by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 21.
- Greta Thunberg Is Right to Panic (“The teenage climate-change activist has taken on anxieties far beyond her years. Adults should listen”)
- From Sydney To San Francisco, Millions Are Striking For Global Climate Action (“The day of protest precedes the United Nations summit on how to rein in the worst effects of climate change.” We need action and we need it NOW!)
- Angry at Climate Inaction, Young People Take to Streets Worldwide (“Anxious about the future and angry about the failure to curb the crisis, millions joined an urgent call for action against climate change.”)
- Across the globe, millions join biggest climate protest ever (“Young and old alike took to the streets in an estimated 185 countries to demand action”)
- Al Gore: The Climate Crisis Is the Battle of Our Time, and We Can Win (“We have the tools. Now we are building the political power.”)
- Trump to snub climate summit for religious freedom meeting at UN (Trump is insane and evil.)
- The US just signed a deal that could send asylum seekers back to El Salvador (“It could be yet another barrier to obtaining asylum in the US.”)
- Trump Focuses on Defending Saudis, Not Striking Iran, for Now
- U.S. to send additional troops to Saudi Arabia after attacks on oil facilities
- Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine President to Investigate Biden’s Son (It’s completely indefensible.)
- Trump pressed Ukrainian leader to investigate Biden’s son, according to people familiar with the matter
- Trump has done plenty to warrant impeachment. But the Ukraine allegations are over the top. (Agreed; these are wildly corrupt and 100% impeachable. Problem is, Republicans put party and politics above patriotism.)
- How Trump and Giuliani pressured Ukraine to investigate the president’s rivals
- Deny, divert, discredit: Trump turns to his scandal playbook once again
- The Most Serious Clash Over Presidential Power Since Watergate
- Trump allies jolt into action to deflect Ukraine-whistleblower scandal (“It’s a familiar response when controversy seems to imperil Trump’s presidency.”)
- If Whistleblower Is Right, Trump May Have Committed Extortion and Bribery (“The president supposedly dangled millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine in exchange for Kiev investigating Joe Biden. That looks a lot like old-fashioned corruption.” Lock him up.)
- Whistle-Blower Fight Puts Focus on Trump’s Pressure on Ukraine
- Dana Milbank: 13 totally innocent explanations for Trump’s Ukraine shenanigans
- Welcome, Americans, to the Ukrainian swamp (“Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukrainian leaders tell you everything you need to know.”)
- We’re Now in the Hot Zone for Impeachment (“New reports about President Trump’s calls with the Ukrainian president could push Nancy Pelosi to recalculate the politics of an attempt to remove him from office.”)
- Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Is Hiding in Plain Sight
- Trump Told Ukraine to Investigate Biden Eight Times in One Conversation
- Pelosi Says Congress Should Pass New Laws So Sitting Presidents Can Be Indicted (Either nobody is above the law in this country or…they are.)
- The U.S. has no rules for when the president is a national security threat
- From Austin to Indianapolis: The US climate strike in photos (“Americans skipped school and work to send a message.”)
- Getting to 100% renewables requires cheap energy storage. But how cheap? (“New research gives energy storage a cost target.”)
- Biden blasts Trump, demands he release transcript of call with foreign leader
- 2 winners and 3 losers from the LGBTQ presidential forum (Guys, you spelled “Cory” wrong multiple times.)
- Joe Biden Has Tense Exchange Over L.G.B.T.Q. Record (“Pressed about his decades-old opposition to same-sex marriage, Mr. Biden pushed back, saying he didn’t ‘have to evolve.'”)
- Why Bill de Blasio’s Campaign Failed (Hint: Nobody Liked Him)
- As ‘Moscow Mitch’ Rings in His Ears, McConnell Backs Election Security (“Even if it took a taunt to do it, he approved $250 million for voting protections.”)
- Economic Confidence Drops to Lowest Level Since Shutdown (“49% in U.S. think a recession is at least fairly likely in the next year…50% say economy is fair or poor and 48% say it’s getting worse”)
- Candace Owens to Congress: ‘White Supremacy and White Nationalism Are Not a Problem’ (Who is this demented individual and why the hell did Republicans invite her to testify???)
- California and 23 other states sue Trump to stop ban on auto emissions standards
- Americans have a right to know if the GOP actually thinks Trump’s conduct is acceptable
- Trump’s ‘help’ for the homeless is actually meant to stigmatize them
- This week in wins: House passes landmark bill protecting workers and consumers
- How Fox News is lying about the “urgent concern” of the whistleblower report about Trump (“Fox News figures are dismissing the whistleblower’s report as a policy disagreement. We’re well beyond that point.”)
- Here’s how Trump’s Fox propagandists are defending him over the whistleblower complaint
- GOP Operative Pleads Guilty to Swindling Ken Cuccinelli
- Hardline Immigration Czar Cuccinelli Leaves Complex Legacy For Virginia Republicans (“Cuccinelli has ascended to a position of national influence as acting Director of U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services. But in his home turf of Northern Virginia, voters have turned away from the conservative policies he champions. Virginia holds statewide elections in November and voters will decide on all 140 General Assembly seats. Republicans are split on whether Ken Cuccinelli’s legacy will help or hurt them as they defend slim majorities in both houses.”)
- Virginia Republicans Back Trump’s Plan to use Military Money for Border Wall (How low can Virginia Republicans go?)
- Tim Kaine visits UMW to talk civic engagement, field questions
- AG Mark Herring Files Suit Against Trump’s Latest Attack on Clean Air and Climate Change Efforts
- Video: Gabby Giffords Rallies Virginia Democrats in Front of NRA Headquarters
- Outside NRA headquarters, Virginia Democrats focus on gun violence
- Democrat Amanda Pohl Calls Out Sen. Amanda Chase (R)’s “Rhetoric and Threats” as “Disturbing” “Extremism”
- Virginia legislator says she’s ‘not afraid to shoot down’ gun control supporters
- Campaign misfire, as Sen. Chase changes Facebook ad on gun groups
- Some of the Craziest, Over-the-Top Facebook Attack Ads Being Run by Virginia Republicans Right Now
- Flip-A-District/Defend-A-District Friday: Del. Kelly Fowler (D-HD21), Del. Hala Ayala (D-HD51), Del. Mike Mullin (D-HD93), Rodney Willett (D-HD73)
- Video: Debra Rodman Releases New TV Ad, Corrects the Record on Sen. Dunnavant (R)’s Anti-Healthcare Stances
- Video: Ghazala Hashmi Releases Second TV Ad of General Election – “Do More Good”
- First candidates forum tackles wide range of issues (“Opponents in three state races face off in Bealeton”)
- Foster, Cole clash over ERA amendment, other issues in House debate
- Shad Plank: Big TV/radio spending, early, in the hottest General Assembly races
- A Texas businessman bought 3,500 acres in New Kent. Now he’s started a PAC. What does he want?
- All women in state prisons to be moved to Central Va. sites
- Kemba Smith Pradia, pardoned by Clinton, is appointed to Virginia Parole Board
- Climate change protest led by children draws hundreds to Downtown Mall (Really need to start calling it what it is, which is the climate crisis.)
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg High students join global strike demanding climate change action
- Hampton Roads lawmaker says he’ll again file a bill to legalize marijuana in Virginia
- Appalachian Power offers discount for electric car charging
- Family of Bijan Ghaisar, killed by Park Police officers in 2017, refiles suit against U.S.
- Fairfax County changes its response after reported student vaping soars
- Bodycam footage of fatal shooting shows both Henrico officers fired weapons at woman wielding ax (“Body-worn camera footage from the two Henrico County police officers who entered a woman’s home in Short Pump during a welfare check Tuesday morning shows the woman — who emerged from a bathroom charging the officers with an ax — was shot by both of them…”)
- Federal prosecutors: Northern Virginia man involved with illegal guns, drugs is a neo-Nazi (“Thomasberg was arrested at his home in McLean on Thursday, according to court filings, accused of possessing guns as a drug user and illegally buying an AK-47 in 2017 for that friend, who is cooperating with authorities…Thomasberg took part in the deadly Unite the Right white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in 2017 with a neo-Nazi group called Vanguard America. “)
- Williams: A different system in City Hall. The same old cesspool.
- Feeling more like summer than fall into early week
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