by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 29.
Donald Trump led a terrorist attack on the center of American democracy, but that’s not a dealbreaker for Glenn Youngkin — he just said he’ll back Trump in 2024. #VAGov pic.twitter.com/OXT0xQmZCx
— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) September 29, 2021
- ‘We need to talk to China,’ Europe’s climate chief says ahead of COP26
- Greta Thunberg roasts world leaders for being ‘blah, blah, blah’ on climate action
- Rich Nations Pitch Climate Aid to Fund South Africa Coal Exit
- People under 40 will experience ‘unprecedented life’ of climate change disasters, study says
- Southeast Asia offers opportunities to scale up renewable energy, CEO says
- Electric Cars Have Hit an Inflection Point
- NSW plans to transition biggest coal state into renewable energy superpower
- German coalition talks: Where Brits see a crisis, Germans find unity
- Fumio Kishida set to become Japan’s new prime minister after winning party vote
- Migrants returned to Mexico describe horror of kidnappings, torture, rape
- U.S. Economy Set to Pick Up Speed After Delta-Driven Downturn
- The feared eviction ‘tsunami’ has not yet happened. Experts are conflicted on why.
- State, federal actions show growing push for a nuclear role in reaching net zero emissions
- Protected Too Late: U.S. Officials Report More Than 20 Extinctions (“The animals and one plant had been listed as endangered species. Their stories hold lessons about a growing global biodiversity crisis.”)
- Clock ticking for U.S. Congress as Friday government shutdown looms
- JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon cautions a U.S. default would be ‘potentially catastrophic’
- The United States is heading for a cliff — and taking the world with it
- Why Don’t Democrats Just Ditch The Debt Ceiling? (“Democrats could make debt limit standoffs a thing of the past — if they wanted to.” Do it!)
- Negotiations between Biden, Democrats intensify as $4 trillion agenda hits stalemate
- Biden cancels Chicago trip as negotiations continue over agenda
- Memo to centrists: Progressives aren’t your problem. Manchin and Sinema are.
- Democrats search for sweet spot below $3.5 trillion price tag
- Progressives Thought They Had the Upper Hand In Congress. Here’s Why They Were Wrong.
- Mitch McConnell is laughing in your faces, Democrats. Do something about this.
- Memo to centrists: Progressives aren’t your problem. Manchin and Sinema are.
- ‘Mutually assured destruction’: House liberals dig in on halting infrastructure bill
- After seemingly hammering Republicans for blocking debt ceiling, NBC News host Chuck Todd then falsely blames “both parties”
- The Main Problem Congress Has Is That Republicans Refuse to Cooperate in Governing the Nation (“Democratic squabbling over infrastructure spending pales in comparison to this outright vandalism on the debt ceiling.”)
- Progressive uprising marks an existential moment for Democrats (“In the fight over Biden’s $4 trillion agenda, the left’s long-held dreams of sweeping reform are bolstered by new liberal power to make demands on Capitol Hill”)
- Why House Democrats May Be More United Than They Seem
- Fate of Biden’s economic agenda at stake as House faces crucial vote (“Biden cancels trip as Democrats seek unity over two key bills, with vote on infrastructure measure due on Thursday”)
- Democrats have the GOP playbook: They know how to fight back, but just won’t do it (“There’s no more doubt about the threat the Democrats face. They see it clearly — but will they do anything?”)
- 9 high-stakes issues the Supreme Court will take up this coming term (“Abortion, guns, regulation — conservatives are poised for a big year as a Supreme Court heavily tilted toward their side returns to work.” Totally f’ed up; this court is a bad, bad joke.)
- Amy Coney Barrett sullies the Supreme Court
- The Lie About the Supreme Court Everyone Pretends to Believe
- After 25 Years In The Dark, The CDC Wants To Study The True Toll Of Guns In America
- Judge Wonders How So Many ‘Law-Abiding’ Americans ‘Morphed Into Terrorists’ On Jan. 6 (“Judge Emmet Sullivan, accepting a guilty plea from Trump supporter Dawn Bancroft, called her comments about wanting to shoot Nancy Pelosi ‘outrageous.'”)
- Trump plans to sue to keep White House records on Capitol attack secret (“Legal strategy could delay and possibly stymie efforts by House select committee into Capitol attacks to see key documents” That was predictable. Now what?)
- Stephanie Grisham’s Book Details Trump’s ‘Terrifying’ Temper
- US Afghanistan withdrawal a ‘logistical success but strategic failure’, Milley says
- Defense officials just debunked much of the criticism of Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal
- The Chairman of the Fed and the Joint Chiefs Both Got Grilled by Elizabeth Warren Today
- Senators Question Milley and Austin on End of War in Afghanistan
- Republicans aim their fire at the military (“Perhaps nothing Republican lawmakers do anymore should come as a surprise, but their treatment of Gen. Mark A. Milley on Tuesday opened a new front in the war against civilized norms.”)
- Republicans’ trail of destruction may haunt them (“Republicans have become the Chaos Party.”)
- United Airlines says nearly all workers met vaccine mandate deadline, 593 could face termination
- How the Christian right embraced voter suppression (“Abortion isn’t the only victory conservative evangelicals have won in 2021.”)
- As Trump hints at comeback, democracy advocates fear a ‘worst-case scenario’
- Trump is the gift that keeps on giving to Democrats
- ‘No major incidents of illegal activity’: DHS told Pentagon as pro-Trump mob breached Capitol (That’s really, really suspicious right there.)
- Arizona Audit Backers Turn on Each Other After Recount Flop
- The plot against democracy: how Texas Republicans plan to steal power from minority voters
- More Texas voters believe Abbott does not deserve reelection: poll
- What Went Wrong with Conservatism? (“Two important pieces of the puzzle: mindless anti-leftism and hackish popularizers”)
- N.C. hospital system fires about 175 workers in one of the largest-ever mass terminations due to a vaccine mandate
- Facebook’s Effort to Attract Preteens Goes Beyond Instagram Kids, Documents Show
- CNN is awfully quiet about Chris Cuomo
- Fox’s antivax programming is a moral abomination, but at least it’s “great for ratings”
- Facebook is letting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation flourish in its comment sections
- Tucker Carlson fully embraced the white supremacist “replacement” theory – and Fox personalities are following his lead (Yes, America, we now have a white supremacist “news” network. Greeeaaaat.)
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- DLCC: When Will Jen Kiggans Condemn Jarome Bell’s Unhinged Viral Call to “Execute” Americans Over Result of 2020 Election?
- New Survey of Virginia Voters Favor “Build Back Better” by 59%-36% Margin (“Voters see legislation as an opportunity for job growth, technological leadership, and emissions reductions”)
- JUST THE FACTS: Child Tax Credit Helping Families of 1.6 Million Virginia Children (“Congress must not let this vital tax cut expire, as the stakes for working families in Virginia and elsewhere are enormous.”)
- Leading Democratic group to launch $1.7 million ad blitz to push early voting in Virginia and Pennsylvania
- Youngkin caught saying he ‘can remove’ Virginia vaccine requirement ‘on Day One’
- Video: Tonight’s Second/Final VA GOV Debate Starts at 7pm
- Youngkin, McAuliffe clash in final debate of Virginia governor’s race (“The event in Northern Virginia was only the second time the major-party candidates have squared off.”)
- McAuliffe, Youngkin offer competing visions on COVID and economy in final debate
- Video: Youngkin Strongly Suggests He’d Remove Vaccine Mandate For State Employees on Day #1; Youngkin Campaign Absurdly Calls Vaccine Mandates “Racist”
- Three Questions for Gun Lobby Ally Glenn Youngkin Ahead of Tonight’s Gubernatorial Debate
- All three gubernatorial candidates were at the debate — briefly.
- Virginians see through Glenn Youngkin’s double talk (“Virginia’s governor’s election highlights the GOP’s big problem.”)
- Debate Takeaways: Virginia Candidates On Attack From Start (This is how NOT to report on politics – almost zero substantive information, focus instead on whether it was “testy” or who was on the “attack” blah blah. Like it’s a big game, in other words, and not a super-serious contest for the future of Virginia’s 8.5 million people.)
- Editorial: The urgency of VEC reform
- Video: Terry for Virginia Releases New Digital Ad “Kids” Calling Out Glenn Youngkin’s Dangerous Anti-Vaccine Agenda That Would Put Virginia’s Children at Risk
- Columnist earned over $260k from Dominion while writing newspaper editorials about them (“Dominion Energy paid Hampton Roads newspaper columnist Gordon Morse over $60,000 per year as he wrote unsigned editorials praising the utility, according to new paperwork filed by Dominion.” And the Daily Press/Virginian Pilot didn’t disclose any of this. Absolutely appalling, unethical, disgraceful excuses for “journalism.”)
- Tuesday (9/28) Virginia Data on COVID-19: With Delta Now Dominant, Hospitalizations (2,111) Near Highest Level Since Mid February, 10-Day New Cases (+33,746) Near Highest Since Mid February
- “Part-time legislating leaves our public servants outgunned by the full-time lobbyists who have the time & resources to do this work year-round”
- At DEQ public hearings, opponents decry pipeline and supporters say it’s vital to economic growth (It absolutely is NOT the path towards economic growth, leaving aside all of its many/serious environmental problems.)
- Meet the Virginia conservationist trying to turn old coalfields into solar farms (“Brad Kreps directs the Nature Conservancy’s Clinch Valley Program, which is working to make the vision of developing solar energy projects on former coalfields a reality in central Appalachia.”)
- Activists call for changes to address sexual violence at Virginia Tech
- Williams: “Still fighting these same battles.” In Richmond and beyond, missing women receive unequal treatment.
- Fairfax schools pulls “Gender Queer” and “Lawn Boy” from libraries after complaints over sexual content
- Conservative commentator rents home in Loudoun County so he can speak at school board meeting
- Virginia Beach, Chesapeake to require athletes to be fully vaccinated or submit to weekly COVID-19 testing
- D.C.-area forecast: Spectacular weather through Saturday
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