by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 28.
- Half of world’s bird species in decline as destruction of avian life intensifies (“State of the World’s Birds report warns human actions and climate crisis putting 49% in decline, with one in eight bird species under threat of extinction”)
- West condemns staged referendums, calls Nord Stream explosions ‘deliberate act’
- Putin’s War Is a Crime Against the Planet
- Nord Stream leaks: Sabotage to blame, says EU
- European Union vows retaliation if energy network attacked
- C.I.A. warned European governments of potential attacks on undersea pipelines.
- Ukraine’s New Offensive Threatens Moscow’s Control of Lands It Seeks to Annex
- Russia prepares to annex occupied Ukraine despite outcry
- Mass exodus of draft-eligible men continues from Russia as fears grow that it may close borders
- Opinion: The most likely nuclear scenario
- Russia’s Mobilization and Plunging Oil Prices Weaken Putin’s Economic Hand
- How US is using strategic ambiguity to counter Putin’s nuclear threats
- Why Putin’s nuclear warnings have the West worried
- Putin’s chaotic mobilization reveals the weakness of his dictatorship
- Putin is limping toward an endgame in Ukraine. Should the West go along? (“The Russian ruler wants out of Ukraine, on his own terms.”)
- Russia Declares Victory in Sham Ukraine ‘Referendums’
- Putin’s Recruits Are Heading for Slaughter
- Putin’s draft could upend the deal that kept him in power
- Pelosi flexes power with world tour that could be swan song
- N Korea test launches missile on eve of Harris trip to Seoul
- Truss learns the hard way that Britain isn’t America
- Bank launches emergency intervention in markets after Kwarteng mini-budget (“Bank of England will start buying long-dated UK government bonds, starting on Thursday”)
- Mohammed bin Salman named prime minister ahead of Khashoggi lawsuit
- Giorgia Meloni’s win will make her a new Republican favorite (Republicans are drawn to fascists.)
- Hurricane Ian: Cuba suffers complete blackout after storm
- Hurricane Ian forecast to strike Florida as Category 4 storm; Orlando area under hurricane warning
- Hurricane Ian gets nasty quickly, turbocharged by warm water
- Consumers are growing more optimistic about the US economy
- Is the Fed’s Cure for Inflation Worse Than the Disease?
- US Consumer Confidence Rises a Second Month to Most Since April
- U.S. core capital goods orders surge; consumer confidence rises further
- U.S. mood ticks up with lower gas prices
- Biden Says Social Security Is on ‘Chopping Block’ if Republicans Win Congress
- More than $8bn pledged to Joe Biden’s goal of ending hunger (“White House officials announced the donations came from private corporations and non-profits alike”)
- The Jan. 6 committee is moving into its final stage
- Six Teams and ‘The Monster’: The Inner Workings of the January 6 Committee’s Investigation (“In an edited excerpt from his new book, ‘The Breach’, a former committee senior advisor details how investigators sifted through an avalanche of information.”)
- Jan. 6 committee postpones planned hearing as Hurricane Ian advances
- From American sectionalism grows American fascism
- After sharp right turn, U.S. Supreme Court conservatives step on the gas
- The Supreme Court case that’s likely to handcuff the Clean Water Act
- ‘Afraid of losing their power’: Judge decries GOP leaders who back Trump election claims
- Roger Stone Promoted Violence, Then Sought Pardon After Jan. 6, Evidence Shows
- A new story of Trump-era DOJ political pressure requires a hard look
- Trump Saw Staffers of Color at White House, Assumed They Were Waiters, Book Says
- ‘I hope you suffer’: Ex-D.C. officer confronts Jan. 6 attacker in court
- Trump fan who assaulted Officer Fanone on Jan. 6 sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
- Newest addition to Trump’s legal team sidelined in Mar-a-Lago search case
- McConnell Endorses Electoral Count Overhaul, Lifting Chances of Enactment
- McConnell, Schumer back bill to prevent efforts to subvert presidential election results
- Democrats Unveil Bill to Restrict Trading by Lawmakers, Presidents
- Senate advances deal to fund government ahead of Friday deadline to avert shutdown
- Mountain Valley Pipeline Sweetheart Deal Pulled from Must-Pass Senate Bill (“The supposed justifications for this move by Manchin and his dirty energy allies…are all false”)
- The unlikely allies who sank Joe Manchin’s energy deal (“Progressives and Republicans came together to shoot down a bill on permitting reforms.”)
- McConnell, GOP give political payback to Manchin
- Federal proposal requiring Mountain Valley Pipeline completion halted
- Fox promoted false talking point that protesting parents were labeled terrorists more than 400 times (“A Trump-appointed judge just debunked the falsehood – but Fox is still pushing it”)
- From DeSantis to McCarthy to Trump, a week that defined the GOP-Democrat divide in 2022
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Used His Wife as a Decoy to Avoid Being Served Abortion-Suit Subpoena (“Ken Paxton really didn’t want to be served a subpoena over Texas’s draconian abortion law.”)
- The Memo: DeSantis faces make-or-break moment as Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida
- Gadsden County commissioner appointed by Gov. DeSantis resigns after KKK costume photo emerges
- In 2019, Doug Mastriano said women who violated proposed abortion ban should be charged with murder
- In new filing, Doug Mastriano says he accepted campaign donation from antisemitic Gab CEO Andrew Torba
- Blake Masters Strains to Win Over Arizona’s Independent Voters
- Mehmet Oz shows Republicans are caught in a trap of their own making (“When Mehmet Oz says John Fetterman’s diabolical plan to destroy America is revealed by his hoodie, something is going on.”)
- Liz Cheney’s harsh takedown of Trump’s 2022 candidates draws blood (“How Cheney unmasked the dangerous radicalism of Doug Mastriano and Kari Lake.”)
- Schapiro: For Spanberger, the road back to DC runs through Richmond
- Editorial: Dodging media, debates undercuts democracy
- Editorial: Resilience before the storm (“Investment in resilience before a storm can mitigate the need to spend on disaster relief after one, a lesson Virginia should take to heart.”)
- Anti-Abortion Extremist Yesli Vega “Bristles” When Questioned About Her Rape Comments (Vega tries to deny she (falsely) said rape victims less likely to get pregnant, “even though audio of her remarks was made public.”)
- “Yesli Vega supported the insurrectionists who tried to cancel your vote and overturn an election” (Vega “defended the criminals who attacked the Capitol”)
- Column: Miyares power grab? Virginia joins effort to attack local prosecutors
- Miyares joins AGs in letter criticizing credit card tracking of gun purchases
- Georgia’s Kemp takes aim for suburbs — with help from Virginia’s Youngkin
- Virginia has issued 5,600 nonbinary driver’s licenses and IDs since 2020
- Video, Photos: 1000+ Students Walk Out of Virginia Schools to Protest Youngkin’s Proposed Anti-Transgender Policies (Also, people have submitted over 17k comments, mostly against Youngkin’s proposed policies.)
- Virginia Democrats: “Governor Youngkin Seriously Miscalculated” (“His policy attacking some of the youngest and most vulnerable members of the LGBTQ community is out of step with Virginians and is just plain cruel.”)
- Opinion/Editorial: Some trans kids face risks without schools’ support
- Virginia students stage walkouts to protest Youngkin’s proposed policies on trans students
- Virginia Chapter of Voters of Tomorrow Strongly Condemns Youngkin’s Immoral and Illegal Proposal on Trans and Non-Binary Students (Also praises the Pride Liberation Project’s student-led walkouts across Commonwealth)
- Va. students walk out of classes in protest of Youngkin transgender policy (“More than 20,000 responses to the policy have been submitted in the first two days of public comment”)
- Glenn Youngkin hosts donor retreat amid presidential speculation (This WaPo article is basically everything wrong with political “journalism” – “Is Glenn of presidential timber?”, the obvious answer is “HELL NO!” Also gotta love the quote by extremist Newt Gingrich, without noting that he’s an extremist. And in general, it’s “access journalism” run amok, almost completely non-critical, etc. Abysmal.)
- Youngkin is ‘hugging everyone’ as he tries to build a brand as the GOP’s great unifier (This article is also abysmally bad…and exactly what people fear CNN is becoming under its new, right-wing leadership.)
- Twelve Weeks of Hell That Almost Got Me to Give Up Nursing Altogether (“This shouldn’t have to be made clear, but I guess I need to say it aloud: luck eventually runs out.”)
- Advocates want guarantee Dominion’s offshore wind project will live up to its promise (“The utility behind the country’s largest offshore wind project is in a standoff with regulators and advocates over a condition that would prevent customers from paying a higher price if the project underperforms expectations.”)
- Officer’s body cam footage shows Williams confronted by police (“Video captured conversation between the lawmaker and police minutes after the alleged assault on fellow legislator.”)
- A Newport News lawmaker got diagnosed with a hormonal disorder as a teen. Now she’s raising awareness about it.
- ‘Trans rights are human rights’: NoVa students join statewide walkout over Youngkin’s school policy
- Arlington students walk out to protest proposed state guidelines on transgender students
- Report: More background, reference checks after Fairfax Co. school counselor dismissal
- Video shows 2 vandalizing Ashe mural in Richmond in 2021
- D.C.-area forecast: Mild afternoons and cool nights before weekend rain from Ian
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