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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 21.
- Assisted tree migration increasingly being considered as climate warms
- National TV news coverage of Pakistan’s historic, devastating flooding largely lacked depth and urgency (The “news” networks were about 1,000,000 times more interested in the death of a powerless, ceremonial monarch in the UK. Apparently, it’s all about clicks/eyeballs, nothing whatsoever to do with actually being newsworthy.)
- Denmark becomes first U.N. member to pay for ‘loss and damage’ from climate change
- Al Gore sees the world at ‘tipping point’ for climate action
- Al Gore calls the World Bank chief a ‘climate denier.’ (“Mr. Gore said that Mr. Malpass, who was nominated to lead the World Bank by former President Donald J. Trump in 2019, had been unable to improve access to financing for developing countries to take on climate projects, a concern he has expressed before.”)
- John Kerry calls for reform of global financial bodies over climate change
- How Canada’s Oil Sands ‘Bankrolled the Assault on Truth’ (“A new book reveals how Imperial Oil, ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, and others used Canada’s oil sands to spawn a web of climate denial and delay.”)
- Kerry Sees Prospect for Thaw in Frozen US-China Climate Talks
- Climate change drives record North Atlantic marine heat wave
- Danish-based alliance seeks seven fold boost to offshore wind to 380GW by 2030 (“A new Danish-based initiative called the Global Offshore Wind Alliance is seeking to drive a seven fold increase in installed global offshore wind capacity to 380GW – from 57GW – by 2030.”)
- Europe burns cash to help businesses in deepening energy crisis
- At UN, hope peeks through the gloom despite a global morass
- Putin Calls Up More Troops as His War Effort in Ukraine Falters
- Russians believe they can win the war. Here are 3 reasons why. (“Three stories Russians tell themselves about the war in Ukraine — and why they point to a long conflict.”)
- Three Paths Toward an Endgame for Putin’s War
- Can Ukraine Break Through Again? (“A surprise advance this month exposed deep vulnerabilities in Russia’s overstretched military. Was it just the beginning?”)
- Putin sets partial military call-up, won’t ‘bluff’ on nukes
- Putin announces partial military mobilization for Russian citizens
- Ukraine Live Updates: Putin Calls Up More Troops as His War Effort Falters
- Kremlin Pushes for Staging Annexation Votes; U.S. Calls Them a ‘Sham’
- Chris Murphy’s warning: A GOP House would defund the Ukraine struggle
- Ukraine Latest: Putin’s Moves Are ‘Signs of Weakness,’ US Says
- UN Latest: Scholz Accuses Russia of ‘Sheer Imperialism’ in Debut
- Iran unrest: Women burn headscarves at anti-hijab protests (Courageous women!)
- Protests Erupt in Iranian Cities After Woman’s Death in Custody (That country’s government is truly evil.)
- Biden aims to rally world leaders behind Ukraine in U.N. remarks
- Biden at UN to call Russian war an affront to body’s charter
- Senate set to approve treaty fighting climate super-pollutants
- A storm of red tape and incompetence battered Puerto Rico long before Fiona
- John Roberts’s Long Game (“Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?” Congress needs to act, ASAP, both on protecting voting rights and also on reforming/fixing the f’ed-up Supreme Court.)
- Most Republicans Support Declaring the United States a Christian Nation (In other words, they want to destroy America.)
- Special Master Skeptical of Declassification Claims by Trump’s Lawyers
- Special master to Trump’s lawyers: ‘You can’t have your cake and eat it’
- Trump’s lawyers just gave away the game, exposing his Achilles’ heel (“How ‘lawyering by Fox News’ is backfiring on Trump.”)
- Trump’s Pick for the Mar-a-Lago Special Master Was a Spectacular Own Goal
- Trump has more legal problems of his own making
- Trump’s Classified Documents Defense Is Unraveling Faster Than You Can Say “Lock Him Up” (“The special master the ex-president wanted appointed is calling his bluff.”)
- ‘As Far as I’m Concerned, That’s the End of It’: Skeptical Special Master Presses Trump’s Lawyers on Declassification Evasions at Hearing
- A new and improved version of Electoral Count Act reform
- Manchin, allies turn up the heat on permitting reform
- Republicans could notch a policy win. Instead, they want vengeance.
- GOP faces internal rift on government spending
- CNN Exclusive: DHS rejects plan to protect election officials from harassment as midterms loom (That’s very unfortunate.)
- The next big threat to democracy: Under-the-radar election sabotage (“Stochastic election sabotage from local election officials taken in by conspiracy theories could be a major threat.”)
- Trump to Face Sexual Battery Suit Under New ‘Survivors’ Law
- Aftermath of 2020 election left Fox News between Trump and the truth
- Cheney is right: Not holding Trump accountable will be our downfall
- Cheney: On Jan. 6, fellow House member objecting to election called Trump ‘the orange Jesus’
- “What’s Plan B?” Asks Michigan AG Candidate Before Declaring It Should Be Banned Like Fentanyl (Deranged.)
- Video appears to undercut Trump elector’s account of alleged voting-data breach in Georgia
- Migrants sue Florida governor over Martha’s Vineyard flights
- He Could Be Our First Jewish President. But First He Needs to Beat a Christian Nationalist. (“Devoutly Jewish, Josh Shapiro wants to persuade voters that his opponent’s Christian nationalism doesn’t represent the values of the state.”)
- The story that even ‘the Donald Trump news network’ wouldn’t publish (Just a reminder not to watch any “news” product by Sinclair stations, such as WJLA-7 in the DC area.)
- Justice Dept. Charges 48 in Brazen Pandemic Aid Fraud in Minnesota
- The Performative Sadism of Ron DeSantis (“The Florida governor and MAGA heir is betting his political future on hurting vulnerable people to own the libs.” Pure evil.)
- McConnell-linked super PAC pulls out of Arizona Senate race
- Republicans Decide to Live in a Fantasy World Where They Actually Did Own the Libs (They almost never do “own the libs”)
- Blockbuster report: Fox executives and top anchor Bret Baier tried to subvert decision desk election calls in 2020 (“The reports — and the actions Fox took with regard to its decision desk following the 2020 election — demolish the network’s argument that its ‘news side’ is a credible journalistic operation walled off from the “opinion side’s” Republican Party propaganda machine.”)
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says He Currently Expects No “Ridiculous, Stupid Government Shutdown”; Russian Referendum Would Be “Sham”; US Needs Permitting Reform… (Sen. Warner also says Youngkin’s new model policies for transgender students seem to, if anything, RESTRICT parents’ rights.)
- Sen. Kaine says mixed messaging on Taiwan from Biden, WH staff ‘all part of strategic ambiguity’
- Amid military suicides, Reps. Elaine Luria and Bobby Scott advocate for mental heath support
- Video: New Ad Highlights Yesli Vega’s “support for a total abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest and Vega’s comments saying she doubts a woman can even get pregnant from rape”
- Video – DCCC Releases New TV Ad in VA-02: “Trust” (Kiggans “[o]pening the door for new laws that would put doctors and nurses in jail for providing care to patients, even in cases of rape, incest, or when a woman’s life is at risk.”)
- Clashing with Gavin Grimm decision, Virginia’s new transgender school policies trouble civil rights groups
- Youngkin, in Loudoun, defends transgender policies, election watchdog (First of all, it’s not a “watchdog” – why is this “news” headline accepting right-wing framing? Second, the “transgender policies” are indefensible.)
- Opponents of Youngkin administration transgender student policies weigh options
- Glenn Youngkin Adds Another Extremist to the Growing List of MAGA Candidates He’s Campaigning For: Trump-Endorsed, Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion, “Big Lie”-Spreading, “A+” NRA-Rated Derek Schmidt in KS
- Planned Parenthood of VA Statement on Gov. Glenn Youngkin Putting Transgender Kids and Families’ Lives At Risk With Hateful, Shameful and Cruel Policies (“Transgender and non-binary students deserve to feel respected, supported and safe in school.”)
- Opinion: Virginia’s investment in Black women pays dividends
- What Virginia wants to do with $100 million in electric vehicle charging money (“New public charging stations expected to be installed in Virginia starting in 2023”)
- Virginia weatherization program is changing lives, but Gov. Youngkin wants to cut off its funding source (“A Virginia program that uses money from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to help low-income residents with deferred maintenance and energy efficiency overhauls has been hailed by advocates as a national model.”)
- Are There Better Places to Put Large Solar Farms Than These Forests? (“The conflict Ms. Pettus described is becoming increasingly common in rural Virginia, where a recent boom in solar farm construction has given many people pause. Conservationists and farmland advocates argue that the solar gold rush is displacing valuable forests and farms when panels could instead be going on already developed or degraded land, including abandoned industrial sites and landfills. Some even warn that a decades-long push to protect the Chesapeake Bay could be undermined by panel-driven forest loss.”)
- Virginia prison agency discriminated against female employee in tampon case, jury rules
- At second annual Sovereign Nations of Virginia Conference, Tribes address role in conservation
- Researchers eye Dominion offshore wind farm, whimbrel migratory pattern
- A Virginia county maneuvers to protect a Confederate statue at its courthouse (“Mathews County is considering an unconventional way to preserve its courthouse Confederate statue by deeding the land under it to the Sons of Confederate Veterans”)
- Opinion/Editorial: Fake shooter calls need investigation and prosecution
- A murderer describes his crime, then claims it was for a man he never met
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and warm today before tomorrow’s season-changing cold front
