by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, August 6.
- Study Underscores That Exposure to Air Pollution Harms Brain Development in the Very Young
- China’s suspension of bilateral climate talks with U.S. ‘punishes the world,’ Kerry says
- EXPLAINER: On China, US and climate, action, not talk is key
- What does the US-China row mean for climate change? (Nothing good, that’s for sure.)
- Russia’s vow to annex occupied Ukraine sparks divisions, pleas for aid
- Ukraine Latest: Zelenskiy Assails Russian Nuclear Plant ‘Terror’
- Exclusive: U.S. readies new $1 billion Ukraine weapons package
- Ukraine grain shipments offer hope, not fix to food crisis
- Ukraine’s Grain Corridors Still Need Ships to Ease Food Crisis
- Brittney Griner must go free, but not at any price
- Blinken: China should not hold global concerns ‘hostage’
- The last time there was a Taiwan crisis, China’s low-tech military was badly outmatched by U.S. forces. Not now.
- In Turbulent Times, Xi Jinping Builds a Security Fortress for China
- Taiwan says Chinese planes, ships carry out attack simulation exercise
- Taiwan says China military drills appear to simulate attack
- China halts US cooperation on range of issues after Pelosi’s Taiwan visit (“Retaliatory measures threaten ‘guardrails’ between two countries as Beijing continues military drills” Very dangerous.)
- Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 10 as tensions rise
- Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes
- Viktor Orban Is a Vandal to Democracy, Here or Anywhere
- Viktor Orbán turns Texas conference into transatlantic far-right love-in
- Viktor Orbán laid out his dark worldview to the American right — and they loved it
- Jobs Return to Prepandemic Mark as Hiring Accelerates (“The economy took 2½ years to recoup the 22 million jobs lost”)
- Go ahead, Democrats: Take credit for the terrific jobs numbers
- How This Economic Moment Is Rewriting the Rules (“Jobs aplenty. Sizzling demand. If the U.S. is headed into a recession, it is taking an unusual route, with many markers of a boom. In a recession, supply usually exceeds demand, but the economy is facing the opposite. An oil boom in North Dakota in 2010 could offer lessons.”)
- U.S. adds whopping 528,000 jobs in July as labor market booms
- Republicans Say Economy Is In Recession After It Added Half A Million Jobs In July (Shocker, I know, but…yep, Republicans are LYING yet again.)
- Fox News is simply lying about the state of the economy after a strong July jobs report
- Washington DC lightning strike that killed two offers climate warning
- Fauci warns of ‘trouble’ for those with BA.5 variant if not up to date on vaccines
- Republicans Lobby Oil Industry to Fight Climate Bill
- The Inflation Reduction Act, explained (“The climate bill is also a health care bill (and it does a few things on taxes, too).”)
- Schumer says Sinema left ‘no choice’ but to cut carried interest provision from tax and climate bill
- The Carried-Interest Loophole Is the Unkillable Totem of Capital’s Hold on Politics (Thanks to Kyrsten Sinema. Ugh.)
- Democrats could see a bruising clash with Sanders over economic bill
- How the battle over the Democrats’ climate, tax and health bill will play out
- Warnock pushes for Medicaid expansion amid tough reelection battle
- A big looming victory for Biden could put Trumpists on the defensive
- Want to rebuild U.S. manufacturing? Time to talk about immigration.
- Barr says grand jury seems to be focusing on Trump and his inner circle
- The FBI Confirms Its Brett Kavanaugh Investigation Was a Total Sham (“Oh, well, it’s not like he received a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court or anything.”)
- Democrats Are Running as Opposition Party
- The Religious Right’s Agenda Is Center Stage Again — And It’s As Unpopular As Ever (“The end of Roe v. Wade leaves Republicans wondering what’s the matter with Kansas.”)
- OAN’s shameful final days on national television
- Economist: Alex Jones, his company worth up to $270 million
- Don’t Expect Alex Jones’s Comeuppance to Stop Lies
- Alex Jones must pay more than $45 million in punitive damages to the family of a Sandy Hook massacre victim, jury orders
- Newhouse, who voted to impeach Trump, will advance to general election in Washington district, AP projects
- Indiana adopts near-total abortion ban as governor signs SB 1 into law
- Florida officials speak out after state attorney Andrew Warren suspended
- The Super-High-Stakes 2022 Race No One Is Talking About (“Charlie Crist thinks he can topple Ron DeSantis.”)
- Liz Cheney’s Media Strategy Doesn’t Look Like It’s For Her Upcoming Primary Race (“The Wyoming congresswoman, doubling down on her criticism of Trump, insists she’s not going anywhere—regardless of how she fares in her contentious August primary, bolstering speculation that she has a 2024 presidential run on the mind.”)
- Polio surveillance uncovers new evidence of community spread in New York
- Virginia’s Yesli Vega boosts national profile with CPAC appearance (That is, of course, an extremist, white supremacist, etc. conference. Not that you’d know that from this article’s headline, and barely from the text of the article. Great job as always, WaPo! LOL)
- DCCC: “First [Yesli] Vega said it was less likely for victims of rape to get pregnant, and now she’s suggesting only God can decide to save the life of the mother.”
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) Rips Extremist Republican Yesli Vega For Questioning Whether Liberal States’ Abortion Laws Are “Acceptable” (“My opponent’s views deny basic biology, would endanger the lives of Virginia women…”)
- Political Opportunist and Far-Right Extremist Jen Kiggans’ Big Warning From Kansas (“Kansans and Virginians alike do not want their reproductive rights ripped away”)
- Environmental group sues to get AG document on withdrawal from RGGI (“Environmental nonprofit group Appalachian Voices filed a lawsuit Thursday to obtain a reported document from the Virginia attorney general’s office that would undercut Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desire to pull Virginia out of a regional environmental cap and trade market.”)
- Schapiro: Old problem for new governor – the distraction of ambition (“It’s among Republicans that the risks are greater; that Youngkin is seen as disloyal to Trump, who for all his toxicity, remains the titular head of the GOP and to whom the governor — if only because his viability as a unknown plutocrat on whom a dispirited party gambled all — swore obeisance.”)
- How the Youngkin Model Deals with Racist Supporters (“It’s *totally* different from Trumpism. Yeah, sure, you betcha.”)
- Gov. Youngkin dashed hopes by reneging on his second-chance promise (Disgraceful and pointlessly cruel by Youngkin.)
- Delegates Paul Krizek and Mark Sickles: Virginia is Blowing in the Wind…with Clean Energy (“In addition to the tremendously positive impact on the environment, the project will also provide major benefits to the Virginia economy.”)
- Regulators approve Dominion offshore wind project (“SCC imposes consumer protections including performance guarantee, warns of ratepayer risks”)
- Williams: 5 years after the Charlottesville march, the war against white supremacy is still up in the air
- Friday Virginia COVID-19 Stats: 10-Day New Cases at 30,882; Hospitalizations at 834 (Near Highest Level Since Early March)
- Police claimed they’d averted a mass shooting. Now it’s not so clear. (“Prosecutors in Richmond, Va., say investigators do not have evidence of a possible plot targeting a specific amphitheater, despite what police claimed.”)
- Prosecutors seek 8-year prison term for ex-Rocky Mount police officer in Capitol riot
- Virginia official lobbied for gas project his agency will consider
- Richmond School Board approves internal audit of COVID relief funds
- Former delegate Joe Johnson passes away at age 90
- D.C.-area forecast: Nonstop steaminess with storms possible nearly daily
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