Caucus, and the RPV for trying to overturn the will of the 30th District GOP Committee!”)
- Va. Republican who failed to qualify for ballot will mount a write-in campaign
- Sen. Janet Howell: “My Shattered Ankle Was A Blessing”
- FWIW Virginia: The Best Things in Life Are Free (Growing Social Media Followings via Organic Content)
- Editorial: Samirah is wrong. Civility does matter. (The Roanoke Times editorial board is still blathering about this. They’re obsessed, apparently.)
- Editorial: Drop Jeff Davis’ name (Wow, this is the “Republican Times-Disgrace” editorial page)
- Norfolk sheriff appears to be quietly ending controversial immigration detainee program
- Northern Virginia continues to dominate advanced energy jobs, report shows
- Richmond considers committing millions in tax revenue to build the state’s largest arena
- Metro says stations closed for shutdown will reopen next month — unless there’s a really bad storm
- Alexandria mayor says city wants no part of a federal shelter for detained immigrant youth
- UPDATE: Security at Chesterfield courthouse tightened after attorney attacked at nearby office
- Eastern Virginia Medical School bullied student with ADHD for 2 years, lawsuit says (Seriously???)
- Heat without the typical August-level steaminess in coming days
