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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, August 21.
Define ‘woke.’ Just once. Please. Pretty please. Show us you have even the slightest clue you know what you’re talking about. I am begging you. https://t.co/Jiw4dgzlQ0
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 20, 2022
- Banking on clean energy instead of climate chaos
- Europe is looking at space-based solar power to address energy crisis
- Diet for a hotter climate: five plants that could help feed the world
- Newest cause for climate optimism? The U.S. rivalry with China (“A clean energy arms race between the U.S. and China — the world’s two superpowers and largest greenhouse gas emitters — has been the dream of climate advocates for decades. It may have just begun.”)
- Zelensky Warns of Russian Escalation as Putin Ally’s Daughter Is Killed
- Zelenskyy warns of ‘cruel’ Russian attack as Ukraine prepares for Independence Day
- Ukraine’s Fight to Rebuild in Face of Unrelenting War
- Putin’s War in Ukraine at a Standstill, Western Officials Say
- Opinion: The Ukraine War Started 6 Months Ago. We Have 6 Takeaways
- Finland, Sweden offer NATO an edge as rivalry warms up north
- Car blast kills daughter of Russian known as ‘Putin’s brain’
- Car bomb kills daughter of man known as ‘Putin’s Brain’
- Darya Dugina: Daughter of Putin ally killed in Moscow blast
- Russia’s war at 6 months: A global economy in growing danger
- Putin’s new false flag operation?
- U.S. calls for Putin critic’s release on anniversary of assassination attempt
- U.S. tries [to] reassure Israel over possible Iran deal
- In India, New Wave of Trauma as 11 Convicted of Rape and Murder Walk Free
- Floods, landslides leave 40 dead in northern India
- Finland asks: Does a prime minister have a right to party? (Uh, yeah?)
- Somali forces end hotel attack in which 20 were killed
- Albania arrests two Russians, one Ukrainian trying to enter military plant (Albania is a NATO member, by the way.)
- ‘Starting to turn’: Cooling labor market shifts power back to bosses
- Here are some signs that inflation is calming down
- Wonking Out: Virginia Woolf and Core Inflation (Interesting, informative article as usual by Paul Krugman)
- Biden marks Slavery Remembrance Day: ‘Great nations don’t hide from their history’
- The Many Ways Trump Is Legally Screwed: A Guide
- The Classified-Files Scandal Is the Most Trumpy Scandal of All (“And that’s exactly why it’s so dangerous.”)
- Trump set to ask court for ‘special master’ to review Mar-a-Lago evidence
- The Final Days of the Trump White House: Chaos and Scattered Papers
- Giuliani Associate Sought Pardon for Him After Jan. 6, Book Says
- No, Trump voters aren’t incapable of changing their minds about him
- As the FBI comes under threat, its leader tries to stay out of fray
- Ousted Republican reflects on Trump, democracy and America: ‘The place has lost its mind’ (“Rusty Bowers was speaker of Arizona’s house of representatives when he stood up to the former president’s demand that he overturn the election result. He paid the price but has no regrets”)
- GOP’s Senate outlook grows dimmer amid ‘candidate quality’ concerns
- McConnell seems to be exactly right about Senate GOP’s candidate problem
- Purple politics could keep the Senate blue
- DeSantis touted their arrest. But ex-felons say they weren’t told they couldn’t vote. (DeSantis is a cruel, horrible person. And a fascist. And Youngkin looooves him!)
- GOP candidate and anti-abortion advocate running for Michigan governor said rape victims find ‘healing’ by being forced to have a baby (That’s right, this is the extremist nutjob who Youngkin’s going to campaign for next Saturday!)
- Trump-backed Kari Lake endorses antisemitic GOP candidate who said ‘Jews will go to hell’
- Democrats grapple with possibility of Cheney 2024 bid
- WaPo quietly suspended one of its top reporters last spring (“Paul Farhi was put on unpaid leave for five days. For what, precisely, is not entirely clear. But the Guild has protested.” The WaPo is really losing it…)
- Spanberger flips the script on policing in race against auxiliary deputy (“In a competitive race, vulnerable Rep. Abigail Spanberger seeks to flip the script on police messaging — accusing her opponent, former police officer Yesli Vega, of not funding police.” It’s only the “script,” by the way, because Republicans dishonestly push it and the media pathetically parrots it!)
- Today Youngkin’s Campaigning for the Far-Right Candidate Who Said Dr. Fauci Should Be Jailed (!). Next Saturday, He’s Campaigning for Tudor Dixon, Who Thinks “the bond that [14-year-old] rape victims will have with their babies will help them heal” (Hello, WaPo “journalists,” do even YOU GUYS finally realize that Youngkin’s not a “moderate” or “mystery date?”)
- Video: At “Netroots Nation,” VA Sen. Jennifer McClellan Talks About “CRT,” COVID, the 2021 VA Gov Campaign, and the Moment She Believes Marked the “Beginning of the End” for Terry McAuliffe’s Campaign (McClellan ran for governor in 2021 and is likely to run again in 2025.)
- Opinion/Editorial: Virginia schools must teach social science, history with context
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “Get vaccinated and boosted. A new booster that targets BA.4/5 should be available this fall.” (Also, some thoughts on “COVID, monkeypox, and polio”)
- Ready or not, pandemic high school grads take on Virginia Tech, other colleges
- CASEY: Fighting for gun control — and arts education in Southwest Virginia communities
- Gay men in Richmond frustrated with monkeypox vaccine supply, invasive form
- D.C.-area forecast: Minimal sunshine today with scattered showers and storms
