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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, September 12.
- Climate Change Is Making Natural Disasters Worse — Along With Our Mental Health
- Covid-19 Could Become Like the Flu if More People Get Vaccinated
- US pulls missile defenses in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks
- U.K. Abandons Vaccine Passports Plans, Health Minister Says
- Abimael Guzman, founder of Peruvian rebel group Shining Path, dies at 86
- Iran, China and Russia make PR hay from U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal (Have fun!)
- Israel’s Gantz Calls for Sanctions on Iran Absent Agreement
- Israel Preparing for Possible Fourth Covid Vaccine Dose
- Biden’s vaccine push wins cautious business support as political opponents fume
- ‘Sophie’s choice, over and over’: Death panels are the new phase of the pandemic
- Vaccine Resisters Seek Religious Exemptions. But What Counts as Religious? (“Major denominations are essentially unanimous in their support of the vaccines against Covid-19, but individuals who object are citing their personal faith for support.”)
- Yes, the Jan. 6 insurrectionists were terrorists. George W. Bush just indicted them.
- George W. Bush calls on Americans to confront domestic violent extremists on 9/11 anniversary
- ‘The nation I know’: George W. Bush’s powerful address commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11
- For Many American Muslims, The Legacy Of 9/11 Lies In The Battle For Civil Rights
- 20 years, $6 trillion, 900,000 lives (“The enormous costs and elusive benefits of the war on terror.”)
- Bidens, former presidents mark 9/11 anniversary
- FBI releases first 9/11 document after Biden order
- Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals’ Connections To 9/11
- 9/11 Was a Warning of What Was to Come (“It was the first sign that the 21st century would be a period of shock and disaster”)
- 9/11 and the birth of the Big Lie (“Those attacks, and how we reacted to them, tore us apart as a nation — by destroying our shared sense of reality”)
- How 9/11 Turned America Into a Half-Crazed, Fading Power
- Empty words: How Bush and Giuliani failed to capture the moment on 9/11 (“The president and the mayor delivered supposedly big speeches on 9/11 — but can you remember anything about them?”)
- ‘We were naive’: Ex-CIA, military and diplomatic veterans reflect on lessons learned, 20 years after 9/11
- After the attacks, a rush of national unity. Then, quickly, more and new divisions.
- In 9/11 commemorations, an elegy for what the nation lost that day — and in the 20 years since
- After 9/11 Trump weaponized anti-Muslim hate — yet praises Jan. 6 insurrectionists
- Trump Congratulates Rudy Giuliani ‘For The 20th Time!’ On 9/11 Anniversary (Disgusting and narcissistic as usual…for Trump, it’s always ALL about Trump.)
- Trump Hosting a Boxing Match on 9/11 Was a Vision From an Alternate Reality (“One in which he accepted his electoral loss and began chasing weird cash-grab appearances, like guest-hosting a novelty fight at a casino on 9/11.”)
- Democrats see $3.5T spending goal is slipping away
- Congress ceded the power to wage wars to the president after the attacks. These senators want to take it back.
- Top security officials to reinstall Capitol fence ahead of far-right rally (“Fence to protect people but no request for national guard” Why no National Guard?)
- USCP’s January 6 Internal Investigations
- Capitol Police call for discipline against 6 officers who responded to Jan. 6 riot
- California’s battle with climate change is at stake in Tuesday’s recall election
- Alabama man dies of cardiac event after 43 hospitals with full ICUs turned him away
- Virginia doctors pen letter to Glenn Youngkin regarding COVID-19 remarks (“People who aspire to leadership should wholeheartedly endorse public health measures that keep followers safe, and we call on Mr. Youngkin to show that he can”)
- That’s Right, the Virginia Redistricting Amendment Resulted in Republican and Democratic Consultants Drawing Dueling Versions of Maps, with Big Partisan Differences (Is this what Virginians thought they were voting for last year?)
- “Winsome Sears waters down her website’s issues page…Once again, Sears acknowledges she’s too extreme for Virginia” (The original website issues page is hard-right all the way…)
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “[I]t is very hard for a lot of people on the front lines of healthcare to see a real end to the pandemic and to find a break with all that’s going on” (“Science matters. Get vaccinated. Wear a mask. We’re not quite there.”)
- Opinion: Extraordinary effort brings Afghan judge to Virginia
- Local Virginia House candidate faces $224,000 in federal tax liens (“Dr. Steve Pleickhardt, the Republican nominee for Virginia’s 50th District House of Delegates’ seat, failed to pay about $295,000 in federal taxes between 2014 and 2016, and a year later filed for bankruptcy for his Bristow dental practice, according to court records.”)
- Marijuana arrests plummeted 90% in Richmond area since Va.’s new cannabis law went into effect July 1
- On 20th anniversary of 9/11, hundreds remember losses and hope for future in Hampton
- D.C.-area forecast: Summer heat and humidity may last much of the week ahead
