by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, August 17.
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- Ants can be better than pesticides for growing healthy crops, study finds (“Harnessing natural insect power can, with proper management, have higher efficacy than resorting to harmful chemicals” We definitely need to slash pesticide use.)
- Scientists warn of dire effects as Mediterranean heats up
- OPEC Chief Sees High Risk of Oil Squeeze Amid Bullish Demand
- Behind Enemy Lines, Ukrainians Tell Russians: ‘You Are Never Safe’
- Security situation in Crimea deteriorates for Moscow; pro-Russian breakaway region cozies up to North Korea
- Ukraine war: Thousands of Jews quit Russia amid fears of persecution (“Russia is facing the mass migration abroad of large numbers of its Jewish population, with at least one in eight leaving the country since its war with Ukraine began”)
- Ukrainians flee grim life in Russian-occupied Kherson
- Ukraine Strategy Targets Russian Army’s Lifelines in Kherson
- Action wanes at U.N. to isolate Russia almost six months into Ukraine war
- UK Inflation Hits Double Digits for the First Time in 40 Years
- Euro-Zone Economy Grew Less Than Estimated in Second Quarter
- In Berlin, Abbas says Israel committed ‘holocausts’; Scholz grimaces but is silent
- China and US spar over climate on Twitter
- Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter (Yep, that’s Saudi Arabia for you.)
- Nepal’s holy Bagmati River choked with black sewage, trash (Crazy.)
- 4 underrated parts of the Inflation Reduction Act (“The new climate law is more than just tax credits.”)
- Why the Inflation Reduction Act is such a big deal
- Biden Signs Bill Aimed at Lowering Drug Costs, Boosting Renewable Energy
- Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act into law
- ‘Biggest step forward on climate ever’: Biden signs Democrats’ landmark bill
- Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Is Now Law, Bringing Historic Changes to Climate Fight and Health Care Costs
- Why We Don’t Have a Carbon Tax
- How the Western drought is pushing the power grid to the brink
- The GOP is paying the price for Trump’s loopy Senate candidates
- Republicans’ classroom gagging bills are ‘attack on education’, report says
- Trump Is Back on the Ballot (“That’s a problem for Republicans”)
- The universe of alleged Trumpworld criminality continues to expand
- Trump wants Mar-a-Lago affidavit released, as some aides ponder risk
- F.B.I. Interviewed Top White House Lawyers About Missing Trump Documents
- Trump is rushing to hire seasoned lawyers — but he keeps hearing ‘No’
- Inside the frantic, final days of record-keeping that landed Trump in hot water
- Trump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe
- Georgia election data copied under direction of Trump attorney
- Lindsey Graham’s moment of truth: After being ordered to testify, he faces a stark choice (“Is the South Carolina senator a Trump loyalist first and foremost — or a genuine believer in the rule of law?”)
- Paul Manafort Is Back (“It isn’t pretty.”)
- Damning new Pence leaks reveal a big truth about Trump — and the GOP (“Damning leaks from Pence associates show the absurdity of GOP defenses of Trump.”)
- Steve Bannon: “We’re the law and order party. We have the police’s back. The FBI is not police.” (Completely unhinged.)
- Allen Weisselberg Wiggles Out from Between a Rock and a Trump Place with Plea Deal
- Biden administration cancels $3.9 billion in student debt for 208,000 borrowers defrauded by ITT Tech
- Not Just Kansas; Women Motivated to Vote in States with Repro Rights at Risk
- Planned Parenthood To Spend Record $50 Million For Midterms
- Florida court blocks teen from getting abortion, must continue pregnancy
- Louisiana Woman Is Forced Carry Headless Fetus to Term or Travel to Florida for Legal Abortion
- Florida Court Rules 16-Year-Old Too Immature for an Abortion but Mature Enough to Raise a Child (“Welcome to our current Republican hellscape.”)
- Nevada and Minnesota: Two very different races, but the same Democratic message (“Republicans are put on defense.”)
- Liz Cheney Is Defeated by Trump-Backed Harriet Hageman in Wyoming
- The country needs more Liz Cheneys
- Cheney went against the ‘clear’ path. Now she leads an anti-Trump movement.
- Liz Cheney pays the price for taking on Trump (“Cheney’s predictable Wyoming loss frees her up to focus on taking down Trump and his GOP allies.”)
- Liz Cheney’s Non-Concession Speech (“The fierce Trump critic made clear she has no plans to leave the stage.”)
- Liz Cheney Was Defeated By the Extremist Movement She Helped to Empower (“If not for Donald Trump’s attempt to steal the election, she would still be backing him.”)
- Five questions about Liz Cheney’s political future
- White Extremists Have Found Their Guy for the Senate: Blake Masters
- With Cheney’s Loss, Just 2 House Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Trump Are On The Ballot In November
- Cheney Loses GOP Primary, Vows to Keep Trump From White House
- Liz Cheney loses primary as Trump topples his most prominent GOP critic
- Video Shows Dr. Oz Saying He Has Two Houses. He Actually Has 10
- Sarah Palin advances to November’s general election for Alaska’s House seat
- Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin Survive Primary Battles, but a Democrat Breaks Through
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Trump-backed Kelly Tshibaka advance to general election in Alaska’s Senate race
- Vance, DeSantis rally puts ‘highly unusual’ restrictions on press (Fascists.)
- Rudy Giuliani set to testify in Georgia election probe
- FBI arrests former Rep. T.J. Cox on dozens of fraud charges
- Six weeks after getting shot at a Fourth of July parade, an 8-year-old left paralyzed feels ‘hopeless’ and angry as new reality sets in
- Video; Statements by Senators Warner and Kaine, VA Dems on President Biden Signing Inflation Reduction Act Into Law (The law “will lower the price of prescription drugs, reduce the deficit, bring down energy bills and fight climate change.”)
- Editorial: Requiring teachers to out LGBTQ youth is a dangerous directive (“Virginia does not exist as it does in the governor’s head and if he spoke to LGBTQ activists and listened to the kids who would be affected by this policy, he would know that. Sadly, Youngkin seems perfectly content to see the world as he wants it to be, not as it is.”)
- BREAKING: Glenn Youngkin to Campaign For Far-Right-Extremist/Trump-“Big-Lie” MI-GOV Candidate Who Cited “14-year-girl raped by her uncle as a ‘perfect example’ of an abortion that she believes should be prohibited”
- Progress Michigan: Right-Wing Extremist Tudor Dixon Enthusiastically Welcomes Support from “Trump-Supporting,” “Anti-LGBTQ+ Crook” Glenn Youngkin
- Governor Youngkin Leaves Virginia…Again. This Time, He Joins Conspiracy Theorist and Anti-Abortion Radical Tudor Dixon in Michigan
- Virginia Gov. Youngkin to campaign with Tudor Dixon, give Michigan GOP keynote
- Youngkin plans trip to Michigan, repeats criticism of Justice Department (This headline is insanely bad. Just an innocuous “trip to Michigan” and “criticism of Justice Department?” Pathetic, yet again, by the WaPo and its Virginia “journalists” – in air quotes, who fail to inform readers of Tudor Dixon’s extremism/insanity. Complete crap.)
- Youngkin: Schools key to Virginia’s future, but DOJ was unfair in Loudoun
- Tuesday Virginia COVID-19 Stats: All-Time Cases Surpass 2 Million; 10-Day New Cases at 27,546; Hospitalizations at 786 (Near Highest Level Since Early March)
- In Gonzo New Fundraising Email, Extremist/Insurrection VA State Sen. Amanda Chase (R) Rips VA Senate Minority Leader Tommy Norment (R) as “Failed” and “Scandal”-Ridden (Chase also attacks her GOP(Q) opponent as “a woke RINO who drove around the state with Democrat Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy and Senator Jennifer McClellan promoting the woke Equal Rights Amendment that ushers in gender fluidity and enshrines abortion in our Constitution.”)
- Youngkin education official recommends delaying history standards review due to ‘glaring deficiencies’ (Gov. Ralph Northam’s Secretary of Education Atif Qarni says: ““This administration is intentionally cherry picking to delay the process because they don’t want to embrace teaching a more inclusive history. Fordham Institute is a right wing, very political in nature group. They do not have the historical expertise.”)
- 2nd former Rocky Mount officer sentenced to probation, home confinement for role in U.S. Capitol riot
- Dozens of Hanover residents speak on Hanover transgender policy in overtime meeting
- Williams: The Postal Service’s response to a Jim Crow exhibit is unacceptable. It needs to reopen Montpelier Station.
- New lawsuit challenges sentence credits budget amendment
- ACLU of Virginia sues Department of Corrections over earned sentence credits
- OneVirginia2021 relaunches as UpVote Virginia with new focus on ranked-choice voting (Ranked-choice voting is great; 1VA2021 is not.)
- A 10-year pipeline of solar jobs in coal country? (“12 schools in Wise and Lee counties will soon be powered through solar energy, and their students are learning the trade in the process.”)
- Roanoke candidates Volosin, Jackson receive small fines for violations
- D.C.-area forecast: Not bad at all for August; more humid this weekend
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