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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, September 6.
- Renewable Energy’s Booming, But Still Falling Far Short of Climate Goals (“Power sector emissions would have been 15 percent higher in 2018 without the past decade’s renewable energy growth, a UNEP report shows.”)
- Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried, ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95 (“Until 2017, he was the only leader his country had known since independence in 1980. He presided over its long decline.”)
- Trump’s top Middle East peace envoy is quitting. There’s still no Israel-Palestine deal. (“Trump picked loyalists who knew little about the conflict to help resolve one of the most intractable conflicts in the world”)
- Trump’s envoy clashes with Afghan government over proposed Taliban deal (“Afghan officials had ‘raging arguments’ with U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad over the proposed troop withdrawal deal with the Taliban.”)
- Boris Johnson’s Brexit Carnage (“This week in Parliament has been particularly frantic, as the Prime Minister purged his opponents from the Conservative Party and threatened to call an election.”)
- Boris Johnson takes a wrecking ball to government and gets hit himself
- Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament is lawful, high court rules
- Boris Johnson Would Rather Be “Dead in a Ditch” than Delay Brexit (“The Prime Minister’s terrible week didn’t improve at all on Thursday—but he’s still not backing down from his ‘do or die’ Brexit approach.”)
- Has Europe Reached Peak Populism? (“The tide may have turned against nationalist right.”)
- Pence Security Detail Shocks World’s Most Peaceful Nation Iceland (“The vice president’s arrival at Keflavik Airport with armed military entourage reportedly set eyes popping.”)
- As Bahamas Turn To Recovery, U.S. Worries About China Stepping In To Help
- A Summer of Unprecedented Brutality in Moscow (Putin’s a thug.)
- Another Brick in Trump’s Wall (“The administration’s latest move to divert funds from military programs to the border shows why the president’s ‘state of emergency’ is so dangerous.”)
- Trump is taking money from Puerto Rico’s recovery and European security to fund his wall (“Even West Point and schools for kids are impacted.”)
- Core of Hurricane Dorian barrels ashore in North Carolina with ‘Life-threatening’ impacts extending into Virginia
- Trump called Fox News correspondent into Oval Office to argue he wasn’t wrong about Alabama (Trump is seriously disturbed.)
- ‘What I said was accurate!’: Trump stays fixated on his Alabama error as hurricane pounds the Carolinas
- Shep Smith Torches Trump Over Dorian Map: ‘It Was Fake News Defined’
- Trumpism Is Bad for Business (“It’s hard to make plans when the rules keep changing.”)
- U.S. Stock Futures Rise Before Jobs Data, Powell
- The Perils of Biden’s Campaign Strategy (“Biden is relentlessly on message. But ‘what happens if the perception of his electability starts to slip?’”)
- As Hurricane Dorian wreaks havoc, Fox casts doubt on climate change science (Fox is a sociopathic network that nobody should ever watch.)
- Revenge of the Never Trumpers: How a “Kamikaze” Primary Could Pierce the Fox News Bubble, Put New Hampshire in Play, and Hit Trump Where It Hurts (“It’s not just a pipe dream for frustrated Weekly Standard fanboys. If the president’s mental fitness becomes a viable conversation on the center right, combatants like Joe Walsh and Mark Sanford will have accomplished something that few have even tried: getting through to the millions of swing voters who are sick of Trump.”)
- CNN’s climate town halls were better than the debates. What was the DNC afraid of? (“Several hours of substantive conversation; only one dopey question about light bulbs. More like this, please!”)
- A Non-Racist Conservative Movement Would Kill the Republican Party (“There are no innocents among today’s Republicans. There’s only the ugliness they’ve unleashed, and whether they’ve the courage to risk political ruin in order to eradicate it.”)
- Fact Check: Did Kamala Harris Sue Exxon Over Climate Change? (“The answer appears to be no. No lawsuit was filed against Exxon while Harris was California attorney general from 2011 to 2017, the state Office of the Attorney General confirmed Thursday.”)
- States to Launch Google, Facebook Antitrust Probes (“Texas attorney general to lead effort examining impact of Google on digital advertising markets; New York attorney general to helm Facebook review, citing concerns over control of personal data”)
- American Airlines mechanic accused of attempted sabotage of flight with 150 on board
- Texas Republicans sound alarm about rapidly-evolving state (“Texas Republicans are sounding the alarm as Democratic presidential candidates get ready for their debate next week in Houston, warning that the Lone Star State could become more purple if the party doesn’t treat it as a 2020 battleground.”)
- When Will the Dems With No Chance Drop Out?
- Marianne Williamson under fire over controversial health remarks (Luckily, she has no chance whatsoever of winning the Democratic nomination. In contrast, science denier Trump won the Republican nomination in 2016. Huge difference between the two parties right there.)
- How Control of the Senate Could Come Down to Two Runoff Elections in Georgia
- Contaminant in marijuana vaping products linked to deadly lung illnesses
- Donald Trump Has Never Explained a Mysterious $50 Million Loan. Is It Evidence of Tax Fraud? (“A Mother Jones investigation has uncovered new information about a puzzling Trump deal.”)
- Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses as Trump challengers cry foul (“The moves, which critics called undemocratic, are the latest illustration of the president’s total takeover of the GOP apparatus.”)
- Biden bets it all on the black vote (“His path to the Democratic nomination goes through the South.”)
- The short arc of a Sharpie captures the long arc of Trump (“The Trumpification of a deadly hurricane turned a forgettable flub into an unforgettable presidential feud.”)
- Kaine: Trump administration’s denial of 99% of loan forgiveness requests is ‘outrageous’
- Spanberger, others call for committee leaders to prioritize fiscal responsibility
- Virginia Democratic Candidates Launch First TV Ads Across The Commonwealth
- VA House Democratic Leader Eileen Filler-Corn Matches Funds to Combat Republican Leadership NRA Donation
- “Bad on all sorts of levels” – GOP Sen. Bill DeSteph sparks backlash over another conflict of interest
- Rural GroundGame’s “Priority” is a Call to Action for Rural Virginia
- Video: Ghazala Hashmi Releases First TV Ad of General Election
- FWIW Virginia: With 61 Days Until Virginians Vote, How Are Campaigns and Outside Groups Talking About Workers’ Issues?
- Pa.’s lack of progress a ‘600-pound gorilla that was ignored’ at bay cleanup meeting, conservation group leader says
- Va. health officials weigh new rules advocates hope will expand rural abortion access
- Great Dismal Swamp cleanup complete, but Dorian flooding poses other pollution risks
- Hampton, Newport News open shelters as Peninsula braces for Hurricane Dorian
- After a year in the trees, opponents continue to block work on the pipeline
- Ex-Rep. Hurt named Liberty government dean (Haha, of course.)
- Jefferson Davis Highway signs coming down in Virginia
- Editorial: Roanoke shouldn’t be sentimental about Norfolk Southern; it’s not sentimental about us
- Roanoke auditor: Vendor lunch broke law, parks agency must tighten worker overtime policies
- A few gusty Dorian showers possible today, then a sunny and pleasant weekend
