by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, September 17.
BREAKING NEWS: Del. Don Scott has donated a kidney to his friend Judge Johnny Morrison. This is Del. Scott with his wife Mellanda talking about his friend he is helping. @WAVY_News pic.twitter.com/gUWWZKUkbd
— Andy Fox (@AndyFoxWAVY) September 16, 2021
- Biden is set to meet with world leaders for a climate forum. (“The president will urge nations to take on more ambitious climate targets. But as of late Thursday night, it was unclear if China had agreed to attend the virtual meeting.”)
- Activists ‘born into the climate crisis’ face another challenge: Fear of the future
- The U.N. summit on fighting the pandemic is a golden opportunity to address global vaccine inequity
- IMF chief called out over pressure to favor China while at World Bank
- Exxon and BP called to testify on climate after ‘troubling’ new documents (“Congressman calls documents related to the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to discredit climate science ‘very concerning’”)
- Waste from one bitcoin transaction ‘like binning two iPhones’ (“Study highlights vast churn in computer hardware that the cryptocurrency incentivises” Crazy.)
- Russians head to the polls amid anger over economy and Covid (“Ruling United Russia party polling at near-historic lows but likely to find a way to keep control of State Duma”)
- As Russians Vote, Resignation, Anger and Fear of a Post-Putin Unknown
- Australia’s decades-long balancing act between the US and China is over. It chose Washington
- Biden’s submarine deal signals a new reality in Washington (“America’s traditional allies will have to adapt as the US looks to create a broad anti-China coalition”)
- Paris Is Shocked–Shocked!–Its Submarine Deal Fell Apart
- Aukus: US and UK face international backlash over Australia defence deal
- All eyes on turnout as Canada’s tight election campaign enters final days
- Liberals and Conservatives tangled in a tie in the final days of campaign: Nanos
- Many in Rural Afghanistan Welcome an Unfamiliar Peace After Taliban Victory
- US immigration: Thousands gather under bridge at US-Mexico border in growing crisis
- A Single Fire Killed Thousands Of Sequoias. Scientists Are Racing To Save The Rest
- Biden Turns Up Pressure on Democrats Balking at Spending Bill
- Biden says GOP governors are risking lives as 24 states threaten legal action
- The Most Important Statistic of the Biden Presidency (“One in five hundred Americans has died in the pandemic, and Republicans are actively rooting for the country to fail.”)
- FDA Panel to Weigh Covid Booster Shots
- A key part of Biden’s plan to combat Covid is at risk as FDA meets to debate booster shots (“A key FDA panel meets Friday to debate and vote on Pfizer and BioNTech’s application to offer booster shots to the general public. The vote by the agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is scheduled for around 2:30 p.m. ET. The meeting comes as some scientists, including at least two at the FDA, say they aren’t entirely convinced every American who has received the Pfizer vaccine needs extra doses at this time.”)
- Biden administration moves to avoid shortages of Covid-19 monoclonal antibody treatments
- In the Democrats’ Budget Package, a Billion Tons of Carbon Cuts at Stake (“The package is imperiled by opposition from Joe Manchin, a coal state Democrat, who is balking at the costs, and advocates fear the chance won’t come again.”)
- First on CNN: White House economists say a clean energy transition will lower consumer costs
- The Missing Link in Biden’s Revolutionary Solar Energy Plan
- Biden goes after top 1 percent in defending tax hikes
- Failed drug vote points to bigger challenges for Democrats
- Do Democrats have what it takes to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry?
- ‘Is that all?’: A champion gymnast’s experience shows how sexual abuse is not taken seriously
- Don’t Let ‘Stop the Steal’ Steal the Show (“You cannot actually debunk Republican accusations of voter fraud. You can show they aren’t true (and they aren’t), but that has no bearing on the belief itself. ‘Voter fraud’ is not a factual claim subject to testing and objective analysis as much as it’s a statement of ideology, a belief about the way the world works.”)
- Ocasio-Cortez, Bush Lead Bid for Expanded Unemployment Aid
- Yes, We’re Calling It Hispanic Heritage Month And We Know It Makes Some Of You Cringe
- The High Human Cost of America’s Cheap Sugar (“Low pay, chemical exposure, and a life of debt.”)
- It’s Redistricting Time. It’s Time for Mischief.
- How The Fight Over Abortion Access Might Affect The 2022 Midterms
- The crisis will get worse before it gets better. Are Democrats prepared? (“From the states to the Capitol, the assault continues.”)
- The right-wing media is helping Trump destroy democracy. A new poll shows how.
- Why a Troubled Polling Industry Whiffed on the California Recall (“Big 2020 polling errors nationwide were followed by big 2021 polling errors in California — but in the opposite direction.”)
- Justice Thomas defends the Supreme Court’s independence and warns of ‘destroying our institutions’ (In fact, it’s Justice Thomas…and Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, Justice Barrett and Justice Kavanaugh who are destroying the Supreme Court.)
- Key senators eye the exits ahead of 2022 midterms: ‘It’s a six-year commitment’
- Rogue general vs. rogue president: GOP cultists willing to defend Trump destroying the world (“We’ll never know if Mark Milley saved the world — but we know Republicans were willing to sacrifice it for Trump”)
- Milley is neither a traitor nor the savior of the Republic
- Far-right groups tell supporters planned Washington rally is a government ‘trap’ (“Rightwing forums and prominent figures claim event is ‘false flag’ but police brace for violence”)
- Security forces under pressure to prevent repeat of Jan. 6
- Debunking the Pro-Trump Right’s Claims About the Jan. 6 Riot (“A rally scheduled for Saturday in Washington is intended to continue a Republican effort to rewrite the narrative of the assault on the Capitol. The facts undercut their assertions.” Why “undercut” and not “demolish” or whatever?)
- The Man Behind Saturday’s Pro-Trump Rally Once Praised a Far-Right Assassin (“Matt Braynard, the mastermind of the upcoming protest supporting the Jan. 6 rioters, also tried to overturn the 2020 election.”)
- ‘Incredibly dangerous’: Trump is trying to get Big Lie promoters chosen to run the 2024 election
- Trump expresses solidarity with rioters arrested in Jan. 6 attack ahead of planned rally (Trump sides with the insurrectionists…)
- McConnell’s final remark to Trump was ‘you lost the election’ as the defeated president railed at him for not embracing the Big Lie: book
- Newsmax Host Loses His Mind When Guest Criticizes Trump: ‘Cut Him Off Now!’
- Tucker Carlson celebration of Nicki Minaj’s anti-vaccine stance demonstrates Fox News’ continued hypocrisy (“Carlson tells his viewers not to be ‘bullied’ into getting the vaccine — but he’s not quitting his job at a network that now requires daily COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated employees”)
- Can Piers Morgan Win Over the Fox News Faithful? (“The British media personality just inked a global deal with Rupert Murdoch’s media empire spanning tabloids and TV, including a show airing on Fox.”)
- Attorney who advised Clinton campaign indicted in U.S. Trump-Russia probe (What on earth is this crap?)
- Biden approval drops to lowest of presidency – Reuters/Ipsos poll
- With its “cross check” program, Facebook knowingly allowed right-wing politicians and media personalities to abuse its platform — just to avoid bad press
- It’s getting harder for people to believe that Facebook is a net good for society
- Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show.
- Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month on Facebook before 2020 election, internal report shows
- Facebook steps up fight against climate misinformation – but critics say effort falls short
- Anthony Gonzalez, a Republican Who Voted to Impeach Trump, Won’t Run in 2022
- GOP Rep. Gonzalez, who voted to impeach Trump, announces retirement, citing ‘toxic dynamics inside our own party’
- Ohio House Republican, Calling Trump ‘a Cancer,’ Bows Out of 2022 (“Representative Anthony Gonzalez, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, is the first of the group to retire rather than face a stiff primary challenge.”)
- California Limits Single-Family Home Zoning
- Arnold Schwarzenegger says voters were right to retain Newsom, calls GOP field ‘disastrous’
- Terry McAuliffe for Virginia governor
- WaPo Strongly Endorses “Shrewd, Pragmatic and Tireless” Terry McAuliffe for Governor, Says Electing Glenn Youngkin Would Be a “Grave Error” (WaPo warns that Youngkin has “played footsie with the scurrilously anti-democratic ‘big lie'” and “would guide the state away from the moderation it has pursued, and profited from, for more than a decade”)
- Mark Herring for attorney general and Hala Ayala for lieutenant governor in Virginia
- Video, Live Blog: Tonight’s (First) Virginia Gubernatorial Debate Between Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin
- Trumpist VA Sen. Amanda Chase (R) Says Glenn Youngkin Shouldn’t Smile or Shake Terry McAuliffe’s Hand, Should Treat Governor’s Race as “War” Against “Marxist Take Over”
- Youngkin breaks with Trump on whether Democrats will cheat in the Virginia governor’s race
- After Larry Elder’s Defeat, Terry McAuliffe Tries to Paint Glenn Youngkin as ‘Trump Wannabe’
- McAuliffe and Youngkin meet for the first debate of the gubernatorial race
- Big fundraising numbers in the gubernatorial race
- Virginia’s Republican candidate for governor tries to thread needle on COVID vaccines
- McAuliffe and Youngkin split on COVID mandates, abortion and energy policy in first debate
- With Debate Tonight and Early Voting Starting Tomorrow, New Emerson College Poll Has Terry McAuliffe Up 4 Points; Mark Herring Up 6 Points
- McAuliffe, Youngkin Clash Over Abortion, COVID In 1st Debate
- McAuliffe, Youngkin spar in first debate of Virginia’s governor’s race
- Voting Kicks Off in Virginia: Breaking Down How Campaigns Are Pushing Voters To Vote By Mail
- Everytown for Gun Safety Pledges to Spend Upwards of $1.8 Million In Support of VA Democrats in 2021 Election (“This Weekend, Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts Will Campaign Across Virginia With McAuliffe, Ayala, and Herring”)
- Virginia is now helping you prove you’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 without a card
- Thursday (9/16) Virginia Data on COVID-19: With Delta Now Dominant, Hospitalizations (2,144) Near Highest Level Since Mid February, 10-Day New Cases (+36,065) Near Highest Since Early February
- Virginia launches vaccine QR codes for employers, businesses requiring proof
- More Virginia children are hospitalized for COVID now than ever before
- “Troubling but unsurprising”: Black, Hispanic drivers stopped and searched by police at higher rate, state report finds
- Excluded from debate, gubernatorial candidate Princess Blanding says she’s focused on reaching all Virginians (The problem for her is she has essentially no money to do that.)
- Apple Original Films, ‘Raymond and Ray’, to be filmed in central Virginia this fall
- After nearly 30 years, Virginia Beach considers not supplying lawyers to the School Board
- Early voting starts Friday — what Hampton Roads voters need to know
- Suffolk Public Schools require COVID-19 vaccinations for all athletes beginning in November
- Schilling lawsuit comes under scrutiny of the court
- Baldwin: Nothing comes easy in Virginia’s coalfields, but hard work and collaboration are having dramatic results
- Chaos Breaks Out Over Critical Race Theory at Prince William County School Board Meeting (“Another local school board meeting devolved into parents shouting at each other and security and police clearing the room. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder takes a closer look at what fueled the anger.”)
- Virginia judge jails alleged domestic violence victim for smoking pot on day of court testimony
- Flash flooding prompts water rescues, I-95 closure in Richmond
- D.C.-area forecast: Muggy today with a couple showers and storms possible
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