by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, August 18.
- Factory Shutdowns, Showers for Pigs: China’s Heat Wave Hits Economy
- Extreme heat slams the world’s three biggest economies all at once
- Europe’s Scorching Summer Puts Unexpected Strain on Energy Supply
- Sex between men, not skin contact, is fueling monkeypox, new research suggests
- Russia Is Ruled by Fear, the Fear of Vladimir Putin
- Russia’s Republic of Grief (“One of the country’s poorest regions, Dagestan, is also the region that has lost the most men to the war in Ukraine.”)
- Why Kyiv’s ‘thousand bee sting’ strategy is costing Russia dearly
- Ukraine Strikes Russian Base Ahead of Talks With Turkey, U.N.
- Alexei Navalny will not be silent
- ‘I don’t see justice in this war’: Russian soldier exposes rot at core of Ukraine invasion
- China to Join Russia Military Exercises as U.S. Rivals Deepen Ties
- U.N. Chief to Assess Grain Exports and Nuclear Safety in Ukraine
- Ukraine says fighting ‘deadlocked’ ahead of visit by U.N. chief
- Zelenskyy to host Lviv talks with UN chief, Turkish leader
- Ukraine: Preparing for the worst as situation at nuclear plant ‘approaches critical’
- A renewed Iran nuclear deal appears closer than ever. Here are the remaining sticking points
- Xi Highlights Drought Risk in China as Power Supplies Threatened
- US to hold trade talks with Taiwan, island drills military
- The Green Transition Is Happening Fast. The Climate Bill Will Only Speed It Up. (“Thanks to technological change and the plunging cost of renewables, a growing political and cultural focus on decarbonization and increasing awareness of the public health costs of pollution and market trends for things like electric vehicles and heat pumps, it’s genuinely a whole new world out there. Not that long ago, the upfront cost of a green transition looked almost incalculably large. Today it seems plausible that quite dramatic emissions gains can be achieved for just, say, $369 billion — with an estimated payoff of nine million new American jobs, to boot. The average American household might pay $1,800 less a year for energy, too.”)
- After Biden’s climate bill: Three big steps toward America’s energy transition (“Biden’s big bill is a breakthrough on energy — but there’s a long way to go. These three steps should come next”)
- What’s behind the FDA’s controversial strategy for evaluating new COVID boosters
- Voters Sure Do Seem Upset Roe Was Overturned
- Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purging of ideas’
- Trump’s dominance in GOP comes into focus, worrying some in his party
- IRS becomes GOP boogeyman ahead of midterms
- Voters are a problem. But GOP leaders are steering the radicalism.
- Trump has never been in so much peril. Nor has the GOP. (“The party is putting all of its eggs in a dangerous political basket.”)
- How dangerous is today’s Republican Party? Very, ex-CIA Director Michael Hayden believes
- Republicans Are America’s Problem (“Republicans are the threat to our democracy because their own preferred form of democracy — one that excludes and suppresses, giving Republicans a fighting chance of maintaining control — is in danger. For modern Republicans, democracy only works — and is only worth it — when and if they win.”)
- The Christian Right Plots How To Avenge The FBI Raid
- Biden ‘rejects’ defunding the FBI amid calls from some Republicans
- Trump CFO’s plea deal could make him a prosecution witness
- Trump’s CFO Allen Weisselberg Will Implicate Trump Companies in Guilty Plea
- Plea Deal Requires Weisselberg to Testify at Trump Organization Trial
- Jan. 6 Grand Jury Has Subpoenaed White House Documents
- Taking the Fifth should disqualify a politician from taking office
- Federal Judge to Consider Unsealing Affidavit That Led to Mar-a-Lago Search
- Pence Calls on Republicans to Stop Assailing the F.B.I. After Mar-a-Lago Search
- Mike Pence, Intimately Familiar With Trump’s Plot to Overturn the Election, Says He’d Be Open to Talking to the January 6 Committee
- Weeks before Mar-a-Lago search, ex-Trump DOD official vowed to publish classified documents from National Archives
- Trump considering releasing surveillance footage of FBI Mar-a-Lago search
- Trump rakes in millions off FBI search at Mar-a-Lago
- U.S. prosecutors should weigh releasing more Trump search details, Bolton says
- The Psychiatrist Who Warned Us That Donald Trump Would Unleash Violence Was Absolutely Right
- John Bolton Says There’s ‘No Evidence’ FBI Search Of Mar-A-Lago Was Partisan Overreach
- This Timeline of Trumpworld Excuses Proves Mar-a-Lago Raid Week Was Even Stupider Than You Remember
- Secret Service waited to tell Capitol Police of Pelosi threat until the Jan. 6 riot was underway (WTF???)
- Fox News pushes dishonest smear campaign against Merrick Garland over threats against public officials
- New Marquette Law School Wisconsin survey finds Barnes with 7-point lead over Johnson in U.S. Senate race
- Marquette poll shows Mandela Barnes with 7-point lead over U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson; Gov. Tony Evers in close race with GOP’s Tim Michels
- Trader Joe’s Workers Decided To Unionize. The Company Abruptly Closed Their Store.
- Boston Children’s Hospital says it faces threats after right-wing tweets
- Liz Cheney considers run for president after Republican primary defeat
- A Cheney presidential run would be a herculean task in a party beyond redemption
- The country needs more Liz Cheneys
- Trump just revealed exactly why Liz Cheney’s loss is so unsettling
- Liz Cheney Already Has a 2024 Strategy (“To save the Republican Party, the defeated Wyoming representative may first have to destroy it.”)
- Biden Called Cheney After Her Loss to Trump-Backed Challenger
- Pro-Trump, pro-insurrection Fox News dances on Rep. Liz Cheney’s political grave
- After Loss, Cheney Begins Difficult Mission of Thwarting Trump
- Louisiana hospital denies abortion for fetus without a skull
- Doug Mastriano’s campaign “prophet”: Political executions are coming, Biden “is no longer alive,” Pelosi drinks “children’s blood”
- Georgia governor asks judge to quash subpoena for him to appear before grand jury
- Sarah Palin Still Has Two Shots at Going to Congress (“Palin has yet to be eliminated in Alaska’s complex new voting system. Her celebrity status is still both her biggest asset and her biggest liability.”)
- Jared Kushner Memoir, Breaking History, Reviewed Less Favorably Than an Anesthesia-Free Colonoscopy
- DeSantis’ proposed new rules for pension funds push Florida into fight with Wall St.
- NEW: DPVA Releases “Why Jen Kiggans Is Too Extreme for Virginia” (Among other things, Kiggans “has embraced false election conspiracy theories” and “supports allowing states to ban abortion without exceptions, not even to save the life of the mother.”)
- Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05) to Right-Wing Propagandist Ben Shapiro: “Youngkin damn well flirted with [‘Stop the Steal’] and…embraced auditing voting machines” (Also note that Youngkin only appears to have (grudgingly) acknowledged – after being pushed and prodded by reporters – that Joe Biden is the president…)
- Opinion/Editorial: Be very, very afraid of playing the fool in a political scam (“Forget about good jobs, good roads and good schools, Bob Good knows what the people of the Fifth District need. They need a survey to find out how many of them object to mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for the U.S. military. Good’s constituents just received that survey in their email. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid of vaccines that control a pandemic that killed a million Americans.”)
- Schapiro: Assault on author is a reminder of attack on culture (“That includes, most notably, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, whose three-word, de facto campaign slogan — Listen to Parents — was, more than an acknowledgement of anxieties about their children’s COVID-19-disrupted educations, an appeal to the fears of a mostly white audience over the post-George Floyd emphasis on racial and cultural themes long overlooked.”)
- Wednesday Virginia COVID-19 Stats: 10-Day New Cases at 30,329; Hospitalizations at 780 (Near Highest Level Since Early March)
- State officials have so far denied a request to ban conversion therapy among Virginia adults
- Board of Education presses pause on new history standards
- Virginia Board of Education delays history standards review
- As Virginia moves ahead with lab-school applications, funding for private schools unclear
- Right-Wing-Dominated Hanover County, VA School Board Strikes Again, as Speaker is Escorted Out By Police While Attempting to Speak Against Proposed Transgender Student Registry and Bathroom Use Policy
- As VEC works through backlogs, identity theft remains a problem
- Chase attacks Norment, Vogel, & Reeves after Cheney’s loss
- Editorial: Virginia must learn from I-95 disaster
- Editorial: Bipartisan endorsement in Virginia of ranked choice voting
- Rust on Silver Line tracks in Loudoun County delays Metro emergency drill
- Richmond removes casino referendum from 2022 ballot
- Chesapeake man accused of attempting to disrupt 2020 presidential vote count now charged in Jan. 6 riot
- Special prosecutor trying to sort out elections drama in Nottoway County
- Roanoke County School Board members draw backlash for at-risk student comments
- D.C.-area forecast: Warm sunshine through Friday with shower chances over the weekend
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