by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 17.
- Oxfam International says hunger rising in world’s climate hotspots
- Internal Documents Show Big Oil PR Messages Still ‘Mislead’ Public on Climate (“Despite claims of transitioning to cleaner energy, internal emails and documents obtained by a congressional investigation show oil companies trying to protect their fossil fuel investments through public narratives that conflict with private communications.”)
- Japan urges evacuations as ‘unprecedented’ super typhoon approaches
- In Ukraine, more evidence of Russian atrocities piles up (“It is imperative reports of violence are quickly and carefully documented.”)
- As India Joins China in Distancing From Russia, Putin Warns of Escalation
- Video Reveals How Russian Mercenaries Recruit Inmates for Ukraine War
- Local politicians team up to challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin
- Exclusive: Zelenskiy accuses Russia of war crimes, sees no early end to war
- Wonking Out: What Ukraine Needs From Us
- Ukraine Latest: Scholz Pledges Ongoing Weapons Supplies to Kyiv
- Zelensky says ‘torture chambers’ where civilians were abused found in Kharkiv region
- India’s Leader Tells Putin That Now Is Not an Era for War
- Pressure on Russian forces mounts after Ukraine’s advances
- Ukraine war: Mass exhumations at Izyum forest graves site
- Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hold talks to end border fighting
- Iran woman’s death after morals police arrest sparks protests
- Iran’s Leader Makes Public Appearance After Report of Ill Health
- The U.S. Vowed to Defend Central American Democracy. Autocrats Had Other Plans.
- The U.S. looks to rival Europe and Asia with massive floating offshore wind plan
- Biden administration launches floating offshore wind initiative with 15 GW target by 2035
- The Mar-a-Lago judge’s latest opinion is as atrocious as legal experts say it is
- Justice Dept. asks appeals court to restore access to Trump raid documents
- DOJ asks appeals court to intervene in fight over Mar-a-Lago documents
- Trump Judge Judges Trump a Very Special Boy, Gives him the Kid Glove Treatment
- Trump team claimed boxes at Mar-a-Lago were only news clippings
- Trump’s Team of Lawyers Marked by Infighting and Possible Legal Troubles of Its Own
- Why our raging geography wars could make 2024 a nightmare
- The curious case of the strange man who was nearly attorney general (Nutjob.)
- Warnings From Authors Who Track Domestic Extremism
- Klain presses progressives on permitting reforms
- Some Jan. 6 defendants accused of other crimes since Capitol attack (Only the best people, eh?)
- It’s Time to Call MAGA a National Security Threat
- Appeals court upholds Texas law regulating social media moderation (“The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Friday upheld a controversial Texas social media law that bars companies from removing posts based on a person’s political ideology, overturning a lower court’s decision to block the law and likely setting up a Supreme Court showdown over the future of online speech.” Another horrible ruling by another Trump-appointed judge. These people are going to destroy us.)
- Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard Say They Were Misled
- A Sadistic Immigration Stunt
- This is how much Florida has paid an aviation company to relocate ‘unauthorized aliens’
- Florida governor defends migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard, suggests more to come (It’s indefensible and disgusting.)
- ‘Reverse Freedom Rides’: An echo of Martha’s Vineyard migrant flights 60 years ago
- What Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis don’t understand about America (Maybe they understand it but hate it and are at war with it?)
- “Playing Politics With Human Beings”: Biden Officials Are Reportedly Mulling Legal Options Over DeSantis’s Anti-immigrant Stunt
- What Happens When a Party Rejects Humanity? (“Republicans like Ron DeSantis are unleashing forces that can’t be put back in a box.”)
- A surprise poll finding shows the GOP’s Dobbs problem getting worse (“If a traditional maxim about abortion is indeed obsolete, it could scramble expectations about the midterms.”)
- Let’s Call DeSantis’s Migrant Stunt What It Is—Kidnapping
- With shameful Martha’s Vineyard stunt, DeSantis dishes out cruelty with a smirk
- NY Times Magazine’s big profile of Ron DeSantis has a big problem (“Journalists should look past spectacle to explain what he would do as president”)
- Abrams’ strategy to boost turnout: Early voting commitments
- Putting the ‘big lie’ to bed — in plush, luxurious comfort
- Blue Virginia Interview with Sen. Tim Kaine: Marriage Equality Vote After Midterms; Anger at “Power-Mad Tyrant” DeSantis; Filibuster Reform if Dems Get to 52 in Senate; Dobbs’ “Gruesome Results”; the Crucial Importance of November’s Elections; etc.
- Vega Aligned Herself “100%” With Group That Asks Candidates to Ban Abortion with No Exceptions for Rape or Incest (“Vega’s support for banning abortion nationally…is going to be top of mind for voters this November.”)
- Midterm elections: If this seat flips red, Republicans will have ‘probably won a relatively comfortable House majority’ (“The Seventh Congressional District sits in northern Virginia, not far from Washington, D.C. After a redistricting last year by court-appointed special masters, it consists of the city of Fredericksburg and nearby counties, such as Stafford, Spotsylvania, Culpeper and Orange, as well as a chunk of Prince William County, while no longer including parts of the Richmond area where Spanberger lives.”)
- In Friday Afternoon News Dump, Youngkin Administration Issues Document Reversing the Northam Administration’s “Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools”
- Youngkin administration overhauls Virginia transgender student policies
- Virginia will block schools from accommodating transgender students
- Virginia issues new guidelines that roll back transgender student rights
- State judge dismisses youth climate suit; due process questions raised (“A lawsuit brought by 13 young people against the state of Virginia for past and ongoing permitting of fossil fuel projects was dismissed by Richmond Circuit Court Judge Clarence N. Jenkins on Friday. “)
- The debate over Confederate memorials in Virginia is far from over
- Chesapeake Republican officials withdraw support for City Council candidate amid accusations of elder abuse
- Fairfax Co. school leaders share plan to support students’ mental health
- D.C.-area forecast: The last weekend of summer will feel the part
