Tuesday News: “The world is burning and drowning. We have to vote for the planet’s future.”; Biden Rips “Climate Arsonist” Trump; “Vindman: Trump Is 100% a Putin Puppet”; “White Panic Is Central to [Trump’s] Presidency.”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 15.

• Two major Antarctic glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints, scientists say (This is very, very, very bad.)
• Dismay as huge chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off
• Bill Gates on the Pandemic: ‘You Hope It Doesn’t Stretch Past 2022.’
• After UAE and Bahrain deals, is Saudi Arabia softening its stance on Israel?
• California officials say climate change is to blame for the deadly wildfires
• Devastating fires inject climate change into the presidential campaign
• The world is burning and drowning. We have to vote for the planet’s future.
• America’s devastating divorce from science
• Trump Has Head-Scratching Solution For California Wildfires : ‘It Will Start Getting Cooler’ (Imbecile.)
• Biden calls Trump a ‘climate arsonist’ as president denies science on wildfire tour (“Democrat stresses climate crisis and pitches green investment; Trump falsely claims climate science is still uncertain” Trump is evil.)
• Analysis: Another presidential assault on science as fires and pandemic rage
• Something Weird Is Happening on Venus (“The discovery of a strange gas in its atmosphere puts the planet ‘into the realm of a perhaps inhabited world,’ a researcher says.”)
• IEA cuts 2020 oil demand forecast, sees ‘treacherous’ path ahead with rising coronavirus cases (“In a closely-watched monthly report, the IEA trimmed its outlook for worldwide oil demand growth to 91.7 million barrels per day. That marks a contraction of 8.4 million bpd year-on-year, more than the 8.1 million bpd contraction predicted in the Paris-based energy agency’s August report. Oil prices have dropped around 40% since the start of the year.”)
• Alexander Vindman: Trump Is 100% a Putin Puppet (“Trump should be considered to be a useful idiot and a fellow traveler”)
• Alexander Vindman: Trump Is Putin’s ‘Useful Idiot’(“In his first interview, a key witness in the impeachment trial says Trump goes out of his way to try to please the Russian president.”)
• Is OPEC’s Power Over the Oil Market Broken?
• U.S.-China decoupling is underway — but complete divorce is ‘almost impossible,’ says ex-Chinese minister
• William Barr Floats Foreign Mail-Vote Fraud That Experts Call Impossible (Barr is bonkers.)
• TikTok relying on Trump to back off original demand to sell U.S. business and approve Oracle deal
• We’re Heading Toward the Worst Possible Outcome on TikTok (“Oracle gains while the U.S. loses the reduced Chinese influence we were supposed to get.”)
• Gulf Coast bracing for flooding, more as Hurricane Sally churns toward landfall
• Trump spurns science on climate: ‘Don’t think science knows’ (Just based on Trump’s climate science denialism alone, literally no American should vote for him.)
• Trump’s Perverse Campaign Strategy (“If the president’s allies are talking about the moment ‘shooting will begin’ and ‘martial law,’ it’s not by accident.”)
• The G.O.P. Plot to Sabotage 2021 (“Republicans are already acting as if there’s no next year.”)
• Trump’s hostility to cities threatens to worsen the recession
• Why Trump’s approval stands firm (“Trump’s support has remained remarkably stable. That stability, paradoxically, points toward years of rising turbulence in American politics and life”)
• Bob Woodward Reveals New Tape of Trump’s Shocking COVID Comments (“’It’s so easily transmissible, you wouldn’t even believe it,’ the president can be heard telling Bob Woodward on the new recording.”)
• Trump is trying to sabotage the election. Here’s why it won’t work.
• Justice Department internal watchdog is investigating Roger Stone’s sentencing, say sources
• Is the Media Ready for the Climate Apocalypse? (Of course they’ll f*** this up.)
• Trump Health Aide Falsely Alleges Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt (“Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary of health for public affairs, told a Facebook audience without evidence that left-wing hit squads were being trained for insurrection, and he accused C.D.C. scientists of ‘sedition.'” Completely unhinged. In a normal administration, this nutjob never would have been hired, and certainly would be fired immediately.)
• A Trump official’s insane rant should reflect back on Trump himself
• The Decision Upholding Florida’s Jim Crow–Style Poll Tax Is an Affront to Democracy (“Not only can Florida force people to pay a tax before voting, but the state doesn’t have to tell them how much to pay.” That’s totally f’ed up.)
• Trump alma mater says Biden plan would lead to more economic growth
• Trump Defends Indoor Rally, but Aides Express Concern (It’s absolutely indefensible.)
• Trump is still bent on endangering Americans
• What Trump says doesn’t matter if voters don’t trust him (“Trump’s crazy accusations fall on deaf ears”)
• Trump rally site fined $3,000 for violating Nevada’s coronavirus guidelines
• Medicaid rolls swell amid the pandemic’s historic job losses, straining state budgets
• Judge rules Chad Wolf likely unlawfully serving as Homeland Security secretary and temporarily blocks some asylum restrictions
• If Trump loses, you can thank women (“They hold the key to 2020. And that’s bad news for Trump.”)
• Trump ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of Russian jets.
• Biden spending alarms Trump allies
• Trump says there are 25 ‘witnesses’ disputing the report that he disparaged fallen troops. Nope.
• With anxiety over voting by mail, we need a new strategy (“Fortunately, voters have plenty of options.”)
• The ambush shooting of two sheriff’s deputies in Los Angeles was a monstrous act of lawlessness (Agreed 100%.)
• ‘Like an Experimental Concentration Camp’: Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center (WTF???)
• Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible for state ballot
• Biden leads Trump 67-30 among Jewish voters, survey finds
• Trump’s Rage Is Worse Than You’ve Heard (“In his latest, Bob Woodward finally lets us know what he’s thinking about a president. But it’s Trump himself who does the most damage.”)
• Trump Doesn’t Want to Keep You Calm. White Panic Is Central to His Presidency. (“Don’t fret over the coronavirus, he says. But definitely, definitely worry about the upcoming antifa invasion.”)
• White evangelicals and Catholics may finally be opening their ears
• Biden Is Outspending Trump On TV, And Just 6 States Are The Focus Of The Campaign (“Almost 85% of TV ad spending in the presidential race has been focused on six key states — Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona.”)
• “I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
• Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs to Be Deposed in Seth Rich Case
• Mark Levin on the Insurrection Act: Trump “will have to use it to put down the enemy” if reelected (Typical far-right radio host.)
• DPS: Attorney General reported hitting a deer, but man’s body discovered the next morning
• Judge strikes down Pennsylvania virus policies (Trump judge. ‘Nuff said.)
• News outlets give Trump the headlines he wants for vaporware drug executive order (“Four years after Trump’s election, media outlets are still marks for his disinformation” The media is, apparently, unfixable, as highlighted by the appalling Virginia Mercury editorial yesterday.)
• The definitive guide to Fox News’ vaccine conspiracy theories
• New Maps Show Virginia Late-Mail Percentage *SPIKING* After DeJoy Became Postmaster General in June
• Video: Jill Biden Participates in Virginia Women for Biden Early Vote Rally with Anne Holton, Rep. Jennifer Wexton, Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, Del. Charniele Herring
• Jill Biden rallies Virginia voters during virtual campaign visit
• Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton urges women to vote
• Freitas, in hometown rally, urges vigilance in GOP fight against Spanberger (No social distancing, no masks, and Amanda Chase. Sounds great, huh?)
• #FlashbackFreitas: Del. Freitas Votes Against Background Checks For Daycare Providers, Jeopardizes Safety Of Central Virginia Kids & Families
• Fake FBI raid staged by right-wing activists dupes The Post (“It appears that Jacob Wohl used photos of the event in Arlington to trick a reporter into believing that Wohl’s longtime associate Jack Burkman was being targeted by law enforcement officials.”)
• AG Mark Herring Challenges Trump Administration’s Rollback of Regulations That Limit Methane Emissions
• Cost Could Derail Sentencing Reform Effort
• Editorial: In a year with historic challenges and changes, Virginia needs a strong census finish
• JlARC faults financing authority critical to Northam small business COVID-19 grant program
• Virginia Women Are Suffering Under Trump’s COVID Economy
• It’s Only Monday, and We’ve Got a Contender For Worst Virginia Newspaper Editorial of the Week…Or Hell, Maybe the Year! (Painfully Bad Virginia Mercury Piece Epitomizes False Equivalence, “Both Sidesism,” etc.)
• Monday (9/14) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +757 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 134,571), +49 Hospitalizations (to 10,293), +19 Deaths (to 2,743) From Yesterday
• Majority of region’s workers unlikely to return to office before next summer, survey finds
• Improving Virginia’s Water Future: 56 Organizations Send “People’s Platform for Change” to State Water Board
• Va. authority takes ‘overly conservative’ approach to small business loans, report says
• Virginia STEM Education Commission Presents Recommendations to Governor Northam
• Audit commission recommends eliminating Virginia’s coal tax credits (No brainer.)
• Police Chief Praised Officer For Political Attack On Senator They Charged With Felonies (Ee gads.)
• Loudoun Supervisors Support Civilian Police Oversight Panel in Split Vote
• Loudoun County Public Schools Students Display Racist, Sexual Content In Virtual Classrooms
• FCPS lacking good options after hack, outside cybersecurity expert says
• Lake Frederick Democrats and Independents Raise $24,414 for Combined Campaigns
• Editorial: Honor Beach shooting victims through memorial process
• Peter Jackson column: This delay of game penalty is on Trump
• Newport News School Board set to vote on renaming 4 schools on Tuesday
• Comfortable conditions today into tomorrow with late-week showers and a cooler weekend