by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, August 22.
Arkansas cop seen kneeing, face punching then grabbing hair of person & smashing person’s head into cement
From @MitchellMcCoy: Arkansas State Police launch investigation into this incident, captured on camera, outside a convenience store in Crawford Co. pic.twitter.com/UrZU2dq3PN— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) August 21, 2022
- Severe heat and droughts are wreaking havoc across the globe (“Wildfires, crop shortages, and energy restrictions are putting pressure on governments, and people.” And ecosystems and animals and…)
- Shell Weighs Australia Wind Expansion Amid Clean Energy Push
- Analysis: China no closer to peak coal despite record renewable capacity additions (Ugh.)
- Fossil fuel industry may have lost power, but it’s still got its foot on the brakes (Evil.)
- Russia fires rockets at areas near nuclear plant, Kyiv bans Independence Day rallies
- Russia launches murder probe after car bomb kills daughter of key Putin ally
- Hawkish Russian Commentator Is Killed in Car Bombing
- What Russians See in the News: A War Over Western Plans to Subjugate Them (Russians are fed a steady diet of wild lies, just like people who watch Fox “News.” And you can see the results.)
- Who Was Daria Dugina and What Were Her Beliefs?
- ‘Time stopped’: Ukrainians long to go home as war drags on
- Excerpts from a Russian soldier’s journal: ‘I will not participate in this madness’
- Ukraine cities on alert amid fear of ‘ugly’ Russia attacks
- China fights brush fires, extends power rationing in drought
- Former Pakistan Prime Minister Charged Under Terrorism Act
- Amid covid surge, Iran cut corners to approve yet-unproven vaccine
- Kenya presidential vote loser files Supreme Court challenge
- Gays hail Singapore sex-ban repeal, see long way to equality
- US, S. Korea open biggest drills in years amid North threats
- China’s Belt and Road is facing challenges. But can the US counter it?
- Exclusive: U.S. commits to Afghan asset talks despite frustration with Taliban
- China steps up easing, cuts lending benchmarks to revive faltering economy
- Expansion of Clean Energy Loans Is ‘Sleeping Giant’ of Climate Bill (“The bill President Biden signed into law recently will greatly expand government loans and loan guarantees for clean energy and automotive projects and businesses.”)
- The FDA is helping millions of Americans hear better. Finally.
- Anti-Abortion Activists Push to Get Fetuses Personhood
- Why Democrats are feeling better about their Senate odds
- Purple politics could keep the Senate blue
- Democratic Senate campaign fundraising outpaces GOP for fourth straight month (“With less than three months until the midterms, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has more than twice as much cash on hand as its GOP counterpart.”)
- Senate prepares to pick up the judicial-pick pace as November looms
- Merrick Garland faces a plethora of tough decisions
- NBC News poll: 57% of voters say investigations into Trump should continue (And the other 43% are anti-democracy.)
- Polls reveal Trump’s FBI search bump (So in the end, the fault is largely with the voters who support Trump.)
- Biden’s looming decision on student loans sets up a momentous week (“Momentous?” OK…)
- Student loan announcement to come in ‘next week or so,’ Education secretary says ahead of deadline
- What to watch: Top Democrats square off in Florida, New York
- Cheney vows to fight other Republicans who embrace Trump’s election lie (“Cheney says two Republican US senators – Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley – have both made themselves ‘unfit for future office’”)
- Juan Williams: Will GOP women stand with Cheney?
- ‘We got rolled’: How the conservative grassroots lost the fight with Biden because it was focused on Trump (“The former president’s presence on the political landscape is making it harder to launch a modern day Tea Party movement.”)
- An Unusual $1.6 Billion Donation Bolsters Conservatives(“A low-profile Republican financier donated his company to a new group run by the influential operative Leonard A. Leo.” WTF?)
- Extremism expert Stephanie Foggett: How the far right is winning the “information war” (“With no ‘shared understanding of reality,’ ‘confusion and doubt’ are everywhere — and the far-right loves it”)
- Mike Pence Is Spineless (“There is one thing about Mike Pence: He shows himself to be a spineless weasel every chance he gets”)
- Trump accuses ‘crazy’ former Transportation secretary Elaine Chao of trying to ‘get rich on China’
- Trump Rips ‘Broken Down Hack’ Mitch McConnell For Not Backing His Candidates
- A coalition of AAPI groups says the far right is targeting its communities with disinformation
- How Trump’s Endorsements Elevate Election Lies and Inflate His Political Power
- Stelter says CNN must hold media accountable as show ends (To be grammatically correct, this headline should read “As show ends, Stelter says…” The media does this all the time.)
- Brian Stelter rebukes CNN on final show: ‘It’s not partisan to stand up to demagogues’
- The Preventable Tragedy of Polio in New York
- Opinion: Mitch McConnell just made the 2022 election about Trump’s political future
- Appeals court temporarily blocks subpoena to Graham in Georgia election-fraud probe (Absolutely infuriating bullshit.)
- In Texas, resentment builds as border crackdown ensnares local drivers
- The barely hidden fascism of Ron DeSantis makes a Pa. pit stop on a race to ’24
- Ron Johnson says he only participated in election overthrow plot for ‘a couple seconds’ (This guy is an utter disgrace and BADLY needs to be defeated this November!)
- Arkansas officers suspended after video of arrest emerges
- Kansas recount confirms landslide win for abortion rights, but highlights risk to democracy
- Opinion/Commentary: Classroom cameras would cost 5th District schools millions
- A Brief Snapshot of What Youngkin’s Role Models and Political Allies Ron DeSantis, Tudor Dixon, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump Have Been Up To Recently. (It’s really, really not a pretty picture.)
- Critics say Virginia Republicans are using SOL scores to further politicize education (Ah yes, the classic “critics say” formulation used by the “mainstream media” in order to not just tell readers whether something’s true or not.)
- Back to class: Students returning in Virginia’s largest school systems
- Hemorrhagic disease causing deer deaths around Virginia (“Wildlife officials say no need to worry”)
- As school resumes in Alexandria, so does the debate over school resource officers
- Charlottesville is more than Unite the Right. But many Americans won’t see it that way.
- D.C.-area forecast: Muggy with some thundershowers today before we dry out some
