by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 13.
- Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals (“Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists” Let’s guess – humans will NOT take urgent action?)
- What big, scary numbers showing the decline of wildlife leave out
- China needs $17 trillion in investments to meet climate goals, World Bank says
- U.N. members vote overwhelmingly to condemn Russia’s annexation in Ukraine
- Ukraine Says It Will Take Weeks to Fully Restore Power After Attacks
- Fresh strikes near Kyiv as Putin meets Erdogan (Why is a NATO member president meeting with war criminal Putin?)
- Ukraine’s Kyiv area hit by Iranian-made kamikaze drones
- After war, after Putin, what’s next for Russia?
- Now Putin Is Holding Europe’s Biggest Nuclear Plant Hostage
- America Is Giving the World a Stomachache (“How the Fed could accidentally break the global economy”)
- ‘Lula represents hope’: Brazil presidential frontrunner takes his message into Rio’s favelas
- EXPLAINER: Who is leading the crackdown on Iran’s protests?
- Iran’s Women Brave Extraordinary Risks to Protest
- North Korea takes inspiration from Putin’s nuke threats
- When Chinese protesters came up against Xi’s security machine
- Ousting under-fire UK PM Truss would be ‘disastrously bad idea’, minister says
- Liz Truss on collision course with Jacob Rees-Mogg over solar power ban (“PM wants to prevent panels on 58% of farmland but business secretary says renewables need to be boosted” Truss is an imbecile.)
- Holocaust survivor oversees start of rightist Italian parliament (“A Holocaust survivor presided over the opening of Italy’s new parliament on Thursday, recalling the dangers of fascism as the most right-wing coalition since World War Two took of the upper and lower houses”)
- US will soon need to deter two major nuclear powers for first time, White House says
- Social Security recipients expected to get big benefit boost
- New Inflation Data Is Likely to Show Stubbornly Rising U.S. Prices
- Why the Fed and Biden won’t proclaim ‘mission accomplished’ even as inflation eases
- Inflation Data Could Give Clues on Fed Steps
- How to Make a Semi-Fascist Party (“The hostile, paranoid, and increasingly authoritarian path ahead for American conservatism.”)
- If Trump Runs Again, Do Not Cover Him the Same Way: A Journalist’s Manifesto
- Trump Aide Was Seen on Security Footage Moving Boxes at Mar-a-Lago
- Trump employee tells FBI that Trump directed boxes to be moved at Mar-a-Lago after subpoena served
- Trump worker told FBI about moving Mar-a-Lago boxes on ex-president’s orders
- Trump Threatened to Out Confidential Sources From Russia Investigation
- Judge rules Trump must sit for deposition in rape accuser’s lawsuit next week
- Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous (“Donald Trump’s litany of racist grievances is petty, boring and false. The scary part? He speaks for millions” Pathetic.)
- Former Trump Lawyer Speaks to DOJ, as Merrick Garland Continues to Fill in the Gaps (“The Trump legal team may be fraying at the edges, while the attorney general follows the threads.”)
- Jan. 6 hearing promises ‘surprising’ details before election
- 5 big questions left for the Jan. 6 committee
- House Jan. 6 Panel Plans a Sweeping Summation of Its Case Against Trump
- What to Watch for in the “Probably Final” Jan. 6 Hearing
- ‘Clear and present danger’: Jan. 6 committee to describe lingering Trump threat
- After defeat at Trump’s hands, Cheney returns to Jan. 6 dais to make case against him
- Editorial: Reporting the facts is Jan. 6 committee’s invaluable task
- McConnell admits it: The GOP’s Senate candidates are liabilities
- Some corporate leaders are funding Trump-backed election deniers in races for secretary of state, a role that administers elections (Wildly unacceptable.)
- Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families
- Live Updates: Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Victims’ Families Nearly $1 Billion
- What Tucker Carlson’s edit of Kanye West tells us about Fox News
- Spotify’s Joe Rogan has repeatedly spread the baseless conspiracy theory that January 6 was a false flag orchestrated by the FBI (Disgusting.)
- Kanye West Can Be Bipolar and Accountable for His Antisemitism (Being bipolar doesn’t make a person an anti-Semite.)
- Fourteen members of Laxalt family endorse Democratic rival, Cortez Masto, in Senate race
- NBC reporter’s interview with Fetterman draws criticism (And for very good reason. Utterly disgraceful behavior by the reporter and by NBC News.)
- We sat in on John Fetterman’s endorsement interview. Here’s what he said about Bob Casey, abortion, and inflation.
- Nury Martinez resigns from L.A. City Council in wake of audio leak scandal
- Los Angeles City Councilwoman Resigns Amid Uproar Over Racist Remarks
- QAnon and white nationalist-linked media provide friendly platform for Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake
- Maine GOP Congressional Candidate Compares Lobster Regulations To Child Rape (Deranged, disgusting comparison.)
- Sen. Ed Markey Keeps Pushing the Feds to Show a Little Spine on DeSantis’ Evil Stunt
- Opinion | Hurricane Ian Proved Why Ron DeSantis’s Version of Climate Resilience Is a Disaster
- Ron DeSantis’s migrant stunt is set to take another ugly turn
- The Herschel Walker Abortion Allegations Keep On Coming. Will Voters Care? (“The Republican Senate candidate is facing fresh claims that his ex-girlfriend repeatedly pressed him to pay for the abortion he wanted her to have. But a new poll suggests the latest developments around the scandal are hardly on every American’s radar.”)
- Thousands of Georgia voters’ eligibility challenged before election (Republicans trying to suppress the right to vote, mostly of Black people. It’s like we’re back in the 1930s or whatever.)
- New Marquette Law School Poll survey of Wisconsin voters finds Johnson leading Barnes in Senate race, Evers and Michels in a gubernatorial toss-up (If scumbag/insurrectionist Ron Johnson wins reelection, it can only be viewed as a massive missed opportunity for Democrats.)
- Ben Sasse is an affirmative action hire if there ever was one (“The Nebraska Republican clearly is not the best candidate to lead the University of Florida.”)
- I’m a lifelong Republican but sometimes party loyalty asks too much. I’m voting for Mandela Barnes and Tony Evers.
- Gabbard to stump for Trump-aligned New Hampshire Senate candidate (Just remember, Gabbard is a big fan of Syria’s brutal dictator.)
- CT governor candidate Bob Stefanowski acknowledges work on scrutinized Saudi-backed project
- Scoop: Peter Thiel offers to double down on Arizona Senate race (It’s crazy that our campaign finance laws allow a single individual to do this.)
- Chesapeake Bay leaders resolute even as cleanup targets become more elusive
- Video: On “Morning Joe,” Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Warner Discusses National Security Challenges (“Things [for Russia] are not going to get better…It’s going to be a wild few weeks.”)
- A survey for Virginia’s proponents of the Big Lie on the 2022 ballot
- Live Video: Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Debates Right-Wing Republican Jen Kiggans (Kiggans refuses to say whether the 2020 election was legitimate, lies about almost everything, demonstrates that she’s totally unfit to be in Congress.)
- In first debate, Luria and Kiggans battle over elections, abortion and inflation (The classic “candidates battle” framing in the headline, without saying that one of the candidates – in this case Kiggans – refused to say whether the 2020 election was legitimate, lied constantly, etc. Gotta love our political media – not. And yes, the Republican debate moderator’s framing was very much “both sides”/false equivalency.)
- In Virginia’s 2nd District, Luria, Kiggans meet for a fiery first debate (The WaPo headline goes with the neutral word “fiery” to avoid taking sides.)
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger Earns the Endorsement of 200+ Retired Military & National Security Leaders – Democrats, Independents and Republicans
- Spanberger’s October surprise might be Denver Riggleman
- Opinion/Editorial: Good complains of “hidin” Biden,” then skips debate
- Youngkin to Campaign for Hard-Right, Anti-Environment, Anti-Abortion, NRA “A”-Rated Oregon Republican Who “”wished ‘the best’ to right-wing extremist and Q-Anon conspiracist”
- New Wason Center Poll Finds “Virginians Split Not Only on Policy, But Even on What Issues Matter as November Approaches” (It also shows Dems with a “generic ballot” lead of 46%-40%, which is good, especially given that the poll implausibly has Biden at just 39%-56% approval, when the FiveThirtyEight average nationally has Biden at 45%-52% among likely voters. So…this poll appears to be quite Republican-friendly.)
- CNU poll: Va. voters lean Democratic for midterms, approve of Youngkin (Yeah, they “approve of Youngkin” in a very weak way compared to almost every previous governor at this point in their terms.)
- After 100,000 Voter Registration Applications Mysteriously Backlogged, League of Women Voters, Fair Elections Center Send Letter to Youngkin’s Commissioner of Elections Susan Beals (Letter calls on Beals to take several actions)
- Schapiro: A lot of sound and fury signifying … something (“Wilder, to get his fix of printer’s ink and some leverage over the Republican he was betting would win, did not endorse Democratic nominees for governor in 2009 and 2021. His refusal to do so was happily interpreted by Republicans as tacit support for their candidates those years, Bob McDonnell and Glenn Youngkin. It’s not entirely clear what Wilder got — or is getting — in return, other than an ego boost from seeing someone else’s crushed.”)
- Column: Youngkin’s transgender policies will Virginia students (Yes, the Richmond Times-Dispatch headline left out the key word after “will” – presumably “harm.” Very, very sloppy.)
- Youngkin commission looks to fight antisemitism, but critics disagree on strategy
- Editorial: Welcome to Youngkin’s Virginia
- Virginia men not guilty of interfering with 2020 election, but convicted on gun charges
- As pandemic wanes, ‘long COVID’ patients in Hampton Roads still struggle with mysterious symptoms
- Fairfax Co. chairman calls for changes to notification process for arrested teachers
- Loudoun Co. school board to weigh name changes for 10 schools
- Fairfax County firefighters could let union negotiate work conditions for first time in decades
- Missing former VCU basketball player Rob Brandenberg found safe in North Carolina
- Arlington CivFed’s Missing Middle discussion last night required rules of engagement
- City of Martinsville opposing reopening of Henry County wastewater plant
- Charlottesville head of police oversight board resigns for California job
- Falls Church approves deal to subsidize movie theater with tax dollars
- D.C.-area forecast: Showers today and maybe a gusty late-day storm
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