by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, August 26.
- Used Solar Panels Are Powering the Developing World
- Climate change: Europe’s 2020 heat reached ‘troubling’ level
- Australia is ‘more and more isolated’ on climate, former EU trade commissioner says
- TV news shows largely fail to mention IPCC climate report in extreme weather coverage (The media continues to fail us, in huge ways like this.)
- Grave ISIS terror threat hangs over frantic Afghanistan withdrawal
- The World Economy’s Supply Chain Problem Keeps Getting Worse
- The Hybrid Work Revolution Is Already Transforming Economies (“Office workers are being set free.”)
- Biden and Naftali Bennett to Meet, Seeking to Burnish U.S.-Israel Relations (“Both new leaders have struck a supportive tone after signs of strain in the longtime allies’ bond. But they still have vast differences on policy.”)
- Biden, Israeli PM seek to reset relations, narrow differences on Iran
- Kabul evacuations hit by ‘severe’ threat of attack
- In quest for legitimacy and money, Taliban pushes for political deal with rivals
- The Media Manufactured Biden’s Political ‘Fiasco’ in Afghanistan “Straight news” has chosen sanctimony over circumspection.
- The Latest G.O.P. Schism: How to Handle Afghan Evacuees
- With 36 hours left to evacuate and gates now closed, an estimated 150 Americans need to get to Kabul airport – source
- Let’s Not Pretend That the Way We Withdrew From Afghanistan Was the Problem
- No pullout can rescue all vulnerable Afghans. That doesn’t make it a failure. (“Subsequent drafts of history must provide context, perspective and moral discernment.”)
- Can we pursue democratic values without military intervention? We better try.
- 2 U.S. Representatives Try to Explain Unauthorized Visit to Kabul
- Biden made the hard choice in Afghanistan, and the right one
- Pelosi assails two lawmakers who made unauthorized trip to Kabul
- I know Iran’s most notorious prison is built on abuse. Now the world can see it, too.
- On Her Last Stop In Southeast Asia, VP Harris Emphasizes Human And Worker Rights
- Hospitalizations hit 100,000 in United States for first time since January
- Biden Administration Plans Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters Starting at Six Months Instead of Eight
- It’s the Pandemic, Stupid (“What new polls reveal about American priorities”)
- The GOP struggles with what to do on employer vaccine mandates
- Pediatric Covid hospitalizations surge to highest on record in U.S. as doctors brace for more
- Why Some White Evangelical Republicans Are So Opposed To The COVID-19 Vaccine (“…research from the Journal of Psychology and Theology has found that some evangelical Christians rationalize illnesses like cancer as God’s will.”)
- The US is inching closer to passing a game-changing climate policy (“A clean electricity standard could be ‘the biggest change in our energy policy since the lights went on.'”)
- U.S. to accelerate offshore wind energy use as industry sees global growth
- How Should the Fed Deal With Climate Change?
- January 6 Investigators Want Answers From All of Trump’s Adult Children (Except Tiffany)
- We’re getting a glimpse into what the Jan. 6 committee wants to know (“The select House panel is casting an extraordinarily wide investigative net.”)
- Jan. 6 committee demands a huge trove of Trump White House records
- House probe focuses on Trump’s mental health and martial law
- Why Pelosi’s victory was never in doubt (“Democrats in disarray? Puh-leez.”)
- Fact check: Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy makes at least 5 false claims in 7-minute Fox News interview (This guy is a completely dishonest, horrible person.)
- Despite what Biden’s critics say, governing is hard — if you care about it (“He’s only the latest Democratic president to take on big challenges while having to clean up Republican messes.”)
- The great policies being adopted in blue America (“Democrats in control of state governments are adopting a lot of really good, bold policies, measures that would have difficulty winning approval at the federal level.”)
- READ: Judge Refers ‘Kraken’ Lawyers For Potential ‘Disbarment’ In Scathing Opinion Over Big Lie
- ‘This Case Was Never About Fraud’: Federal Judge Refers ‘Kraken’ Attorneys, Including Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, for ‘Possible Suspension or Disbarment’
- Federal judge in Michigan orders pro-Trump lawyers disciplined over lawsuit seeking to overturn 2020 election
- Does SCOTUS Know Biden Actually Won?
- The Supreme Court Has Let a Lone Trump Judge Take Over Biden’s Foreign Policy (The Supreme Court is completely broken and illegitimate at this point, with five justices named by Republican presidents who didn’t win the majority of the popular vote, with the Gorsuch seat flat-out stolen, etc.)
- The Supreme Court’s sloppiness reveals its radicalism (“So much for ‘balls and strikes’ — Trump’s Supreme Court exposes its radicalism with ‘Remain in Mexico’ decision”)
- Surely the Nine Wise Souls Realize This Would Turn the Constitution on Its Head?
- So now the Supreme Court is okay with judges setting immigration policy?
- Lester Holt to interview Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt
- The Anti-Gay Agenda (“Whenever I encounter a passionate homophobe, my mind immediately focuses on his passion. Why would a straight man devote so much time and energy to hating gay people? What is the return? Is this something that settles on the brain, these particular brains? And why can’t the thought be quickly and easily vanquished?”)
- Fox News’s Kayleigh McEnany keeps the gaslight going
- Don Lemon Reacts to Parents Ranting Against School Mask Mandates: ‘Just Because You Can Have Kids, Does Not Mean You Should. Yeah, I Said It’ (No shit.)
- Court upholds death sentence for church shooter Dylann Roof (If there’s ever a case that deserves the death penalty, this is one.)
- Politico depicts a partisan “turf war” on masks in schools, seemingly forgets about children getting infected and hospitalized (Politico is not real journalism, that’s for sure.)
- Newsom recall spurs unprecedented turnout campaign
- Man sentenced to prison after admitting plot to kidnap Michigan governor
- Herschel Walker’s entrance shakes up Georgia Senate race
- Republicans are determined to nominate terrible Senate candidates (“Democrats are thanking their lucky stars for the likes of Herschel Walker.”)
- Fox helped turn Herschel Walker into a Senate candidate. Republicans are panicking.
- Gov. Greg Abbott bans mandates on COVID-19 vaccines regardless of whether they have full FDA approval (Evil incarnate.)
- Florida’s COVID-19 resurgence: State reports 26,203 new cases, highest daily total of the pandemic
- Florida is the only state where more people are dying of COVID now than ever before. What went wrong? (Republican disaster.)
- Ron DeSantis Continues to Fail Florida
- Masks Ordered For Most Florida Students, Defying Gov. DeSantis
- Florida Voters Give Governor DeSantis Mixed Grades, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Nearly 6 In 10 Don’t Want DeSantis To Run For President In 2024
- In Florida, the pandemic is worse now than it has ever been before. (Wait, didn’t “Politico” a few months ago tout Ron DeSantis as having won the pandemic, blah blah blah? Oh yeah, “Politico” is trash.)
- South Dakota Covid cases quintuple after Sturgis motorcycle rally (One of the most egregious examples of Republican misgovernance in the country.)
- New NY governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally
- Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Hit With Proposed $5.1 Million Fine by FCC (Good!)
- Sens. Kaine, Warner visiting cities around southwest and central Virginia on Wednesday
- Sen. Kaine visits Lynchburg to discuss education, workforce training for young people
- Rep. Elaine Luria weighs in on Afghanistan evacuation
- New AARP/Wason Center Poll of Virginia: McAuliffe 50%-Youngkin 41%; Ayala 52%-Sears 42%; Herring 53%-Miyares 41%; Dems Up 50%-43% for House of Delegates
- Wason Center poll shows McAuliffe with solid lead over Youngkin (“The Wason Center survey shows the former governor with a heftier lead than two other recent polls.”)
- CNU poll shows McAuliffe with a nine-point lead in the gubernatorial race
- Terry McAuliffe: For Virginia, the only way to the end of the pandemic is through vaccines
- NEW TV AD: Terry for Virginia Releases New Ad “Caught” Highlighting Glenn Youngkin’s Efforts to Hide Far Right Abortion Views from Voters
- NEW AUDIO: Glenn Youngkin Doubles Down on Dangerous Anti-Vaccine Position (“I believe that we have to just respect people’s ability to express their liberty to say, no, I’m not going to get this vaccine for whatever reason.”)
- With Citizen Maps of Increasing Importance, Critics Say Redistricting Outreach is Lacking
- US Census Launches “state-by-state look at the demographic changes” From 2010 to 2020; Here Are Some Virginia Highlights
- Virginia health care systems to require vaccinations for staff (“UVA Health and Sentara both announced the requirement Wednesday.”)
- Wednesday (8/25) Virginia Data on COVID-19: With Delta Now Dominant, Hospitalizations (1,485) at Highest Level Since Late February, 10-Day New Cases (+29,814) Highest Since Mid February(!)
- Governor Northam and Dominion Energy Announce Agreement to Propel Offshore Wind Industry in Virginia (“Clean energy, carbon reduction, new Virginia Clean Economy Act position Virginia to lead new American offshore wind industry”)
- Northam announces agreement with Dominion Energy for offshore wind project
- Port of Virginia to lease terminal to Dominion for offshore wind project
- Virginia Department of Corrections chief paints dire picture of prison staffing
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Releases Draft Recommendation to Approve Key State Water Permit for Controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline (“Environmental and social justice advocates decry expedited decision”)
- Editorial: Restoring dignity from urban renewal’s indignities (“A 50-year-old insult is being rectified as fully as possible.”)
- CASEY: Power company makes amends after Roanoke shade-garden destroyed (“One day after Jerry Moles vented in this newspaper about some recent utility-line treat clearing that destroyed a garden in his back yard, a power company forester was knocking on his door.”)
- Member of Virginia redistricting commission tests positive for COVID-19, delaying body’s work
- Nearly 100 paddleboarders are traveling the entire Chesapeake Bay to help oyster recovery
- Editorial: Violations of public trust (“Former Norfolk Sheriff Bob McCabe’s conviction this week on bribery charges serves as a reminder that elected office is a privilege.”)
- Desperate to get family out of Afghanistan, locals organize aid for refugees
- Stoney announces interim CAO’s retirement, wants former chief of staff to steer City Hall
- Norfolk State University offering $500 to students and $1,000 to faculty and staff for being vaccinated
- Richmond area parents, teachers and school officials look to start of school year as COVID-19 spread continues
- D.C.-area forecast: Heat and humidity barely budge through the weekend
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