by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, August 26.
- Could Coal Waste Be Used to Make Sustainable Batteries? (“Acid mine drainage has long been a scourge—but we may be able to simultaneously clean up the pollution and extract the minerals needed to power green technologies.”)
- UK Solar Panel Demand Jumps as Households Brace for Bleak Winter
- Former leaders have been jailed or charged all over the world
- China’s Record Drought Is Drying Rivers and Feeding Its Coal Habit (Disastrous.)
- Britain to see 80% spike in energy bills as crisis deepens
- Putin Orders a Sharp Expansion of Russia’s Hard-Hit Armed Forces (“The decree raised the target number of active-duty service members by about 137,000 and ordered the government to set aside money to pay for the increase. The move reverses years of efforts by the Kremlin to slim down its military and suggests President Vladimir Putin is bracing for a long war in Ukraine.”)
- IAEA mission seeks to visit Zaporizhzhia plant amid concerns
- Russia divestment promises by US states largely unfulfilled
- World narrowly avoided nuclear accident – Zelensky
- Russia burns off gas as Europe’s energy bills rocket
- Ukraine can launch counteroffensive with new US support, says key Zelensky aide
- Ukrainian nuclear plant is disconnected from power grid after shelling, officials say (“The last two working power units at the Russian-occupied site were disconnected after shelling sparked fires nearby.”)
- Analysis: China’s navy begins to erase imaginary Taiwan Strait median line
- Tory leadership: Truss criticised for Macron ‘jury is out’ remark
- Finland’s Prime Minister Is Embroiled in Footlooseghazi-Makeoutgate (So ridiculous.)
- GOP targets powerhouse Wall Street firms over investments meant to fight climate change (This party is utterly sociopathic.)
- Solar industry was held back in the first half of 2022, but now the floodgates are opened
- The new covid booster is a bit of a gamble — but one well worth taking
- Fed’s Jackson Hole Conference Is Underway: Here’s What to Expect
- Powell is not likely to tell investors what they want to hear in Jackson Hole speech
- US Corporate Profits Soar, Taking Margins to Widest Since 1950
- Opinion: Biden’s student loan win fits well with history
- Biden’s Student Loan Plan Squarely Targets the Middle Class
- Actually, Canceling Student Debt Will Cut Inflation
- SCOTUS Will Probably Kill Debt Relief. But Biden Has a Backup Plan.
- Biden’s College Debt Forgiveness Plan Doesn’t Hurt You (Even Economists Say So) (“Sheesh, it’s sad how many people are angry that a good thing happened to other people.”)
- How Biden finally got to ‘yes’ on canceling student debt
- A Lot of Dangerous People Got Dangerously Close to Holding Office (“Irresponsible bigotry should not pull that much support.”)
- Through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 24 States Set to Begin Plugging Over 10,000 Orphaned Wells
- How Fracking Billionaires, Ben Shapiro, and PragerU Built a Climate Crisis-Denial Empire (Pure evil.)
- Trump University Founder Dares To Rail About Students Getting ‘Fleeced’ (“Donald Trump squawked about scammed students in his attack on college loan forgiveness after paying $25 million to settle Trump University lawsuits.”)
- Biden’s Job Rating Rises to 44%, Highest in a Year
- In fiery midterm speech, Biden says GOP’s turned toward ‘semi-fascism’
- White House trolls Marjorie Taylor Greene for student loan criticism: ‘She had $183k in PPP loans repaid’
- Biden hits the campaign trail to tout a string of political wins
- ‘Democrats have their mojo’: has the tide shifted for Biden and his party?
- Democrats Just Might Get Exceptionally Lucky This Fall, and They Should Be Ready for That
- Leaked audio of a billionaire GOP donor hands Democrats a weapon
- Conservatives think education is a threat. They’re right. (“Expose young people to new ideas, and they may well reject their parents’ thinking.”)
- DoJ to release redacted Trump Mar-a-Lago affidavit after judge’s order
- A tantalizing new deadline in the case over Trump’s classified documents haul
- Trump: Judge orders release of redacted search court papers
- Trump search redacted affidavit set to be released
- Inside Trump’s public bravado and private resistance over Mar-a-Lago documents
- Right-wing media erroneously claim Biden “facilitated” search of Mar-a-Lago (Nobody should watch, listen to or read right-wing media. It’s a disgrace.)
- More damning evidence against Trump. And more of it from Republicans.
- Americans Don’t Want Books Banned, But They’re Divided Over What Schools Teach
- Top Staffer for Major Anti-Abortion Group Arrested for Soliciting a Minor
- Embattled DHS “Disinformation” Board Officially Folds
- Now CNN wants to be less “partisan”: Will the media never learn its lesson? (“With Brian Stelter off the air, CNN seems determined to repeat the grotesque errors that led to President Trump”)
- Newsom touts California’s historic vote to ban sale of new gas engine cars by 2035
- Dr. Oz shifts strategy as campaign ails (“After treading lightly for months, the celebrity doctor works to boost attention on his opponent’s health struggles.” Disgusting.)
- U.S. House panel slams Trump’s COVID response; report mentions early role from Mehmet Oz
- Trump campaign rejected offer to buy Biden daughter’s diary
- Florida Pair Pleads Guilty in Theft of Biden’s Daughter’s Diary
- Florida Residents Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Interstate Transportation Of Stolen Property
- J.D. Vance Appeared With Podcaster Who Once Said “Feminists Need Rape”
- Tim Ryan is for real. Trump’s GOP Senate picks are in real trouble.
- Trump’s social media app facing financial fallout
- Alex Jones Accused of Hiding Assets From Sandy Hook Families
- A high school student pranked Doug Mastriano with a fake poll showing him beating Josh Shapiro
- Steve Bannon rails against student debt forgiveness then brags about his Ivy League degree
- Megyn Kelly drops F-bombs on Dr. Fauci during episode of podcast (Megyn Kelly has been and continues to be a f’ing disgrace.)
- Uvalde parents and advocates will rally in Austin to up the age for AR-15 purchases
- An activist plans to test Texas’ ‘In God We Trust’ law with signs in Arabic (LOL)
- Democrats clash over Manchin side deal, raising shutdown risk
- ‘It’s a deal with the devil’: outrage in Appalachia over Manchin’s ‘vile’ pipeline plan
- Sen. Mark Warner Welcomes Google Action on Misleading Search Results for Abortion Clinics (As a result, “far fewer women will be mistakenly led to ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ that often provide misinformation.”)
- Kaine talks overdose issues with valley residents, officials
- Sen. Tim Kaine visits Hindu temple, hears of immigration issues in Salem stops
- Pope & Schapiro: Governor Youngkin hits the campaign trail… again
- Youngkin plans major reform of Virginia’s workforce development efforts
- Gov. Ralph Northam’s Secretary of Education, Atif Qarni, Launches Monthly Webinar Series to Debunk Republican Lies About Public Education in Virginia (The first webinar, on 9/8, will feature Senators Louise Lucas, Ghazala Hashmi, Mamie Locke; and Delegate Elizabeth Guzman.)
- On Right-Wing Radio, Former Deputy AG Monique Miles – Who AG Jason Miyares Fired After Her Posts Celebrating the 1/6/21 Insurrection, Falsely Claiming the 2020 Election Was Stolen, Came to Light – Discusses her $1M Lawsuit (Miles says she was “thrown overboard because they were so concerned about…what they considered to be the nuclear issue of January 6th and the election…this is about truth seekers getting canceled”)
- Henrico County Public Schools 95% staffed with 175 instructional vacancies
- Women, heterosexual men now eligible for monkeypox vaccines in Virginia
- Thursday Virginia COVID-19 Stats: 10-Day New Cases at 25,804; Hospitalizations at 815 (Near Highest Level Since Early March)
- Ex-school counselor arrested in Chesterfield sting charged with lying on sex offender list
- HRBT expansion project on track for Nov. 2025 completion; will double I-64′s traffic capacity
- Fueled by losses, Pittsylvania mega site is ready for a win
- After Richmond hosts its first gun buyback event, expert says the strategy alone won’t reduce crime
- School safety worries Richmond parents as students return to class
- Amid politics and investigations, Loudoun Co. school leader says focus is on learning
- ‘We’ve lost trust’: Fairfax Co. superintendent speaks to Glasgow families about ex-school counselor
- D.C.-area forecast: Summery temperatures ahead, with humidity tagging along
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