by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 7.
- For first time on record, Greenland saw extensive melting in September
- The Supply Chain to Beat Climate Change Is Already Being Built (“Look at the numbers. The huge increases in fossil fuel prices this year hide the fact that the solar industry is winning the energy transition.”)
- Green hydrogen industry is sick of feasibility studies, wants backing for showcase projects
- Europe Is Sacrificing Its Ancient Forests for Energy (Totally insane.)
- The World Is Getting Less Flat
- The US Dollar’s Strength Is Rippling Across the World
- Pakistan looks ‘like a sea’ after floods, PM says, as 18 more die
- Deadly Pakistan floods show how climate change hits poorest nations the hardest
- Putin approves new foreign policy doctrine based on ‘Russian World’
- Ukrainians Are Defending the Values Americans Claim to Hold (“You cannot just remain silent, you cannot remain still. You have to do something.”)
- The fighting continues, but Ukraine has already won its war of independence
- Shelling goes on near Ukraine nuclear plant, despite risks
- Putin, Xi to meet in Uzbekistan next week, official says
- Defiant Putin Says His War in Ukraine Will Strengthen Russia (Completely delusional.)
- Putin claims the U.S. wants to preserve global ‘dictatorship’ and is sacrificing Europe (Nutjob with nukes. What could possibly go wrong?)
- Putin calls for review of Ukraine grain deal, accuses West of deception
- Ukraine war and energy crisis on Truss agenda as British PM speaks to Biden (“The new British prime minister also spoke to Volodymyr Zelenskiy on her first day in office, pledging UK ‘assistance for the long term’”)
- New cabinet: Who is in Liz Truss’s top team?
- Liz Truss’s cabinet is Britain’s first without white man in top jobs
- UK leader Truss holds 1st Cabinet meeting amid energy crisis
- Suspect in deadly Canada stabbings has long criminal record
- Bolsonaro Isn’t Preparing for a Coup. He’s Preparing for a Revolution. (Very, very, very dangerous.)
- Clean Energy Projects Surge After U.S. Climate Bill Passage
- The updated booster shot is a reset for how to manage covid
- California heatwave enters intense phase bringing blackouts and wildfires (This is the climate crisis.)
- Utah’s Great Salt Lake Is Disappearing, With Mounting Economic Costs (“The Great Salt Lake is an economic powerhouse for Utah and industries around the country. But the lake is shrinking, threatening the ecology and economy of the Salt Lake City region. WSJ breaks down the costly—and dangerous—toll of the disappearing lake.”)
- Former Pentagon Leaders Warn of a Dangerous Era
- Senate Republicans’ same-sex marriage poker face
- A longtime conservative insider warns: The GOP can’t be saved
- A Democratic president who does not back down changes everything
- No, Biden didn’t condemn the entire GOP. But he understands the threat it poses.
- Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
- A Trump judge’s appalling Mar-a-Lago order signals a grim future (“In every controversy, Republicans will start by preparing lawsuits and shopping for a hack judge who will rule in their favor.”)
- FBI found document on foreign nuclear defenses at Mar-a-Lago – report
- It’s Good to Be the Former President (“An ominous ruling gives Trump his first major victory in the case of the missing documents.”)
- Crimes of the powerful: Why the Mar-a-Lago “special master” decision is so dreadful (“Our justice system is already deeply unfair. Insisting on a higher bar for Trump’s prosecution only makes it worse”)
- Trump’s Special Master Situation Is Shady as Fuck, Say Legal Experts (“Monday’s ruling may delay the criminal investigation into the ex-president for months, if not years.”)
- The Solution to the Trump Judge Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About (“There are solutions out there for the problem of Trump’s runaway judges. Expanding the courts—even just the lower courts—is the most bulletproof. Congress has periodically added seats to the federal judiciary from its inception to help judges keep up with ever-ballooning caseloads…There are other worthy ideas too. Term limits for justices and lower court judges. Limits on courts’ jurisdiction to strike down democratically enacted laws. Modest reforms that restrict the Supreme Court’s ability to suppress voting rights before an election. Let’s hear them all.”)
- Five things to know about Aileen M. Cannon, the judge who granted Trump a special master
- Judge’s order for Trump special master viewed as deeply flawed by legal experts
- Why Trump’s FBI investigation could now be delayed for months or even years (“Trump Judge Aileen Cannon’s order is egregiously wrong and could be overturned on appeal. But it helps Trump run out the clock”)
- GOP offers strained Trump defenses in Mar-a-Lago probe — for now
- A Ruling Untethered to the Law (“One of the most dispiriting aspects of the decision yesterday by Federal District Court Judge Aileen Cannon—which granted former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a special master to review the evidence seized from Mar-a-Lago by the FBI”)
- The Trump search case judge doesn’t get the national security stakes
- Barr’s broadside raises the stakes of Mar-a-Lago drama (“Since Trump’s refusal to accept defeat in 2020, the former Attorney General has emerged as one of his most acerbic and significant critics”)
- Elected officials, police chiefs on leaked Oath Keepers list
- The Oath Keepers Data Leak: Unmasking Extremism in Public Life
- Dobbs makes all the difference. Both sides know it. (“Women can make the difference.”)
- Republican apologists’ defenses of Trump lies go unchallenged. Still. (“The media is not up to the job.”)
- What if the midterm elections aren’t about Biden after all? (“Everything that has happened lately has conspired to make the election more about Trump and the Republicans — which is good for Democrats.”)
- The Long Unraveling of the Republican Party
- The midterm elections need workers. Teens, veterans and lawyers are stepping up
- ‘It concerns me a lot’: Republicans anxious about cash-strapped NRSC amid Scott’s feud with McConnell
- GOP tries to neutralize Scott-McConnell ‘distraction’ amid battle for Senate
- Senate Republicans point fingers as majority hopes slip
- ‘Turnout is going to be through the roof’
- Steve Bannon faces state indictment in N.Y., will surrender Thursday
- Oz declines to say whether he’ll back McConnell for Senate majority leader
- Dr. Oz on Incest: More Than First Cousin? ‘Not a Big Problem.’
- Maura Healey to face Trump-backed Republican in deep-blue Massachusetts
- Trump Says Geoff Diehl Will Rule Massachusetts With ‘Iron Fist’ If Elected (Nope, TOTALLY not fascist! LOL)
- Judge Unseats Official Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6
- Judge removes Griffin from office for engaging in the January 6 insurrection
- Cowboys for Trump co-founder barred from public office over Jan. 6
- Meta is profiting off ads baselessly slandering LGBTQ people as “groomers,” despite the company’s ban on the slur
- Tucker Carlson complains about corporate diversity policies while his job listings say “we are deeply committed to diversity”
- New CNN chief’s first major hire is retired cop who recently lied about the NYPD spying on Muslims after 9/11 (CNN is almost completely f’ed at this point.)
- Jan. 6 defendant turned in by ex he called a ‘moron’ gets nine months in prison
- Ted Cruz says he will vote against bill to codify same-sex marriage protections
- Rape, incest exceptions out of South Carolina abortion bill
- 91 Texas state troopers responded to the Uvalde massacre. Their bosses have deflected scrutiny and blame.
- Yesli Vega Embraces Endorsement from Anti-Choice Group that Opposes Contraception (!) (Meanwhile, “Yet another local editorial board is slamming Yesli Vega (VA-07) for her extreme, hardline agenda”)
- Abortion remains prominent in the VA-07 race
- Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) Releases Reports Showing the Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower Health Care Costs for Local Families (Far-right VA10 GOP(Q) nominee Hung Cao would have opposed this, of course.)
- Video: New TV/Digital Ad Hits VA02 GOP Nominee Jen Kiggans for Her Extreme Stance on Abortion (Nurse says Kiggans supports “allowing doctors and nurses like me to be prosecuted even in cases of rape and incest”)
- Video: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Releases Her 7th and 8th TV Ads of the 2022 Cycle (The ads “highlight Elaine Luria’s commitment to delivering for Coastal Virginia and Jen Kiggans’ abortion extremism”)
- Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA03)’s Legendary Labor Day Cookout Kicks Off 2022 Campaign Season in Virginia (Among the 1,000 in attendance were Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Elaine Luria, VA Senate President Pro Tem L. Louise Lucas, VA House Dem Leader Don Scott, etc.)
- Editorial: The looming election – Daily Press
- Schapiro: Congressional hopefuls toil at Labor Day launch
- Youngkin has no business stumping for racist politico in Maine
- As offshore wind power approaches, some call for more competition
- Elk were nearly wiped out in Virginia but now a herd is thriving
- More than 1.1 million Virginians lack access to fixed-route transit service
- Should Virginia consolidate some of its juvenile justice facilities?
- Gas prices still dropping in Fredericksburg region, beyond
- Fairfax Democrats Congratulate Delegate Mark Keam for Over a Decade of Public Service; Keam Leaving to Join Biden Administration (At least two Democrats – Holly Seibold and Karl Frisch – are likely to run for this deep-“blue” seat.)
- Fairfax County School Board Member Karl Frisch Announces Run for Seat Vacated by Del. Mark Keam; Endorsed by Rep. Don Beyer, Former Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, Fairfax County Chair Jeff McKay, etc.
- Democrat Mark Keam stepping down from Virginia House
- Encouraging a necessary name change at Arlington House
- D.C.-area forecast: Cloudier and cooler today, then brighter and nicer late week
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