by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 14.
- Fast transition to renewables will save the world $18 trillion, says Oxford study
- World shares fall, tracking Wall St dismay over price data
- How Europe Stumbled Into an Energy Catastrophe
- Ukraine war: EU moves to cut peak electricity use by 5%
- EU lays out energy crisis plan, says solidarity with Ukraine unshakeable
- Putin has been embarrassed in Ukraine. So have his Western apologists.
- Putin, tone deaf and isolated, pursues war ‘goals’ and refuses to lose
- Rapid loss of territory in Ukraine reveals spent Russian military
- Here’s what Russian soldiers left behind when they withdrew from Izyum
- Counteroffensive and Russian retreat may reveal Moscow’s limits, analysts say
- Russia spent millions in secret global political campaign, U.S. official says
- Exclusive: As war began, Putin rejected a Ukraine peace deal recommended by aide
- First on CNN: Former Gov. Bill Richardson held meetings in Moscow this week with Russian leadership
- Hasty Russian retreat leaves a devastated Ukrainian village
- Kharkiv offensive: Ukraine targets east after rapid counter-offensive
- Ukraine’s Achievement Is Biden’s, Too
- Scholz tells Putin to withdraw as Germany faces calls to send Ukraine tanks (Exactly – send more weapons!)
- Curtain protecting the dignity of Russia’s military has been pulled back
- Russian businessman’s body found in latest mysterious death
- Armenia, Azerbaijan trade blame for renewed shelling
- Xi Returns to World Stage With Putin to Counter US Dominance (“Xi to meet Russian president Thursday on sidelines of summit”)
- EXCLUSIVE U.S. weighs China sanctions to deter Taiwan action, Taiwan presses EU
- Google loses challenge against EU antitrust decision, other probes loom
- As Europe tilts right, Putin is heartened (“A strong showing in Sweden’s elections by an alliance that includes an extreme-right party might portend an even more consequential hard-line swing in Italy, whose elections are Sept. 25.”)
- Battery Recycling Race Heats Up After Inflation Reduction Act
- Stunning stat: Child poverty hit record low in 2021 (“Pandemic-era expanded government benefits, from stimulus checks to an expanded child tax credit, were major drivers in reducing child poverty in 2020 and 2021.”)
- The stunning drop in child poverty is a huge story
- John Roberts Can’t Admit What’s Happened to the Supreme Court
- How Far Will the Supreme Court’s Conservatives Go in Dismantling Anthony Kennedy’s Legacy?
- Judge Unseals Additional Portions Of Mar-A-Lago Affidavit (“A federal judge has unsealed additional portions of an FBI affidavit laying out the basis for a search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home.”)
- The big takeaway from Trump’s legal filings: He has no defense
- ‘Irreparable harm’: Justice Department warns against further delay in Trump documents probe
- Trump fully embraces QAnon on Truth Social — hours after obsessed supporter allegedly killed wife
- Trump calls Biden “an enemy of the state.” Media, as usual, looks the other way (“Trump keeps threatening violence — and media keeps giving jobs to his stooges. What’s wrong with this picture?”)
- Biden’s approval is shifting, but the media’s narrative is not
- The case for Democratic optimism — and pessimism — in the midterms
- Election deniers advanced to November ballots in 27 states, report finds
- New revelations show Biden was right: Trump does threaten democracy
- Trump faces a new threat: Scrutiny of ‘stop the steal’ money scam (“New subpoenas aimed at Save America PAC’s fundraising grift spell trouble ahead.”)
- Analysis: Fierce Primaries, Abortion and Inflation Transformed the 2022 Map
- Conservatives aim to sweep state superintendent offices in November (VERY dangerous.)
- Mainstream Democrats romped in the primaries. Republicans went full MAGA.
- The GOP Eyes a National Abortion Ban
- Graham creates unwelcome political problem for McConnell, GOP
- Lindsey Graham, World-Renowned Hypocrite, Says He Looks Forward to Passing Nationwide Abortion Ban
- Graham Climbs Out on a Limb with Abortion Ban Bill
- Lindsey Graham’s national abortion ban bill makes the midterm stakes very clear
- Graham Proposes 15-Week Abortion Ban, Splitting Republicans
- Graham’s abortion ban stuns Senate GOP
- Three January 6 rioters charged in assault on officers found guilty of multiple offenses
- Justice Department criminal investigation now touches nearly all efforts to overturn 2020 election for Trump
- Nevada 2022: US Senate & Gubernatorial Elections in Statistical Dead Heat
- Unlikely alliance resists Manchin-Schumer energy deal, putting government funding bill on shaky ground
- Bolduc holds small lead as New Hampshire primary sets up Senate majority fight
- Mike Lindell: Feds Seized My Cellphone at Hardee’s
- Lewinsky says Starr’s death painful ‘for those who love him’
- Ken Starr Was a Political Hack Who Did Some Embarrassing Crap
- It’s on: Walker and Warnock to debate in Savannah on Oct. 14
- Ken Starr, Independent Counsel in Clinton Investigation, Dies at 76
- Former Gov. Phil Bryant helped Brett Favre secure welfare funding for USM volleyball stadium, texts reveal
- West Virginia becomes second state to pass strict abortion ban since fall of Roe
- The first abortion ban passed after Roe takes effect Thursday in Indiana
- Louisiana woman carrying skull-less fetus forced to travel to New York for an abortion (“Nancy Davis suffered ‘unspeakable pain’ due to the poorly worded law that meant a hospital in her home state refused to terminate the pregnancy”)
- Fox Business host falsely claims inflation rate has been 100% in past year, warns of revolution in the streets
- Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine Secure Nearly $135 Million for Virginia in Senate FY2023 Budget Bills (Funding will help “generate jobs, support Virginia’s tourism economy, make neighborhoods safer, and bring communities together”)
- ICYMI: Kiggans Calls Abortion a “Shiny Object,” Says that Abortion Isn’t An Issue “Voters Really Care About” (DPVA: “Voters will reject Kiggans extreme agenda of ripping away women’s reproductive rights.”)
- VA02 GOP Nominee Jen Kiggans (Dishonestly) Claims It’s Not Her Job to Focus on Abortion in Congress; Republicans Introduce a National Abortion Ban…In Congress
- Video: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Releases 9th Television Ad, Highlights Her Commitment to First Responders and Law Enforcement
- U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria to receive additional security in Norfolk after receiving threats (“The Norfolk City Council voted Tuesday night to accept up to $68,000 from U.S. Capitol Police to pay deputies as independent contractors to provide protection for the Democratic congresswoman, who lives in Norfolk.”)
- Youngkin headlines gala for group backing 15-week nationwide abortion ban
- Youngkin slams VA Dems for ‘desperate’ attack on his campaigning for GOP midterm candidates (“Youngkin’s office told Fox News Digital the governor personally paid for his political travel”)
- This Evening, Glenn Youngkin Will Headline Annual Gala of Group Whose “mission is to end abortion” (This group is currently working with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on a bill to ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks. )
- Virginia’s ‘Election Integrity Unit’ achieves the opposite of its stated purpose
- Virginia is required to follow California EV standard, dealers prepare for electric future
- Virginia tax rebates on the way; state revenues up, but so is inflation
- Libertarian Party of Virginia dissolving after national party’s ‘bigoted’ turn, ex-chair says
- Misinformation top concern for local registrars heading into election season
- Schapiro: Long-ago LGBTQ fight could shape Youngkin’s anti-green push
- A bipartisan educational policy agenda for Virginia
- McGuire’s event scrubbed due to complaints (McGuire is an insurrectionist who was literally at the US Capitol on 1/6/21.)
- Fairfax Co. board votes to rename Lee-Jackson, Lee highways (“The vote was 9 to 1, with the sole ‘no’ vote cast by the board’s only Republican supervisor, Pat Herrity.” Herrity thinks Confederates are cool, apparently.)
- Most Fairfax Co. parents agree their child’s school is safe, survey finds (“Over 90% of Fairfax County, Virginia, parents who responded to a family engagement survey agreed their child feels safe at school and their child’s school is safe.”)
- Advocacy groups say Fairfax is not doing enough to curb deportations
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and spectacular for several straight days
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