by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, September 29.
- Heat deaths, scorched trees and civil unrest: life on the climate frontline in 2022
- Climate change is linked to the spread of viruses like monkeypox, experts say
- AGL joins Australian coal exodus with target for complete exit by 2035
- Vestas launches ‘world’s tallest onshore tower for wind turbines’
- Europe’s energy plan: is it enough to get through winter?
- Revealed: Huge gas flaring emissions never reported
- The Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage Is a Climate Catastrophe (“It will deprive Europe of fuel and release mass quantities of climate-altering methane.”)
- Mexico is world’s deadliest spot for environmental activists
- Kremlin: 4 regions of Ukraine to be folded in Russia Friday
- First on CNN: European security officials observed Russian Navy ships in vicinity of Nord Stream pipeline leaks
- Nord Stream Underwater Gas Pipes Are Leaking in Four Places
- Brussels promises to cap price of Russian oil after Putin escalation (“European Commission also proposes extra curbs on hi-tech trade as part of sanctions to ‘make Kremlin pay’ over Ukraine war”)
- Russia set to annex Ukraine territory; West warns of new sanctions
- ‘Everything is pointing to Russia’: U.S., EU officials on edge over pipeline explosions
- Calls grow for China and India to talk sense into Putin
- The U.S. and China are headed for a showdown at the U.N.
- Nord Stream: Sweden finds new leak in Russian gas pipeline
- Nord Stream blasts could herald new phase of hybrid war, say EU politicians
- Iran’s Drones Are Cheap, Plentiful and Helping Russia in Ukraine
- Record methane leak flows from damaged Baltic Sea pipelines
- Russia’s Stripped Its Western Borders to Feed the Fight in Ukraine
- Pentagon will double powerful HIMARS artillery for Ukraine
- ‘Putin Is a Fool’: Intercepted Calls Reveal Russian Army in Disarray
- Suu Kyi convicted again, Australian economist gets 3 years (Appalling.)
- VP Harris caps Asia trip with stop at DMZ dividing Koreas
- Brexit ideology lies behind the UK’s market rout (AKA, far-right ideology.)
- US Encourages UK to Dial Back Tax-Cut Plan
- Nothing to see here: Truss allies’ curious excuses for financial meltdown
- The UK’s Crisis of Confidence Was Years in the Making
- Bank of England launches £65bn move to calm markets
- The ‘Talibanization’ of Iran Has Sparked a Revolutionary Feminist Backlash
- Iran’s anti-veil protests draw on long history of resistance
- Sanders, Raskin Want Congress to Get Serious About Averting a Coup in Brazil
- Bolsonaro’s outsider aura dims after Brazil’s four tough years
- ‘I want Lula back’: Brazil’s leftist veteran could be poised for comeback (“Bolsonaro loses centrist support after mishandling of the pandemic, lack of empathy and alleged coup-mongering”)
- Yes, Italy’s new prime minister is really a fascist: The old-fashioned kind (“Giorgia Meloni’s entire career has been on the far-right fringe, surrounded by Mussolini’s political heirs.”)
- Biden administration to grant Puerto Rico shipping waiver after uproar
- Hurricane Ian’s rapid intensification is a sign of the world to come
- Hurricane Ian Is a Storm That We Knew Would Occur (“Too much climate energy, too little climate action.”)
- Hurricane Ian’s climate warning
- The Senate Just Quietly Passed a Major Climate Treaty
- Hurricane Ian Is a Climate Disaster for the History Books
- Biden Unveils an Ambitious Plan to End Hunger—But Congress Has Little Appetite to Act On It (“If Republicans retake the House, as expected, the administration’s food security agenda is likely doomed.”)
- Forget ‘polarization.’ The problem is right-wing extremism.
- Just how racist is the MAGA movement? This survey measures it.
- Women Have Swung Toward Democrats Since The Dobbs Decision
- Kagan v. Roberts: Justices Spar Over Supreme Court’s Legitimacy (Kagan is absolutely right, but the collapse of the Supreme Court’s legitimacy also stems from the fact that Republicans stole one seat – Gorsuch – and rammed through a couple more Justices – Kavanaugh and Barrett – who are questionable at best in terms of ethics, qualifications, process, etc.)
- The beginning of the end of the Jan. 6 committee (“It’s time for the committee to make its strongest case.”)
- How we expunged a racist, sexist slur from hundreds of public lands
- Is This the Beginning of the End of the Internet? (“How a single Texas ruling could change the web forever”)
- Scoop: GOP leaders prepare for 2023 debt limit “nightmare” (Do NOT put these nutjobs/extremists in charge!)
- Trump avoids Friday deposition in lawsuit by being in Mar-a-Lago during hurricane
- ‘Giant Backfire’: Trump’s Demand for Special Master Is Looking Like a Mistake
- What’s the Key to Understanding Donald J. Trump? Start With Queens.
- Report: Donald Trump an Even More Horrible Bigot Than Previously Thought (“From mistaking non-white congressional aides for waiters to phoning around to find out if he’d shaken hands with a gay person, it turns out that the ex-president is literally a bottomless pit of hate.”)
- The crumbling GOP opposition to electoral count reform bill
- What the Electoral Count Reform Act can prevent in the next election — and what it can’t
- Trump-McConnell feud takes new turn with Electoral Count Act
- Ted Cruz Implies McConnell Supports Election Fraud (Youngkin’s BFF strikes again!)
- McConnell cozies up to Sinema ahead of next Congress
- The GOP attack on Biden’s student loan plan is upside-down class war
- Manchin seeks bipartisan ‘sweet spot’ for a new try at his energy permitting bill (“Fate of Mountain Valley Pipeline provision unclear”)
- What Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson Don’t Understand About War (“On the modern battlefield, brains and adaptability yield far better results than ruthless brutality does”)
- Smith & Wesson sued over link to July 4 parade mass shooting
- Ron DeSantis’s Race Problem
- Brett Favre’s Charity for Needy Kids Gave $60K to Another Volleyball Gym (Scumbag.)
- As campaign struggles, Doug Mastriano plans ‘40 days of fasting and prayer’
- Doug Mastriano is holding an event with Jack Posobiec, who has collaborated with neo-Nazis and spread antisemitism
- Fox News Poll: Pennsylvania Senate race narrows (“Growing concern over Fetterman’s health, but Oz supporters remain unenthusiastic”)
- How Peter Thiel’s pet candidate may doom the GOP’s Senate hopes
- People trapped, 2.5M without power as Ian drenches Florida
- Records contradict Majewski’s account of military punishment
- Marjorie Taylor Greene’s husband files for divorce
- Coolio Dead at 59 (RIP)
- Bill Plante, legendary CBS News White House correspondent, has died at 84 (RIP)
- New report shows Appalachia made economic gains before COVID-19 pandemic
- New poll shows voters split between Kaine and Youngkin in hypothetical Senate race
- Opinion/Editorial: Voters deserve specific answers on abortion votes
- Rob Wittman’s election denialism is really self-preservation (Translation: Wittman only cares about his own political career and is a disgrace to Congress, Virginia, America, etc.)
- Abortion, economy electrify contest between Spanberger, Vega
- Will he stay or will he go? Youngkin tiptoes around plans
- Youngkin and his national ambitions straddle the ‘big lie’ divide (In a way, he’s “straddling,” but really he’s made his choice by campaigning for far-right-extremist candidates who promote and believe in the “Big Lie”)
- As Youngkin Spews Out Lies and Right-Wing Blather in Georgia, CNN and the WaPo Treat It All as a Big Game, Whitewash It, Fail to Do Their Jobs as Journalists
- Video: Equality VA Panel Rips Youngkin’s Proposed Anti-Trans “Model Policy” as Cynical, Political, Illegal, Negligent, Malicious; Vows to Fight and Win (Participants included Del. Danica Roem, Del. Marcus Simon, Sen. Jennifer Boysko, Former Sec. Ed. Atif Qarni, Narissa Rahaman of Equality VA.)
- Over 12,000 Virginia Students Walk Out Over Glenn Youngkin’s Hateful LGBTQIA+ Guidelines (“I can’t be engaged in class if I’m worried that my rights are being taken away”)
- The role of Virginia colleges and universities in the national semiconductor push
- ‘Trying to Silence Parents’ Flops Again (“A few of Youngkin’s constituents tried to push his lie on a federal judge appointed by former President Trump. It did not go well.”)
- Youngkin declares state of emergency in Virginia as Hurricane Ian moves north
- Virginia prepares for Ian as hurricane plows into Florida coast
- University of Richmond removes T.C. Williams from law school name
- Accreditor’s loss of federal recognition puts three Virginia schools at risk
- CASEY: The plot thickens on the Republican kerfuffle in Wytheville
- D.C.-area forecast: Mildly sunny and breezy today; Ian’s remnants bring rainy weekend
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