Tuesday News: “Putin threatens nuclear war. The West must deter disaster.”; “Trump’s violent rhetoric conjures chilling echoes as midterms loom”; “Herschel Walker’s Son Slams Him After Abortion Revelation”; Youngkin Declares War on Clean Energy

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, October 4.

• Hope amid climate chaos: ‘We are in a race between Armageddon and awesome’
• UN chief: Countries bound for COP27 must make climate action ‘the top global priority’
• UN chief: World is in `life-or-death struggle’ for survival
• Climate Activists Are Missing a Huge Source of Capital Driving Emissions (“Companies have borrowed $22 trillion to fund their activities and less than 5% is aligned with climate goals.”)
• Earth’s future depends on the Amazon. This month, it’s up for a vote. (“In Brazil’s upcoming runoff election, President Jair Bolsonaro could be voted out. Here’s what that means for the rainforest.”)
• Brazil’s runoff election between Bolsonaro and Lula could determine fate of the Amazon rainforest (“Bolsonaro ‘derided Indigenous people, environmentalists and science’ while weakening environmental protections”)
• Bolsonaro beats the polls — and plunges Brazil into more uncertainty
• Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger win Nobel Prize for physics
• ‘We must change course’: UN warns that the world is on the brink of recession
• The Nord Stream pipelines have stopped leaking. But the methane emitted broke records
• Putin threatens nuclear war. The West must deter disaster.
• Russia has 2,000 small nuclear weapons, but they are a risky option for President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine alike.
• It’s Time to Brace for Putin’s Greatest Meltdown Yet (“The great unraveling of Russian President Vladimir Putin could be right around the corner. It won’t be pretty.”)
• Grim winter looms as Ukraine braces for infrastructure attacks
• In Putin’s Nuclear Brinksmanship, Weapons Leave Room For Warning
• Putin deploys world’s largest submarine with ‘apocalypse’ drone capabilities
• Nuclear weapons convoy sparks fears Putin could be preparing test to send ‘signal to the West’
• Truss finally admits defeat on tax benefit for the wealthy
• Britain’s Economic Experiment Stumbles at the Start
• When conspiracy theorists run countries
• How Liz Truss Did So Much Damage in So Few Days
• Mobilize the free world against Putin now
• Refuting annexation, Ukrainian forces push on from Lyman toward Luhansk
• Ukraine’s Forces Push Forward on Two Fronts
• Russian losses evident in key liberated Ukrainian city
• Ukraine makes breakthrough in south against Russia (“Ukrainian troops have retaken more territory in regions illegally annexed by Russia, with Kyiv’s forces advancing near the southern city of Kherson and consolidating gains in the east.”)
• Ukrainian forces press forward with gains in the east and south
• Elon Musk Sets Off Uproar in Ukraine by Tweeting His ‘Peace’ Plan (Elon Musk is a horrible person and nobody should buy anything from his companies – Tesla, etc.)
• Ukrainian officials and allies rail against Elon Musk tweet (“‘F— off is my very diplomatic reply to you @elonmusk,’ Ukrainian diplomat Andriy Melnyk tweeted.”)
• Zelenskiy hits back as Elon Musk sets up Twitter poll on annexed areas of Ukraine (“Outrage and condemnation over billionaire’s suggestions including formally making Crimea part of Russia” Go Zelensky, FU Musk!)
• North Korea’s military fires missile over Japan (Remember, Trump fell in love with this brutal dictator.)
• Students Violently Attacked, Arrested by Security Forces as Protests in Iran Spread
• US warns about foreign efforts to sway American voters (Stop warning and start taking action against it, including sanctions or whatever other measures to stop it!)
• Democracy, poisoned: America’s elections are being attacked at every level
• The Supreme Court Is On The Verge Of Killing The Voting Rights Act (We need to add a couple more Dems to the US Senate, hold the US House, then fix the Supreme Court, pass a Supreme-Court-proof Voting Rights Act, etc.)
• The Supreme Court Seems Awfully Nervous About Its Own Legitimacy (And for damn good reason!)
• There Is Absolutely Nothing to Support the ‘Independent State Legislature’ Theory
• Supreme Court turns away challenge to U.S. vaccine rule for health workers
• Supreme Court allows defamation lawsuit against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to proceed
• The Supreme Court appears determined to shrink the Clean Water Act (“But it isn’t sure how.”)
• Jackson is active questioner as she hears first argument as Supreme Court justice
• On Day One, Ketanji Brown Jackson Excelled at the Skill Stephen Breyer Never Quite Mastered (“What’s different now is that unlike her predecessor Stephen Breyer, Jackson is a sharp interrogator, fast-paced and adroit, adept at drawing out the feeble reasoning propping up meretricious logic. There was an exciting rhythm to Monday’s arguments, especially when Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan teamed up with Jackson to knock down Schiff’s weakest claims. Breyer had a habit of bringing arguments to a standstill with endless, convoluted questions that failed to move the needle. So far with Jackson, there’s no self-indulgent wheel-spinning, just rapid-fire questions that cut to the heart of the case.”)
• Biden tells Al Sharpton he will run for president again in 2024
• The Next Presidential Election Is Happening Right Now in the States (“State-legislature elections could decide the fate of democracy.”)
• The tiny number of Republicans who oppose MAGA candidates speaks volumes
• The war on abortion rights meshes perfectly with MAGA authoritarianism
• How Democrats quietly triumphed in one of their biggest fights (“After 12 years, Republicans have finally given up and accepted Obamacare. That it took so long shows how hard it is to do big things.”)
• National Archives alerted lawyers for Trump about missing letters with North Korean leader in May 2021, records show (And yet Trump STILL somehow isn’t behind bars. Crazy.)
• Judge in documents case is clearly playing for Team Trump. She shouldn’t preside. (It would be like having an employee of the Mets umpiring a Nats-Mets game.)
• Trump’s lawyer refused his request in February to say all documents returned
• Lawyer Declined Trump Request to Tell Archives All Material Was Returned
• Takeaways from the dramatic first day and opening statements of the Oath Keepers trial
• Oath Keepers leader regretted not having guns on Jan. 6, prosecutors say at seditious conspiracy trial
• Prosecution Says Oath Keepers ‘Concocted a Plan for Armed Rebellion’ (No question whatsoever.)
• U.S.: Oath Keepers, Rhodes attacked ‘bedrock of democracy’ on Jan. 6
• Trump sues CNN for defamation (What a joke.)
• Trump’s origins in a New York world of con men, mobsters and hustlers
• Eight explosive revelations from new Trump book (“The former president weighed bombing Mexican drug labs and nearly fired his daughter, a new book claims.” Why wasn’t all of this reported AT THE TIME?)
• Trump rallies drift to fringe ahead of potential 2024 bid (“Drift?” Try LURCH.)
• Trump’s violent rhetoric conjures chilling echoes as midterms loom
• Republican Senator on Trump’s Racist Rant: ‘I Hope No One Is Racist’ (Rick Scott is the worst.)
• The Memo: Trump’s death wish attack on McConnell sets alarm bells ringing
• McConnell saw killing Manchin bill as personal
• Anti-trans campaigners are following the anti-abortion movement’s playbook
• There is no home for Asian Americans in the Republican Party anymore
• My relative running for Congress is part of a movement that endangers Jews. Should my family speak out? (“Just how far should we go for family loyalty, wonders a relative of a Trump loyalist” It’s essential to speak out.
• Trump’s activity on Truth Social proves he is too dangerous to be on Meta’s platforms
• Herschel Walker’s campaign in turmoil as adult son accuses him of violence, lying
• ‘Pro-Life’ Herschel Walker Paid for Girlfriend’s Abortion
• GOP megadonor Peter Thiel signals he is done helping Ohio Senate hopeful J.D. Vance, will fundraise for Arizona’s Blake Masters
• Malinowski has internal poll that shows him tied with Kean in NJ-7
• Irony Meter Explodes as Migrants Lured TO Florida for Hurricane Ian Cleanup
• The identity of ‘Perla’ is revealed, creating new woes for DeSantis
• OAN, still with Trump, also backs DeSantis
• The identity of ‘Perla’ is revealed, creating new woes for DeSantis (“Why the unmasking of the operative at the center of the vile migrant stunt matters.”)
• Ron DeSantis’ Relentless War on Trans Kids Hits a New Low
• Budd, Beasley deadlocked in US Senate race as economic concerns weigh NC voters, WRAL News poll shows
• Exclusive: Democrat Fetterman hangs onto 6-point lead over GOP’s Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race
• Dr. Oz’s Scientific Experiments Killed Over 300 Dogs, Entire Litter of Puppies (How the hell is evil like this LEGAL???)
• Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Husband No Longer Wants to Keep Divorce Private
• NEW TV AD: “The Thought of Yesli Vega in Congress is Terrifying” (“In ‘Seventeen,’ Prince William County Resident Shares Her Personal Sexual Assault Story and Why Yesli Vega is Too Dangerous for Congress”)
• In VA10 Debate, Rep. Jennifer Wexton Offers Insights; Hung Cao Extremist Rhetoric (Among other things, Cao wouldn’t say if he disagrees with Steve Bannon.)
• 100 Days Without Roe; Jen Kiggans Wants to Make it Worse
• Wexton, Cao clash on abortion, Va. policies for transgender students in first debate
• Spanberger’s New Ad Attacks Her Opponent’s Abortion Stance
• Opinion:Editorial:Pelosi’s delay of Spanberger stock bill stinks (It doesn’t stink, actually, if they don’t have the votes yet. Keep working on it.)
• Next Stop, New Mexico! Youngkin to Campaign for NRA-Endorsed Gov Candidate Whose “goal would be to end abortion in New Mexico” and Who Describes Himself as a “proud conservative who supports President Trump” (Ronchetti’s also hostile to public education, falsely claimed “climate change doesn’t cause fires,” etc.)
• Column: Virginia’s ‘criminal-first, victim last mentality’ must end (So…the Richmond Times-Dispatch posted this crap by Jason Miyares, even though it’s objectively FALSE. Why? Don’t they care whether what’s printed in their pages is factually accurate?)
• Youngkin describes his new energy plan as a flexible approach, but critics call it misguided (The Roanoke Times goes with the lame “critics call it”/”one side says/the other side says” approach, instead of just looking into it themselves and informing readers what the FACTS are.)
• Advised by Former Trump EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Fossil Fuel Industry Tool Glenn Youngkin Rolls Out His Godawful “Virginia Energy Plan” (Among other things, the plan falsely touts natural gas pipelines as having “clear benefits of job creation, economic development and energy reliability”)
• VA Sen. Jennifer McClellan, Who Was the Chief Patron of the Virginia Clean Economy Act: “Gov. Youngkin should abandon this flawed attack on affordable clean energy”
• Youngkin slams Virginia plan for wind, solar; calls for nuclear push (“Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says the state’s goal of ending fossil fuels is unrealistic, and proposes a new plan with natural gas and a big effort on nuclear energy.”)
• Youngkin, attorney general expect schools to follow transgender policies (Hell no.)
• Virginia Department of Education Proposal Harms Trans and Gender-Expansive Students, their Families and Educators; Joint Statement in Opposition
• Editorial: Virginia’s focus on finding jobs for vets is paying off
• Fairfax City Mayor’s Race Pits Democrat Catherine Read Against Youngkin-Supported Conservative Republican Sang Yi. The Choice Is Crystal Clear. (Among other things, Sang Yi is a huge fan of far-right Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.)
• New rail plan includes Amtrak to New River Valley, but excludes Bristol
• Richmond’s property tax relief options constricted by state law
• CASEY: A quick and easy way to settle the Wren Williams-Marie March spat
• Fairfax County must pay MWAA another $40M for Silver Line Phase II
• Virginia Beach to resume normal operations after impacts of from Ian’s remnants were less than expected
• Loudoun Supervisors Set Data Center Development Vision
• Loudoun substitute teacher charged with assaulting student
• D.C.-area forecast: Raw and occasionally rainy today with improvement on the way