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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, September 20.
- We Need a War Effort on Wind Turbines (Also energy efficiency, solar, heat pumps, etc.)
- Coal rush! Energy crisis fires global hunt for polluting fuel
- UN chief warns global leaders: The world is in ‘great peril’
- Fortescue to spend $9.2bn on wind, solar, batteries and hydrogen to reach net zero by 2030
- Separatist regions push to join Russia in sign of apparent panic about Ukrainian gains
- In the War for Ukraine, Neither Side Controls the Skies but Russia Has Lost 55 Planes
- Putin ally says he favours formally incorporating Ukrainian regions into Russia
- Losses Hinder Russia’s Recruiting, U.S. Defense Official Says
- Putin is reeling. Now is the time to help Ukraine win.
- Separatist regions push to join Russia in sign of apparent panic about Ukrainian gains
- ‘We have nothing’: Izium’s trauma after Russian occupation
- Ukraine Latest: Erdogan Urges Putin to Return Occupied Territory (Putin “is actually showing me that he’s willing to end this as soon as possible.” Then withdraw immediately!)
- Putin Accused of Sending Serial Killers and Cannibal to War (“Some of Russia’s ‘worst criminals’ are among the inmates recruited to fight in Ukraine, the country’s top prison watchdog told The Daily Beast.”)
- U.S. hails release of Taliban captive following prisoner swap
- Britain’s Truss doesn’t expect UK-US trade deal anytime soon
- Sweden Is Becoming Unbearable
- Biden’s statements on Taiwan are useful, actually
- Maybe Biden means it on Taiwan
- Arrests at Southwestern Border Exceed 2 Million in a Year for the First Time
- Major earthquake shakes Mexico on anniversary of two previous tremors
- Efforts to modernize Puerto Rico’s power grid face recriminations
- Solar is lifeline in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona knocks out power
- Puerto Rico battles blackout and lack of safe water in wake of Hurricane Fiona (“Floods and rain wreak havoc as critics say total blackout shows authorities have learnt nothing since 2017 hurricanes”)
- What made Hurricane Fiona so dangerous in Puerto Rico (“Five years after Maria struck the island territory, Puerto Rico still isn’t prepared for hurricanes.”)
- 5 years on, failures from Hurricane Maria loom large as Puerto Rico responds to Fiona
- How to Help People in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Fiona (“Five years after the devastation of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico needs aid right now.”)
- Biden declared the pandemic ‘over.’ His Covid team says it’s more complicated.
- Biden Is Right to Declare the ‘Pandemic Is Over’ (“COVID is not killing like it once was, and that is worth celebrating”)
- Fauci says ‘we are not where we need to be’ after Biden declares ‘pandemic is over’
- The U.S. will officially phase down HFCs, gases trapping 1,000x more heat than CO2
- Nazi analogies are dangerous. But they are increasingly relevant today.
- Hey QAnon! Republicans are playing your song.
- A landmark Supreme Court fight over social media now looks likely
- Why Bill Barr Turned on Trump (“No one should think he’s having second thoughts about the awful things he did in office.”)
- Trump discovers he’s not in Cannon-land anymore
- Trump Was Warned Late Last Year of Potential Legal Peril Over Documents
- If Garland sincerely believes in the rule of law, Trump is in deep trouble (“Trump cannot be afforded special treatment because he’s a former president.”)
- Judge Aileen Cannon Thinks Poor Donald Trump May Be Stigmatized
- New York judge takes up review of documents FBI seized at Trump’s home
- Ad spending shows Dems hinging midterm hopes on abortion
- GOP loyalty to Trump over party dips to new low in NBC poll
- New evidence shows GOP’s Trump problem may be getting worse
- The Memo: Biden bounce lifts Democrats’ midterm chances, but how high?
- How Democrats are trying to counter a wave of GOP attacks on crime (“A major gun safety group is urging the party to link crime and public safety with permissive gun laws.”)
- Republicans’ choice for 2024 should be abundantly clear
- Trump’s unhinged rage in Ohio shows the danger of a GOP Congress
- Trump’s frightening rally in Ohio shows the media still doesn’t get it
- Revenge? Republicans weigh tanking Manchin’s permitting plan
- The Democratic plan to avert a 2024 Trump coup quietly advances (“Legislators have to be creative to imagine all the ways Trumpist Republicans could try to steal their state’s electors for their leader.”)
- Congress eyes strongest response yet to Jan. 6 attack
- Texas sheriff will investigate Florida flying Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard
- The Search for “Perla”
- Trump ally Mike Lindell must face defamation suit over election-rigging claims
- New footage confirms fake Trump elector spent hours inside Georgia elections office day it was breached
- Judge holds gun ban for felony defendants unconstitutional (Another horrendous ruling by another horrendous Trump-appointed judge. These people are going to destroy our country.)
- Two Republican judges just let Texas seize control of Twitter and Facebook (“The Fifth Circuit wants to put Texas Republicans in charge of social media platforms.” Again, these far-right-activist judges are going to destroy America.)
- “We Have Stared Into Abysses Before and Pulled Back”: Looking for Flashes of Hope as Democracy Frays (“In The Big Truth, journalist Major Garrett and elections expert David Becker tackle Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies—and the looming threat of civil war—while touting civic participation as critical to keeping the American experiment alive. “It’s a wobbly moment,” Garrett tells Vanity Fair.”)
- Steve Bannon says Biden administration’s initiative to cure cancer is a covert operation to eliminate the human race (Just think of the fact that this lunatic was a top advisor to Trump when he was president. It’s amazing we survived those four years.)
- Alex Jones receives a standing ovation at Turning Point USA conference (That says it all)
- Far-right “constitutional sheriffs” now turn to hunting “fraud” in midterm elections (These are some of the scariest people in America.)
- The Racist History Behind Herschel Walker’s “I’m Not That Smart” Debate Comment
- Why Trump-Endorsed Candidates Are Worried (“GOP candidates fear their association with the ex-president will turn off sane voters on account of the election lies, the classified documents, and the QAnon business.”)
- In Wisconsin, Election Skeptics Deploy as Poll Watchers for Midterms
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Elaine Luria are “Climate Champs” – CCAN Action Fund (To put it mildly, Spanberger’s and Luria’s MAGA Republican opponents are NOT friends of the environment!)
- Jen Kiggans Stands With Local Candidate Accused of Elder Abuse and Stealing over $900,000 From Elderly Family Member (DPVA: Kiggans will “even throw away her oath as a geriatric nurse to support a crook who took advantage of her own family elderly members”)
- Lindsey Graham, Who’s Proposed National Abortion Ban After 15 Weeks, Issues Call to Arms to Republicans Like Jen Kiggans, Who Agrees with Him: “Stand Up and Be Counted, the Pro-Life Movement is Counting on You”
- Glenn Youngkin Is a Country-Club Radical
- Glenn Youngkin Won As A ‘Normal’ Republican. Now He’s Endorsing ‘Big Lie’ Booster Kari Lake.
- Does Governor Youngkin Endorse Kari Lake’s 2020 Election Conspiracy Theories and Anti-Abortion Extremism? (Short answer: YES!)
- Opinion/Editorial: GOP hopefuls show no signs of moderation (“Meanwhile, Glenn Youngkin hopes to pose as a moderate candidate for President of the United States in 2024, just as he posed as a moderate in Virginia’s 2021 governor’s race. Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice?”)
- Glenn Youngkin to Campaign for One of the Most Extreme, Trumpist/MAGA, Bats**t Candidates in America – Kari Lake in AZ (Among other things, Lake (falsely) believes abortion is “the ultimate sin,” the 2020 election was stolen, COVID vaccines are dangerous, etc.)
- Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin joins GOP’s war on transgender students (“With restrictions on bathrooms, sports teams and the recognition of preferred pronouns, the governor is cynically targeting students who already struggle with inordinately high suicide rates.”)
- Glenn Youngkin Is Playing a Dangerous Game
- Crusading for parental rights may cloak other motives (“These claims aren’t new — and in the past they’ve hidden other motives, including religion and anti-immigrant sentiment”)
- CASEY: ‘Election activists’ bombard Virginia registrars with demands for information
- How would Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new model policy around transgender students affect your school-age kids?
- Can Youngkin change transgender student policies across Virginia?
- Northern Va. school systems still reviewing new policies on transgender students
- Local school districts react to model policy proposal around transgender students
- Harris Miller, Who Chaired the Fairfax Dems, Helped Design the Senior Executive Service, Ran for Congress in 1984 and US Senate in 2006, Dies at 71 (Condolences to Miller’s friends and family.)
- Long-time tech leader Harris Miller dies at 71
- Virginia Aquarium treats a record number of sea turles
- Virginia is sending out millions of $250 tax rebates. Here’s how to find out if you’ll get one.
- Creigh Deeds announces reelection campaign
- Miyares plays ‘election integrity’ politics to romance the MAGA base
- Richmond Planning Commission delays action on Lee Circle plan
- Richmonders flood the streets to focus attention on gun-violence deaths
- ‘Shopping cart killer’ suspect indicted in 2 deaths; new charge added
- Spotsylvania County hires superintendent with no public education experience
- NAACP threatens legal action if Mathews County gives statue to pro-Confederacy groups
- D.C.-area forecast: Two more hotter days before big late-week cooling
