by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 5.
Justice Jackson tells the Alabama solicitor general that the Framers of the 14th Amendment did NOT intend it to be “race neutral or race blind,” so taking race into account to protect minority voting rights is perfectly constitutional. Progressive originalism at work. pic.twitter.com/aCXAq2CnJu
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 4, 2022
- The Monsoon Is Becoming More Extreme (“South Asia’s monsoon has inextricable cultural and economic links to the rest of the continent. Climate change is making it increasingly erratic.”)
- Nobel chemistry prize awarded to 3 for attaching molecules
- Oil Holds Surge as OPEC+ Mulls Biggest Supply Cut Since 2020
- How much cruelty is a pork chop worth? (It’s completely unacceptable, as is any form of animal abuse. Just don’t do it..)
- The First Global Deflation Has Begun, and It’s Unclear Just How Painful It Will Be (“Around the world, rapid economic recovery from the Covid shock unleashed the largest wave of inflation we have seen since the early 1980s. In response, in the summer of 2021, central banks began raising interest rates.”)
- Global Trade Slowdown Points to Possible Recession, Lower Inflation
- White House launches last ditch effort to dissuade OPEC from cutting oil production to avoid a ‘total disaster’
- An E.U. price cap on Russian oil is set for final approval on Wednesday.
- Annexations show the depth of Putin’s imperial delusion
- Putin faces limits of his military power as Ukraine recaptures land
- Putin signs annexation of Ukrainian regions as losses mount
- Russia’s Elites Are Starting to Admit the Possibility of Defeat
- Russia’s Nuclear Bluster Is a Sign of Panic
- Ukraine Reports Advances in Its Southern Counteroffensive
- Ukraine reports ‘rapid advances’ in bid to retake key regions
- Ukraine war: Russia warns US of direct military clash risk
- Kremlin defends retreat from occupied regions as Ukraine recaptures ‘dozens’ of towns
- ‘What was it all for?’: recaptured Lyman left shattered by Russian occupation (“In the shattered streets of Lyman, a Ukrainian city that has lived through the Russian invasion, months of occupation and last week’s brutal battle to liberate it, evidence of the chaotic and bloody Russian withdrawal and defeat is everywhere.”)
- How the US might respond to a Russian nuclear attack in Ukraine
- Russians Fleeing the Draft Find an Unlikely Haven (“Many Russians have long scorned Kyrgyzstan as a poor neighbor to the south that provided their country with cheap labor. Now, it has become their sanctuary. The mass emigration of relatively wealthy Russians to Central Asia has increased rents and filled up hostels, but so far, Kyrgyzstan remains welcoming.”)
- Iran’s Crippled Economy Sustains Protests After Religious Police Lit Flame
- King Charles should attend climate summit, COP26 president says (Agreed; it’s absurd of him to back out.)
- North Korea sends missile soaring over Japan in escalation
- Seoul’s reprisal blows up after North Korean missile success
- Xi Jinping’s quest for total control of China is just getting started
- Five reasons why China’s economy is in trouble
- The Liz Truss Era Begins With a Bungled Tax Plan That May Cost UK Conservatives (“The prime minister abandoned her plan to cut taxes for high earners, but the economic and political fallout from her vision appears to be opening a door for the Labour Party to make inroads with voters.”)
- Biden pledges to transform Puerto Rico’s power system as thousands remain without power
- US Immigration Rebounds But Remains Far From Plugging Labor Gaps (We need MORE immigration, not less.)
- What does MAGA mean in 2022? An aging movement longs for an America that never was (“Trump’s core loyalists are older, less educated, more Southern, more Christian — and driven by resentment”)
- The United States of Confederate America (“Support for Confederate symbols and monuments follows lines of race, religion, and education rather than geography.”)
- We’re getting this election entirely backward (“The ‘kitchen table’ issues like inflation and crime are the ones Congress can’t do anything about. Abortion and democracy are the real practical issues.”)
- How the Supreme Court could change the internet as we know it (“The court is poised to hear as many as three cases this term about the legal protections social media companies have used to become industry behemoths.”)
- The Supreme Court’s majority reconvenes its assault on democracy
- Jackson Turns Originalism Against Conservatives To Argue For Minority Voting Protections
- Ketanji Brown Jackson Gives The Supreme Court A History Lesson (“In her second full day of hearings, the new justice sought to set the historical record straight by arguing in support of a race-conscious Voting Rights Act.”)
- What Three Dissenters Can Do Now (“Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor are perfectly aware of their situation.”)
- Why Trump might want to pay attention to the Oath Keepers’ trial (“This is what a seditious conspiracy trial looks like.”)
- In Trump White House, classified records routinely mishandled, aides say
- Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Review of Mar-a-Lago Records (A real, legitimate Supreme Court would have told Trump to go pound sand.)
- JUST IN: Trump’s Own Lawyers Mocked His Lack of Wealth In Emails Revealed By January 6 Committee
- Trump’s latest delay tactic over Mar-a-Lago documents may not work for him at the Supreme Court
- Surprise: Trump, a Pathological Liar, Reportedly Asked His Lawyer to Lie to the Government About His Classified-Documents Cache (“The ex-president wanted his lawyer to say he’d returned everything in February, which was obviously not the case.”)
- QAnon song played by Donald Trump removed from tech platforms
- Trump’s Threats of Violence Are too Dangerous to Disregard
- Did Elon Musk Give Up Because His Silicon Valley Friends Were Humiliated?
- Elon Musk Says He’ll Buy Twitter After All. What the Hell?
- Angelo Carusone: Twitter under Musk “will become a supercharged engine of radicalization”
- Elon Musk’s Everything App ‘X’ Sounds a Lot Like China’s WeChat
- Musk Proposes to Buy Twitter for Original Price of $54.20 a Share (This is going to be a disaster.)
- The NFL is not doing all it can to help Black coaches (The NFL is a disgrace in many ways.)
- Ron Jon’s Record Is ‘Target-Rich’ for Dems—Yet He’s Winning (“In contrast, Sen. Ron Johnson and his Republican counterparts’ focus on crime is leaving a mark on his Democratic opponent, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.”)
- Lifting Up the Rock on the Gutter Right
- Ron Johnson again says Jan. 6 was not an ‘armed insurrection,’ adds ‘protesters did teach us’ how to use flagpoles as weapons (Ron Johnson is absolutely disgusting and has ZERO business being in the US Senate – or any other elected office.)
- Ron Johnson acknowledges texting with Trump attorney on Jan 6
- George W. Bush to fundraise for Colorado GOP Senate candidate Joe O’Dea (Pathetic as usual from Dubya.)
- Herschel Walker is a symptom. The GOP is the problem. (“Walker is just the most egregious candidate revealing the GOP’s shoddiness.”)
- As Herschel Walker’s son erupts, the GOP has only itself to blame (“What the crisis facing Walker’s campaign says about the Trumpified GOP.”)
- Walker’s team knew of an abortion allegation months before it surfaced
- Fox News virtually ignores bombshell reporting on Herschel Walker paying for an abortion (Not a real news network.)
- GOP leaders rally behind Walker. But in Georgia, Republicans fret. (This definitively prove that Republicans only care about POWER, not about their supposed principles.)
- GOP moves to contain Herschel Walker’s latest scandal: ‘We’re going to need a few days to assess’
- Who Needs a ‘Scandal’ Not to Vote Hershel Walker? (Exactly – he’s horrible and completely unqualified in literally every way/shape/form.)
- GOP Prays Scandals Don’t Matter in Herschel Walker Race
- Herschel Walker Is Demonstrating the New Law of Politics (“Scandals once sunk campaigns. Now, for many voters, winning isn’t everything—it’s the only thing.”)
- Will Herschel Walker’s Abortion Controversy Hurt His Chances In Georgia? (And the answer is…who knows.)
- Trump defends Herschel Walker after abortion report (Nothing about Herschel Walker is remotely defensible.)
- Doug Mastriano’s Lunatic Appeal (“People are angry they can’t be terrible anymore.”)
- Doug Mastriano avoids credible outlets for interviews with antisemites, QAnon conspiracy theorists, and pro-insurrectionists
- Florida Leaders Rejected Major Climate Laws. Now They’re Seeking Storm Aid.
- Hundreds of thousands without power in Florida as Ian death toll climbs
- Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times
- Angelina Jolie Details Abuse Allegations Against Brad Pitt in Countersuit
- Guest editorial: Riggleman’s Jan. 6 data crucial to future of democracy
- Rep. Abigail Spanberger Helps Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Supporting Iranian Protests & Condemning Iranian Regime
- After Yesli Vega’s Embarrassing Kevin McCarthy Flip-Flop, Vega Pleads With Him to Resurrect Her Failing Campaign (“Virginians cannot trust a thing Ms. Vega tells them – because she will do anything to gain attention and campaign cash.”)
- ICYMI: Jen Kiggans Remarkably Finds a Way to Support a National Abortion Ban While Refusing CNN Interview
- Video: DCCC Releases New TV Ads in VA-07 “highlighting Vega’s disgraceful, dangerous comments suggesting that pregnancy is less likely after rape”
- Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02) Releases New TV Ad Highlighting Her Work to Strengthen Our National Defense to Take on China
- Video: DCCC Releases New TV Ads in VA-02, “paint a picture of what could happen in Virginia if Jen Kiggans and her extremist anti-abortion allies get control of Congress”
- Opinion/Editorial: Trans policies almost certainly headed for court
- Number of Virginia state employees teleworking rises
- Editorial: Can Youngkin back up promise to be bay advocate?
- For offshore wind aspirations to become reality, transmission hurdles must be cleared
- Report: Cutting prison fees could save incarcerated Virginians and their families $28.3M
- New data shows Virginia’s military industrial complex is booming
- Portraits tell surprising stories of Black Virginians in the early 20th century
- Former mine sites in Southwest Virginia to be labs for energy technology testbed
- Richmond School Board votes to review math, reading, science curricula
- Nurse accused of falsifying records in Va. jail death found not guilty
- D.C.-area forecast: Slightly nicer today, then beautiful tomorrow and Friday
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