by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 28.
- Triple jeopardy: Children face dark future of climate disasters (“A study shows stark intergenerational inequities across the board, but the researchers say climate change will affect children in developing countries even more acutely.”)
- Climate Change: Don’t sideline plastic problem, nations urged
- ‘Blah, blah, blah’: Greta Thunberg lambasts leaders over climate crisis (“Exclusive: Activist says there are many fine words but the science does not lie – CO2 emissions are still rising”)
- North Korea Has Fired A Short-Range Missile Into The Sea In Its Latest Weapons Test
- ‘Crazy’: Britain puts army on standby as panic buying leaves petrol pumps dry (“A post-Brexit shortage of lorry drivers, exacerbated by a halt to truck-driving-licence testing during COVID lockdowns, has sown chaos through supply chains” They should never have “Brexited”)
- Germany’s (sort of) change elections (“Olaf Scholz and the center-left defeated Angela Merkel’s party, but this election was a fight for the center.”)
- Brent Oil Soars Above $80 as Global Energy Crunch Shakes Markets
- China’s thuggery in the case of the ‘two Michaels’ shows its contempt for conventional diplomacy
- Here Are the Contenders to Be Japan’s Next Prime Minister
- Inside the Afghan airlift: Split-second decisions, relentless chaos drove historic military mission
- New Taliban Chancellor Bars Women From Kabul University
- The pandemic didn’t have to be politicized. One party is to blame for it. (That would be the Republican Party.)
- Unvaccinated Americans say booster shots proves Covid vaccines don’t work, Kaiser survey shows (No, that’s not at all what it shows.)
- SEIA warns of a solar industry ‘death blow’ as Commerce weighs tariffs
- How Joe Biden could end the debt ceiling — all by himself (“Minting the trillion-dollar coin, the 14th Amendment, and other ways to finally kill the debt ceiling.”)
- Republicans Filibuster Bill Averting Government Shutdown, Debt Default (“Congress has only a few days to act before the federal government shuts down and begins furloughing workers in the middle of a pandemic.”)
- Senate Republicans block bill to suspend debt limit and avert shutdown in key vote
- Republicans Block Government Funding, Refusing to Lift Debt Limit
- Senior Democrats’ push for powerful climate tool collides with political realities
- House Democrats huddle amid simmering tensions over Biden’s big economic agenda
- Pelosi says Biden’s infrastructure bill can’t wait for social safety net bill
- Pelosi faces one big final battle
- The NY Times lets Republicans off the hook for debt ceiling filibuster, blames both sides for “political game” (This paper’s U.S. political coverage is a disgrace.)
- Stop focusing on the negative. Biden and Harris have gotten things done.
- Biden Versus the Rip Van Winkle Caucus (“Contrary to legend, many of the balking Democrats don’t come from swing districts; anyway, the Biden economic agenda is popular almost everywhere…That is, it makes a lot of sense to see Biden’s problems getting his plans across the finish line as being caused by the Rip Van Winkle caucus, Democrats who checked out intellectually a couple of decades ago and haven’t caught up with America as it now is. Specifically, some Democrats still seem to believe that they can succeed economically and politically by being Republicans lite. It’s doubtful whether that was ever true. But it’s definitely not true now.”)
- The only way Democrats can end gerrymandering? By gerrymandering themselves. (“Only by minimizing Republican gains from redistricting can they have any hope of passing democratic reforms.”)
- Top US general to face heated questions in Congress after Woodward revelations
- A Capitol Hill reckoning for top US general may again put Trump’s political storms on full display
- Cheney says McCarthy should be ‘deeply ashamed’ for supporting Trump
- Ford Will Build 4 Factories in a Big Electric Vehicle Push
- Two Fed officials to retire amid controversy over ethics and stock trading
- America’s fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy?
- How Republicans learned to stop worrying and embrace ‘replacement theory’ — by name
- NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls for unvaccinated players to be removed from teams
- Enigmatic Sinema has Democrats guessing
- As Sinema resists the budget bill, she is set to raise money from business groups that oppose it.
- Liz Cheney has some tough calls to make
- Even if Georgia doesn’t pursue Trump, the Justice Department must (“The former president must be held accountable for his post-election actions, or he’ll do it again.”)
- We Underestimated Trump Before. It Didn’t Go Well.
- When Trump says the U.S. ‘will not survive,’ don’t look away
- ‘We won’: Trump and his allies barrel ahead with election lies despite Arizona review confirming his loss
- The Largest Autocracy on Earth (“Facebook is acting like a hostile foreign power; it’s time we treated it that way.”)
- Murders Spiked in 2020 in Cities Across the United States (Yep, when Trump was president.)
- Marine officer who blasted leaders over Afghanistan withdrawal now in the brig
- A.C.L.U. Apologizes for Tweet That Altered Quote by Justice Ginsburg
- Texas GOP tries to protect US House seats under new maps
- Mapped: No majority-Hispanic districts added in Texas
- Texas’s New Congressional Map Could Give A Huge Boost To GOP Incumbents
- John Hinckley, who shot Reagan, given unconditional release
- R. Kelly guilty in sex trafficking trial, faces life in prison
- Echoes of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre in Tucker Carlson’s George Soros smear
- Monmouth Poll of #VAGOV Race: Terry McAuliffe Up Between 3 and 7 Points Over Glenn Youngkin, With 36 Days Until 11/2
- Terry McAuliffe, Glenn Youngkin to meet for debate in northern Virginia
- Uh, Maybe Democrats Should Start Paying Attention to the Virginia Governor’s Race
- Glenn Youngkin Plays Footsie With the Big Lie, Again
- After soiling himself with Trumpism, Glenn Youngkin works to erase the stain
- Youngkin, McAuliffe to Meet in Final Debate Tuesday Night
- Glenn Youngkin clarifies the record on his recent election certification comments (Yes, I’m sure Youngkin’s *totally* sincere this time. LOL)
- McAuliffe and Youngkin ramp up digital ad spending
- After ducking the question, Youngkin says he would have voted to certify the 2020 election (Only reluctantly, after he was POUNDED on this and realized it was a political disaster for his campaign.)
- Another Day, Another Virginia Republican Mailer Appears to Use Anti-Semitic Tropes Against a Jewish Delegate (Dan Helmer in This Case) (This follows another VA GOP candidate attacking the appearance of the first Jewish Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates…)
- Virginia Launches Expanded Train Service from Downtown Richmond to Washington, D.C., on to New York and Boston (“New Amtrak train is first step in statewide rail expansion program”)
- Amtrak Virginia Returns to Pre-Pandemic Levels
- Senate redistricting proposal shifts to protect some incumbents; commission split on Hampton Roads
- Penn East Pipeline Canceled After New Jersey Denies Clean Water Act Permit; Virginia Should Do the Same With Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Unvaccinated COVID-19 patients filling up hospitals, Gov. Northam says
- Northam says it has cost $5 billion to care for unvaccinated Virginians with COVID
- Vaccines for kids age 5-11 could come in October, Northam says
- Monday (9/27) Virginia Data on COVID-19: With Delta Now Dominant, Hospitalizations (2,068) Near Highest Level Since Mid February, 10-Day New Cases (+30,655) Near Highest Since Mid February
- Gov. Northam holds briefing on COVID-19 and vaccines in Virginia
- Northam on those who refuse COVID vaccine: “Think about how you’ll want your obituary to read” (“As frustration continues over people who refuse to get the free COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Ralph Northam issued strong words on Monday and suggested they think about their obituaries.”)
- Northam To The Unvaccinated: You Are Hurting People (“Governor Ralph Northam had sharp words for Virginians who have chosen not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.But, the governor admitted he’s running out of ideas to convince them to get the shot.”)
- Under expanded federal guidance, booster shots are now widely available to Virginians
- Virginia doesn’t have licensed poker rooms. A state gambling board chairman opened one anyway.
- Virginia schools in high-poverty areas need equitable funding
- Virginia Tech ordered to stop enforcing policy that could violate free speech
- The rules and norms of justice seem not to apply in this Loudoun judge’s courtroom
- ‘Everyone’s suffering’: Staffing shortages forcing Hampton Roads restaurants to increase closures
- Details of Adam Oakes’ death emerge as 10 members of Delta Chi appear in Richmond court
- D.C.-area forecast: Humid with late-day showers today, but Wednesday through Friday are super nice
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