by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, Indigenous People’s Day, October 12.
- Fifth of countries at risk of ecosystem collapse, analysis finds (“Trillions of dollars of GDP depend on biodiversity, according to Swiss Re report”)
- Kim Jong-un sheds tears as he delivers rare apology to North Korea over failings (“Analysts say emotional speech suggests Kim is feeling pressures on his leadership linked to Covid and nuclear sanctions”)
- UK At ‘Tipping Point’ As Millions Face New Coronavirus Rules
- Why Covid-19 cases are surging in the UK (“Boris Johnson’s response is likely to blame for the country’s record-high case counts.”)
- Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Stanford University academics
- Trump promised to bring China to heel. He didn’t and the result is a pitched conflict between the world’s two major powers. (Trump massively f’ed up our foreign policy, including Russia, China, North Korea, NATO allies, etc, etc.)
- Why populist world leaders are fearing a Trump election loss (They mean “authoritarian world leaders,” actually.)
- More of the world has plunged back into poverty — and Trump’s leadership won’t turn it around
- Exxon Is Losing the Energy Transition
- ‘I Feel Like I Have Dementia’: Brain Fog Plagues Covid Survivors
- Tax records show 200 entities funneled money to Trump properties while reaping benefits from White House: NYT
- Trump’s Bid to Spark Stimulus Talks Fails to Break Stalemate
- Juan Williams: Trump’s plan to thwart democracy (“Trump’s plan is obvious: declare the election rigged and stay in office. Every patriotic American has to fight Trump’s plan — it is a threat to democracy.”)
- Twitter Flags Trump’s Tweet About Now Being ‘Immune’ to Virus
- Trump takes his Covid misinformation machine back on the road (“Trump plans to hold his first rally since his virus diagnosis was publicly disclosed, in Florida, in what risks turning into yet another super spreader event”)
- ‘He just thinks about himself’: America’s reckless, ill president
- Why The Supreme Court’s Reputation Is At Stake
- Charles Koch’s Big Bet on Barrett (“For almost 50 years, the multibillionaire has been pushing for a court unfriendly to regulation of the market. He may be on the brink of victory.”)
- The GOP is lying its way toward expanding the Supreme Court’s conservative majority
- Barrett will pledge at confirmation hearing to ‘apply the law as written, not as the judge wishes it were’ (She’s lying.)
- Barrett Supreme Court hearing expected to focus on health care, with the pandemic looming over the proceeding
- Republicans aren’t being honest about why Amy Coney Barrett has their support. They can’t be.
- Fauci rips new Trump campaign ad, says it uses his comments ‘out of context’
- Trump campaign twists Fauci comment to suggest praise of the president
- Trump Fans Will Never Wear Masks, Horrified COVID Task Force Admits
- CNN exclusive: Fauci says he was taken out of context in new Trump campaign ad touting coronavirus response
- Fauci rips new Trump campaign ad, says it uses his comments ‘out of context’
- Scoop: Trump wants to hit campaign trail every day through election
- Joe Biden’s polling better than any challenger since 1936
- Biden’s lead grows as Trump stumbles and voters finalize their choices
- The Gamble (“Long before COVID-19 or the economic collapse that followed in its wake, President Trump gambled his re-election prospects on the assumption that his base would be enough to ensure his re-election. Since the first days of his presidency, Trump rewarded those who already liked or voted for him and ignored — or just outright alienated — everyone else.”)
- Trump team tries to keep debate fight going but others move on
- Trump taps U.S. Marine Band for White House event and raises questions about employing the military for political purposes
- Obama praises sports stars who “take a stand” for racial justice
- Biden Allies Ponder: Skip Debate or Let Trump Blow Himself Up Again? (“’If Trump is going to take his football and go home, I say good riddance to bad rubbish,’ said one longtime Biden confidant.”)
- New book by John McCain’s closest aide details reaction to Trump’s war hero attack
- Gen. Mark Milley Says The Military Plays ‘No Role’ In Elections
- Republicans, it’s a little late to start distancing
- Trump’s Genetic Delusions Are Being Put to the Test
- Lincoln Project Cofounders Reveal The Secret To Pissing Off Trump (“The president’s conservative critics also point out the key benefit to triggering him.”)
- Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself (“The platform is overrun with hate speech and disinformation. Does it actually want to solve the problem?”)
- Meet the Press and Chuck Todd failed to disclose that Trump sponsors Hugh Hewitt’s newsletter (Time to, well, “chuck” Chuck!)
- The Democrat Seeking to Unseat Lindsey Graham Just Smashed Fundraising Records (“Jaime Harrison’s senate campaign raised a staggering $57 million last quarter.”)
- Virginia Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Amanda Chase: “JUST SAY NO TO COVID-19 VACCINATIONS”; “I will fight this with everything that is in me – so help me God”
- Landlords ask Supreme Court of Virginia to make eviction proceedings easier
- Sunday (10/11) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +811 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 158,716), +18 Hospitalizations (to 11,519), +4 Deaths (to 3,358)
- Virginia voter registration continues to climb as deadline looms
- With Only One Location Open, Enormous Fairfax County’s In-Person/Early Voting Is Falling Well Short of Where It Should Be (With 14% of the state’s population, Fairfax is at a miniscule 4% of in-person/early voting; neighboring counties all doing much better than much-larger Fairfax)
- It’s Time For Virginia’s State Government To Protect Our Waters and Endangered Species From Being Destroyed By the Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Del. Danica Roem’s Powerful #NationalComingOutDay Tweets Reminds Us That Elections and Voting *REALLY* Matter
- Editorial: What the decline of the Monarch butterfly tells us (and what you can do about it) (One thing you can do is to tear up as much of your lawn – a sterile monoculture that requires fertilizer, pesticides, watering, etc. – as possible and replace it with native and pollinator-friendly plantings, including ones that Monarch butterflies like.)
- Rain eases before several nice fall days; weekend turns chilly
