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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, September 23.
- Facing calls to resign, World Bank’s Malpass changes answer on climate crisis (This guy needs to go.)
- The Pathway to 90% Clean Electricity Is Mostly Clear. The Last 10%, Not So Much
- Climate change: Spike in Amazon emissions linked to law enforcement (Bolsonaro needs to go!)
- Italy’s Lurch to the Right Raises Risk of Fossil Gas Lock-In
- An energy crisis and geopolitics are creating a new-look Gulf
- War, Inflation Knock World Economy Off Balance
- Putin has just made the world a far more dangerous place
- Reports of Putin’s problems are mounting
- Putin’s ‘incredibly dangerous’ nuclear threats raise the risk of an unprecedented disaster
- To confront Putin, Biden should study the Cuban missile crisis
- Zelensky: Putin troop mobilization ‘frank admission’ that Russian army has ‘crumbled’
- What Putin’s Mobilization Means for the War in Ukraine (“The Kremlin announced a draft to dramatically increase its fighting force. Will the Russian public fight back?”)
- Russia Is Denounced at U.N. Over Nuclear Threat and Alleged War Crimes
- U.S. has sent private warnings to Russia against using a nuclear weapon (“The United States has kept warnings about the consequences of a Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine deliberately vague, so that the Kremlin worries about the response.”)
- ‘Everyone will get snatched off the street’: mobilisation brings Ukraine war home to Russians
- ‘It’s a 100% mobilisation’: day one of Russia’s drive to build its army
- Ukraine war: ‘What’s happening in Russia now is total fear’
- Russia’s Medvedev: new regions can be defended with strategic nuclear weapons
- What Putin’s latest threats mean for the risk of nuclear war (“An expert on Russia’s nuclear approach, and how Putin is raising the stakes — even if risk of a nuclear war is still low.”)
- What the West Should Do About Putin’s Increasingly Dangerous Desperation
- Facing Russian Mobilization, Ukraine Holds Steady to Maintain Momentum (“Ukraine still has months to make gains before the mobilized troops are successfully integrated into the army, giving it a window of opportunity to carry on with plans to win back territory.”)
- Occupied parts of Ukraine vote in ‘sham’ referendums (“Illegal votes to join Russia could provide Moscow with a pretext to escalate its faltering war”)
- As Russia raises nuclear specter in Ukraine, China looks the other way
- Moscow-held regions of Ukraine in ‘sham’ vote to join Russia
- World opinion shifts against Russia as Ukraine worries grow
- Putin Readies 43% Defense Spending Hike Amid Plan for Longer War
- U.S.-China Tensions Fuel Outflow of Chinese Scientists From U.S. Universities
- Truss’s Economic Plan Sends UK Markets Into Meltdown
- Iranian army says it will confront enemies as protests rage
- What’s happening in Iran? Here’s what people there are saying.
- Women Across Iran Are Protesting the Morality Police (“Following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, women are burning their hijabs and cutting their hair in the streets.”)
- Iran president says death in custody of Mahsa Amini must be investigated
- Haiti’s descent into chaos has further to go
- Biden touts leadership at the U.N. — and reveals our competing concerns (“The international community isn’t laughing at the United States anymore.”)
- Hurricane Fiona has left hundreds of thousands in Puerto Rico without power or water
- Scoop: Biden officials sour on World Bank head (Good!)
- Puerto Rico’s intersecting crises
- TV news networks mentioned climate change in just 3% of Hurricane Fiona segments (“TV news” is mostly an oxymoron.)
- Over 4 Million Americans Roll Up Sleeves For Omicron-Targeted COVID Boosters (“Health experts said it is too early to predict whether demand would match up with the 171 million doses of the new boosters the U.S. ordered for the fall.”)
- Charts suggest inflation could soon come down ‘substantially,’ Jim Cramer says
- War, Inflation and Squandered Credibility
- The Supreme Court should tread carefully on internet speech
- Breyer warns justices that some opinions could ‘bite you in the back’ in interview with CNN’s Chris Wallace
- The Wrong Trump Judge at the Right Time Can Wreak Havoc
- Dearie asks Trump lawyers whether they believe FBI lied about seized documents
- Trump Claims He Declassified Documents. Why Don’t His Lawyers Say So in Court? (Because, as always, Trump is LYING.)
- Trump’s legal woes mount without protection of presidency
- Special master in Mar-a-Lago case asks Trump to back up his allegation that FBI ‘planted’ evidence
- Facebook executive Nick Clegg’s latest comments suggest Trump will likely be back on the platform by January (Facebook sucks SO bad.)
- Trump Made N.Y. Attorney General’s Fraud Case Virtually Unbeatable
- Geoffrey Berman reveals how Donald Trump abused his firing power
- Jan. 6 Twitter witness: Failure to curb Trump spurred ‘terrifying’ choice (“The whistleblower, Anika Collier Navaroli, who spoke exclusively with The Washington Post, said Twitter’s complacency toward then-President Donald Trump led to disastrous consequences.”)
- Trump Continues to Escalate His Dangerous Incitement (“Is it a sign of growing desperation?”)
- Donald Trump and the Birth of QMaga: The Storm Is Coming
- Trump keeps digging deeper. And the media keeps feigning shock. (“The media needs to level with voters.”)
- Far-right activists have a brilliant new strategy: Don’t vote! (“White nationalist Nick Fuentes, failed GOP candidate Laura Loomer and Ali Alexander of Stop the Steal all on board”)
- Ginni Thomas’s Long-Awaited Interview With January 6 Committee Could Be Consequential (“The right-wing activist and wife of Clarence Thomas seems to have a lot of insight into the Trump attorney who devised the whole coup idea.”)
- Jared Kushner, Whose Former Boss Literally Suggested Shooting Migrants, Finds Using Them for Political Stunts “Troubling” (“The former first son-in-law, who worked for a man responsible for horrifying immigration policies, doesn’t like seeing migrants used as ‘political pawns.'”)
- Jury Rules Against Project Veritas in Lawsuit
- Alarm as Koch bankrolls dozens of election denier candidates (The Kochs are pure evil.)
- McConnell seeks a Jan. 6 mop-up on his terms (“The Senate GOP leader didn’t vote to convict Donald Trump after lambasting him over the Capitol attack. But he’s poised to embrace post-riot reform even as House counterparts resist it.”)
- Kevin McCarthy Leaked His Own Agenda
- House Democrats Preemptively Pan GOP’s ‘Extreme’ Policy Agenda
- The Tipping Point of Stupid (“In most states, you can’t pass yourself off as an election-denying January 6 truther and still be taken seriously by a majority of voters.” In fact, election denial – or climate denial – should be AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFIERS for holding ANY public office in America.)
- Alex Jones Managed to Shill Products and Ask For Crypto Donations While Testifying In Court
- Pennsylvania poll: Fetterman and Oz in close race for Senate; Shapiro holds big lead over Mastriano
- Florida migrant-moving company gave GOP cash, has ties to DeSantis’ immigration ‘czar’ and Rep. Matt Gaetz
- Company hired to arrange DeSantis’ migrant flights is tied to high-level state official
- DeSantis risks voter backlash in Florida with migrant flights
- DeSantis to face trial for suspension of prosecutor who defied abortion ban law (“Andrew Warren, a Democrat, sued Florida governor for suspension after saying he would not enforce new 15-week abortion law”)
- House GOP cuts loose candidate who misled about military service
- House Candidate Says He Served in Afghanistan, but Air Force Has No Record of It
- After Stacey Abrams corrects misinformation about a six-week “fetal heartbeat,” Fox’s Will Cain says she’s spreading a “QAnon-plus level” conspiracy theory (“Medical experts have repeatedly debunked the claim that an embryo has a heartbeat six weeks into a pregnancy”)
- Arizona Senate Moves from Toss Up to Lean Democrat
- DOJ investigating Mike Lindell over potential identity theft, damage to protected computer
- The media needs to treat Brett Favre like it did Michael Vick and Colin Kaepernick (The reason the media isn’t doing that is…obvious?)
- Schumer looks for way past Manchin permitting impasse
- Schumer and Manchin’s ‘dirty side deal’ to fast-track pipelines faces backlash (“Scientists and environmental groups call proposed legislation a ‘giveaway’ to fossil fuel industry that will gut protections”)
- Kaine says Mountain Valley Pipeline provision in Manchin bill ‘could open the door to serious abuse and even corruption’
- Sen. Tim Kaine pushes Medicare X Choice Act
- Virginia’s 2nd District: Tightest congressional race in the country? (We all need to help Rep. Elaine Luria win reelection!)
- Early voting for Nov. 8 election starts today
- A guide to the 2022 Virginia general election (Typical WaPo “both sides” bullshit.)
- 89% of Virginia schools earn accreditation for 2022-23
- Virginia’s Youngkin campaigns for Schmidt in ‘neck and neck’ race for Kansas governor (Disgraceful.)
- Pope & Schapiro: New school guidelines and new elections oversight
- Youngkin lays out plan for turning around struggling community college system
- Beagles rescued from Virginia dog-breeding facility get star treatment in D.C.
- Editorial: Long-needed historical markers recognize the righteous and the wronged
- Creigh Deeds: Don’t force the Mountain Valley Pipeline on Virginia
- Public image of Portsmouth leaders dominates City Council candidate discussion
- Statue debate provokes fiery defense of Confederacy in Va.’s Mathews County (The Confederacy is 100% indefensible.)
- Half of Loudoun School Board Candidates Join in Moms for Liberty Forum (“Moms for Liberty on the national level has advocated extremely against our LGBTQ community, from perpetuating harmful stereotypes to advocating for discrimination and even segregating LGBTQ children and children with disabilities from other students.”)
- Virginia judge boots progressive prosecutor from second case
- D.C.-area forecast: Breezy but comfortable below-average temperatures today
